My students need 14 diverse books to use as read-aloud and independent reading library books.
FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Fluker's classroom raised $234
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My Students
My students attend the oldest elementary school in the nation, but our school often struggles to provide necessary supplies and classroom materials due to yearly budget cuts. My 4th graders come to my classroom with a diverse range of needs, challenges and experiences, and problems can arise from a lack of understanding about each other's cultures and lives.
My students are from African American, Vietnamese, Cape Verdean, Puerto Rican and Dominican cultures, and they are beginning to become serious readers.
The problem is that our classroom library does not reflect their lives or diversity.
My Project
These books will allow me to teach about racial divides in the United States, and how these divides have effected people of color over the years. In addition this will allow me to facilitate more in depth conversations amongst my diverse group of students.
Through each read aloud I can teach students the importance of learning about and respecting each others cultures, rights, and differences.
One student last year said, "I'm tired of reading books that are only about white people." As an African American teacher, I have always put an emphasis on tolerance and diversity in my curriculum, but our current resources have a limited number of books, mainly with white American characters.
Your donation will help my students see themselves in literature and understand America's complicated history. Additionally, my students will be able to learn about each other's backgrounds and discuss their home experiences and cultures with one another.
More than half 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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