This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.
My Students
I teach 4th grade math, science and social studies at a historically integrated elementary in Liberty City that holds a great deal of Black History. The Supreme Court ruled for school desegregation in May 1954, but it wasn’t until 1959 that Miami-Dade County schools admitted African Americans to our school (Miami Herald, 2018).
My students come from low-income homes that were affected by Hurricane Irma and now we have started welcoming students that were displaced by Hurricane Maria.
Even though they may lack the basics needed to be successful in school, as their teacher, I do my best to give them the tools and knowledge they need to overcome these challenges.
My Project
Recently, I visited a math coach's classroom at another school, and he was using manipulatives to teach geometry. Each and every student participated and the lesson was interactive, engaging and fun. Every child was confident when it came to utilizing concepts in geometry by the end of the hour.
In the upcoming weeks, we will be introducing higher-order thinking geometric concepts and I would like to have my students learn the basic concepts with as much fun and gusto as I witnessed in the class that used these manipulatives.
Apart from geometry, the math class set covers Common Core standards in math. Your donation would help my students learn, practice and experience math in a dynamic way. It would bring our classroom alive and ensure that every child participates in the process.
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