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  • Washington Elementary School
  • Springfield, MA
  • 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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The fifth grade students in my special education class have high needs in the area of reading. I have a variety of reading group levels, but all are below grade level. My lowest level of readers read at a Kindergarten-Grade 1 level and books at this level are scarce in Grade 5. My next group reads at a 2nd/3rd grade level, and the students in this group LOVE The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids series! This series of books is of extremely high interest, and reading this series has given several of my students who "hated reading," a complete change of heart! The students always want to keep reading because the author is so creative in making kids use higher order thinking skills and have debates and discussions using evidence from text! My highest group reads closest to grade level (at a fourth grade level) and books are needed for this level as well. Working in a school building that is over 100 years old has some disadvantages for teachers. The lack of reading materials for this level of readers in grade 5 is one issue. Also, there are not a lot of teacher chairs to use for sitting many hours in guided reading groups and instructing small teacher-directed groups through the day. It is difficult to sit on student chairs for that period of time which is why I requested a teacher chair. Multiple copies of the same book are used during guided reading group for all levels so students in the same reading level can work on their fluency, vocabulary, decoding, and comprehension skills.

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The fifth grade students in my special education class have high needs in the area of reading. I have a variety of reading group levels, but all are below grade level. My lowest level of readers read at a Kindergarten-Grade 1 level and books at this level are scarce in Grade 5. My next group reads at a 2nd/3rd grade level, and the students in this group LOVE The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids series! This series of books is of extremely high interest, and reading this series has given several of my students who "hated reading," a complete change of heart! The students always want to keep reading because the author is so creative in making kids use higher order thinking skills and have debates and discussions using evidence from text! My highest group reads closest to grade level (at a fourth grade level) and books are needed for this level as well. Working in a school building that is over 100 years old has some disadvantages for teachers. The lack of reading materials for this level of readers in grade 5 is one issue. Also, there are not a lot of teacher chairs to use for sitting many hours in guided reading groups and instructing small teacher-directed groups through the day. It is difficult to sit on student chairs for that period of time which is why I requested a teacher chair. Multiple copies of the same book are used during guided reading group for all levels so students in the same reading level can work on their fluency, vocabulary, decoding, and comprehension skills.

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