Choice of supplies allow students to take charge of their learning and make the choices that work best for them. The financial consequences of Covid make it difficult for many of my students to have the basic supplies they need to be successful. The shelving will allow me to have supplies exactly where the students are instead of in one central location, which draws attention to those who don't have supplies. Making sure students are comfortable and prepared is an essential component in motivating them. I have noticed amazing differences in my students when they are prepared and ready to work instead of searching and worried about supplies. They almost always make good choices about whether to work, are more engaged, and get more work completed than when they have what they need.
My students are noticeably more engaged in their work and less disruptive of their peers when they have the supplies and things they need to work.
The products that I have selected will help my students by giving them options to make more effective learning choices. Pens, pencils, glue sticks, white board markers and erasers are some of the supplies I am requesting. I also ordered decimal dice. These items will be extremely beneficial for learning and exploring computation with decimal numbers (6.NS.B.3 Fluently add, subtract, multiply, and divide multi-digit decimals using the standard algorithm for each operation).
I have seen how equity can positively affect my students work and demeanor and hope that the additional supplies will help my students grow even more!
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Choice of supplies allow students to take charge of their learning and make the choices that work best for them. The financial consequences of Covid make it difficult for many of my students to have the basic supplies they need to be successful. The shelving will allow me to have supplies exactly where the students are instead of in one central location, which draws attention to those who don't have supplies. Making sure students are comfortable and prepared is an essential component in motivating them. I have noticed amazing differences in my students when they are prepared and ready to work instead of searching and worried about supplies. They almost always make good choices about whether to work, are more engaged, and get more work completed than when they have what they need.
My students are noticeably more engaged in their work and less disruptive of their peers when they have the supplies and things they need to work.
The products that I have selected will help my students by giving them options to make more effective learning choices. Pens, pencils, glue sticks, white board markers and erasers are some of the supplies I am requesting. I also ordered decimal dice. These items will be extremely beneficial for learning and exploring computation with decimal numbers (6.NS.B.3 Fluently add, subtract, multiply, and divide multi-digit decimals using the standard algorithm for each operation).
I have seen how equity can positively affect my students work and demeanor and hope that the additional supplies will help my students grow even more!