"Click, clack, clickety-clack..." This is the noise that I continually hear in my classroom as twenty-two students try their best to master their learning standards. Do you remember what it is like to have to sit in a hard chair all day and try to stay focused?
Hello everyone!
I am a fourth grade teacher working for a high poverty school district located in rural mid-Missouri. Our small elementary school provides education to a little over 400 students (K-4).
My classroom consists of 22 bright and enthusiastic students. My students continually inspire me every day as they work tirelessly to master every standard. However, even though my students have much drive and are in fourth grade, their attention span is still quite short. As a result, my students often get restless in their seats. This is where you come in! Please help fund our project so that way my students will have a way to release their extra frustration/wiggles and stay more focused when working at their desks!
My Project
My students are in need of stability balls to be used at their desks during whole-group instruction, independent work, partner activities, and group projects. You would not believe how many times a day I remind students to stay focused. I start the class on an activity, and then five seconds later find at least three of my students staring off into space! My goal is to aid these students in becoming more focused during the day in hopes that it will make learning easier and more fun for them. Stability balls allow students to softly bounce as they complete their work. This allows the students to rid themselves of any extra frustration or wiggles that they may have. In turn, the students find it easier to focus. Students who are able to actually focus on the task at hand, experience more success!
The use of stability balls as classroom chairs has not only been proven to increase student focus, but it has also been proven to help students with ADHD reach their fullest potential and to decrease negative student behavior.
Stability balls are not just for any one specific type of student; they can benefit all students! Please join me in supporting all of my students by providing them with the aids that they need to become more focused and successful!
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