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  • Stanley M Koziol Elementary School
  • Ware, MA
  • 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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This summer I purchased an amazing resource called Boom Cards. It is a yearlong ELA and Math bundle full of age-appropriate learning games that are perfect for my kindergarteners. The resource is intended to work best on iPads. Even though I only had my own personal iPad to use it on, I took a chance and bought it anyway. At this time my students love it, but only one student at a time can benefit from it. In this day and age, and with STREAM based curriculum being an emphasis, I don’t want my students to be at any disadvantage because I or my school cannot provide this tall order of four iPads for my classroom. In fact, last year it became clear that my students were missing out on amazing S.T.R.E.A.M. learning opportunities. My school purchased a new reading and writing program that is very technologically based and there were many wonderful learning games and activities that I would have loved to have had my students access easily, but was not able to sadly. Last year I also incorporated a Math Workshop with rotating interactive math centers. My students loved the hands-on learning. Although, the piece I was missing was a technology piece where students could practice their math skills in a fun way and then I could monitor their progress or specific needs from data gathered from the games they played. I am also a member of Mystery Science.com which has interesting age-appropriate science videos and lessons that I have never been able to incorporate easily into my daily classroom routine. With an iPad center, these opportunities would not be lost. Your gracious investment will go on for years to come and be indelible!

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This summer I purchased an amazing resource called Boom Cards. It is a yearlong ELA and Math bundle full of age-appropriate learning games that are perfect for my kindergarteners. The resource is intended to work best on iPads. Even though I only had my own personal iPad to use it on, I took a chance and bought it anyway. At this time my students love it, but only one student at a time can benefit from it. In this day and age, and with STREAM based curriculum being an emphasis, I don’t want my students to be at any disadvantage because I or my school cannot provide this tall order of four iPads for my classroom. In fact, last year it became clear that my students were missing out on amazing S.T.R.E.A.M. learning opportunities. My school purchased a new reading and writing program that is very technologically based and there were many wonderful learning games and activities that I would have loved to have had my students access easily, but was not able to sadly. Last year I also incorporated a Math Workshop with rotating interactive math centers. My students loved the hands-on learning. Although, the piece I was missing was a technology piece where students could practice their math skills in a fun way and then I could monitor their progress or specific needs from data gathered from the games they played. I am also a member of Mystery Science.com which has interesting age-appropriate science videos and lessons that I have never been able to incorporate easily into my daily classroom routine. With an iPad center, these opportunities would not be lost. Your gracious investment will go on for years to come and be indelible!

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