This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.
My Students
School bells are not ringing inside traditional buildings but from living rooms and kitchen tables. My 13 students are not walking into their fifth-grade classroom. They are at home trying hard to continue learning from a distance away from their teacher and friends.
This is their new norm.
Only a third have access to computers or an electronic device that allows them to communicate in an instructional setting. What they need are materials and resources in their hands.
My Project
My stay-at-home students need quality literature that will continue to allow them to read, discuss, and write for meaning, understanding, and comprehension. Our in-class novel study takes on a new look now that we all our social distancing and learning remotely. I am requesting three wonderful novels (two by Katherine Applegate) for the Stay-At-Home and Read book club. One thing that students miss access to is quality reading materials.
Every child should have a home library.
This request will give each of my students three additional books each to continue reading and writing from home. Reading a good book will help to relieve some of the stress that may be experienced by my students who have had their normal routines and lives turned upside down.
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