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  • Fairforest Middle School
  • Spartanburg, SC
  • 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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The majority of the students in my school live in poverty. We are at a 91% poverty rate, meaning most of them cannot afford all of the school supplies needed to succeed in the classroom. I would like to level the playing field by being able to provide them with those tools at the beginning of the year. When teaching students in poverty, one quickly realizes that organization is an obstacle to most of them. Students often lose notes because they are not equipped with enough supplies to keep their subject area work separated. Large 3-ring binders are not the best tools for creating interactive notebooks because things tend to fall out or get ripped over time. Consequently, students appear unprepared for class discussions when in reality they just need the right tools for the task at hand. The composition notebooks will serve a two-fold purpose. First, students will be able to write directly in the notebooks when preparing for a class discussion. Note taking skills can be taught through a mini lesson and then practiced by the students. The notes will be less likely to become lost because the pages are bound. Students will be more prepared and experience success, which will motivate them even more. Secondly, composition notebooks lend themselves very well to interactive note booking which will appeal to the students who learn through artistic venues. Charts, maps, and diagrams can be designed by students to illustrate the topics being studied. Flip book type activities are more easily carried out in interactive notebooks and make learning more engaging. Increased engagement leads to better classroom discussion and the learning can be more readily applied to real world situations. In short, learning becomes more active which is always a great thing.

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The majority of the students in my school live in poverty. We are at a 91% poverty rate, meaning most of them cannot afford all of the school supplies needed to succeed in the classroom. I would like to level the playing field by being able to provide them with those tools at the beginning of the year. When teaching students in poverty, one quickly realizes that organization is an obstacle to most of them. Students often lose notes because they are not equipped with enough supplies to keep their subject area work separated. Large 3-ring binders are not the best tools for creating interactive notebooks because things tend to fall out or get ripped over time. Consequently, students appear unprepared for class discussions when in reality they just need the right tools for the task at hand. The composition notebooks will serve a two-fold purpose. First, students will be able to write directly in the notebooks when preparing for a class discussion. Note taking skills can be taught through a mini lesson and then practiced by the students. The notes will be less likely to become lost because the pages are bound. Students will be more prepared and experience success, which will motivate them even more. Secondly, composition notebooks lend themselves very well to interactive note booking which will appeal to the students who learn through artistic venues. Charts, maps, and diagrams can be designed by students to illustrate the topics being studied. Flip book type activities are more easily carried out in interactive notebooks and make learning more engaging. Increased engagement leads to better classroom discussion and the learning can be more readily applied to real world situations. In short, learning becomes more active which is always a great thing.

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