As a teacher in a low-income/high poverty school, my students are faced with several challenges both in and out of the classroom. Despite the many challenges they face, I am looking to keep things simple and provide my students with meaningful learning experiences.
Our students are special in many ways.
They like to move, love to learn and love lots of positive attention. They are faced with many challenges in their learning at school. Focusing, expressing their thoughts, and understanding language are a few of the challenges our students face each day. They are "fighting" many obstacles, we are working hard as teachers and staff to give them the tools to overcome them. They are growing despite some of their many challenges. Our students are loving, caring, have lots of friends, and want to do well for their teachers. I have the pleasure of teaching across many grade levels with all students who are struggling with their academic and social emotional learning. My students are eager to learn, but perhaps need a different way to learn. I try to make our lessons stress free, but when a child knows they are having difficulty learning sometimes proves to be impossible.
My Project
My students have been learning at home for over a year now. They have endured the stress and strain of trying to keep up with grade-level standards. Many of my students have to focus while siblings attend Google Meets or Zooms with their teachers in the same room. Imagine trying to do double-digit multiplication while your sister learns the alphabet right next to you (OOF!).
Please help me offer gift card incentives to keep them motivated to learn and meet their IEP goals!
My students will be able to pick a card and then purchase what interests them the most!
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