Do you remember your high school math class? Did math come to you easily? Did you spend hours reviewing your notes and still not understand? I am creating interactive notebooks with my students for them to use in class, and when studying to help them understand what is taught. I need your support!
My students are in a high poverty school.
Over 90% of our students receive free or reduced price lunch. It is difficult to get them to school and even harder to get them here with supplies ready to learn. Once they enter my classroom, my focus is on them. Many can not afford the basic supplies to assist their learning. Many of them had me last year and many more did not. They will be learning Geometry and Algebra, preparing for their End Of Course Exam, and I want to give them a study tool that they create. I feel that if they take ownership and pride in their notebook and flash cards, they will be more likely to use them. Every student that I have for the Algebra classes (4 of my 6 classes) have failed their Algebra End Of Course Exam. They really need a new way to look at Algebra. They need tools to help them succeed. They also need patience and guidance from me. Please help them with what I can not give them.
My Project
I am creating an interactive notebook and interactive flash cards with my students. They just need the basic supplies. This project is for pens to take their notes and flash cards, markers and highlighters to identify what is most important in their notes and on their flash cards, and a ring to hold their flash cards together so they don't get lost. These resources will give students the tools to take notes and to demonstrate understanding of the material taught. The most important part of the notebook and flash cards is for students to use it. My goal is to teach them the skills to learn, using the tools they have, with the hope that they will pass their End of Course Exams and then go on to college, knowing how to take notes and study in their math classes. Please support us in our learning.
These students need the tools to learn and they need to know how to use the tools they are given.
I am committed to teaching them the how, but I need your help with the supplies. Please help them with some of the basic needs in the classroom. These students do not have the financial ability to purchase these supplies on their own. Most of them don't arrive with a notebook or index cards, I have to provide them also. I really want to see them succeed and I need your help!
More than a third of 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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