Let’s Take the Stress Out of Changing Classes!

Funded Aug 19, 2022

This project has helped more than I could have expected. My kids are able to go from class to class without scrambling for their resources. As seventh graders, they change classes 5 times a day. Many of the students I teach have significant special needs and they ALL have major issues with organization and executive functioning. The transitions we require of them are stressful and anxiety producing for many of my kids. This project has taken much of that stress away.

I was able to set up a corner in each classroom with their supplies. They quickly learned where they were, and got the routine down to pick them up at the beginning of each class. The come in grab their color coded pencil case and plastic envelope. In each envelope are the resources specific to the accommodations that each child requires according to their IEP. Some have calculators and multiplication charts, others have word banks and graphic organizers. They always have access to those resources.

By setting up the drawers with erasers, highlighters and pencil sharpeners, they kids just help themselves when they need them. There is little stopping to ask for something. The true testimonial came out at Open House when a parent asked about the pouches and wanted to see them Their child came home talking about how easy it was to move from class to class without worrying about all the little things.

Thank you again for helping me make the transition to 7th grade and the daily transitions less stressful for everyone!”

With gratitude,

Ms. DiGesse