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Geometries: Working within the Variable Landscapes of Language, Culture, Curriculum and Relationship Ellen Franz, Bayside Elementary
Sausalito/ Marin City Unified School District, CA
I've always used hands-on projects to build on students' strengths
and engage their interests. I've found that building projects,
in particular, allow me the opportunity to introduce the worlds
of physics and engineering to students, as well as to work in an
area that most students find exciting and energizing. While working
to meet grade level standards in science, mathematics and language
arts, I've found that I can build on students' natural verbal strengths,
accelerate their vocabulary development, and begin to make connections
between these strengths and areas in which students are more challenged
and less confident....