My students need pencil grips to help establish a tripod pencil grip when writing and they will use the reading phones to practice reading the stories they have written.
What I love most about kindergarten is that my students are always so eager to learn. My students live in a small agricultural community and often lack cultural experiences beyond our area. For many, this is their first school experience and so everything is new and exciting to them.
My goal is to engage each child through hands-on activities that draw from their background knowledge, creativity, and teamwork skills.
My students love listening to stories and "reading" books of their own. They enjoy creative writing, art, and solving math problems using a variety of math tools. Most of all, we like to have fun while we learn!
My Project
Kindergarten is the foundation for creating many essential skills, especially handwriting. I want writing to be fun and exciting for my students, but have found that many become fatigued when writing because they lack a proper pencil grip.
Students will first use the pencil grips to help establish a tripod grip when holding their pencil, and then they will use the reading phones to practice reading their stories to themselves.
This will allow them to build confidence and reading fluency before they share their stories with others. The students love sharing the stories they have written with their partners, the whole class, and sometimes we are given the opportunity to share our stories with students from other classrooms. The pencil grips and reading phones will be a great way to get the creative writing rolling!
12 Reading Phones Auditory Feedback Whisper Phone Speech Therapy Read to Self
• Amazon Business
$25.99
3
$77.97
The Pencil Grip Original, Classroom Set of 36, Universal Ergonomic Training Gripper for Righties and Lefties, Assorted Colors (TPG-11136)
• Amazon Business
$47.71
1
$47.71
Materials cost
$125.68
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$11.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$1.89
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$168.57
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$29.75
Total project goal
$198.32
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$198.32
2 Donors
-$198.32
Donations toward project cost
-$168.57
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