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  • Shepherd Hill Regional High School
  • Dudley, MA
  • 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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I have chosen a variety of materials to jumpstart the free voluntary reading library in my Spanish classroom, and to fill up our nearly-empty, recently-donated bookcase. My selection contains a majority of "leveled readers", which are highly engaging, short novels written at the ability level of language learners. What's great about leveled readers is that, unlike traditional Spanish children's books, the content is geared more to high school students and their interests. I am very inspired by the published works of these teacher-authors! When Spanish reading materials are written at a level that students can understand, it motivates them to increase their literacy and fluency so that they may acquire the language. I believe that allowing students to explore their own interests is an essential part of them connecting with the subject matter. By providing nonfiction and fiction books, novels, magazines and even a few, familiar, old children's stories (you'll notice Green Eggs and Ham on the list) I hope to create an environment where students read in Spanish because it's enjoyable. Many of my high school students do not describe themselves as readers and I am excited to provide them with an opportunity to give a different kind of literacy a try, while expanding their Spanish fluency in the process.

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I have chosen a variety of materials to jumpstart the free voluntary reading library in my Spanish classroom, and to fill up our nearly-empty, recently-donated bookcase. My selection contains a majority of "leveled readers", which are highly engaging, short novels written at the ability level of language learners. What's great about leveled readers is that, unlike traditional Spanish children's books, the content is geared more to high school students and their interests. I am very inspired by the published works of these teacher-authors! When Spanish reading materials are written at a level that students can understand, it motivates them to increase their literacy and fluency so that they may acquire the language. I believe that allowing students to explore their own interests is an essential part of them connecting with the subject matter. By providing nonfiction and fiction books, novels, magazines and even a few, familiar, old children's stories (you'll notice Green Eggs and Ham on the list) I hope to create an environment where students read in Spanish because it's enjoyable. Many of my high school students do not describe themselves as readers and I am excited to provide them with an opportunity to give a different kind of literacy a try, while expanding their Spanish fluency in the process.

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