Help me give my students the tools and knowledge they need to understand relevant cultural issues. This literature, including Just Mercy, Hidden Figures and the 3-book March Series, will help expand their understanding and add diversity to our classroom library.
FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Ortiz's classroom raised $529
This project is fully funded
Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month
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 are eager learners with diverse abilities and are in need of supplies that will allow them to experience, explore and enhance their learning by having the opportunity to get the supplies needed as we dive into the new Next Generation Science Standards.
I have 150 students divided into five 6th-grade classes in which general science is taught.
The majority of my students are Hispanic, and several of them are English language learners and speak little English. The majority of my students are bilingual, and a large number of their parents don't speak English. My students have varying abilities that at times require adapted lessons. Developing cross-curricular activities that are both fun and motivating, the addition of these resources would allow me to easily integrate various concepts and lessons in my science curriculum and address the different learning styles of my students.
My Project
Bringing literature in the science classroom will provide my students an opportunity to make connections with what they read to the world around them. Students need access to literature that is meaningful and relevant to the real world, and in the climate, we are now living these pieces of literature are extremely relevant. Supplying access to a wide range of literature can help students understand text and relate their background knowledge to what they read. Supplying a diverse library in the classroom offers students a variety of topics that supplies them the opportunity to choose what they would like to read, and will help students answer their questions, and generate further student questions about a topic through discussion of the book. Providing this diversity will help students to further explore topics that are important to them.
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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