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From the Ted Talk by Dawn Wacek: A librarian's case against overdue book fines

Unscramble the Blue Letters

Now we know that a lot of the families visiting us at the laribry, a lot of our friends, are struggling financially. We know that some of them are living in poverty, and don't have enough to eat or anywhere safe to live. We know that our fnired James, who comes in after school and is snayitg at a local shelter, isn't reading at grdae lveel and has probably never read at grade level. We know we have that 30 million word gap and a corresponding achievement gap by the time kids enter the third grade, both of which directly correlate to income level.

Open Cloze

Now we know that a lot of the families visiting us at the _______, a lot of our friends, are struggling financially. We know that some of them are living in poverty, and don't have enough to eat or anywhere safe to live. We know that our ______ James, who comes in after school and is _______ at a local shelter, isn't reading at _____ _____ and has probably never read at grade level. We know we have that 30 million word gap and a corresponding achievement gap by the time kids enter the third grade, both of which directly correlate to income level.

Solution

  1. level
  2. staying
  3. grade
  4. friend
  5. library

Original Text

Now we know that a lot of the families visiting us at the library, a lot of our friends, are struggling financially. We know that some of them are living in poverty, and don't have enough to eat or anywhere safe to live. We know that our friend James, who comes in after school and is staying at a local shelter, isn't reading at grade level and has probably never read at grade level. We know we have that 30 million word gap and a corresponding achievement gap by the time kids enter the third grade, both of which directly correlate to income level.

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Important Words

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