NYC is mandating new reading curriculums. This teacher had a head start.

Second-grade teacher Janina Jarnich was focused on bats. As her students gathered on the classroom rug one June morning, she instructed them to flip through their workbooks and take their “magic finger” to trace the words from an article about the nocturnal pollinators. 

Her students read aloud in unison about the dangers humans pose, from noises that interfere with bats’ sleep patterns to building renovations that can upend their roosts.

Full article here: https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2023/8/24/23844770/el-education-nyc-reading-curriculum-mandate-ps169-baychester-academy

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