My students are at the beginning of their school career and love to learn. They are busy little bees and always strive to do their best. They love to gather with me at our reading table and engage in lessons that are fun and lively but they also love to work and play with their friends.
My students attend a very rural school in Michigan.
They reside in a low socioeconomic community where many parents are jobless. Our school currently gives each teacher a budget of $300 (or less) to spend on supplies for the classroom which means that after I've spent money on paper, crayons, pencils and basic necessities there is no money left to purchase anything else!
My Project
If only first graders could write directly on their tables with their FAVORITE writing tool--the marker! We normally pull out kid-sized marker boards that are all scratched and worn, when working on phonics or word-building. With a new table, kids can directly write ON the table and we can save time too.
This marker board table will create a learning environment that promotes collaboration with peers and will encourage risk-taking to build confident kids.
In addition to the variety of ways this will enrich learning, this project is also very earth-friendly, as we will be saving lots of paper practicing skills right on the table instead.
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