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.
”The most important thing about education is appetite.”
- Winston Churchill
I teach first grade students that for many of them, school is the consistent safe place they are look forward to every day. Many families in my school are low-income and the children eat breakfast and lunch at school.
My students have an appetite for learning centers. I have been using reading centers three days a week and math centers once a week. A learning center is an activity that two students do independently in order to practice skills that I have taught them. For example, I have little wooden train cars of the alphabet that the students hook together in alphabetical order. Another center is a listening center where the students listen to a story on tape. Another favorite is ABC stamps to help learn how to spell words. So there are several learning centers going on all at the same time.
Getting ready for centers is difficult in my room because of the desks. The desks are not all the same and are different sizes. Tables would be a tremendous help for the students and would help increase instructional time. Time is lost while I am setting up centers on the floor and moving desks around to make spots for the centers.
With your help, my students will have more time at learning centers and more opportunities for team building if we had tables in our classroom. I have seen the excitement on each child's face during centers and the amount of learning that goes on during this time. Thank your for making this happen for my first graders.
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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