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  • Alfred W Hanmer Elementary School
  • Wethersfield, CT
  • More than a third 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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Reader’s Workshop is a time for students to choose books to read and practice their skills independently, while I work with students one-to-one or in a small group. I have a portion of my class each year that struggle to find engaging books or a series that they love. By incorporating graphic novels into my class library, this will increase the likelihood of children finding a novel that they can quickly become engaged with. Reading breeds more success with reading! Students will fall head-over-heels in love with these new graphic novels. This will build a student's love of reading by helping them interact with a series that they can love and relate to. Students won’t want to put them down! Readers workshop in fourth grade won’t be the same!

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Reader’s Workshop is a time for students to choose books to read and practice their skills independently, while I work with students one-to-one or in a small group. I have a portion of my class each year that struggle to find engaging books or a series that they love. By incorporating graphic novels into my class library, this will increase the likelihood of children finding a novel that they can quickly become engaged with. Reading breeds more success with reading! Students will fall head-over-heels in love with these new graphic novels. This will build a student's love of reading by helping them interact with a series that they can love and relate to. Students won’t want to put them down! Readers workshop in fourth grade won’t be the same!

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