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  • Gotham Avenue Elementary School
  • Elmont, NY
  • 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 create a hands-on learning experience for my students and their families! I am running part of a literacy activity event at my school for students in Kindergarten - 2nd grade. Each family will learn how to practice various literacy skills while playing Jenga! I will be creating Jenga boards that contain pictures of Jenga blocks. On each block will be a specific skill including: letter identification, letter-sound identification, CVC words, Sight words, rhyming, Phrase reading, and more! For example, the block outlines on the sight word board will each contain a sight word. When the student pulls out a Jenga block on their turn they will then place it onto one of the block outlines on their board. They will practice reading the sight word. Play continues until all block outlines have been covered. Each family and their child will review all of the skills on the Jenga boards created and will be able to practice playing the game with me as practice. I would like for each family to be able to take home a Jenga game with all of the boards so they will have a completed, and ready-to-go activity to play and use with their child at home. Parents play such an important role in their child's learning and being able to show them how to work with their child at home is so important. Providing each family with an activity that they can use on a regular basis will greatly benefit their student's learning and progress in a fun and engaging way!

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Help me create a hands-on learning experience for my students and their families! I am running part of a literacy activity event at my school for students in Kindergarten - 2nd grade. Each family will learn how to practice various literacy skills while playing Jenga! I will be creating Jenga boards that contain pictures of Jenga blocks. On each block will be a specific skill including: letter identification, letter-sound identification, CVC words, Sight words, rhyming, Phrase reading, and more! For example, the block outlines on the sight word board will each contain a sight word. When the student pulls out a Jenga block on their turn they will then place it onto one of the block outlines on their board. They will practice reading the sight word. Play continues until all block outlines have been covered. Each family and their child will review all of the skills on the Jenga boards created and will be able to practice playing the game with me as practice. I would like for each family to be able to take home a Jenga game with all of the boards so they will have a completed, and ready-to-go activity to play and use with their child at home. Parents play such an important role in their child's learning and being able to show them how to work with their child at home is so important. Providing each family with an activity that they can use on a regular basis will greatly benefit their student's learning and progress in a fun and engaging way!

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