An Introduction to Critical Literacy and Trustworthy Journalism
Help me give my students magazines that lead to a deeper understanding of current events and critical literacy skills.
FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Minas's classroom raised $212
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My Students
Distance learning has, unsurprisingly, been a challenge for teachers all across the world during this unprecedented pandemic. We left our physical school on Friday, March 13 and launched our online learning the following Monday. Our school is a Title 1 elementary school that serves nearly 400 students, with 55% of our students coming from low-income backgrounds.
My resilient, hardworking fifth graders have risen to the challenges of distance learning and have quickly and skillfully adapted to these difficult circumstances.
They continue to push themselves academically across all content areas to continue their growth and set themselves up for success as the transition to new middle schools next year.
Our fifth graders will begin their final year of elementary school participating in remote learning. Each year the first 6 weeks are dedicated to building community and relationships among students. Distance learning presents an obvious challenge to establishing the foundations for our class community because we will not be physically together. To offset these challenges, we will exploring ways to build community while promoting social and emotional wellbeing among the members of our class.
My Project
As students embark on a brand-new school year through distance learning, engagement and participation will be essential to ensuring student learning.
Creating opportunities for students to connect to learning is essential to powerful teaching practices and in the midst of a pandemic, this becomes even more critical.
This means reexamining all aspects of instruction and asking important questions including, how does this learning task reflect my students' needs, experiences and lives right now?
A subscription to Time for Kids magazine for my fifth grade students will support their learning of valuable English Language Arts skills and strategies, from determining a main idea with supporting details to identifying author's purpose. Then we will dig deeper into texts to analyze author craft moves to influence readers. Time for Kids provides high-interest articles, for example an edition about the making of comics, and is a great resource for reluctant readers. Additional supports such as the integration of videos and power words will also support English Language Learners and visual learners.
More than half of 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
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