Help me give my students dictionaries to build my students' vocabulary to enhance learning.
$222 goal
This project expired on September 14, 2025.
This project expired on September 14, 2025.
My Project
Please help give my class a set of dictionaries. During a student's 8th grade year of science, they learn approximately one hundred new vocabulary words. In this day in age of electronics and online platforms, students do not have a strong vocabulary. The dictionaries will allow students to look up the vocabulary words, read them, and then write them down before applying them in escape rooms, labs, 5E stations, WhoDunnits, and other daily activities. Students need a stronger grasp of vocabulary in order to participate in group discussions and to do well in science.
More than a third of students from low‑income households
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135 students impacted
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