Come Learn About Me Research Paper

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Valerie thank you for your wonderful post, I loved reading about your idea for a Saturday “Come Learn About Me” day. Your idea is very similar to mine; having families come in and talk about their culture to the class. What a good idea to hold the even on non-school day, that is a great day to get more parents involved who would other wise be working. Our textbook Reading and Learning to Read (2015) talks about teachers needing to understand the cultures of the students in the class and to respect those cultures also. This I strongly believe is a good way to do that, and also gives the children a sense of pride for their heritage, and wanting to share it with their new classmates.
I also wanted to touch on your last paragraph. I agree with