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  • Pittsburgh M L King Academy
  • Pittsburgh, PA
  • 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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I envision working with small groups to differentiate instruction, conference 1-1, and set goals for my students. While I am working to meet students needs, I want them to have access to texts that are of high interest and on their instructional level! Something they can sit down and dive into. Because my room is an intervention room, the students who come to me are the ones who refuse to pick up a book because they do not believe they are good enough readers. They are well-below grade level, frustrated, and lack self-confidence and motivation to read. Whether its football, dance, animals, or just a magical story with fictional characters, I want my students to learn to love reading! I also envision my students to form favorite authors and envision themselves as one. Through websites such as MyStoryBook and Storyjumper, students are able to become creative thinkers and authors themselves by creating their own stories to share with their peers. Right now we only have a small classroom library and by the second month of school students are bored after they have already read the same books over and over again. They ask for more! Right when I see them start to embrace reading, I do not have texts they can access. Rather than purchasing a library, I thought about how technology could provide us with any book, on any topic, at any given level such as: Epic, Starfall, KidsDiscovery, etc. I want them to be able to search for a book that is of high-interest at anytime! Because these students are struggling readers, it is crucial I provide them with texts that keep them engaged! The more reading they do, the faster they will grow!

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I envision working with small groups to differentiate instruction, conference 1-1, and set goals for my students. While I am working to meet students needs, I want them to have access to texts that are of high interest and on their instructional level! Something they can sit down and dive into. Because my room is an intervention room, the students who come to me are the ones who refuse to pick up a book because they do not believe they are good enough readers. They are well-below grade level, frustrated, and lack self-confidence and motivation to read. Whether its football, dance, animals, or just a magical story with fictional characters, I want my students to learn to love reading! I also envision my students to form favorite authors and envision themselves as one. Through websites such as MyStoryBook and Storyjumper, students are able to become creative thinkers and authors themselves by creating their own stories to share with their peers. Right now we only have a small classroom library and by the second month of school students are bored after they have already read the same books over and over again. They ask for more! Right when I see them start to embrace reading, I do not have texts they can access. Rather than purchasing a library, I thought about how technology could provide us with any book, on any topic, at any given level such as: Epic, Starfall, KidsDiscovery, etc. I want them to be able to search for a book that is of high-interest at anytime! Because these students are struggling readers, it is crucial I provide them with texts that keep them engaged! The more reading they do, the faster they will grow!

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