My students need a world classroom carpet featuring the seven continents, four oceans, and a compass rose to learn about the world around them and have a welcoming place to learn, discuss, and read.
$653 goal
This project expired on December 23, 2009.
This project expired on December 23, 2009.
I am a second grade teacher at an elementary school in a large urban community. My school is a title one school in Washington, D.C. and a majority of my students are on a free lunch program. My students are a diverse group of 29 children whose special needs range from autism, cerebral palsy, ADHD, emotionally disturbed, to English language learners.
It is my goal to inspire my students and show that learning can be fun. In the second grade children begin to learn geography by connecting personal experience, heritage, and chronological way of thinking to map and globe skills and spatial thinking. Students learn to locate the continents, regions, and continents from which students parents, guardians, grandparents, relatives, or ancestors came to Washington, D.C. Children need to learn how to use maps and globe skills to determine the location of places and correctly apply terms related to time and location. They also need to identify the location and significance of well-known sites, events, or landmarks in different countries and regions from which students' families hail.
This marvelous and colorful world classroom carpet is perfect for introducing map concepts and teaching my students about the world they live in. The bright colors and bold labels will make it easy to familiarize the children with seven continents and four major oceans. The compass rose will help students begin to explore the concept of the cardinal direction. My students would be able to learn geography through the following games: Tag Teams, Where in the World, Find Your Way, Read Around the World, Fill Your Passport and so on. With this tool my students will discover that learning geography can and should be fun. Our world classroom carpet will not only serve as an educational tool but as a comfortable meeting area to come together, debrief, and read aloud or independent reading sessions.
Your generous donation will help my students develop a love for learning and understanding the world beyond their own. It will also ensure that each of my students has an inviting place to sit, learn, or read in comfort.
This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.
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
29 students impacted
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