My students need 30 copies of the novel “Felita,” which is a story of a young person who is experiencing the same issues as many of our students, because the ability to learn about new subjects and find helpful information depends on the ability to read.
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My Students
I am a sixth grade language arts/social studies teacher, and my students have a different teacher for math and science. I have two classes - my homeroom and my afternoon class. I teach language arts in a 2 hour block. My homeroom stays with me all morning, and then we go to lunch.
My sixth graders are enthusiastic readers.
My school is located in an urban Philadelphia neighborhood. We start each day with a Do-Now, which is a “Question of the Day" (daily writing prompt). After that we transition into our shared reading lesson. During shared reading, I will read the text/story aloud, or the students will read to one another. After the lesson and guided practice, we break into independent reading. During this time, students read independently, putting into practice the skills we have learned.
My Project
This lesson is designed to provide students the opportunity to feel united with their peers by both their similarities and their differences. It will create a forum in which students can talk about why name-calling often occurs when an individual or group is deemed different, and how this targeting can be reformed into something positive. By the end of the lesson, students will be able to identify similarities they have with their peers that they might not have known about, reflect on times when they were singled out for being different and how that felt, and identify the difference between names used to unify a group of similar individuals and names used to single out or denigrate a group of similar individuals.
This donation will help an underfunded school district create a culture of reading.
Books like "Felita" will help young children develop the critical early foundation and skills they need to be successful in life. When students are interested in reading and enjoys certain types of books such as mysteries, humor or adventure stories, it will encourage the students' natural interests in the genres they like as much as possible.
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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