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PS 132 Conselyea
Brooklyn, NY
HBCU Alum
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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in-S.P.I.R.E.-ing my Students to Read
Funded Oct 12, 2020
Thank you. I was deeply humbled by your contributions to my project. Teaching reading to all students is my life's passion, and SPIRE makes it possible. It gives me a toolbox for every kind of struggling reader: Phonics instruction that isn't repetitive, boring, or childish, and Reading Skills Instruction that utilizes manageable size excerpts that allow the kids to focus on the actual skill instead of decoding and making sense of a difficult passage.
The kids were so excited about the new SPIRE kit because they had moved beyond the "Level 1" lessons. They couldn't wait to start!
I've had to revise how I run my SPIRE lessons to comply with Social Distancing protocols, and I've mixed in person and remote students, as well as hard copy work with digital! It's not the same as having a full group, but I'm able to challenge my students to grow while supporting the ones who need it the most and I couldn't have done it without you.”
With gratitude,
Mr. Plunkett
This classroom project was brought to life by The DonorsChoose 20th Anniversary Fund and 12 other donors.

I am a certified S.P.I.R.E. teacher. S.P.I.R.E. is a researched based program which teaches students how to read using multimodal approach. This program reaches the students that did not succeed with traditional learning methods. I already have seen progress with my 3rd students, last year using S.P.I.R.E level 1 and I have learned that I am expected to follow this class into 4th grade next school year. Many of these students have graduated from level one and in order to continue to increase their reading skills in order to access the curriculum and maintain rigor I will require the next level. My students loved working with this program last year and feeling successful. I look forward to enriching them with more skills. I want to use this program which is designed to build reading success through an intensive, structured, and spiraling curriculum with my students.

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