This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.
My Students
I teach middle school students with a variety of reading problems often causing behavior issues as well. Their life experiences/vocabulary are very limited, as is their self-confidence. Most students are on free or reduced lunches, live in the projects and come from minority backgrounds. Few have traveled or participated in extracurricular activities.
Many of my students work extraordinarily hard to overcome multiple disadvantages.
Several participate in our classes' weekly after school Bike and Book Club. We read and then ride on donated/repaired bicycles. Through their special efforts, my students often earn community trips to plays, poetry readings, museum programs, "real" restaurants, farmers market, etc.---bringing back new experiences for our class to discuss, read and write about. This often results in major improvements in self-confidence, reading levels and behavior.
My Project
I have a few middle school students who are non-readers. They have recently learned several sight words, consonant and short vowel sounds so are just starting to gain confidence in their ability to read. These students are eager to read some books independently like their friends, but most books at their reading level are too immature.
We discovered this Real Kids Readers series which they are anxious to read because it deals with more middle school interest topics at their current reading level.
This series also has accompanying comprehension questions on the same online program that their peers are using in class so these developing readers are super anxious to begin reading these books and participate in the online comprehension program with their classmates.
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