I teach twenty-three energetic 3rd graders in a small coastal town in South Carolina. My students come from a variety of different economic backgrounds and represent various ethnicities, learning styles, and ability levels. My students are hard workers, very busy, enjoy working together and love using technology. Every day we are learning new ideas and applying our learning during hands-on activities. We love to work around the room during partner work and stations. My students are problem solvers and are eager to try new things. They enjoy having a choice in their learning and are developing their independence everyday.
My Project
With a classroom rug my students will have a comfortable environment to learn. We do varied activities both in group and individual work. It is optimal for students to have both their desks and a rug to sit at throughout the day. Students can spread out during independent reading, work on group projects, and have rug spots to sit at during mini-lessons and whole group instruction. Students are often better able to concentrate when sitting at the rug for read alouds and Reading and Writing Workshop. A rug also offers alternative seating arrangement s for students require varied learning environments. A classroom rug creates more space to discover, community build, play and share.
Our classroom is strongly in need of a rug so that it can be the best learning environment possible.
A rug will provide the opportunity for more in depth teaching and learning by giving an alternative space in the classroom that students feel they can concentrate and participate in what we are learning.
My students also need headphones. We use Chromebooks everyday in the classroom. Through Moby Max, Aleks, and Google Classroom, they have access to text, videos, and activities that allow them to learn science, social studies, math, and literacy content in a variety of ways. Because many of these resources involve sound, my students need to use headphones to listen to the audio in these formats. With these headphones, my students will be able to use a variety of media without the sound distracting other students in the classroom.
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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