Our school has the highest ESL population in our district, with 33% of our students speaking English as their second language. Both parents usually work and do not speak English so there is little or no support from home for homework.
Teachers are their lifeline to learning and their only English contact, the only place where they can learn anything academic, be it math, science, or reading.
Students depend on us to give them an education without help from outside sources.
School is their only learning environment in English. They depend on teachers to provide the best academic environment that they can. Teachers need every minute to count because it is the student's only chance at learning.
Math is especially challenging because they do not understand the English words in the directions. Give them straight numbers and they excel! Give them directions and they struggle and fall behind.
My Project
Some of my students struggle with their basic multiplication facts and are afraid to try because they think someone might see them struggling. While being quarantined, my students have excelled with the Free Rocket Math online. They love getting on and "leveling up." Some even pass three or four levels in one day. When I found out that Rocket Math is an app on the iPad I was overjoyed. If they get this iPad they can experience the same thrill of the online game in an app and not need a partner to practice.
More than a third 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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