Project Title: I Can Perform My Way

Area of Focus and/or Research Question
Are all students capable of performing? Are all students provided the opportunity to perform? These two questions have weighed on me for the past 20 years of my teaching career. Yes, all students are capable. However, not all students are provided the opportunity.

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My 5th grade students have been busy researching types of ancient forms of government as well as types of government systems that many Native American tribes had. Next, we will look at what principles the U.S. government was founded on and why colonists wanted the government to be this way. After that, we will be looking at present government…Read More

This is just a few of the pictures I have taken to document the work we are doing with Community Based Instruction. Students in the first picture went to our local grocery store to buy ingredients needed to make a milkshake. The second picture is a student helping to make a Fall wreath. Students went to Wal-Mart and bought material needed to…Read More

I received 5 HP Chromebooks. With these Chromebooks, I am using Microsoft’s newest softward (free by the way) called Immersive Reader. With this software, the struggling readers in my class are now interacting with sight words (similar to digital flash cards) and stories. After I type the stories and/or sight words into either Word or OneNote,the…Read More

I have received my listening center and Ipad Pro with my grant. I have been able to allow the students to work in small groups listening to stories. This has been very helpful for the students who need to hear the story more than once or need to read along with a reader. I have received several books on DVD but also have many more ordered. I have…Read More