The books selected for this project will help create a more balanced classroom library. Working in a school with students from various backgrounds, it’s important for each student to have books with characters that look like them. Additionally, these titles will create an opportunity for students to be exposed to cultures they are not yet familiar with and provide a basis for timely and important conversations about race and diversity. Some of these books will be shared throughout the year as targeted read aloud titles and others will be placed in the leveled library as independent choice
options.
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The books selected for this project will help create a more balanced classroom library. Working in a school with students from various backgrounds, it’s important for each student to have books with characters that look like them. Additionally, these titles will create an opportunity for students to be exposed to cultures they are not yet familiar with and provide a basis for timely and important conversations about race and diversity. Some of these books will be shared throughout the year as targeted read aloud titles and others will be placed in the leveled library as independent choice
options.