Our class motto is: "Life has meaning only in the struggle. Triumph or defeat is in the hands of the Gods. So let us celebrate the struggle!" -Stevie Wonder.
The majority of my 100% Navajo students speak neither Navajo nor English fluently; they are "alingual." My reading classes are 9th through 12th graders reading at a 2nd to 6th grade level. In the region where my students live and attend school, 56% of the population is below the poverty line with 51% unemployment. About 40% of homes lack plumbing, 60% lack phone lines, and 78% of roads are dirt or gravel.
The group of students that I work with every day are warriors, and they are constantly making me proud by building their self-advocacy skills. However, their literacy is not where it needs to be. We practice weekly free writing to engage their love for the written word, but the same needs to occur for reading. They have no desire to read, but that is because few of them have read a book that they actually enjoy.
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Our class motto is: "Life has meaning only in the struggle. Triumph or defeat is in the hands of the Gods. So let us celebrate the struggle!" -Stevie Wonder.
The majority of my 100% Navajo students speak neither Navajo nor English fluently; they are "alingual." My reading classes are 9th through 12th graders reading at a 2nd to 6th grade level. In the region where my students live and attend school, 56% of the population is below the poverty line with 51% unemployment. About 40% of homes lack plumbing, 60% lack phone lines, and 78% of roads are dirt or gravel.
The group of students that I work with every day are warriors, and they are constantly making me proud by building their self-advocacy skills. However, their literacy is not where it needs to be. We practice weekly free writing to engage their love for the written word, but the same needs to occur for reading. They have no desire to read, but that is because few of them have read a book that they actually enjoy.