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 teach English as a second language for a public school system. The school I work at is 100% free lunch. The students I work with are mainly from El Salvador. Some of them are separated from their families, and the rest who live with their families have very limited resources, but they love to learn and they are very appreciative to anything we give them at school (it could be something as simple as a sticker). Their families are hard labor workers, and they work for very long hours. But they do want the best for their kids and are also very appreciative to what we do with the kids at school.
I am also an immigrant to this country as well.
English is also my second language and that's how I connect to my students.
My Project
Students will write and publish their own books this year. The goal is to have each student publish three books. They will use the laptops to read books on line. Two students will type using Chromebooks (laptops) while the other students review, edit and conference with me on their book projects.
Students will also be able to illustrate their book/s and for that we will need a color printer.
The first book project is about themselves. The second will be a creative story, and the last one will be about the school year.
The books will be a tangible memoir of this academic year for them to keep.
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