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.
My Students
My students come excited to learn in two languages, as part of our Spanish Immersion Program that was adopted more than ten years ago to meet the need of our cultural and linguistic diversity in our district. Seven years ago, parents got organized and successfully implemented uniforms at our school. This has helped our students to stay focused on learning, and it has provided a positive learning environment for everyone.
I am enriched and blessed by my students' diverse cultural, linguistic, and economic background.
More than 85% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. All of my kindergarten students get an amazing and unique opportunity to start learning in English and Spanish from K to 12. Close to 25% of my students' first language is English, and 50% of my students' first language is Spanish, and 25% speak another language. They share the journey to be able to graduate from high school bicultural, bilingual, and bi-literate; it all begins in my kindergarten classroom.
My Project
Last school year, our school received a donation of several flowerbeds. Our grade level got two to place outside our classrooms to use all year long. As we get ready for our next science unit about organisms, we would like to add a vegetable garden as an additional hands-on learning opportunity to enhance this science unit. My students will be learning this unit in Spanish and my partner teacher will be supporting my students in English. This will allow my students to be excited to learn in two languages.
This project will make a vegetable garden in our school a hands-on learning opportunity unforgettable for all our kindergarteners.
The trays, seedling heating pad, seeds, dirt, and plant food will provide all we will need to grow real vegetables from seeds to a salad. The seeds we would love to see grow are tomatoes, carrots, radishes, cucumbers, and lettuce, all of which we could actually eat.
Kindergartners will have many learning opportunities over several weeks and even months from observing the different seeds germinate, planting all of the vegetables outside in our flowerbeds to harvesting yummy vegetables.
In the process, they will need to learn how to take care of the vegetable garden, take turns watering the plants, and take pride in our school. A vegetable garden will be an unforgettable bilingual learning experience for everyone.
More than three‑quarters 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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