Kids need engagement: fun, energizing, motivating, creative activities to help them learn best.
Our school is home to about 300 students in a high poverty, inner city neighborhood.
Our school is highly mobile with almost 20% of our students experiencing homelessness. Despite the challenges that our students face, they are incredibly resilient. The students that learn in my classroom all have low incidence disabilities such as Autism Spectrum Disorders, Intellectual Disabilities, and Down Syndrome. Their vivacious personalities, zest for life, and boldness are a huge part of our school culture. They do not let developmental delays or poverty get in the way of their learning. I truly LOVE my job as their teacher and cannot imagine teaching a different group of children.
My Project
These resource and sorting boxes are going to greatly benefit our classroom! My students are working on the important skills of discriminating items and sorting. They are also learning about positional words such as on, in, out, under, and above. These skills can be really dull, but these materials will make them way more engaging and fun! Sorting fun items like toy planes, animals, and bugs from our requested sorting centers will make sorting so much more fun. The positional words box uses fun, toy-looking items that will literally trick my students into learning. These materials will engage my students and help them to really love learning.
The skills my students are learning are crucial, foundational skills, but they can be really dull!
Lakeshore Learning's sorting centers and positional word boxes have made these boring skills FUN, and I want my students to have the opportunity to engage with them. Thank you!
More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
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