¡Bienvenidos A Un Aula Acogedora! Create A Welcoming Classroom.
Help me give my students more accessible texts, flexible seating and an engaging teachable circle time carpet.
$536 goal
Hooray! This project is fully funded
Hooray! This project is fully funded
Celebrating 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.
The students I teach are as diverse as our school district. Anchorage has been ranked as the most diverse district in the nation more than once! These young people come with such overwhelming curiosity it can be hard to contain our lessons to the classroom. Many of the students already speak two languages and love the idea of learning another. Some of them are heritage speakers of Spanish and appreciate a place to shine with their knowledge and fluency in a way they may not be able to in other classes. We are a small elementary school of roughly 220 students all of whom I get the privilege to work with on language acquisition.
Learning Spanish is more than piñatas and singing songs it is deep reflection on ones culture, ones language, and the history of migration around the world.
I am so grateful to ignite and continue to fuel the curiosity of my students to better understand their world. Bilingualism allows students to be more flexible thinkers, more empathic to others and themselves, and it invites students to think of the world as accessible not foreign.
My Project
This project is to create a more welcoming Spanish classroom. Our circle time area will shine with a new bright rug that includes some important basics sewn right in! We will use the wobble chair to offer flexible seating. Many students are accustomed to learning with flexible seating in their general education classroom. I want to offer the same support and comfort in my room.
And most excitingly, we will use new reading sets to empower more independent readers, partner reading activities, and elder-younger reading buddies in Spanish!
This eases the tension from a foreign language to a worldly and extremely useful tool. We are aiming for students to be teaching other students as teaching a concept solidifies it in ones memory. Peer leaders and tutors are empowering for everyone! Thank you for considering supporting our creation of a more welcoming classroom.
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