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.
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These materials will make a difference in my students reading skills, especially my students that are struggling to make learning goals, these tools will set them up for success. This project is important to my students for a number of reasons. First, all students are motivated to
read when their teacher is excited, book choices are presented to them and they have had an opportunity
to preview and make their own choices based on interest and ability. Young readers need to practice reading daily and I want to provide texts that will inspire and excite my students to read. Secondly, because I teach first grade in a Title One school, many of my students come from low socioeconomic backgrounds and have very few resources within their homes or opportunities to utilize resources within
the community. For many, their one opportunity to read is in our classroom. I want to change that. My students deserve a classroom lending library full of high quality fiction and informational texts so they
can come home every single school day with two books in a special bag ready to find a cozy spot to curl up in and read for pleasure.
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These materials will make a difference in my students reading skills, especially my students that are struggling to make learning goals, these tools will set them up for success. This project is important to my students for a number of reasons. First, all students are motivated to
read when their teacher is excited, book choices are presented to them and they have had an opportunity
to preview and make their own choices based on interest and ability. Young readers need to practice reading daily and I want to provide texts that will inspire and excite my students to read. Secondly, because I teach first grade in a Title One school, many of my students come from low socioeconomic backgrounds and have very few resources within their homes or opportunities to utilize resources within
the community. For many, their one opportunity to read is in our classroom. I want to change that. My students deserve a classroom lending library full of high quality fiction and informational texts so they
can come home every single school day with two books in a special bag ready to find a cozy spot to curl up in and read for pleasure.