Help me give my students exposure to culturally relevant fictional texts with books containing characters that look and sound like them.
FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Jones's classroom raised $523
This project is fully funded
My Students
The children of our school are bright, inquisitive, and full of energy. Our Montessori model allows my children to flourish in many different areas, without them feeling different. They learn through hands-on activities, so everyone learns in their own way. The classroom is a happy community. Students are focused. They take joy in their work. They invent, explore, experiment, confer, create, prepare snacks, and curl up with books; sometimes they might even reflect in a peaceful, meditative corner.
Older children are seen as role models within the community in our multiple-aged classroom.
They support the growth and development of younger children through socialization, assisting with new work or teaching skills they have mastered themselves.
At any time that you may visit you will see children engaged in multiple activities, anything from partner reading, story writing, play rehearsal to using math manipulatives or science experiments.
My Project
These books will continue to enhance the print-rich classroom that I strive to create. My classroom library is a place that my students really enjoy-I read on the carpet, on a stool, in a chair, everywhere. We are currently reading two books at once, "Crenshaw" and "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky". The majority of the books in our classroom have characters that do not look like my students. The books that I have selected will help my students by giving them additional worlds to visit.
The best way to increase reading ability is to read more, and these books will continue to help my students grow stronger in reading.
The children will also be able to choose books that interest them. My students already have shown an astonishing interest in independent reading, and this project will only help enrich their experiences with the printed word.
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
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