Updating Our Bookshelf: Giving English Learners Books That Are Relevant
Help me give my students by giving them 24 books that are relevant to them.
FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Shafer's classroom raised $562
This project is fully funded
My Students
My students are all English Language Learners, about 30 of them are new to this country within the last two to six years. From Guatemala, Vietnam, Yemen, Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador, China, Vietnam and the Philippines, they are enrolled in my class for one period a day. They join their English fluent peers for six other courses. The other 70 are Long Term English Learners, often born in the United States and not yet fluent proficient in English (reading, writing, listening and speaking).
My English Learners students are eager scholars even as they deal with poverty, immigration difficulties, separation from family/friends, violence and PTSD.
They work hard in class but often struggle to stay focused for a variety of reasons. They are less likely to have parents who can help them in the evenings with schoolwork due to language barriers and/or work schedules. They may be working full-time jobs themselves and sleeping very little at night. In some cases, my students have no adult at home because they are in America unaccompanied.
My Project
I inherited a bookshelf in my classroom that would be great for a teacher in the 1990s who had mostly white middle-class students. But I teach English Learners and they want books that are meaningful to them.
Already I know that students will be competing for the books on the new bookshelf.
They will be vying for "Ronald vs. Messi" and "Squid Game" as well as "I'm Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" and "Clap When You Land."
I know your gift here will be a game changer for our Silent Sustained Reading sessions -- and possibly for the entire future of a student who needs to improve his/her/their reading ability to make it to college and beyond.
I know that your books will fly off the shelves. I have been paying attention to what students are interested in and these books will satisfy that desire. Thank you in advance!
More than three‑quarters of 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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