Help me give my students large whiteboards and markers for group discussion work that will accelerate their English language development.
FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Cashier's classroom raised $357
This project is fully funded
Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month
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 Project
These whiteboards will enhance the discussions my English Learner students have every day in my classroom and allow me to give actionable feedback in real time. Giving students a surface on which to track their ideas during collaborative work aids greatly in their English language development. Student buy-in is exponentially greater when students are able to complete their work on something other than notebook paper.
ESL students cannot learn English in isolation; these whiteboards will enrich group discussions and allow students to document and share the product of their discussions with the class.
Whiteboards allow students to see real-time examples of their classmates' English production in a group setting, lowering the affective filter that inhibits English language acquisition. Eliciting responses in different modalities, such as writing on a whiteboard, encourages students who otherwise wouldn't feel comfortable participating to use their English.
An activity these whiteboards help facilitate begins by giving each group 4 discussion questions and having them divide their whiteboard into four quadrants. Students are tasked with taking notes on their discussion in the boxes for each question. As a teacher, I can easily check group comprehension by walking around the classroom and seeing what students have written on the board. For my students, the whiteboards give them confidence during discussion time and when sharing their work with the class after the discussion ends. Students also have more fun when writing on boards than on paper.
I've used whiteboards like these once in the library and they were a game-changer. Student participation was at an all-time high. I would love to have them in my classroom for more frequent use!
More than three‑quarters 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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