My students need journals and wipe boards to help them practice creative writing, manipulate words to be proficient in decoding skills, and have opportunities to view and practice writing skills.
This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
My Students
Describing what makes my students special is a question hard to tackle as each individual student possess unique charm, intelligence, ability and overall personality. As their teacher, I take great delight in sharing learning and growth as I try to achieve my ultimate goal of creating enthusiastic life-long learners who work towards achieving to their maximum potential.
My students, in spite of the circumstances that come from growing up in a commonly neglected low socioeconomic community, have the same potential as any other group of children.
In their eyes I witness the brightest of sparks whenever they make a discovery or master a challenging skill. My students have a true and honest desire to not only learn, but also to accomplish and become a positive member of their community.
Unfortunately, this potential, spark and desire is often extinguished by the numerous odds against them as they repeatedly fall victim to their environment. I am saddened by the the massive loss that occurs in our community. I am angered by my inability to change this in the large scale of things. However, my sadness and anger will not stop me from changing this course for at least one little person.
My Project
The materials requested in this project are simply to help my students gain valuable writing skills that will help them become proficient . The student journals will help keep students responses and reflections to stories, their own stories and writing exercises organized in one place and easy for students to look back and see how much they have grown. The magnetic boards wipe off boards will be used by students to manipulate letters in words, practice sight words and word families and eventually express themselves creatively. The large magnetic board will be used by me to model word and word families manipulation and to present other writing lessons. The sentence strips will be used for sentence starters to be displayed, for students to compose their first sentences and to display sight words in the word wall.
These materials would be expected in every classroom, but unfortunately, that is not the case in my school.
My school, like many others, is struggling to stay afloat. With increasing classroom sizes and stagnant or decreasing income, schools struggle to obtain even the most essential of materials.
This project will aid in creating and maintaining the classroom my students need and deserve. Thank you!
Nearly all 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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