We Need a HEAR-O

School:: Veterans Memorial Elementary
Subject:: Technology
Teacher:: Marsha Colbert
: Kate Wildonger
Students Impacted:: 50
Grade:: 5
Date:: July 22, 2022

Investor

Thank you to the following investor for funding this grant.

Suncoast Credit Union - $588.45

Impact to My Classroom

# of Students Impacted: 45

This grant provided headphones with microphones to the 45 students I teach in 5th grade. These headphones allowed for individualized reading lessons in iReady, Fluency Checks in Microsoft Teams, and complete many interactive lessons in science, ELA, and math using Flocabulary. Every student had a pair of headphones that were of great quality (not one pair broken) and we didn't have any students embarrasssed if they couldn't afford to bring in a pair of headphones to use at school. They allowed for greater focus and academic success for all.

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Original Grant Overview

Goal

The goal of this grant is provide the necessary materials for students to be successful with independent reading lessons and reading fluency checks using their computers. By providing headphones, students will be more successful with these lessons and increase reading fluency and proficiency.

What will be done with my students

Each student will be given a pair of headphones to be used and kept at school. iReady lessons are a requirement for each student. These are independent lessons on the computer with audio and video to engage the students. Additionally, we plan to use the headphones to help with online reading fluency passages. Students will be able to read and record themselves using the microphone attached to the headphones. They will be able to hear their recording, submit to the teacher for review, and work towards improving their fluency. These will be used throughout the duration of the school year for all students.

Benefits to my students

Students will be prepared and ready to learn each day with their own set of working headphones. Giving students access to these items will allow for an increase in student achievement in reading because they will be able to fully engage with the reading lesson. Students will be able to set the volume of their headphones for optimal learning without their computer audio disturbing anyone nearby. We will also see an improvement in reading fluency with the use of the headphones to record reading passages. With an increase in reading fluency, we would expect to see an increase in reading proficiency as well. 48 students and 2 teachers will benefit from this grant.

Budget Narrative

This grant is requesting a budget for five sets of ten headphones that will be purchased from Amazon for a total of $588.45 at today's listed price. There is no shipping fee for the headphones.

Items

#	Item	Cost
1	50 Wired Headphones with Microphone	$588.45
	Total:	$588.45

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