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  • Bens Branch Elementary School
  • Porter, TX
  • 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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All students deserve to see themselves in books and relate and connect to the characters. As a 5th-grade teacher to students, I build lesson plans that reflect on student cultures. Students will be focused and engaged in lessons if they see stories where they can connect. During Black History month, we read several stories about important historical figures in history. My kids were super excited that they were able to 1) learn about important people in history 2) make connections or relate to the characters in the text 3) learn how these characters inspired change in history. Each month we study, learn and have a conversation about ethnicities and culture. Here is a guide in which I follow. September/October: Hispanic Heritage November: Indigenous People December: Persons with Disabilities January: Understanding the Holocaust February: African and Black History April: Autism Awareness and Differing Abilities May: Asian Pacific Heritage My students are wonderful and hard-working. Besides diversity literature, my students are also seeking bilingual books inside the classroom. Having a classroom library with diverse literature and bilingual books helps students build vocabulary in both languages, helps students feel included and it can highlight other different cultures. My goal is for all of my students of all backgrounds to learn how to read in both languages (English and Spanish) and also reflecting on other student cultures. The books will be part of a literacy center where students are able to read independently or with a group. Many of these books with be used as classroom read aloud stories where we have an open discussion in class.

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All students deserve to see themselves in books and relate and connect to the characters. As a 5th-grade teacher to students, I build lesson plans that reflect on student cultures. Students will be focused and engaged in lessons if they see stories where they can connect. During Black History month, we read several stories about important historical figures in history. My kids were super excited that they were able to 1) learn about important people in history 2) make connections or relate to the characters in the text 3) learn how these characters inspired change in history. Each month we study, learn and have a conversation about ethnicities and culture. Here is a guide in which I follow. September/October: Hispanic Heritage November: Indigenous People December: Persons with Disabilities January: Understanding the Holocaust February: African and Black History April: Autism Awareness and Differing Abilities May: Asian Pacific Heritage My students are wonderful and hard-working. Besides diversity literature, my students are also seeking bilingual books inside the classroom. Having a classroom library with diverse literature and bilingual books helps students build vocabulary in both languages, helps students feel included and it can highlight other different cultures. My goal is for all of my students of all backgrounds to learn how to read in both languages (English and Spanish) and also reflecting on other student cultures. The books will be part of a literacy center where students are able to read independently or with a group. Many of these books with be used as classroom read aloud stories where we have an open discussion in class.

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