Past projects 3
Unlock The Treasure Chest
Funded May 19, 2021One of the ways I try to reach my students is to "go beyond" the textbooks and "packaged programs" given to us as a primary teaching resource. As we know, every child is different and one can only "tweak" a program so much.
Teachers Pay Teachers is a unique resource in that first the resources are created not by educational product companies but teachers currently in the classroom working with students. These products that I have purchased are geared to students as individuals. Writing resources that allow for accelarated teaching as well as reteaching prior learning with topics the children are excited to write about enable the students to be better writers. When have you ever seen writing lessons include games?
I urge any of you who know teachers or who might be teachers yourselves, if you have not done so, to immediately look up Teachers Pay Teachers. I thank you for your kindness in enabling my students to become partners in the learning process by using materials that they are interested in.”
With gratitude,
Mr. Greenberg
Refining Our Readers Realm
Funded Dec 3, 2024On behalf of the "Class 4-315 Superheroes," as well as myself, I'd like to thank you for you kindness in donating new books for our classroom library. The books you donated included favorite authors (Andrew Clements, Roald Dahl; as well as award-winning books and high-interest selections (Wild Robot) for example. Many of my students were reluctant readers, often re-reading the same, tired, books that made up our classroom library aka the 4-315 Reading Realm.
Each day, the students will either "Read-to-Self" and/or "Read to Someone" a book of their choice as part of the "Daily 5." Almost immediately after seeing the new books being placed in the library, the students wanted to "switch their books." What surprised me the most was how fast the students gravitated towards the Roald Dahl books I had planned on presenting them using a powerpoint about Roald Dahl. The students talked about the books instead of me! Talk about a "flipped classroom!"
Many of the students in my class are or were non-native speakers of English (mostly Mandarin and Russian). Seeing them light up and love the new books was absolutely incredible. Some of the books, were high-interest, yet slightly above grade level. One of the trends in reading instruction is to shy away from classifying the children at a specific level but letting them choose based on interest. I cannot begin to thank you enough for your kind donation.”
With gratitude,
Mr. Greenberg
This classroom project was brought to life by The DonorsChoose Community and one other donor.Differentiated and Captivating!
Funded Apr 6, 2022Thank you so much for donating to help my kids. The products from Teachers Pay Teachers allow me to differentiate for all of the many levels, talents and interests that my students possess.
They look forward to working with out of the box materials I find on Teachers Pay Teachers!”
With gratitude,
Mr. Greenberg