2020-21 classroom projects

Laurie Bickart at Burbank Elementary:

One of the most important outcome was the engagement level of my students during small reading groups. Because the systematic lessons were interactive and hands on, the students were interested, and excited to participate. One of the students said, "I'm a reader!" They would ask if we could do activities again because they were fun! We want our students to love to read and to feel confident reading . The flyleaf books and lessons have really helped to do that!

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Alejandra Arevalo at Longwood Elementary:

One of the most important outcomes was engagement. The students absolutely proved to be the most engaged during the reading of the chapter books and art projects in our day. They would request to be readers and politely asked to be the reader after their friend.  Students who were absent or needed to read the chapter again, had the physical book to go back or listen to the audio recording if the text was too hard or just for fun reread. Students were able to practice the citing skills. They could go back to the chapter or pages to cite their answers, for example, "In the text or on page so so it said.." A super important skill for third grade. Another major outcome was social emotional growth. We were able to dive into conversations based on character feelings, their personal feeling and ideas on how to manage strong feelings. Grief was a major topic as Charlotte's Web ended. We had many students empathize and connect, with their personal emotions or family members. The major outcome here is the determination, perseverance and motivation to keep reading the book to find out what comes next. One of the last outcomes so far, was the connection with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and luck. Each student was mailed a ticket in our class, only five had a Golden Ticket like in the book. Students were excited for each other, creating a sense of team and unity.

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Kristen Nevarez at Burbank Elementary:

The Fusion Dance Project teaching artist taught my kids how to express themselves through dance. Students learned patterns and math through dance. They learned more about growth mindset and put it into practice. In many of the lessons the teaching artist challenged them with a complicated dance move. Some wanted to give up in the beginning of the program, but with encouragement and reminders about how our brain works students preserved. Students were proud when they were able to memorize the steps and combination.

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