{"id":2678,"date":"2017-03-06T13:44:31","date_gmt":"2017-03-06T20:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/?p=2678"},"modified":"2017-03-17T13:58:50","modified_gmt":"2017-03-17T20:58:50","slug":"welcome-mr-berns-and-thanks-for-helping-students-read-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/2017\/03\/welcome-mr-berns-and-thanks-for-helping-students-read-better\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome, Mr. Berns! (And Thanks For Helping Students Read Better!)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Victor Garcia and Anthony Gutierrez<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Starting this 2016-17 year, Mr. Drew Berns joins the Warrior family as a reading interventionist, helping struggling readers improve their vocabulary skills along with reading fluency.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe learn a lot of different strategies to help students improve their reading,\u201d Berns said. \u201cOne of the best ones is to read a lot of different genres which helps out the students a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although this is Berns\u2019 first year at Pueblo, this is his 13th year of teaching. He has taught in several cities, including Nogales and Phoenix.<\/p>\n

After graduating from Canyon del Oro High School, Berns then pursued several degrees from the University of Arizona, including a bachelor\u2019s degree in family consumer services and a master\u2019s degree in Mexican-American studies in 2014.<\/p>\n

Berns said that the transition to Pueblo was an easy one.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really like our students here [at Pueblo],\u201d Berns said. \u201cI think it\u2019s hard for our students to sit in a classroom for 90 minutes on block days [Wednesdays and Thursdays]\u2014especially freshmen.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although he works primarily with freshmen, Berns said that he also helps juniors in RTI (Response to Intervention) classes.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really enjoy working with our students one-on-one, and I find it rewarding\u2014for both the student and for me,\u201d Berns said.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s no surprise that as reading specialist, Bern loves to read. He said that his
\nfavorite novel is The Devils Highway<\/em> by Luis Alberto Urrea, a story about a group of immigrants crossing the border between Mexico and the U.S.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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