School Demographics
I teach at a magnet school in Tulsa, Oklahoma. We celebrate diversity, value our multilingual learners, and pride ourselves with Culturally Responsive Teaching. We house the only secondary dual language program in the Tulsa Public Schools district, allowing elementary dual language students a place to continue receiving instruction in both Spanish and English language arts, as well as instruction in full Spanish in one or more content areas. At Will Rogers Middle School, our current student body is 69.9% Hispanic, 13.7% Caucasian, 5.6% Multi-Race, 5.5% African American, 5.1% American Indian, and .1% Asian with 96.4% of our population on free and reduced lunch. I teach four sections of English Language Development (ELD). My classes reflect this diversity, except for the Caucasian and African American students. I have students with ranging abilities, so it is important that I differentiate and scaffold my instruction, as well as build in some flexibility for those students who need it. This unit will be written for 6th grade ELD students, however excerpts of the unit topics articles, podcast, and videos will be beneficial for our middle school study skills classes which includes Caucasian, Native Americans, Asian, and African American students. This class is required for all middle school students. It is a high school preparation course with relevant cultural teachings, such as, Black History Month, Latin American Month, Earth Day Celebrations, etc. therefore the addition of my curriculum unit sprinkled throughout the year will bring a new depth of information to our middle school students.
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