This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.
My Students
What I love most about my students is their kindness! We have a kindness tree in our classroom and it is in full bloom! Full of hearts with students names and kind deeds they were "caught" doing. I truly believe that students care more about what I know once they know I care. So, I teach kindness and model how to show empathy and my students are quick learners!
We are a family in our class and as a family we take care of each other, our things, and our classroom.
When I see a student comforting another student it melts my heart. Last week I saw a student coaching a friend through breathing techniques when they had to stop a preferred activity. She was reminding her that she would get to do the activity again and everything would be ok.
My students show kindness in many traditional ways; sharing, kind words, helping, etc., but it is the unexpected moments that make me the proudest. Those moments when students think no one is watching, listening, or paying attention. I could go on and on but bottom line...I love my students the most because they are kind!
My Project
As students learn to recognize and write their name it helps to see their face by their name. Printing students photos alongside the 6+ places they see their name in class, is so valuable! I would also like to print class/"family" photos to hang in our "pretend" and "library/listening" learning centers to promote community.
We would use the color printer for so many things from lessons for small groups, engaging centers, to creating visuals for my ESL and nonverbal students.
I create the majority of our hands-on centers to address specific student needs and skill sets and a color printer increases engagement. I also teach in a title 1 school and over half my class is labeled ESL. Visuals are so important to bridging the languages the students speak at home to the English language.
I use technology/iPads in many centers to practice various skills. One skill in particular is writing and a stylus would greatly assist students' accuracy and in duplicating the actual feeling of writing on paper while writing on an iPad. We thank you for your consideration!
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