DIVERSITY PROJECT By: Ashley Mullins Dr. Karen Goldman Theories
of Teaching and Learning
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SCHOOL DEMOGRAPHICS Clay City Elementary: Part of Powell County
Schools in Eastern Kentucky Free and Reduced Lunch Rate rests
consistently around 80% Serve approximately 540 students Preschool-
5 th Grade Low socio-economic statuses are extremely common Title 1
School Considered a Focus School under the NCLB Act for improvement
in Reading and Math
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ZOO KIDS GRANT Due to the number of impoverished students that
we serve, which is part of our diversity at CCE, many students in
our schools do not get to experience many activities that most kids
get to enjoy, like going to the Zoo. The Louisville Zoo has a grant
called Zoo Kids to help children in such situations visit the Zoo
with their school for free. Our first grade class qualified for
this grant so we were able to take the kids to the Zoo, giving many
a first time experience there!
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RIDING A BUS For some students, this even meant getting to
experience riding the bus for the first time. Out of the 25
children in my class, 8 had never ridden a bus before.
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OUR EXPERIENCE AT THE LOUISVILLE ZOO Ms. Mullins Class
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OUR EXPERIENCE AT THE LOUISVILLE ZOO Mrs. Smiths Class Mrs.
Wilsons Class
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OUR EXPERIENCE AT THE LOUISVILLE ZOO
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PETTING ZOO FUN Not only was this the first time that some of
our kids got to see animals at the Zoo, they got to pet them as
well!!
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RETURN TRIP The bus ride homewas much quieter!!
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THE ZOO IS TIRING! The bus ride homewas much quieter!!
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CONNECTIONS TO THE CLASSROOM Zoo Animal Study
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CONNECTIONS TO THE CLASSROOM Habitat Writings
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CONNECTIONS TO THE CLASSROOM Zoo Animal Book Study
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CONNECTIONS TO THE CLASSROOM Elephant Hand Puppets!!
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Animal Venn Diagrams Pebble GO! research projects Zoo Trip
Personal Narratives Thank you letters written to the Zoo Kids
Corporation showing our appreciation for the trip. OTHER CLASS
ACTIVITIES
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Through the Zoo Kids grant, we were able to help our children
experience something that they may have never gotten the
opportunity to do otherwise. We connected the content through an
interdisciplinary unit to help diversify this first experience for
them and relate it to their life as much as possible. This grant
allowed us to better serve our diverse population of students.
CONCLUSION