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Ms. Banks' Classroom

  • Shadydale Elementary School
  • Houston, TX
  • HBCU Alum
  • 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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  • Anchoring Learning After Harvey!

    Funded Mar 27, 2018

    Thank you so much for your tremendous generosity. My classes will especially benefit from the anchor chart stand, classroom printer, automatic stapler and heavy duty blinders. Our school copier has a glitch and the copies aren’t able to be stapled. Although it seems small; the time savings is invaluable.”

    With gratitude,

    Ms. Banks

    This classroom project was brought to life by The Rebuild Texas Fund and 2 other donors.
  • Pi Is the Prize!

    Funded Nov 10, 2017

    I can't thank you enough for the wonderful donation of the Samsung Chromebooks. My students were awestruck and tremendously grateful for your act of kindness. The students now have access to Math websites that they never knew existed. They are utilizing programs and features necessary for them to close the achievement gap in their learning. Their standardized test scores increased an overall 10% within one month of receiving the Chromebooks. It shows me that the technology is working!

    The thing about the technology that is most exciting for the scholars is the fact that we now have a Technology Workstation for the scholars to rotate through, practice and learn. They have access to instant feedback with the programs. One way, is that as they work on an activity, they can not move forward to the next problem until they master their current problem. Another, is the program may give them a summary or an immediate score for them to access themselves.

    The students love exploring and utilizing the technology and have taken to the programs with ease. They hate hearing the sound of the bell that indicate for them to stop and move to the next station! Thanks again for giving them hope and an additional outlet for learning.”

    With gratitude,

    Ms. Banks

It would be fantastic to have a technology workstation in our classroom so the scholars can utilize APPS like Math Tappers to help them make sense of multiplication and division of whole numbers and then support their developing fluency while maintaining accuracy. Our department has limited resources and dedicated classroom technology just isn't available. The Chromebooks will allow our scholars to access Math websites, activities and programs necessary for them to close their achievement gap and build their confidence and self esteem. The technology workstation will expand the walls of our traditional classroom and provide immediate access to a world that's currently nonexistent for them.

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It would be fantastic to have a technology workstation in our classroom so the scholars can utilize APPS like Math Tappers to help them make sense of multiplication and division of whole numbers and then support their developing fluency while maintaining accuracy. Our department has limited resources and dedicated classroom technology just isn't available. The Chromebooks will allow our scholars to access Math websites, activities and programs necessary for them to close their achievement gap and build their confidence and self esteem. The technology workstation will expand the walls of our traditional classroom and provide immediate access to a world that's currently nonexistent for them.

About my class

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