Catalog: Teaching Grants Catalog | |
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| Grant Amount: $575.00 Original grades served: K 1 Mentor Teacher: Donna Reed, speech pathologist, Unit 4 Contact email: reeddo@champaignschools.o rg Original School: Southside Elementary Project Description As our community increases in the diversity of its population, children are exposed to many differing cultural backgrounds. As a result, they are very curious as to how these cultures relate to their own. This project allows students to learn more about cultural diversity through reading and hands-on tasks such as cooking, games and art projects. Each week, the teacher provides a thirty-minute ... | |
| Grant Amount: $550.00 Original grades served: 9 12 Mentor Teacher: Karen Hackman, English, Unit 4 Contact email: hackmaka@champaignschools .org Original School: Central High School 2 Celebration of Poetry LANGUAGE ARTS Project Description This project contains two components. The first is the sponsorship of a poetry-writing contest available to the entire student body. After exposure and discussion in English classes, students submit poems, the entries are judged, recognition is given to the chosen winners and an anthology is compiled of all valid entries. The second component is a Poetry Caf , ... | |
| Grant Amount: $1,285.00 Original grades served: K 5 Mentor Teacher: Shauna Carey, Art Teacher, Unit 4 Contact email: careysh@champaignschools. org Original School: BT Washington Elementary School Project Description This Book Club grant provides a template for establishing a book club modeled on adult reading clubs, for children . Working with the school public librarians, a series of 7 books are chosen for 7 months for group discussion. Children participate on a voluntary basis but have incentives to become part of the project. Students This project was initially developed for K 5 students. It ... | |
| Grant Amount: $1,005.00 Original grades served: 3rd Mentor Teacher: Ellen Baranowski, 3rd Grade, Unit 4 Contact email: baranows@uiuc.edu Original Schools: Dr. Howard, Robeson and Westview Elementary Schools 4 Hands On History and Writing Historic Tales LANGUAGE ARTS Project Description In the original grant, two teachers worked with community partners to help children learn creative writing using artifacts from the local history found at the Early Americn Museum in Mahomet. After an all day visit at the museum, children were asked to identify an artifact seen and then to construct a story around ... | |
| Grant Amount: 950.00 Original grades served: K Mentor Teacher: Trudy Dartt Walters, Principal, Unit 4 Contact email: waltertr@champaignschools .org Original School: Dr. Howard Elementary Project Description By using city and farm play mats and sets of playmobil or similar materials, children explore community on a manageable scale. While encouraging language development and imagination, social skills are enhanced through play and writing skills are developed through a daily journal. Students This project was initially developed for Kindergarten students. Materials and Facilities This project can ... | |
| Grant Amount: 1,284.00 Original grades served: Pre-K Mentor Teacher: Teresa Mendez-Bray, Pre-K, Unit 4 Contact email: brayte@champaignschools.o rg Original School: Champaign Early Learning Center 6 Bridging Home and School LANGUAGE ARTS/SOCIAL SCIENCES Project Description This project provides for developing a foreign language library for ESL students. Multilingual materials are purchased, placed into the regular classroom and a workshop is held to familiarize parents with the project. The original project purchased books in Arabic, Chinese, Vietnamese, Hebrew, Gujurati, French and Telugu. Students ... | |
| Grant Amount: $1,100.00 Original grade(s) served: 7th Mentor Teacher: Sharon Lash, retired Contact Email: slash@insightbb.com Original School: Franklin Middle School FINE ARTS Scientific Illustration: Drawing the World Around You Project Description Scientific Illustration is a course designed to integrate art and science through hands-on experience. Students learn to develop the skill of observation while conducting scientific investigations, rendering ink drawings and building models. The importance of art in science and science in art will become a springboard for discovery of viable careers ... | |
| Grant Amount: $900.00 Original grades served: 5th Mentor Teacher: Sharon Lash, retired Email Contact slash@insightbb.com Original School: Garden Hills Elementary SOCIAL SCIENCES The Power of Peace Project Description Through the use of thematic activities, posters, resource books, videos, literature books and art projects, students will learn about issues that create conflict and the power of peace to solve problems, so that we can make our world a more peaceful place. Students Originally designed for intermediate students particularly for the 5 th grade Holocaust requirement, this project can ... | |
| Grant Amount: $1,000.00 Original grades served: 5th Mentor Teacher: Debi Stapleton, 5th Grade, Unit 4 Contact email: staplede@champaignschools .org Original School: Barkstall Elementary Project Description The Fun Physics program is designed to teach the basic principles of physics through activity-based, discovery-oriented science instruction. This project uses commonly found toys to illustrate key concepts of mechanical energy and energy conversions. The original project had a scientist-inresidence who was also a toy collector come to the classroom and demonstrate science principles. The project ... | |
| Grant Amount: $600.00 Original grades served: Pre-K-K Mentor Teachers: Mary Beth, Pre-K, Unit 116 Contact email: mbeth@insightbb.com SCHOOL READINESS/PARENT INVOLVEMENT Learning Activity Take-Home Packs Project Description This grant supplies the funds for providing activity packs, based on assessed needs, to preschool and early primary age children to take home. Parents are oriented at the start of the project and fill out an evaluation form after each activity. Basic skills are reinforced to ready the potentially at-risk child for learning and positive communication between teacher, school and ... | |
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