More than half 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.
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DIGGING FOR TREASURE THROUGH READING!!
My students are Latino English language learners who qualify for free and reduced lunch, the indicator for poverty. Their main exposure to books is at school. A study by sociologist Donald Hernandez found that Hispanic children who are not reading on level in third grade are four times as likely to leave school without a diploma!
At Cleveland Elementary we are cultivating a culture of literacy with a new focus on Reader's Workshop. This requires an abundance of books for in-class and at home nightly reading.
It is truly amazing to watch young readers who are struggling to decode and read word for word, (or "digging for ditches"), grow into readers who read for meaning, escaping into books they do not want to put down, (or "digging for treasure"). This kind of reading culture in a classroom translates into a HUGE need for a large, diverse selection of books.
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DIGGING FOR TREASURE THROUGH READING!!
My students are Latino English language learners who qualify for free and reduced lunch, the indicator for poverty. Their main exposure to books is at school. A study by sociologist Donald Hernandez found that Hispanic children who are not reading on level in third grade are four times as likely to leave school without a diploma!
At Cleveland Elementary we are cultivating a culture of literacy with a new focus on Reader's Workshop. This requires an abundance of books for in-class and at home nightly reading.
It is truly amazing to watch young readers who are struggling to decode and read word for word, (or "digging for ditches"), grow into readers who read for meaning, escaping into books they do not want to put down, (or "digging for treasure"). This kind of reading culture in a classroom translates into a HUGE need for a large, diverse selection of books.