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Our curriculum is based on team learning rather than direct instruction. This often times results in students creating posters to show their learning. These posters can be concept maps to connect learning ideas, presentations of various graphs and function families, organizing various strategies for solving equations and inequalities, as well as a variety of other ideas. Having enough supplies available to use throughout the year will support their curriculum goals and provide them with multiple opportunities to work collaboratively. Because our school does not receive the same funding as other schools, we have less in our budget to purchase consumable supplies. Supplies such as markers, scissors, and poster paper, are supplies that we will run out of fairly quickly and we do not have the funds to purchase more. The students are working collaboratively to investigate problems and discover formulas rather than teachers providing the formulas for them. They are making connections between concepts that they might not otherwise be able to make given direct learning only. Being able to have enough materials to keep them creating posters is vital to their long-term learning. We make the posters and then students do a "gallery walk" around the room and make observations about other posters. By doing this, students can see how other students and groups worked through the problems, and can gain a better understanding of their own work.

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Our curriculum is based on team learning rather than direct instruction. This often times results in students creating posters to show their learning. These posters can be concept maps to connect learning ideas, presentations of various graphs and function families, organizing various strategies for solving equations and inequalities, as well as a variety of other ideas. Having enough supplies available to use throughout the year will support their curriculum goals and provide them with multiple opportunities to work collaboratively. Because our school does not receive the same funding as other schools, we have less in our budget to purchase consumable supplies. Supplies such as markers, scissors, and poster paper, are supplies that we will run out of fairly quickly and we do not have the funds to purchase more. The students are working collaboratively to investigate problems and discover formulas rather than teachers providing the formulas for them. They are making connections between concepts that they might not otherwise be able to make given direct learning only. Being able to have enough materials to keep them creating posters is vital to their long-term learning. We make the posters and then students do a "gallery walk" around the room and make observations about other posters. By doing this, students can see how other students and groups worked through the problems, and can gain a better understanding of their own work.

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Support her classroom with a gift that fosters learning.

Support Mrs. Walker's classroom with a gift that fosters learning.

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Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.