Ok, things have been going fine on the grant-writing front. Apparently Google thought my "e-mail had been compromised" and blocked access for about 10 days!! Yikes. Sorry for the delay.
The tally so far is 8 people have requested and/or accepted my offer to write a Junior League grant for them. I have completed 2 so far.
One entitled "Cyberchase the numbers away" which uses the PBS program Cyberchase to provide an engaging anticipatory set for some hands on math games. These hands-on materials are special because they are manufactured by the same company but the difficulty is embeded in the activity questions and procedures so that the ability grouping would not so apparent. It will address the broad range of abilities in heterogeneous classrooms while preserving the dignity of all. This is the antithesis of the Bluebirds, red robins grouping.
The second one is incorporating the inquiry process in science by providing scaffolding for the new County standards and newly adopted textbook. It has some great manipulatives and fabulous structure to allow and encourage the asking of questions, "what if....", and the testing of the students' hypotheses in cause-effect relationships.
I will keep posting to see how things unfold.... that gives me an idea.
Maybe I should do one on "Ori-geometry"
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