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  • Lawless Elementary School
  • Fresno, CA
  • More than three‑quarters 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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There have been many times when I am teaching my students and they do not understand the content of the material due to the fact that they have not experienced it in their lives before. I like to make the reading experience as memorable and related as possible, so I bring items to the classroom. For students who have not been to the sea, I'll bring in a mason jar full of sea-salt water to let the class have a whiff. I'd play the sound of waves and seagulls in the background to make it more realistic. For those who have not traveled outside of our town, I'll take out my globe and show my students where the locations of places are. These are examples of situations where I bring tangible items to the classroom. Sometimes it is easier to just teach the students. I am requesting a set of youth softball equipment for my class. I enjoyed playing this sport myself for the first time last year during a Staff VS Students' game. As I was playing, I could feel the 600 pair of eyes of students all ages beaming with excitement. At that moment, I thought to myself that I should expand this sport to my students. Another reason why learning this sport would be beneficial to my students is that many of our math word problems involve sports. Many students do not understand the vocabulary term or even how the game works. If students live more of the experiences they encounter questions at school, they'll be more likely to make sense of the problem and/or reading.

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There have been many times when I am teaching my students and they do not understand the content of the material due to the fact that they have not experienced it in their lives before. I like to make the reading experience as memorable and related as possible, so I bring items to the classroom. For students who have not been to the sea, I'll bring in a mason jar full of sea-salt water to let the class have a whiff. I'd play the sound of waves and seagulls in the background to make it more realistic. For those who have not traveled outside of our town, I'll take out my globe and show my students where the locations of places are. These are examples of situations where I bring tangible items to the classroom. Sometimes it is easier to just teach the students. I am requesting a set of youth softball equipment for my class. I enjoyed playing this sport myself for the first time last year during a Staff VS Students' game. As I was playing, I could feel the 600 pair of eyes of students all ages beaming with excitement. At that moment, I thought to myself that I should expand this sport to my students. Another reason why learning this sport would be beneficial to my students is that many of our math word problems involve sports. Many students do not understand the vocabulary term or even how the game works. If students live more of the experiences they encounter questions at school, they'll be more likely to make sense of the problem and/or reading.

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