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.
My Students
My school is in Bridgeport, Connecticut. We are in a high poverty level neighborhood. All students receive free breakfast and lunch, many attend free after school programming too. Many of the students and families speak another language at home.
This is my first full official year as a 2nd grade classroom teacher!
I have been the physical education teacher at this school for the last 14 years. I feel like a first year teacher again! I work in an inclusion classroom; with a special education teacher, two para professionals, and six children who have identified special needs, many of them on the Autism Spectrum.
My Project
In my classroom, 6 of the students receive modified work. Many times, they have a hard time communicating what they need. The laminating will help us with their daily schedules, and communication systems. We will be able to allow them to work repetitively on a skill until they get it with dry erase markers.
The Boogie Board will help us to scribe/dictate for them without going through a new piece of paper every time we write something.
It will also help the one child who is a mute communicate with us in a new way. The large post-it paper will allow for me to leave work up longer for them to copy when necessary. These products will help our students immensely!!
Nearly all 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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