Help me give my students their own copy of our popular 5th grade novel study, Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan.
FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Biggie's classroom raised $575
This project is fully funded
My Students
We like to think of our K-5th grade school as producing well-rounded, whole children who make healthy choices for their minds, bodies, and spirits. We teach them to care about achieving academically, pushing their bodies to gain physical strength, flexibility, and stamina, and finding joy in the performing and fine arts.
My 5th grade students strive to thrive with challenges that enable them to collaborate, communicate, and be creative and critical thinkers who can make a difference.
Our community is very stable with many families who have a long history in the area. Other families return after college with their own families to attend this well regarded elementary school. In fact, some of our teachers on staff were once students!
Because we are a high academic achieving school, we often do not qualify for the same grant and state funding that schools of lower socioeconomic status would. This does not mean, though, that we are any less worthy, nor do we necessarily have the funds to provide the students with the complete opportunities we would like.
My Project
"Esperanza Rising" by Pam Munoz Ryan is a realistic historical fiction that showcases perseverance, compassion, and humility leading up to Cesar Chavez's civil rights movement of the 1930's in central California. This popular piece is a staple in our 5th grade curriculum, and we focus mostly on how the characters choose to overcome the struggles they face.
While studying character development and traits, story arc and sequence, as well as the author's important themes, I feel that every fifth grader deserves to have their own copy of "Esperanza Rising" during our novel study.
There is more ownership over their learning and more buy-in about the discussions this novel reveals.
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