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Despite their upper elementary age, my students (and I) love picture books! I use them as mentor texts for teaching writing and grammar points. I use them as springboards to introduce topics in literature and social studies. 5th grade social studies curriculum and standards in California focus on United States History: everything from Native American tribes to the birth of our nation. I also start every school year reading various picture books to help build community: we find and discuss important themes around identity, friendship, and empathy. This work will only become more important as we start the year distance learning. Teaching through distance learning can be daunting. But this spring showed me that students still love being read to, even if it's done virtually. They eagerly read books from online sites, and many students requested that I continue to record myself reading books and post them to Google Classroom over the summer. I've been teaching over a decade. I've accumulated many books in that time. Unfortunately, my library is still lacking in diversity of characters and their backgrounds. My books don't accurately represent the students in my diverse classroom.
These books will help to validate student identities and help us build a tolerant and empathetic community, even from a distance. They will also help support meaningful conversations about racism, equity, and inclusion as we focus on our 5th grade standards of what it means to be an American and the ideals our nation was founded upon.
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Despite their upper elementary age, my students (and I) love picture books! I use them as mentor texts for teaching writing and grammar points. I use them as springboards to introduce topics in literature and social studies. 5th grade social studies curriculum and standards in California focus on United States History: everything from Native American tribes to the birth of our nation. I also start every school year reading various picture books to help build community: we find and discuss important themes around identity, friendship, and empathy. This work will only become more important as we start the year distance learning. Teaching through distance learning can be daunting. But this spring showed me that students still love being read to, even if it's done virtually. They eagerly read books from online sites, and many students requested that I continue to record myself reading books and post them to Google Classroom over the summer. I've been teaching over a decade. I've accumulated many books in that time. Unfortunately, my library is still lacking in diversity of characters and their backgrounds. My books don't accurately represent the students in my diverse classroom.
These books will help to validate student identities and help us build a tolerant and empathetic community, even from a distance. They will also help support meaningful conversations about racism, equity, and inclusion as we focus on our 5th grade standards of what it means to be an American and the ideals our nation was founded upon.