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Ms. Polanco's Classroom

  • Dr Carlos J Finlay Elementary School
  • Miami, FL
  • 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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  • Better Technology in School

    Funded Oct 15, 2021

    Thank you for sponsoring and supporting our classrooms throughout America. As we all know, our children are the future and we should provide them with all the right tools to help them succeed. As for my classroom, my students could not believe I was donated a iPad. I can start off by saying that my students sometimes struggled when using the in-school computers, many would restart randomly and others would just not work. The iPad not only helps me monitor students' work on real-time but also helps me with everyday tasks such as imputing grades, sending emails, and evening messaging parts.

    We will continue using the iPad for testing, i-Ready and other programs used in our county to assess student performance. No words can describe on how grateful we are for your donation.”

    With gratitude,

    Ms. Polanco

  • Creative Minds at Work

    Funded Nov 6, 2019

    Thank you for sponsoring and supporting our classrooms throughout America. As we all know, our children are the future and we should provide them with all the right tools to help them succeed. As for my classroom, my students could not believe all the supplies I received. I can start off by saying that my students were lacking basic pencils and erasers needed for certain tasks and thanks to your generous donations we now have all the supplies that we need. I gave each student a mechanical pencil they can use during class. We created individualized Ziplock pencil cases for various items such as erasers, pencils and sharpeners. They were extremely surprised to see the new Cricut machine and the heat transfer machine.

    Upon receiving the items, and learning on how to operate the Cricut machine, all I can say is that the difference has been lifechanging. With its many features and countless functions, the possibilities are endless in what it can do. We made Christmas cards for students parents, created flipbooks with sight words, and even finger puppets to illustrate our reading lessons.

    We will continue using the laptop for testing, i-Ready and other programs used in our county to assess student performance. The Cricut will be the design maker for our future projects, activities and classroom decor. No words can describe on how grateful we are for your donation.”

    With gratitude,

    Ms. Polanco

    This classroom project was brought to life by Chevron Fuel Your School.
During the school year, my students have to periodically complete an online assessment, to show their progression throughout the school year. They are to completed assessments online and research and read books online. Unfortunately, my classroom does not have any laptop for the student to properly take these assessments and use the computer for research. They will also have to conduct research for book reports and watch the video to improve their verbal skills. There are many online portals that they can you to enrich their reading skills. So, the projects are more of research and are geared to their growth in reading. Again, I am a Reading Interventionist and the students are all at least 2 years behind in reading.

About my class

During the school year, my students have to periodically complete an online assessment, to show their progression throughout the school year. They are to completed assessments online and research and read books online. Unfortunately, my classroom does not have any laptop for the student to properly take these assessments and use the computer for research. They will also have to conduct research for book reports and watch the video to improve their verbal skills. There are many online portals that they can you to enrich their reading skills. So, the projects are more of research and are geared to their growth in reading. Again, I am a Reading Interventionist and the students are all at least 2 years behind in reading.

About my class

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