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Ms. Gonzalez's Classroom

  • Eneida Massas Hartner 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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  • "Rockin' Reliable Resources Remotely"

    Funded Sep 16, 2020

    Thank you so much for your generous donation. I can't wait to share all the new resources with my students. The gift cards you help fund is for a site where teachers create and sell resources for other teachers to use. So you can see, your donation impacted many. With your help not only have you touched my students and I, but also other hardworking teachers.”

    With gratitude,

    Ms. Gonzalez

    This classroom project was brought to life by The DonorsChoose 20th Anniversary Fund and 2 other donors.

  • An Apple a Day Keeps a Boring Lesson Away!

    Funded Aug 12, 2020

    Thank you all so much for your support and helping fund this project! My students will now have quality and more engaging distance learning lessons until we go back to the school building. They surely deserve it! I am also anticipating and designing spectacular lessons incorporating all our new technologies to use in our classrooms when we return. Hoping it will be soon! Thank you all again for your generous donations and your support!”

    With gratitude,

    Ms. Gonzalez

    This classroom project was brought to life by The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and 3 other donors.

  • Show Not Tell...Show Me the Model!

    Funded Oct 16, 2019

    Thank you again for the donation of our document cameras. They have been a valuable resource for many different classes in numerous ways. For example, we have used them in Writer's Cafe, our morning writing tutoring program, where students are able to showcase and display their writing so their peers can see and help critique and revise it. In Language Arts class, students are able to display their writing samples during Author's Showcase. The students have also used them in Science class to take a closer look at some of the models used during their experiments, display their student work for their classmates, and look at different images found in books. We have also used them in Math class where the teacher is able to display manipulatives and visual and tactile objects.

    It is without question that our document camera makes the lessons more engaging and hands-on, but it also provides equal access to learning and lesson to all our children. Most of our classes have very diverse learners with many different learning styles. When we use it in our lessons, for example, we are more likely to reach that student who is still learning English because we can provide them with a visual, or the student with a disability may just need to both "see" and "hear" their peers' writing.

    Have there been students who have warmed to this new technology? Absolutely! It may seem silly, but you can just see the sense of exitement in the students when it is their work that is chosen to be displayed. Before, students were always reluctant to share their work, but now they jump at the opportunity to be chosen. There just isn't something more rewarding than watching a student swell with pride when they see their hard work showcased. So, needless to say, our classes will never be the same. We can't survive without our document camera!”

    With gratitude,

    Ms. Gonzalez

    This classroom project was brought to life by Chevron Fuel Your School.
Our school celebrates individuality, diversity and creativity which is why in our classrooms, students focus on incorporating technology and are provided opportunities to collaborate, communicate and think critically about real world problems. And, yes, we do also teach Reading, Language Arts, Science, Math, Social Studies and the Arts. However, there are many figurative bumps in the road in our quest to provide the best education for our students. Although they do not diminish or deter our efforts, they admittedly do pose challenges. Of all the schools in our large county, our school services the most homeless shelters, and our students come from all walks of life. It is in the middle of a low-income neighborhood in South Florida. About 100% of our students receive free or reduced-price lunch and about twenty percent of students live in one of the four shelters around our school. Our mobility rate is very high.

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Our school celebrates individuality, diversity and creativity which is why in our classrooms, students focus on incorporating technology and are provided opportunities to collaborate, communicate and think critically about real world problems. And, yes, we do also teach Reading, Language Arts, Science, Math, Social Studies and the Arts. However, there are many figurative bumps in the road in our quest to provide the best education for our students. Although they do not diminish or deter our efforts, they admittedly do pose challenges. Of all the schools in our large county, our school services the most homeless shelters, and our students come from all walks of life. It is in the middle of a low-income neighborhood in South Florida. About 100% of our students receive free or reduced-price lunch and about twenty percent of students live in one of the four shelters around our school. Our mobility rate is very high.

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