Do you remember when you found a book so awesome you couldn't put it down, wouldn't go to dinner, or forgot where you were? My students need to have this experience, over and over, ÃÂ"to become the kind of readers we want them to become and develop a love of books.
We're a New York high school, and my students are diverse and hungry to learn.
They love sports and games and reading. ÃÂÃÂÃÂ"When the books capture their imaginations, they don't stop reading. My students work hard. All of their courses give them lots of homework. They also belong to clubs that help people or the environment, such as the Red Cross Club or the Lorax club.
My Project
Over and over, I see it again: students who read books become the best readers and writers, their vocabulary is better, their sentence fluency is better, and their love of reading grows by leaps and bounds. We need to put books into their hands that make them oblivious to everything around them, books that take them places they may never go.
This project is so important to me.
When I was young I did not read as much as I could have. It put me at a disadvantage: in writing, in school, and in taking SATS. I know how important it is for my students to read, how much they can gain from reading inside and outside of the school day. Students who read often can change their lives.
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