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  • Helen B Montgomery School 50
  • Rochester, NY
  • Nearly all 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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Students in my urban school believe that eggs come from the grocery store! Although eggs do indeed get purchased in a store, I want to give them a deeper understanding of the life cycle of a chicken by allowing them to see the process from egg to chick. I teach in a high poverty urban school and want to give second language third graders a hands-on experience that will help to improve their vocabulary and make science both motivating and 'real'.

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Students in my urban school believe that eggs come from the grocery store! Although eggs do indeed get purchased in a store, I want to give them a deeper understanding of the life cycle of a chicken by allowing them to see the process from egg to chick. I teach in a high poverty urban school and want to give second language third graders a hands-on experience that will help to improve their vocabulary and make science both motivating and 'real'.

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