So far my students are loving our breakout edu boxes!!! These boxes have made math lessons such as word problems that are a little less exciting to students more finance have provided more engagement in my classroom. The boxes have also provided my students with that productive struggle that is otherwise often hard to provide. Several students…Read More

In preparation for upcoming videos for our YouTube channel “React to Reading,” students have been practicing literature circle roles. We have also been practicing reading strategies daily. It is our intent, through this grant and YouTube channel, to inspire children to read, as well as offer reading strategies. Soon we should be ready to start…Read More

In addition to flexible seating, I received a grant to use enrichment activities to increase student performance. The posted pictures show a parent who introduced computer technology and coding to our class as a future profession and the other is Mrs. Carroll’s 3rd grade students showing our kindergarten class how they use coding and robotics.

We received our flexible seating options the week before Christmas break, and I began introducing each option since we came back. This week we will finish and students will have tried to spot. On Friday, I asked which seating options they have liked best/least. The results have been mixed. The rocking chairs and wobble chairs lead as the…Read More

I received two grants, this one and one for the STARS program. We are raising Koi, with the intent to sell them to landscapers for hobby ponds and for individuals for ponds, fountains etc. We currently have a 1000 gallon and a 400 gallon tank in production. We also have a smaller aquaponics tank we purchased with a grant last year that is in…Read More