I received my students' test scores this week. Most are 2-3 grade levels below where they should be, and only one or two at or above grade level. It's so good to have this baseline data.
I have several students beginning to engage in reading, and some have told me they have read a book for the first time in their lives. I still have students who aren't engaging. It's amazing they can sit there for 25 minutes and just stare into space-though they are pretending to "read" their book. Even though I have so many books in my classroom, I believe sending them to the library to choose another book might bring more success. I've sent several to the library, and they happily return to read their newly chosen book.
My ELL students are continuing to check out book written in Spanish. I believe this is important so they continue to develop cognitively. In class, we continue to read our class novel Holes so they are also reading in English. Their comprehension scores on the SRI were literally zero, so I look forward to seeing improvement.
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Sounds like you have your work cut out for you. If anyone can do it, you can!
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