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Instead of struggling through text in isolation, students can be found together, eagerly pointing out familiar words, discussing stories in their home languages, and proudly making connections to their own life experiences.\r\nSince introducing the bilingual and home-language books, students have become more confident volunteering to read aloud and have been helping peers decode tricky sentences. 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