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  • Rancho High School
  • Las Vegas, NV
  • 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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My students need help focusing in my classroom, but too often they feel restricted by their desks, and become mindless when they finish an assignment. I want to use the material that I have placed in my cart to hopefully facilitate my students having a choice and ability to do what they feel they need to do to stay on task. I will use the differentiated seating to allow students who do not feel comfortable in a rigid school desk another option. I will use the STEM Games as a reward for students to play once they have finished a task. I will use the classroom/teacher materials to create challenging and enriching instruction for my students. I want my students to see the importance of their education, and I believe they will be more likely to accept that I am there to help them, not control them, with these options of seating and learning. RL. 9-10.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text. RI. 9-10.2 Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text. W. 9-10.1 Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence. W. 9-10.1b Develop claim(s) and counterclaims fairly, supplying evidence for each while pointing out the strengths and limitations of both in a manner that anticipates the audience's knowledge level and concerns.

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My students need help focusing in my classroom, but too often they feel restricted by their desks, and become mindless when they finish an assignment. I want to use the material that I have placed in my cart to hopefully facilitate my students having a choice and ability to do what they feel they need to do to stay on task. I will use the differentiated seating to allow students who do not feel comfortable in a rigid school desk another option. I will use the STEM Games as a reward for students to play once they have finished a task. I will use the classroom/teacher materials to create challenging and enriching instruction for my students. I want my students to see the importance of their education, and I believe they will be more likely to accept that I am there to help them, not control them, with these options of seating and learning. RL. 9-10.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text. RI. 9-10.2 Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text. W. 9-10.1 Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence. W. 9-10.1b Develop claim(s) and counterclaims fairly, supplying evidence for each while pointing out the strengths and limitations of both in a manner that anticipates the audience's knowledge level and concerns.

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