As reading interventionists, we know how much a struggling reader can bear a grudge against a book. Part of our job is explicit teaching of strategies and skills. No matter how we present the elements of a story, or teach a lesson on inference, if students are to become better readers, they must apply strategies to text. In order to engage students, we must provide a wide variety of it.
With the diverse cultures in our school, we need a book that can match to every student; books that interest every student, no matter the race, religion, and culture; books that have LGBTQ characters; books that have people of color on the covers; books that have people of color as protagonists; books that help build social-emotional education, and help students deal with the social issues that surround them today; authentic books to empower and inspire our students; books that they can see themselves in and engage with.
We provide time for independent reading in our classroom, as well as taking it home and reading with family members. Literacy is freedom; which is something we are all a little at risk of losing in this time of age. To offer a rigorous curriculum that is student-centered, culturally responsive, and relevant, we need to build a library. With so many different reading levels in one room, we need books that appeal to all of those levels. Through researching the web, such as Goodreads, American Library Association, and First Book’s “Stories for All Project”, we have collected an extensive list of novels (fiction and nonfiction), comics, biographies, short stories, and graphic novels, that are high-interest, and at different reading levels. Students need and deserve equity, which can be accomplished through your donation.
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As reading interventionists, we know how much a struggling reader can bear a grudge against a book. Part of our job is explicit teaching of strategies and skills. No matter how we present the elements of a story, or teach a lesson on inference, if students are to become better readers, they must apply strategies to text. In order to engage students, we must provide a wide variety of it.
With the diverse cultures in our school, we need a book that can match to every student; books that interest every student, no matter the race, religion, and culture; books that have LGBTQ characters; books that have people of color on the covers; books that have people of color as protagonists; books that help build social-emotional education, and help students deal with the social issues that surround them today; authentic books to empower and inspire our students; books that they can see themselves in and engage with.
We provide time for independent reading in our classroom, as well as taking it home and reading with family members. Literacy is freedom; which is something we are all a little at risk of losing in this time of age. To offer a rigorous curriculum that is student-centered, culturally responsive, and relevant, we need to build a library. With so many different reading levels in one room, we need books that appeal to all of those levels. Through researching the web, such as Goodreads, American Library Association, and First Book’s “Stories for All Project”, we have collected an extensive list of novels (fiction and nonfiction), comics, biographies, short stories, and graphic novels, that are high-interest, and at different reading levels. Students need and deserve equity, which can be accomplished through your donation.
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