I teach English learner students in grades K-5 at an elementary school on the Big Island in Hawaii. My students represent many different cultures and economic backgrounds. Most of my students are "disadvantaged" due to their economic backgrounds.
Although my students may be facing challenges in their lives, they are always eager to learn new things.
Our school has been using a state-mandated reading and math curriculum. Many of our students are struggling, especially with the reading curriculum. Our students experience difficulty relating to the stories shared in the reading curriculum because of their limited exposure to different climates and cultures. Many of our students have never left the Hawaiian islands; therefore, their personal experiences are minimal.
My Project
Our EL classroom is in dire need of new storage units. Our current classroom furniture is outdated. Most of our cubbies and bookshelves are from the 1980s. They are termite eaten, unstable, unsafe due to the wood splitting, and the casters don't work the way they are supposed to. Our hope is to replace our old, worn out bookcases with brand new ones so we don’t have to clean up termite droppings on the floor anymore.
This bookshelf will be used to store and organize our reading textbooks and workbooks.
The cubby spaces are large enough to hold our reading binders and folders, various reading textbooks and student consumables.
More than half 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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