Help me give my students access to diverse books and seating areas that are able to be sanitized daily - we had to throw all of our flexible seating away this year due to covid 19 concerns.
I teach 6th-8th grade students ranging from ages 11-15. I am responsible for covering English Language Arts in the digital learning environment as well as AVID content for all three grade levels. I am primarily the middle school media specialist, so I am always working to add new things to our school library, whether it be a new book or a class pet. My students come to school each day and are greeted with a hug (or virtual high five ~ social distancing style!) and a warm greeting.
My students were reluctant readers at the beginning of the year, but my own love of reading has transformed them into reading machines.
I had 100% participation in our school-wide reading program for my class last year, and 99% completion of our goal. I hope to kick off this year and get the kids immersed in reading as quickly as possible.
My Project
Our students do not have access to as many diverse books as I would like for them to. It is my goal as media specialist and classroom teacher to bring them books by Black authors, about the Black experience, and including Black characters. We are also expanding our library to include books about Native Americans, Refugees, Immigrants, and other cultural and ethnic backgrounds. Our students visit the library daily, and I would like to have some comfortable seating areas for them that are both functional and able to be sanitized. We had a couch/lounge area previously that had to be thrown out due to the inability of the fabric to be cleaned on a daily basis.
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