Demographics
The school where I teach, Mary Munford Elementary, is in the west end of the city of Richmond, Virginia. It is a part of Richmond Public Schools. I teach my fourth-graders mathematics, language arts, science, and history (Virginia Studies). My students mostly come from middle class homes with a lot of parental support, but there are also immigrants, students from low-income homes and a few homeless families. My school also serves low-incidence autistic students. The range of skill level in fourth grade is huge. A few students barely speak English, some perform more than two years below grade-level, and other students perform in the 99th percentile on norm-referenced tests for reading and math. My students’ general knowledge also varies greatly. Some students read constantly and have opportunities to travel around the country and to other countries, while others rarely leave Richmond.
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