Savvy Citizens

Impact to My Classroom

# of Students Impacted: 115

 Thanks to our wonderful donors we were able to purchase a yearlong subscription to Social Studies Weekly for the entire third grade at Poinciana Elementary School.  The weekly magazines are in color and contain engaging information and photos for the students.  Our students looked forward to receiving their new magazine each week!  All of the magazines were a hit, but their favorite was the one that took them on a trip across the country with Lewis and Clark.  

     Our students benefited by having engaging text correlated with the Florida standards in Social Studies.  My team and I observed increased attention toward the subject matter and increased retention of the information.  Their vocabulary also expanded and they were having discussions about the material using the academic vocabulary.  They made many connections from the magazines to our Social Studies books and videos that we used.  Seeing the information presented in various ways appealed to them.  Our ELL students benefited from the rich pictures, photos, and text features that further added to their comprehension.  It was so exciting when they got to take the magazines home and share them with their families. Many times they would come in the next morning excited to tell us that they read to their families from the magazines.  Thank you again as it made a difference for our students!

  Thanks to our wonderful donors we were able to purchase a yearlong subscription to Social Studies Weekly for the entire third grade at Poinciana Elementary School.  The weekly magazines are in color and contain engaging information and photos for the students.  Our students looked forward to receiving their new magazine each week!  All of the magazines were a hit, but their favorite was the one that took them on a trip across the country with Lewis and Clark.  

     Our students benefited by having engaging text correlated with the Florida standards in Social Studies.  My team and I observed increased attention toward the subject matter and increased retention of the information.  Their vocabulary also expanded and they were having discussions about the material using the academic vocabulary.  They made many connections from the magazines to our Social Studies books and videos that we used.  Seeing the information presented in various ways appealed to them.  Our ELL students benefited from the rich pictures, photos, and text features that further added to their comprehension.  It was so exciting when they got to take the magazines home and share them with their families. Many times they would come in the next morning excited to tell us that they read to their families from the magazines.  Thank you again as it made a difference for our students!