Help me give my students social and emotional literature to learn SEL skills and promote kindness.
$339 goal
Hooray! This project is fully funded
Hooray! 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.
I work at a relatively new K-5 public school! This is our 12th year to be open. Our students come from a variety of backgrounds and experiences. Although we are not classified as a Title I school, we have students from all different economic backgrounds including homeless and extended stay families.
Our students are hard workers, and we have high expectations for each of them.
Meeting their individual needs, teaching kindness and acceptance, and giving them a safe, loving place to learn are my goals for this school year.
My Project
As important as academics are, social and emotional skills are imperative for students to be successful as adults. The skills include: self-management, self-awareness, social awareness, responsible decision-making, and relationship skills. These are skills that don't necessarily come naturally. Even adults need to continue working on these skills.
In my classroom I find time to incorporate SEL because I've seen the evidence and research to show that it works.
Classrooms that practice SEL actually learn more because the interruptions, distractions, and conflicts have decreased. Students understand themselves and know how to manage their emotions. They know how to solve problems and how to solve conflict. They understand empathy and kindness. They know how to deal when things get tough. These are skills they will use for the rest of their life.
One way I teach SEL is by reading books. Students love picture books and can usually relate to the story. I'm asking for this library so that I will have the resources to be able to successfully teach these skills and engage my students. This library will be used in my classroom for years to come.
Psychologists use the term resilience to describe an individual’s ability to adapt successfully to challenging events. Reading these books with my students can be a way to teach resiliency, self-confidence, and self-control and help us discuss common challenges students may be facing at home or at school.
Seeds and Trees: A children's book about the power of words
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$13.79
1
$13.79
The Boy with Big, Big Feelings
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$13.43
1
$13.43
Don't Feed The WorryBug (WorryWoo Monsters)
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$13.01
1
$13.01
What Does It Mean to Be Present?
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$12.99
1
$12.99
The Way I Act
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$12.99
1
$12.99
Train Your Angry Dragon: Teach Your Dragon To Be Patient. A Cute Children Story To Teach Kids About Emotions and Anger Management. (Dragon Books for Kids) (My Dragon Books)
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$12.95
1
$12.95
In My Heart: A Book of Feelings (Growing Hearts)
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$12.64
1
$12.64
Sally Sore Loser: A Story About Winning and Losing
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$12.23
1
$12.23
Anxious Ninja: A Children's Book About Managing Anxiety and Difficult Emotions (Ninja Life Hacks)
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$11.99
1
$11.99
Kindness Snippet Jar
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$10.79
1
$10.79
Kindness Starts With You - At School
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$10.79
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$10.79
I Can Handle It (Mindful Mantras)
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$10.79
1
$10.79
Jabari Jumps
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$10.59
1
$10.59
Even Superheroes Have Bad Days
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$10.48
1
$10.48
The Color Monster: A Story About Emotions
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$10.20
1
$10.20
My Mouth Is A Volcano
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$9.95
1
$9.95
What If Everybody Said That?
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$9.79
1
$9.79
What If Everybody Did That?
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$9.73
1
$9.73
Each Kindness (Jane Addams Award Book (Awards))
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$9.69
1
$9.69
That Rule Doesn't Apply to Me! (Responsible Me!)
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$9.31
1
$9.31
Buckets, Dippers, and Lids: Secrets to Your Happiness
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$9.26
1
$9.26
I Am Human: A Book of Empathy
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$8.39
1
$8.39
Ricky Sticky Fingers
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$8.07
1
$8.07
Materials cost
$253.85
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$3.81
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$287.66
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$50.76
Total project goal
$338.42
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$338.42
3 Donors
-$180.83
Donations toward project cost
-$155.21
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$25.62
match offer
-$155.82
Match offer toward project cost
-$132.45
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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