This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.
My Students
I work in a west-side school in a large city in Illinois with 98% free lunch. My students are very high-energy and spirited, and super-excited to come to class online. And now, with COVID-19, we are back at school learning in a new normal, which is somewhat challenging for our 4-year-olds. My students are early learners who are catching on to concepts quickly.
My students are up for any challenges and we want to give them some support to help them become safe, healthy productive citizens, ever-growing learners, and competent people.
My Project
With students coming to school, they are going through disposable masks like water. They get wet, mixed up, and lost often so to have a few more would really ease the tension of searching for masks. We are doing a lot of social-emotional learning in class and so Brown Boy Joy and the other books will give students some positive thoughts and things to read and learn about at home and in class. We are also doing Drop Everything and Read so having multiple copies of two of the books would be great. We also would love to have some crayons that are more shades than black and brown to represent our students' skin tones as we draw pictures for stories.
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