The materials will be used for hands-on activities for phonemic awareness, phonological awareness, and writing. I have students who are tactile learners, that will get use out of magnetic letters to build words. The whiteboards will be used for students to write the sounds they hear in each word. My students are behind in their learning by one and a half years. These materials will help bridge that learning gap! The use of whiteboards is almost a daily activity in my classroom, especially in math. Using the workshop model in math, students come to the rug with whiteboards for guided practice and to record modeled strategies. The whiteboards allow me to see exactly what they are doing, as well as provide an easy place for them to show and share their work. What becomes a problem is the fact that the markers never seem to last, erasers seem to disappear, and the whiteboards slowly become stained from frequent use. When something goes awry, students know that they must leave the rug quietly to get a new marker, new eraser, or the last choice, pencil and paper. Even though they are great about doing this, it is distracting for many of my students who have focusing issues and they miss important instruction form either myself or other students. By having LCD tablets, students will be able to avoid all of these problems and focus on increasing their learning!
By donating to our project, you will not only help to improve and increase student attention and focus, you will ultimately help to increase their academic achievement.
Standards: RF.1.(2), RF.1.(3), RF.1.(4), RL.1.1
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The materials will be used for hands-on activities for phonemic awareness, phonological awareness, and writing. I have students who are tactile learners, that will get use out of magnetic letters to build words. The whiteboards will be used for students to write the sounds they hear in each word. My students are behind in their learning by one and a half years. These materials will help bridge that learning gap! The use of whiteboards is almost a daily activity in my classroom, especially in math. Using the workshop model in math, students come to the rug with whiteboards for guided practice and to record modeled strategies. The whiteboards allow me to see exactly what they are doing, as well as provide an easy place for them to show and share their work. What becomes a problem is the fact that the markers never seem to last, erasers seem to disappear, and the whiteboards slowly become stained from frequent use. When something goes awry, students know that they must leave the rug quietly to get a new marker, new eraser, or the last choice, pencil and paper. Even though they are great about doing this, it is distracting for many of my students who have focusing issues and they miss important instruction form either myself or other students. By having LCD tablets, students will be able to avoid all of these problems and focus on increasing their learning!
By donating to our project, you will not only help to improve and increase student attention and focus, you will ultimately help to increase their academic achievement.
Standards: RF.1.(2), RF.1.(3), RF.1.(4), RL.1.1
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