I have the opportunity of teaching a group of students with severe cognitive and physical disabilities. They come to school every day, despite their disabilities, to learn functional skills that will help them grow and become assets to our community. Just within the elementary community of our school they have an influences daily on our other students.
My students are the prime example that nothing can stand in your way of coming to school to grow and meet daily goals.
My students illustrate pure kindness, friendship, love, and dedication.
My Project
Learning Out Side the Box is a way our students make it through the day in order to learn the skills that they need to learn, grow, and become independent. Many of the students receive information through different ways of learning. Some of these ways are through touching, true examples, and movement. When the students are in need of learning those everyday skills, real life examples are the best for my students. Having these true examples allows the students to apply their knowledge easier when they come the same situation in the community.
Functional activities are crucial for my students daily learning.
Daily, my students are learning functional skills that they can build on that will eventually help them to become an member of society despite their disability. Due to this, the needs that need to be met require more than just one teaching lesson/activity in the classroom.
Having these other options of learning will allow students to apply what they are learning in the classroom into their everyday interactions outside the school setting. Having other options for students to learn gives them the opportunity to be able to learn at their pace and learning style.
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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Materials cost
$568.80
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$8.53
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$607.33
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$107.18
Total project goal
$714.51
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$714.51
2 Donors
-$330.78
Donations toward project cost
-$326.16
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$4.62
match offer
-$330.79
Match offer toward project cost
-$281.17
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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