I teach third grade at a diverse, Title I school in Southwest Florida. Our students come from numerous cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds. We are an "A" school and one of 27 schools chosen by The Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (ECTAC) for "Exceeding Expectations." Through lots of hard work, our school continues to help our students succeed.
I encourage lots of independent reading time in my classroom, and I expect my students to read from a range of genres.
The biography section of our classroom library needs a major makeover! I want to provide my students with more diverse people to read about!
My Project
For this project, I am requesting biographies about inspirational STEM trailblazers (both historical and current) to add to our classroom library. These books are at a perfect grade level to make them accessible to my students. These books include biographies of the creators of YouTube, GoPro, Minecraft, and other technologies that are relevant to my students. My students love to read biographies, and I need a greater variety of this genre to keep their interest! It is my hope to build up enough biographies about STEM trailblazers to create a separate biography tub in my library for them.
Readers of all ages can find much to consider, relate to, and celebrate when they read stories of people who’ve had an impact on our lives and culture.
I hope that having access to these books provides my students with the ability to learn more about the important contributions of STEM trailblazers in the past and today. Thank you for helping me provide this inspiration for my students!
I teach at an NAESP-member school. Reference ID: NAESP
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