In this Action Research paper, I am going to discuss the demographics and break down of my classroom library, and the possible deficits it presents to the students who populate it. This is significant because the more a child is exposed to a rich and dynamic library of books the better he or she has to be fluent in both reading and writing (Tompkins, 2015). It is also essential to to remember that a lack of culturally variegated texts may have an negative impact on children. I will first discuss the context that contains all the breakdown of the district, secondly the individual makeup of what my school looks like and finally represent the individual classroom demographics. I will further progress the variables of texts I’ve chosen in
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This category is important because in my monitoring of the classroom the boys in particular, chose these types of the books the most. The are sequenced and easy to read with bright and matching illustrations. I summize that even though it represents just under 10% of the classroom library, the graphic novel category is well represented for the populace of the classroom.
Keeping with the main category of fiction and splintering into the variable of fantasy texts. This variable would include fables, fairy tales and folklore. This variable amounts to 55 books. It is significant because this variable represents what type of books most of these students gravitate toward in my observations. These fairy tales and fables attract a wide range of all students from all the races and gender.
Moving to my next variable, I chose Black Protagonists. This is an underrepresented group with only 15 books available to the students. I chose this variable because even though there is only one African American student in the class she needs to see people who look like her represented in books and stories. Having said that, there are 17 children in the classroom who are caucasian but they also need to know what people of different colors look like and have exposure to people who do not look like them. The classroom they are in may not always have these same …show more content…
This book is about a young African American girl who is excited for tuesday, for Tuesday is the day she gets to visit the library. I picked this book because it is age appropriate for the classroom and this is exactly the type of book this classroom needs to fill this deficit. The depiction of Lola the young African American girl exposed the children to someone who does not look like them, except for the one African American Student. For her she now would have a face to make a connection with in a text in the class. I think the entire classroom would gravitate toward and enjoy this book. It could be done as a read aloud or used for independent
This category is important because in my monitoring of the classroom the boys in particular, chose these types of the books the most. The are sequenced and easy to read with bright and matching illustrations. I summize that even though it represents just under 10% of the classroom library, the graphic novel category is well represented for the populace of the classroom.
Keeping with the main category of fiction and splintering into the variable of fantasy texts. This variable would include fables, fairy tales and folklore. This variable amounts to 55 books. It is significant because this variable represents what type of books most of these students gravitate toward in my observations. These fairy tales and fables attract a wide range of all students from all the races and gender.
Moving to my next variable, I chose Black Protagonists. This is an underrepresented group with only 15 books available to the students. I chose this variable because even though there is only one African American student in the class she needs to see people who look like her represented in books and stories. Having said that, there are 17 children in the classroom who are caucasian but they also need to know what people of different colors look like and have exposure to people who do not look like them. The classroom they are in may not always have these same …show more content…
This book is about a young African American girl who is excited for tuesday, for Tuesday is the day she gets to visit the library. I picked this book because it is age appropriate for the classroom and this is exactly the type of book this classroom needs to fill this deficit. The depiction of Lola the young African American girl exposed the children to someone who does not look like them, except for the one African American Student. For her she now would have a face to make a connection with in a text in the class. I think the entire classroom would gravitate toward and enjoy this book. It could be done as a read aloud or used for independent