Mrs. Escalona's Classroom Edit display name

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Past projects 4

• Social-Emotional Learning Library

  Funded May 6, 2022

  Thank you so much for contributing to my project to get books to support social emotional learning! As we have gotten off and going into a new year, these books have already helped so much with teaching the students how to behave in class.

  The impact of books like Decibella and her 6 inch voice, by Julia Cook, has been tremendous! I had the students practice using different voice levels and was able to name the voice levels relating it back to the story. We now have a common terminology when talking about voice levels and thanks to Decibella, the students know what I mean when I ask them to talk in a 6 inch voice! Before, I was constantly having to tell the students to quiet their voice, but they didn't understand what a quiet voice was.

  That is just one example of how the books have been so helpful already. We have also read examples of how what we post on the internet can follow us throughout our lives through Technology Tail, by Julia Cook, and how to be problem solvers through Mean Jean, Recess Queen, by Alexis O'Neill. We will be using these books throughout the year through planned lessons and as topics come up. I can't thank you enough for your contribution to our classroom's social emotional learning.”

  With gratitude,

  Mrs. Escalona

  This classroom project was brought to life by Dollar General Literacy Foundation and 5 other donors.

• Giving Meaning to the Next Generation Science Standards

  Funded Aug 31, 2021

  Thank you so much for donating to this project! We have already started moving around the classroom, using our clipboards to write as we are sitting on the carpet, as we find words around the classroom to write, and doing STEM projects.

  We are loving our new science books and excited to use them as the different science units come up this year. Our first unit will be looking at living things, how they adapt to their environment, how young look like their parents, and how parents care for their young. Several of these books follow animals through their life cycles and describes how the young change to look like their parents. These read alouds are providing great discussion starters to go in depth in to our science standards.

  Thank you again for all your support helping my students grasp the science standards in a literary form.”

  With gratitude,

  Mrs. Escalona

  This classroom project was brought to life by San Diego Gas & Electric and 2 other donors.

• Distance Learning Math Kits!

  Funded Aug 26, 2020

  Thank you so much for donating to this project! We are using these resources frequently to model math problems as we figure out how to add teen numbers and greater numbers. I have pulled students who are struggling into one-on-one tutoring in zoom and having their own manipulatives to work with at home has been a great benefit to their learning.

  When my students first come to get their packets, they were overjoyed to see that they had tools to use during math. Our next zoom lesson, they were waving the unifix cubes around, excited to use them!

  We have not had a chance to use the dice, or the base ten blocks, as they are coming up in our next math unit, but the students keep asking when they will be using them! We will be using them to model adding groups of 10 and regrouping numbers into a group of 10 and breaking numbers apart from 10 to subtract.

  Thank you again so much for your contribution to our classroom. You have helped make this difficult time of distance learning, just a little bit easier by giving math manipulatives to all my students!”

  With gratitude,

  Mrs. Escalona

  This classroom project was brought to life by San Diego Gas & Electric and 7 other donors.

• Wiggle While Learning!

  Funded Sep 2, 2019

  Thank you so much for your help getting some flexible seating for my classroom with wobble chairs and stability balls that allow the students to move and wiggle while still learning. With your generous donation, I was able to get enough flexible seating for half of my classroom. Several of my biggest "chair tippers" are now able to move in a safer manner that helps them focus on their class work as well.

  When the boxes arrived in my classroom, my students had no clue what was in them and they wanted me to open them immediately. We took a little break from learning to show them what you had gotten for them. They were so excited and wanted me to open them all up and assemble them right away. I waited till after school, much to their dismay, but when they walked in the next morning, the students were eager to sit down and try out the new seats.

  It has made our classroom more homey, friendly and inviting. Students are more focused and bouncing away. They are eager for their turn to use the new chairs as we rotate through the classroom so everyone gets a chance to move and wiggle. I would love to increase the different types of seats in the future and look forward to expanding the choices for my students.”

  With gratitude,

  Mrs. Escalona