We are an urban school with a large shelter (homeless and/or domestic violence) population. We have a very high mobility rate and rarely have a student that has gone to our building for grades kindergarten through sixth. This means we have students with a massive range of skills and experiences.
As a staff, we know that our students can succeed if given the opportunity.
We provide a wide range of services including food, clothing, and school supplies, pantry, health care services, and tutoring, both during and after school.
My Project
My students need five Kindle Fire tablets to help aid in college and career readiness. I have seen what eReaders can do in the classroom. I had a student, who before using an eReader, was basically a non-reader. It was a daily struggle to get him to read. After I took the eReaders home and downloaded books that were more on his level, I couldn't get him to quit reading. His state reading test scores improved by 101 points from the previous year.
The Kindle Fires will not only be that "thing" that engages students during center time, it will help support what I'm teaching.
I want to give my students any opportunity to grow as a learner and these tablets will help me succeed in doing so. Plus, it will also allow some of my students to read books that may be more on their level and not be embarrassed to read.
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