Help me give my students a Time for Kids subscription and a new language, art, and play materials to help keep students engaged in our hybrid learning model.
My students are young, enthusiastic, motivated learners who show up to school each day with a smile and readiness to learn. Our school is in an urban district with a majority of low-income families. Many of my students are English Language Learners who strive to meet the needs of both their families and teachers.
My students have a strong will to learn despite their economic hardships and challenges, and they are truly inspiring.
My students encourage me to be a better person daily. They maintain a positive attitude, open mind, and willingness to try new things every single day. I am in awe of them, always.
Our school contains grade levels K-5. We are established in an urban, low-income area. Our staff strives to build our school community and encourage family involvement. We are continuously hosting school BBQs, family ice cream night, movie night, roller skate night, and so on. These efforts have gone a long way with our school families and help them feel important and like an appreciated member of our community.
My Project
I have been wanting to give my students a Time for Kids subscription since the very beginning of my teaching career. If there was ever a time to gift them this amazing resource, the time is now. Each student will have access to 4 new magazines per month! I plan on using 2 in school and sending 2 home for students at home learning days.
In order to maintain social distancing guidelines on in-person learning days, students have to engage in all hands-on learning activities by themselves.
The materials they use have to be cleaned overnight and a different student can use it the next day. This means, as of right now, we only have so many options for students per day. I am finding students are losing interest in the materials we have because we simply do not have enough learning tools to provide variety throughout the day.
I want to provide my students with more variety and still be able to maintain our safety precautions. If we have more to use, play with, learn from, touch... students will absolutely remain engaged and motivated to do their best learning, every day.
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