Our school was the first school in our county to begin using the Responsive Classroom. This type of learning supports the various types of children we have in our diverse elementary school and encourage strong community building. Our students, as well as all children, need certain social skills and positive behaviors taught. They also need strong role models around them and need to see different adults reading and celebrating literacy. There are so many social skills that can be supported through books such as resilience and persistence, making mistakes, honesty, feelings, and respecting differences. Even books that are silly and based on humor have a place in school!
My Project
Our students and teachers love books and make reading a special part of each day. Along with motivating our students to read books they enjoy, our teachers are always working to increase our students' academic achievement and social-emotional skills. We are proud of our school community! Each month we focus on a different character trait. These books help students relate these character traits to characters in books.
We believe that teaching good character is just as important as reading, writing, math, social studies, and science.
These books will be read aloud to all of our 3rd graders. The variety of books helps students relate to different characters such as the characters in Thank you Mr. Falker, Boxes for Katje, and Brothers in Hope.
We also look at the vocabulary in these books. The students are introduced to new vocabulary. They are encouraged to use these new vocabulary words in their writing and speaking.
The Lucky Star (Tales of Young Americans)
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Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Books) (Coretta Scott King Honor - Illustrator Honor Title)
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The Other Side
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Better Than You
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999 Tadpoles
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The Three Questions [Based on a story by Leo Tolstoy]
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Thank You, Mr. Falker
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The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos
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Horton Hatches the Egg
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Boxes for Katje (Rise and Shine)
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The Honest-to-Goodness Truth
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It Could Always Be Worse: A Yiddish Folk Tale (Michael Di Capua Books)
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When I Am Old With You (Orchard Paperbacks)
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The Firekeeper's Son
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Tillie and the Wall (Dragonfly Books)
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Swimmy
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Sam Johnson and the Blue Ribbon Quilt
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Thank You, Sarah: The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving
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On a Beam of Light: A Story of Albert Einstein
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The Araboolies of Liberty Street
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Goin' Someplace Special
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The Boy Who Invented TV: The Story of Philo Farnsworth
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Chicken Sunday
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The Gardener
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Meteor!
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Materials cost
$252.56
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$3.79
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$286.35
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$50.53
Total project goal
$336.88
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$336.88
3 Donors
-$336.88
Donations toward project cost
-$286.35
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