My students are active 6th graders with a desire to learn. Our community is involved with their student's education by supporting my efforts and the educational process. My students are amazing. Every day they come to school ready to learn. They find excitement in learning with their class friends regardless of the topic.
I strive to develop a love of learning.
I want school to be a place my students look forward to coming to every day. I provide opportunities for them to stretch their imagination and challenge themselves. They each have unique talents and intelligence that contribute to the class as a whole.
My Project
Having a set of iPads will provide students multiple approaches to learning and exploring evidence based writing. Our school focus is to improve student writing by using evidence from text to support their thinking. Students will have access to articles, song lyrics, poems, etc. Students will exam lyrics from a song, discuss the meaning behind the song, and then create an opinion by using evidence from the text.
The iPads will reinforce science concepts as students explore scientific and engineering challenges on their own to write and present findings to the class.
Students will be able to learn about packaging. They will construct an insulated container to prevent an egg from cracking. They will record data, test hypothesis, record the results. Using this information will give them an opportunity to create improved models. Information gathered and recorded on the iPad will provide students with the evidence they need to write a convincing article to inform others about the containers needed to mail fragile items.
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