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  • Pasteur Elementary School
  • Detroit, MI
  • 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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Preschool is setting a foundation for academic success. My students are in need of tablets to assist them with alphabetic knowledge and number recognition, the identification of shapes, colors and sight words as well as for beginning reading skills. My students will be able to access several educational applications to assist them with become successful preschoolers as well as preparing them for kindergarten. My goal is for every student in my class is to be prepared to become an emergent reader and foster a love for reading, increase their vocabulary and introduce them to new sight words. Students will be able to read along with digital books. Using technology makes listening to books much more accessible to students. Listening to books is an important part of my classroom. When students listen to someone else reading it models the behaviors that great readers need. The use of technology gives you an opportunity to use a variety of books in a more efficient way. This will foster a love for reading, increase vocabulary and introduce sight words.

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Preschool is setting a foundation for academic success. My students are in need of tablets to assist them with alphabetic knowledge and number recognition, the identification of shapes, colors and sight words as well as for beginning reading skills. My students will be able to access several educational applications to assist them with become successful preschoolers as well as preparing them for kindergarten. My goal is for every student in my class is to be prepared to become an emergent reader and foster a love for reading, increase their vocabulary and introduce them to new sight words. Students will be able to read along with digital books. Using technology makes listening to books much more accessible to students. Listening to books is an important part of my classroom. When students listen to someone else reading it models the behaviors that great readers need. The use of technology gives you an opportunity to use a variety of books in a more efficient way. This will foster a love for reading, increase vocabulary and introduce sight words.

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