Impact to My Classroom

# of Students Impacted: 115

Thanks to our wonderful donor we were able to purchase a hardbound blank book used for publishing for the entire third grade at Poinciana Elementary School.  The books are part of our Spring Poetry unit and after the students publish their poetry in them we wrap them and they become a gift for their moms for Mother’s Day!  With our population being around 75% free and reduced lunch this is a gift they might not otherwise have to give.

  The books generate excitement and give our students a purpose to their writing.  They’re so much more invested in their writing knowing that they have a chance to actually publish their own book and knowing that they are gifting those books to their mom.  This project touches on several of our writing standards in third grade but it also allows the students freedom to be creative.  We reviewed several poems that they learned how to write earlier in the year, then we also introduced them to several new poems.  The new poems were fun for them and we included rebus and shape poems, as well as, using a word cloud to describe yourself.  It was so neat to see how they described themselves with the word clouds!  They used such positive words like talented, lovely, remarkable, and imaginative to describe themselves.   I was so proud that they have such a positive self-image!  This is one of my very favorite activities and I am so thankful the Champions for Learning and our donor made it possible!