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  • North Shore Elementary School
  • Big Bear Lake, CA
  • More than half 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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Since the start of this year my class has been learning through distance learning. We were all unsure about how this was going to happen and how classes would develop the typical bond we are so used to having. As a nervous teacher, I went to what I knew and that was reading together. I researched how to download books from our local library and starting having a bit of a read-aloud everyday. I was unsure how the class would react to the break in instruction, would they struggle with the distance story, would they zone out and turn off their camera? All was unclear. I kept going out of my own love for reading. Today, after 8 weeks of daily read-alouds I finally heard my answer. The students were fighting me to keep reading! They wanted just one more chapter, they had to know what happened next. My students are engaged, they are loving stories and wanting to read so much more. I know that many platforms exist to help people access books, but to my class my Kindle E-reader is their mode of transportation to unknown lands. I would like to have an incentive for my students in the unsure months to come. I would like to give them an opportunity to win a Kindle for their home every time they increase their reading goal. My plan is to enter their name in a drawing each time a student earns a point towards their AR reading goal from now until Christmas. Before Winter Break, I will draw the names of the winners celebrate all students' victory with the new Kindle or a new book (book provided by me).

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Since the start of this year my class has been learning through distance learning. We were all unsure about how this was going to happen and how classes would develop the typical bond we are so used to having. As a nervous teacher, I went to what I knew and that was reading together. I researched how to download books from our local library and starting having a bit of a read-aloud everyday. I was unsure how the class would react to the break in instruction, would they struggle with the distance story, would they zone out and turn off their camera? All was unclear. I kept going out of my own love for reading. Today, after 8 weeks of daily read-alouds I finally heard my answer. The students were fighting me to keep reading! They wanted just one more chapter, they had to know what happened next. My students are engaged, they are loving stories and wanting to read so much more. I know that many platforms exist to help people access books, but to my class my Kindle E-reader is their mode of transportation to unknown lands. I would like to have an incentive for my students in the unsure months to come. I would like to give them an opportunity to win a Kindle for their home every time they increase their reading goal. My plan is to enter their name in a drawing each time a student earns a point towards their AR reading goal from now until Christmas. Before Winter Break, I will draw the names of the winners celebrate all students' victory with the new Kindle or a new book (book provided by me).

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