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.
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These books will help build diversity in my classroom as they will allow my students see themselves (and their classmates) in the characters. My classroom library will serve as a safe where students can reflect, explore and learn culture. Each book was chosen to reflect a student group in my class. Through diverse reading experiences students will be more engaged in reading and develop a true love for books and learning.
These culturally relevant books will be used to create book groups where students are able read write and discuss topic that reflect their culture and those of their cassmates. The goal is to further cultivate the sense of community and understanding in the classroom, while building stronger readers. Students will be able to choose books that interest them for guided reading. As a group we will work together read and reflect on the characters, major themes and build content specificities vocabulary.
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These books will help build diversity in my classroom as they will allow my students see themselves (and their classmates) in the characters. My classroom library will serve as a safe where students can reflect, explore and learn culture. Each book was chosen to reflect a student group in my class. Through diverse reading experiences students will be more engaged in reading and develop a true love for books and learning.
These culturally relevant books will be used to create book groups where students are able read write and discuss topic that reflect their culture and those of their cassmates. The goal is to further cultivate the sense of community and understanding in the classroom, while building stronger readers. Students will be able to choose books that interest them for guided reading. As a group we will work together read and reflect on the characters, major themes and build content specificities vocabulary.