The students that I see each day in my three fifth grade classrooms come from a very small, rural farming town. More than fifty percent of our four hundred students are on our free or reduced-price lunch program. We have students from all types of homes from diverse backgrounds.
My students never cease to amaze me with what they can and have overcome.
They are sweet, beautiful souls who deserve my very best, and that is what I strive to give them each and every day.
My Project
Paying attention to detail is a skill that fifth graders need to work on during the year. In the one-second world that technology has provided for us, students want to finish their work quickly and move on to the next thing. The problem with this strategy is that more often than not, in their rush to finish, they miss important details in an assignment.
With the Electricity Activity Lab, the OWI RobotiKits, the OWI SolarHydraulic Robot, and the VEX Robotics Catapult set, students will be forced to slow down and pay attention to every detail in the instructions if they want to successfully complete the project.
This skill will help them in fifth grade, but more importantly, it will help them from here on out, in high school, in college, and in life.
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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