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  • Thomas Hooker Elementary School
  • Bridgeport, CT
  • More than half 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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My class of 21 is very sweet. They love to learn! At our school there is a very strong sense of community. All the students in my fourth grade class are neighborhood kids who have a strong desire to discover new things and challenge themselves. Many of them have been at our school since Kindergarten. In an urban setting such as ours this is a rare thing. Lots of students get bussed in from other less fortunate neighborhoods. These students are very strong readers. I am looking forward to doing some major book projects with them this year. This easel with the shelf underneath will allow me to leave project materials and books out for children to access. They are going to thoroughly enjoy being able to go to the easel and retrieve materials they need to complete work. I can see it now... "Ms. D., can we use the easel to practice our multiplication facts?!" This easel will give them a chance to do some peer teaching. The brain learns the most when you can reiterate the information to others

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My class of 21 is very sweet. They love to learn! At our school there is a very strong sense of community. All the students in my fourth grade class are neighborhood kids who have a strong desire to discover new things and challenge themselves. Many of them have been at our school since Kindergarten. In an urban setting such as ours this is a rare thing. Lots of students get bussed in from other less fortunate neighborhoods. These students are very strong readers. I am looking forward to doing some major book projects with them this year. This easel with the shelf underneath will allow me to leave project materials and books out for children to access. They are going to thoroughly enjoy being able to go to the easel and retrieve materials they need to complete work. I can see it now... "Ms. D., can we use the easel to practice our multiplication facts?!" This easel will give them a chance to do some peer teaching. The brain learns the most when you can reiterate the information to others

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