On a typical school day, students spend fifty-five minutes in my classroom studying literature, grammar and composition, and building vocabulary and speaking skills. Students are engaged in whole-group, small-group, and individual activities that stimulate their love for language and communication.
I teach two different kinds of students: those on a path to post-secondary learning through college or technical school and those on a path to a career following high school.
Our school population is small in size and is in a rural community. However, within my school's small population of students exists a wide variety of learning styles. Today's students are more "hand-on" than students of years before. They require more visual and tactile lessons and activities to fully learn and understand--mere lecture and listening doesn't cut it anymore. The children that come in and out of my classroom every day are no exception. My students learn better through doing, so we engage in activities such constructing interactive student notebooks and brainstorming and planning on white boards.
My Project
Students would be using these art supplies and white boards for many activities: individual practice and remediation of skills, reading literary works, note taking, creating their own compositions, cooperating in groups to compose and share projects, assess reading comprehension and communicate with each other in a controlled classroom network. They will also be able to plan and create projects in both group and individual settings. Most importantly, though, my students will gain and practice the advanced skills required to be successful in today's fast-paced tactile and visual worlds.
Donating to this project will benefit my students in several ways and change their lives for the better.
First and simply, I have some students who are not lucky enough to have access to supplies such as these at home. Providing this opportunity to these children at school will level the playing field, so to speak. Also, donating will present all of my students with the tools needed to develop the organizational skills required to succeed and be productive in today's society.
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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