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Mrs. Steer's Classroom

  • Whitmer High School
  • Toledo, OH
  • 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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  • Project Lit WHS Chapter: Hydrating the Book Desert

    Funded Aug 6, 2021

    I am in awe of the speed and generosity given to meeting my students reading needs. Just in awe. My heart is so full and I have all of you to thank for that. Please know you are making a difference. Since starting my own classroom library a few years ago, I have had so many students fall in love with books, share their joy with me, and grow as empathetic and thoughtful humans. I can’t wait to see how these diverse AND high interest books will impact them

    Thank you for making this happen!!”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Steer

    This classroom project was brought to life by Emerson Collective and 5 other donors.

  • A Novel Idea: A Diverse and Relevant HS Classroom Library

    Funded Jul 27, 2019

    This year I have joined a few of my 11th grade ELA level- colleges in ditching the traditional 3-4 teacher chosen class novels. Plenty of research shows that constant fiction reading does amazing things for our student development, but the ability to self select and independently have control over choice has quite a profound impact as well.

    My 11th grade students have embarked on a goal to independently read 2,700, or more, pages over the course of the 2019-2020 school year. We hold reading chats every 100 pages and this is the time the check in with me and discuss what they have been reading. Every Friday is fiction Friday and we all read together for 44 mins. It is my favorite day of the week and I can tell most of my kiddos will agree.

    It is October and I am already seeing kids on the path to over 5 of their own self selected books. Many have averaged over 400 pages six weeks into the school year.

    They come alive with joy or with disgust as they break down for me daily their literary journey. I have a list of like 20 books that I see as a must read now due to their suggestions. I have enjoyed helping guide them and playing matchmaker in their quest for engaging literature and I am loving their enthusiasm when it comes to holding conversations with an adult. It has been amazing to simply walk over to my book shelf and grab a book that I think will speak to them. It is even better when they finish and it has! The waiting list for each book is something the kids fight for and they always remind each other when their due date is approaching.

    My updated and fantastic library is a constant hit and necessary tool in this quest to get as many students as possible excited to read.”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Steer

    This classroom project was brought to life by Google.org and 6 other donors.
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As a high school teacher, I often see the dim flicker of a light that once burned bright for so many of my students when they were in elementary school. I also see a weakness in their writing skills, reading stamina, and capacity to view all humanity. How do I help fix this? How do I re-spark that flame? After continually analyzing, reading, and discussing what best practices can improve apathy and increase writing, I think we are overthinking the solution. Read. I can't stop thinking about Barbara Tuchman's words "books are companions, teachers, magicians, and bankers of the treasures of the mind; books are humanity in print." I want to give my students all of that and more. Junior and senior year of high school is the last few years we have to leave our mark. I think if I can give them a library that they can call their own, one they can see themselves in, then we are one step closer. I plan to use a revitalized and relevant classroom library, curated with love and filled with current and classic mixed genres, as a pairing to a weekly reading program, mentor sentence grammar exercises, fun reading challenges, peer led book clubs, and cross curricular reading initiatives. I feel like so many literacy programs, book drives, and classroom libraries are geared towards elementary students, but I feel it is not too late and I want to provided the most engaging and exciting books from all genres possible.

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As a high school teacher, I often see the dim flicker of a light that once burned bright for so many of my students when they were in elementary school. I also see a weakness in their writing skills, reading stamina, and capacity to view all humanity. How do I help fix this? How do I re-spark that flame? After continually analyzing, reading, and discussing what best practices can improve apathy and increase writing, I think we are overthinking the solution. Read. I can't stop thinking about Barbara Tuchman's words "books are companions, teachers, magicians, and bankers of the treasures of the mind; books are humanity in print." I want to give my students all of that and more. Junior and senior year of high school is the last few years we have to leave our mark. I think if I can give them a library that they can call their own, one they can see themselves in, then we are one step closer. I plan to use a revitalized and relevant classroom library, curated with love and filled with current and classic mixed genres, as a pairing to a weekly reading program, mentor sentence grammar exercises, fun reading challenges, peer led book clubs, and cross curricular reading initiatives. I feel like so many literacy programs, book drives, and classroom libraries are geared towards elementary students, but I feel it is not too late and I want to provided the most engaging and exciting books from all genres possible.

About my class

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