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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My students are seventh graders from a rural county in North Carolina. I have learned that many of them have not had positive experiences with literature when they come to me, and one of my main goals over the course of each school year is to change their perception of reading. Many do not realize that books can take them to wonderful and unusual worlds.
The students that I teach are very intelligent, and need an opportunity to further their learning through reading material that interests them. This is why Sharon Draper's book "Forged by Fire," would be so wonderful for them. Although my students are very intelligent, many of them come from homes that are poverty stricken and do not have a large source of reading material. Not only do Sharon Draper's books engage the students, but they are also able to connect with the characters, as many of them come from the same type of home environments as the students in my classroom.
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My students are seventh graders from a rural county in North Carolina. I have learned that many of them have not had positive experiences with literature when they come to me, and one of my main goals over the course of each school year is to change their perception of reading. Many do not realize that books can take them to wonderful and unusual worlds.
The students that I teach are very intelligent, and need an opportunity to further their learning through reading material that interests them. This is why Sharon Draper's book "Forged by Fire," would be so wonderful for them. Although my students are very intelligent, many of them come from homes that are poverty stricken and do not have a large source of reading material. Not only do Sharon Draper's books engage the students, but they are also able to connect with the characters, as many of them come from the same type of home environments as the students in my classroom.