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  • Mattie B Hambrick Middle School
  • Houston, TX
  • HBCU Alum
  • Nearly all 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 my classroom, my students access a web-based program called Achieve 3000, that’s aligned with our district’s English Language Arts Curriculum. All of the articles and lessons in Achieve 3000 are tailored to meet the individual needs of each learner, in addition to offering text-to-speech options, videos, and language support. Moreover, I’ve learned while teaching struggling readers, you have to be creative to obtain buy-in from them. Last year, before we left for Spring Break, we were in the middle of what we named our “Read it, then Eat it” Unit. “ Read it, then Eat it,” is simply a series of articles that we read that focused on taking a research-based approach to cross-curricular topics while including an insect-based edible goal reward system. For instance, we read an article about eating insects and I purchased edible Crickets and Scorpion lollipops for my students as super rewards for earning a 100% score on five Articles in a row. My students LOVED THEM! As a result, my students eagerly anticipated the next day in my room so they could experience the over-the-top celebratory moments that each student received when they scored a 75% or higher on the Achieve 3000 articles. Their successful experiences exuded an elevated level of excitement that manifested intrinsically, that is displayed in their increased reading levels annually. The rewards are endless and my students will not stop until they reach their goal of self-efficacy. Furthermore, this project will assist me with continuing to boost student engagement in my classes, in turn, causing incremental gains.

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In my classroom, my students access a web-based program called Achieve 3000, that’s aligned with our district’s English Language Arts Curriculum. All of the articles and lessons in Achieve 3000 are tailored to meet the individual needs of each learner, in addition to offering text-to-speech options, videos, and language support. Moreover, I’ve learned while teaching struggling readers, you have to be creative to obtain buy-in from them. Last year, before we left for Spring Break, we were in the middle of what we named our “Read it, then Eat it” Unit. “ Read it, then Eat it,” is simply a series of articles that we read that focused on taking a research-based approach to cross-curricular topics while including an insect-based edible goal reward system. For instance, we read an article about eating insects and I purchased edible Crickets and Scorpion lollipops for my students as super rewards for earning a 100% score on five Articles in a row. My students LOVED THEM! As a result, my students eagerly anticipated the next day in my room so they could experience the over-the-top celebratory moments that each student received when they scored a 75% or higher on the Achieve 3000 articles. Their successful experiences exuded an elevated level of excitement that manifested intrinsically, that is displayed in their increased reading levels annually. The rewards are endless and my students will not stop until they reach their goal of self-efficacy. Furthermore, this project will assist me with continuing to boost student engagement in my classes, in turn, causing incremental gains.

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