Help me give my students diversity books, headphones and guided reading and literacy materials.
FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Jones's classroom raised $513
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
I teach 22 scholars ages 5 and 6. 17 of my students are in-person and 6 are virtual learners. I teach both sets of students simultaneously. This can be difficult at times but my students are hungry to learn so that keeps me motivated. A lot of my students have faced difficult situations due to COVID and I have made it my mission to make their first year of school amazing. I want 2020 to be etched in their minds because they learned to love learning, not because of the many hardships they’ve faced with their families. These students are not only learning their letters, sounds and numbers, they’re learning to be confident in themselves no matter what they have or lack.
My Project
My kinders, like many kinders around the world, are in families that are suffering due to COVID and the pandemic. Their families are busy trying to make ends meet and keep their sanity in a world with so many uncertainties. My families don’t have the energy to talk in-depth about diversity with their little ones and it’s not because they don’t desire to. With these diversity books I’ll be able to fill in some of the gap for my families when talking about diversity in a way that is suitable for my kinders. My kinders are eager to learn about different people in a world that haven’t fully experienced yet. I want to be able to take them to different countries, learn about cultural cuisines and meet people of many cultural backgrounds without buying a plane ticket. These diversity books will allow me to do that.
Due to the uncertainty of education at this time, my students and I never know when we’ll have to transition to learn at home.
Everyday they leave my classroom, I make sure their bags are prepared for virtual learning. I make sure they have all the materials they need to connect with me from their homes because we never know. We’ve had to make this transition before. With the headphones my kinders will be able to focus better at home when learning. A lot of their homes have multiple learners and it can get loud and be distracting for a 5 or 6 year old.
The literacy materials will help me during guided reading with my kinders. At the beginning of the school year I asked each of them what they hoped to learn in kindergarten and they all stated they wanted to learn how to read. These materials will help them read.
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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