My students need 2 Hands-On Measurement Centers, a liquid measuring kit, and other math materials to measure area, perimeter, distance, volume, and capacity and to make conversions from one unit to another.
$534 goal
Hooray! This project is fully funded
Hooray! This project is fully funded
Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month
This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
"The man ignorant of mathematics will be increasingly limited in his grasp of the main forces of civilization." ~John Kemeny.
I want my students to really understand math in order to become lifetime learners and good citizens. "Hands-on" learning is key to stamping out math ignorance!
I teach at a public elementary school in the metro-New Orleans area.
My school has about 650 students, 97% of whom receive free lunch. My students belong to a 5th grade special education class. Some of my students have Learning Disabilities and others have Cognitive Impairments. Most of my students are two - three years below grade level, so they need to work on "catching-up" as well as on grade level Common Core Standards. We have to work hard, and we have to do "hands-on" activities that will engage the kids.
My Project
The children with special needs that I teach need to actively learn by doing, rather than just practicing on worksheets. Through using the volume blocks, they will get to understand volume and capacity to a greater degree. When they use the liquid measures, they will get to associate an amount of liquid to the appropriate measure, whether it is cups, pints, quarts, and gallons. The beautiful measurement materials and activity cards will allow students to delve further into measurements. By giving them a more complete concept of measurements, they will be better able to solve complicated conversion word problems.
My students will become more fluent in math measurement through the math manipulatives and colorful activities.
They will gain a more complete understanding of capacity, volume, area, and perimeter. By gaining a better understanding of measurement, they will be able to identify appropriate units of measure and make conversions between the units.
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