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  • Mountain View Elementary School
  • Simi Valley, 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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By providing choice books on a student's reading level they become more excited about reading and finishing a book. Having many different titles at varying levels help teachers and librarians direct children to books not only on their level but that they are actually interested in reading. Our school library with the help of our PTO invested in about $400 of graphic novels last year, and saw our circulation of books go up 50% in our lower developmental level readers. These were books they wanted to check out and explore. Then they became series they wanted to read. "No one ever chose their favorite book by it's reading level!" --Donalyn Miller, The Book Whisperer. By helping our library meet the needs of over 150 students with developmental reading delays have more choices you are supporting reading. Supporting reading is one of the greatest influences on future school success. Thank you for helping up support reading.

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By providing choice books on a student's reading level they become more excited about reading and finishing a book. Having many different titles at varying levels help teachers and librarians direct children to books not only on their level but that they are actually interested in reading. Our school library with the help of our PTO invested in about $400 of graphic novels last year, and saw our circulation of books go up 50% in our lower developmental level readers. These were books they wanted to check out and explore. Then they became series they wanted to read. "No one ever chose their favorite book by it's reading level!" --Donalyn Miller, The Book Whisperer. By helping our library meet the needs of over 150 students with developmental reading delays have more choices you are supporting reading. Supporting reading is one of the greatest influences on future school success. Thank you for helping up support reading.

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