The Donut House: Real World Literacy in an Urban Kindergarten Classroom

This journal was very interesting to me, and actually relates to my MGRP topic. This journal was inspiring to me because the teacher did not give up on her students just because of the area they were from. She took the notion of empowerment, and created a community in her classroom. "By combining children's natural world of play with real world events, we were able to embed a number of authentic reading and writing experiences in the literacy instructional program." (250) This project of the Donut house did just that. It helped students realize they are apart of their community, and can actually make a difference. Students were able to use language (verbal or writing) to interact with their classmates and also members of the community. At the end of the project, the students felt a sense of accomplishment.