Our Community: Haitian Heritage Take-Home Book Packs A celebration of Haitian culture Did you know students are 2x as likely to achieve literacy success when they have books in the home? 1 Our Community Take-Home Books build home libraries with stories and characters that represent not just the classroom, but the world at large. Curated in partnership with Haitian American actor Jamie Hector, these packs feature high-quality titles in English and English/Haitian Creole.
FAMILY, SCHOOL & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Take-Home Packs GRADES K to 3 Instructional Focus ⊲ Multilingual Learner ⊲ Family Engagement ⊲ Independent Reading SOLE SOURCE This item is exclusively available from Scholastic.
what’s included ⊲ 3 engaging fiction titles per grade (2 Bilingual English/Haitian Creole; 1 English) ⊲ Bilingual Family Letter (English/Haitian Creole)
meet the mentor
Jamie Hector is a Brooklyn-born actor who studied at the Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute. He is best known for his roles in film and television, including The Wire , Bosch , Queen of the South , and We Own This City . However, one of Jamie’s favorite roles is as
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the founder of Moving Mountains Inc., a nonprofit organization that gives children the opportunity to study the arts free of charge. He has also authored several children’s books with Scholastic which have been transadapted into Haitian Creole and are included in the Classroom Collections and the Take- Home Book Packs.
Contract #: 7000974 | Vendor #: SCH100000
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Kindergarten
9781546138976 9781546138983 9781546138990 9781546139003
$20.95* $20.95* $20.95* $20.95*
Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3
Our Community Take-Home Books help families build home libraries.
*Pending approval from the New York City Department of Education
1. Manu, A., Ewerling, F., Barros, A. J. D., & Victora, C. G. (2019). Association between availability of children’s book and the literacy-numeracy skills of children aged 36 to 59 months: Secondary analysis of the UNICEF multiple-indicator cluster surveys covering 35 countries. Journal of Global Health, 9(1).
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