Working to Improve Student Achievement With "Just Right" Texts

Dr. Maureen Hughes, Unidos Specialist at the East Somerville Community School, used her mini-grant money to buy a set of 48 books for the kindergarten and 3 sets of books which provided over 50 books for students in grade 5 to provide "just right" Spanish texts to Spanish speaking students.  Students in kindergarten used the books in their book bag program and independent choice time. Students in fifth grade read these texts during class time.   Using these books, they wrote about their analysis of plot and character development.  Fifth grade students were also able to read these books outside of school time over the weekend and school vacations.