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Extra, Extra, Read All About It!

My 36 students need a set of Weekly Readers to support second language learners with non-fiction text and a digital camera to produce a photographic journal.

  • $828 goal

This project expired on October 30, 2010.

This project expired on October 30, 2010.

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Ms. Hedgren Valencia Park Elementary School
San Diego, CA Grades 3-5

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Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

Adults are suspicious readers about current events. But many of my students come from homes where newspapers are nonexistent. Weekly Readers will help students 'see world events', and then 'Click and Capture' to create a photographic current event journal based on the information read.

This year I have 35 students.

Over half of the class are second language learners, and a third of my students have learning disabilities. However, my students are bright and eager learners. Our school is a performance arts magnet in California. Once a week, students from kindergarten through fifth grade are involved in music, dance, and drama. Students also have opportunities to audition for plays, musicals, and dance productions. My students are excellent artists, and have taken interest in photography. However, we are a Title I school and 100% of students receive free and reduced lunches, and due to severe budget cuts we are not able to purchase Weekly Readers and a digital camera.

My Project

My project is for my students to apply what they have read, and using a camera, create a photographic journal. Students will read Weekly Readers to learn to become 'suspicious' readers. These are readers who learn to ask deeper questions such as... "What are the slants and biases of the article?", "What is left out of the article and why?", or "Who are the intended audiences?"... By asking and understanding questions with more depth, students will learn to read with a 'critical eye' that will help with comprehension. Students will select articles to read and evaluate throughout the year. They will use the Weekly Reader articles as model texts to help them pose questions to interview family members and others for interesting topics, events, or problems to solve. Students will then write and illustrate a collection of current events in a photographic journal as a celebration and tribute to their families and communities.

When students read about the lives of others they may or may not relate to the issue or event at hand.

But if they are asked to critically look at their community events, both celebrated events and problems that need to be solved raises a sense of social awareness. I want my students to be critical thinkers and future problem solvers. When they go through the process of creating journals that are meaningful to them, it opens the door for a better understanding of world events.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

35 students impacted
Ms. Hedgren Valencia Park Elementary School Grades 3-5

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

San Diego, CA View local requests

Nearly all students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

35 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
WR News Senior Edition WITH Science Spin (Grades 4-6; For Orders of 2 14 Subscriptions) • Weekly Reader $6.70 36 $241.20
Kodak EASYSHARE Z981 - Digital camera - compact - 14.0 Mpix - optical zoom: 26 x - supported memory: SD, SDHC • Best Buy $329.99 1 $329.99

Materials cost

$571.19

Vendor shipping charges

 $36.12

Sales tax

 $52.26

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.57

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$703.14

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$124.08

Total project goal

$827.22

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