Clean and Warm California (Rug) Under Students' Bottoms
My students need to sit on a decent rug when they're receiving their instruction and in the meantime get familiar with the geography of the country they live in.
FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Luna's classroom raised $425
This project is fully funded
Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month
This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
My Students
My students are all Latino, originally from Mexico, Guatemala, and El Salvador, except for one who is from Cambodia and is trying to learn Spanish! My school is located in the Fruitvale neighborhood and many of my families fall into the low income category. Many of my students' parents come from areas in Guatemala where only an indigenous language called Mam is spoken. These parents, in particular, hardly ever can read or write. Sometimes they don't even speak Spanish, let alone English!
Because of the low literacy of their parents, my students aren't often read to or helped with homework at home.
Also, some of them come to school with no experience in such basic things as holding a pencil, drawing, knowing the colors, counting to 10, and writing their names. All this makes our job, as teachers, much harder. So, we need all kinds of possible resources out there and Oakland Unified doesn't have the capacity to provide them, unfortunately.
My Project
My students sit on 2 rugs in our classroom. They're both old and not so clean. One of them, a map of the world, is in really poor condition. The school provided us with the main rug where most of my instruction happens, but I don't even think about asking for the other one to be replaced, knowing that our budget is so limited.
I feel that by sitting on a map of the US, my students will get more and more familiar with its geography!
But it's actually a matter of hygiene. That rug they're sitting on right now is not where I'd want my own child to sit.
Nearly all 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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