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  • Harry Truman School
  • Marrero, LA
  • 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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I teach a variety of different grade levels in my classroom, 1st-5th to be exact. Trying to meet the various needs of students can be challenging. I am not able to extend myself enough to provide one on one assistance that is needed. I have structured my classroom into centers that each child would be able to work independently at their level. My areas of focus for the materials are on the subjects of ELA and Math as those are two critical areas of students' various needs. All students struggle with phonemic awareness skills and have speech-language impairments. Another challenge is students' being able to write independently without hand over hand assistance. Students would benefit from being able to work in centers where they can practice handwriting skills, phonemic awareness, letter recognition, and vocabulary skills. The listening center would be a great tool to have students work on these areas of need simultaneously. The unique curriculum students utilize does not come with manipulatives for Math, which is hard to engage the students without them. Being able to provide students with clocks, money, rekenereks, and other math supports; students would have access to more hands-on and engaging material to support their learning. In addition, I would also like to provide a more organized and comfortable setting to assist students with transitions. Providing students with flexible seating options in centers such as wobble chairs and balance balls would help them to stay seated longer and cause fewer disruptions. The UNIQUE curriculum comes with 30 lessons that are currently organized in a binder. To give students access I'd like to store it in a mailbox on a book/shoe shelf where students could also turn in work in their personal storage bin.

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I teach a variety of different grade levels in my classroom, 1st-5th to be exact. Trying to meet the various needs of students can be challenging. I am not able to extend myself enough to provide one on one assistance that is needed. I have structured my classroom into centers that each child would be able to work independently at their level. My areas of focus for the materials are on the subjects of ELA and Math as those are two critical areas of students' various needs. All students struggle with phonemic awareness skills and have speech-language impairments. Another challenge is students' being able to write independently without hand over hand assistance. Students would benefit from being able to work in centers where they can practice handwriting skills, phonemic awareness, letter recognition, and vocabulary skills. The listening center would be a great tool to have students work on these areas of need simultaneously. The unique curriculum students utilize does not come with manipulatives for Math, which is hard to engage the students without them. Being able to provide students with clocks, money, rekenereks, and other math supports; students would have access to more hands-on and engaging material to support their learning. In addition, I would also like to provide a more organized and comfortable setting to assist students with transitions. Providing students with flexible seating options in centers such as wobble chairs and balance balls would help them to stay seated longer and cause fewer disruptions. The UNIQUE curriculum comes with 30 lessons that are currently organized in a binder. To give students access I'd like to store it in a mailbox on a book/shoe shelf where students could also turn in work in their personal storage bin.

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