My classroom is full of students who are emergent bilingual learners. All of my students are learning English. My emergent bilingual learners are either recent arrivals or brand new to the country. My students bring a wide variety of cultures, languages, and experiences in the classroom in order to create a diverse learning environment.
In addition to learning English, my students are expected to expand their knowledge in order to reach the second grade Common Core curriculum state standards.
My school is a small, inclusive, public school that is part of a large urban district where over 75% receive free or reduced-price lunch.
My Project
Our students come from a diverse range of races, cultures, languages, customs and stories. Helping them learn about themselves, each other and their histories is no small feat, but one that is imbedded in our daily work and discussions.
With a variety of age and grade appropriate biographies and multicultural texts, we can ensure that our students are learning about where they come from and who they could be.
Reading about characters, leaders, heroes and trailblazers who look like them, our students will be able to gain a deeper understanding of where they come from and the endless possibilities of where they can go. These texts will be used throughout different parts of our day, Interactive Read Aloud, Writing, and Social Studies. The goal is to have texts that both provide students with a history of different cultures and races but also to have them see representation of themselves in the texts.
Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Books) (Coretta Scott King Honor - Illustrator Honor Title)
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$19.95
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$19.95
Malcolm Little: The Boy Who Grew Up to Become Malcolm X
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$17.09
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$17.09
I Believe I Can
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$17.09
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$17.09
The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family
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$16.19
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$16.19
Midnight Teacher: Lilly Ann Granderson and Her Secret School
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$14.79
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$14.79
Hank's Big Day: The Story of a Bug
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$14.56
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$14.56
Little Melba and Her Big Trombone
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$14.19
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$14.19
The Three Lucys
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$13.99
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$13.99
Under My Hijab
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$13.89
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$13.89
Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race
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$13.69
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$13.69
Calling the Water Drum
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$13.55
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$13.55
The Water Princess
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$13.43
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$13.43
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Picture Book Edition
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$13.39
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$13.39
I Am Enough
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$13.28
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$13.28
Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions
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$12.99
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$12.99
Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré
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$12.89
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$12.89
Seeds of Change: Wangari's Gift to the World
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$12.50
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$12.50
My Hair is a Garden
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$12.23
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$12.23
Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln
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$11.99
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$11.99
Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13
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$11.48
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$11.48
Love to Langston
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$10.95
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$10.95
The Undefeated (Caldecott Medal Book)
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$10.74
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$10.74
It Jes Happened: When Bill Traylor Started to Draw
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$10.01
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$10.01
Under the Lemon Moon
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$9.99
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$9.99
Hair Like Mine (Kids Like Mine)
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$9.89
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$9.89
George Crum and the Saratoga Chip
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$9.82
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$9.82
Malala Yousafzai: Warrior With Words
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$9.59
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$9.59
From North to South / Del Norte al Sur
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$9.18
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$9.18
Skin Like Mine (Kids Like Mine)
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$8.95
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$8.95
Materials cost
$372.28
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$5.58
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$407.86
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$71.98
Total project goal
$479.84
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$479.84
3 Donors
-$277.42
Donations toward project cost
-$235.81
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$41.61
match offer
-$202.41
Match offer toward project cost
-$172.05
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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