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  • Gallup Middle School
  • Gallup, NM
  • Nearly all 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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A snapshot into my 7th grade ELA classroom reveals a diverse cohort of awkward and impressionable preteens, all innocently self-absorbed, and quietly ready for autonomy and challenge in learning. At the start of each class, the most predictable inquiry, aside from "Can I go back to my locker? I forgot __." is, "When are we going to have DEAR time today?" Independent reading time, also known as "Drop Everything And Read," is the most cherished part of class. Whether students are eager to briefly enter a fictional world, empathize with a peculiar character, explore personal interests in nonfiction, or simply be left alone for a few moments... there it no better feeling than that of a focused, reflective adolescent environment. Of course, this time inevitably comes with challenges. First, finding an individual book to engage each student, and second, providing a time and space for students to talk about books. The first step in overcoming both of these road blocks: providing more books.

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A snapshot into my 7th grade ELA classroom reveals a diverse cohort of awkward and impressionable preteens, all innocently self-absorbed, and quietly ready for autonomy and challenge in learning. At the start of each class, the most predictable inquiry, aside from "Can I go back to my locker? I forgot __." is, "When are we going to have DEAR time today?" Independent reading time, also known as "Drop Everything And Read," is the most cherished part of class. Whether students are eager to briefly enter a fictional world, empathize with a peculiar character, explore personal interests in nonfiction, or simply be left alone for a few moments... there it no better feeling than that of a focused, reflective adolescent environment. Of course, this time inevitably comes with challenges. First, finding an individual book to engage each student, and second, providing a time and space for students to talk about books. The first step in overcoming both of these road blocks: providing more books.

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