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  • Flora Arca Mata Elementary School
  • Stockton, CA
  • 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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Help me spend less time prepping and more time teaching so my students can learn in a hands-on way. My students need teacher provided hands-on learning materials that can come from the Cricut Explore Air 2 and its accessories. The Cricut Explore Air 2 can serve several purposes in my classroom. This machine can be used to create individualized behavior incentive charts, flash cards, writing prompts, creative extension projects, interactive bulletin boards, and so much more. Having a Cricut machine would enable me to easily create letters for new vocabulary words added to my ever-changing word wall, create independent level math flash cards for all levels of learning, and organize my classroom so that students can easily identify where to retrieve and return supplies and manipulatives. I currently print, trace and cut most things by hand, which is often tedious and extremely time consuming. The Cricut machine would greatly decrease the amount of time that I spend prepping classroom materials and afford me more time focusing on student learning and individual needs. By donating to our project, you will not only help in allowing me to put more time into teaching, you will ultimately help to increase student growth and achievement.

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Help me spend less time prepping and more time teaching so my students can learn in a hands-on way. My students need teacher provided hands-on learning materials that can come from the Cricut Explore Air 2 and its accessories. The Cricut Explore Air 2 can serve several purposes in my classroom. This machine can be used to create individualized behavior incentive charts, flash cards, writing prompts, creative extension projects, interactive bulletin boards, and so much more. Having a Cricut machine would enable me to easily create letters for new vocabulary words added to my ever-changing word wall, create independent level math flash cards for all levels of learning, and organize my classroom so that students can easily identify where to retrieve and return supplies and manipulatives. I currently print, trace and cut most things by hand, which is often tedious and extremely time consuming. The Cricut machine would greatly decrease the amount of time that I spend prepping classroom materials and afford me more time focusing on student learning and individual needs. By donating to our project, you will not only help in allowing me to put more time into teaching, you will ultimately help to increase student growth and achievement.

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