Maya Angelou once said "Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him". There is nothing more joyful than seeing my students engaged in reading! Seeing the excitement in their eyes when they master a book is amazing.
I work in a wonderful Title 1 school in Indiana.
Many of the students in my kindergarten class come from low-income homes where reading material is lacking. Our school works very hard to show them the world outside of their neighborhood and provide them with a variety of new and exciting experiences. My students come to school eager to learn and explore. Shared reading is a fun and effective way to teach my students concepts about print. Most of my students come to school without preschool experience; in kindergarten they begin to learn letter names and sounds. Big books build their confidence as readers and provide them with stories we can read together. They can also use the big books to read to each other during our reading block time.
My Project
Big books will help me read to my students while modeling what reading is and what readers should look like as they read. The big book holder will help hold the book while I read, so that all students are able to see. The holder will also store the big books, giving students a specific big book center area. Big books will also allow my students to participate in shared reading as a class. They will be actively participating during literacy centers and engaged in learning. They can use pointers with the big books and read to each other during literacy centers. The magnetic white board on the big book holder will be used to reinforce the books that we have read.
Being able to provide engaging texts to my students that they are able to read is very important.
Big books will allow me to teach students important reading skills that will help them to become readers. My students will be excited to have access to big books and to read them to each other. I want to build their confidence as readers at an early age so that they will become proficient readers.
More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
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