Help me give my students a place in the classroom to keep their things that they can call their very own (magazine holder) and a clipboard to work on when they need a break from their desk.
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 amazing and in the process of learning two languages! As dual immersion students, they spend half of their day learning in English and the other half learning in Spanish. They brought me to tears when they sang "Happy Birthday" to me in Spanish because their dual language skills are phenomenal. They work hard and consistently go above and beyond. They inspire me to go above and beyond as their teacher.
My students are a great mixture of ethnic backgrounds, economic statuses, and proficiency levels.
The jump from third grade to fourth grade is gigantic, and they have made that jump with confidence, success, and a remarkable growth mindset. They are currently begging me for more fraction problems and more chances to practice their reading skills. They are a stellar group full of problem-solvers, future doctors, future leaders, future parents, future decision-makers, and I am beyond humbled to be their teacher.
My Project
My adorable students spend an equal amount of time in two different classrooms throughout their learning day. Each time they switch classrooms they clean up and stash their belongings into a tote tray. Those tote trays tend to get heavier and heavier as the year goes on, while their poor little arms get tired of lugging everything back and forth. The magazine holders would give my students a place to call their own and keep their English-instruction materials in their English classroom.
Learning can be hard sometimes, especially when you're a 4th grader learning Spanish in our dual language immersion program!
Sometimes, their sweet, hardworking brains need a break from their desks. Cue the clipboards! Students will have a chance to take a break from their desks, grab a clipboard, and find another working area in our classroom. Clipboards will also aid us in outside learning, so we have something to record our observations, notes, etc.
Both of these items will take some of the stress out of learning and help them focus on learning.
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