Help me give my students enlarged, visible, learning tools that we can post around the room and refer to when needed.
FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Santos's classroom raised $308
This project is fully funded
Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month
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
My students are in the 3rd-4th grades with mild to moderate disabilities and an overwhelming eagerness to learn! Although they are below grade level in all academic areas, they all have the intellectual capacity to learn and retain information with a more structured and adult prompted environment. I currently have 11 students but expect to increase that number before the school year ends.
Although all my students learn in different ways, I have observed their individual learning paths.
Based on these observations, I have four kinesthetic learners, six visual, and one which seems to be both of the above plus auditory. My kinesthetic learners work more efficiently during our hands-on activities, such as science projects, or during mathematics time using manipulatives. The more visual learners respond the best when I present color pictures, word walls with illustrations, or demonstrate how to complete a task before they are asked to work independently. One student is able to learn as rapidly as a general education student but has more emotional issues.
This year is more of a reunion year. I was the kinder-1st-grade teacher for most of them and now we meet again!
My Project
Many times in our special education classroom we need to spiral our lessons and review concepts as we need forward to new ones. Due to long breaks, weekends, or lack of retention capacity some students need to refer back to concepts already taught. These enlarged Post-It Charts are quite useful for students who just need a quick refresher by glancing at an anchor chart. All important concept are illustrated, written down, and organized so that students are able to locate the anchor they need. However, this Post-it chart paper is very expensive and I find myself having to use pieces of butcher paper, old enlarged graph paper, and other alternatives that are not as clear, durable, or that will stay on the classroom wall.
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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