STEM and Social Skills Collide

School:: Manatee Elementary
Subject:: Special Needs Students
Teacher:: Sheli Lowrie
: Lynn Belliveau
Students Impacted:: 100
Grade:: Pre K - 5
Date:: July 1, 2015

Investor

Thank you to the following investor for funding this grant.

License For Learning Plate Fund - $375.00

Goal

Goal:
Students with and without disabilities in first grade will team up with pre-K students to practice social and communication skills through joint core academic projects and activities.

What will be done with my students

What will be done with the students?
Once a month students will meet in pairs or triads to work together on a life skills STEM project. For example, simple cooking projects, gardening, or building. The second meeting of the month will be a social activity or game to promote conversation skills such as listening, empathizing, speaking, and writing. Within the ten months students will participate in 10 STEM based activities and 10 social skill activities. They will record and monitor their progress in a booklet. This will culminate the year by their creation of a book filled with reflections and photos. 50% of all supplies will continue to be used each year.

Benefits to my students

Benefits:
This program will build learning networks across grade levels through student and teacher collaboration, innovation, and sharing of resources . It will promote and support friendships between ESE and typically developing children at two grade levels. First grade ESE students will practice leadership skills with typically developing pre-K students. ESE pre-K students will work on projects with typically developing first graders who will be strong communication role models. A by-product of this program will be enhanced literacy, math, and science skills for our students.

Budget Narrative

Request Type:
Financial

Items:
10 STEM projects—Total Amount= $72
• Gardening supplies (soil-3 bags $5 each, seeds-5 seed packets @$1 each, cups- 1 package of 100 @$5, troughs-3 @ $3 each)= $35
• Cooking supplies ($30)
• Building supplies ($10)

10 Communication projects—Total Amount=$185
• Connect Four Games (6)--$30 ($5 each)
• Velcro ($20 a big roll)
• File folders ($20 for 100)
• Printer paper basic/white ($15 one case)
• Construction paper ($10 for 300 sheets)
• Neighborhood Sounds Bingo board game (6)--$90 ($15 each)

Booklet (end of year project)—total amount=$115
• Cardstock—($15--250 sheets per package at 2 packages)
• Photo developing—($100)

Total Amount: $375

Items

#	Item	Cost
1	Gardening supplies (soil-3 bags $5 each, seeds-5 seed packets @$1 each, cups- 1 package of 100 @$5, troughs-3 @ $3 each)= $35	$35.00
2	Cooking supplies ($30)	$30.00
3	Building supplies ($10)	$10.00
4	Connect Four Games (6)--$30 ($5 each)	$30.00
5	Velcro ($20 a big roll)	$20.00
6	File folders ($20 for 100)	$20.00
7	Printer paper basic/white ($15 one case)	$15.00
8	Construction paper ($10 for 300 sheets)	$10.00
9	Neighborhood Sounds Bingo board game (6)--$90 ($15 each)	$90.00
10	Cardstock ($15--250 sheets per package at 2 packages)	$15.00
11	Photo developing ($100)	$100.00
	Total:	$375.00

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