Perhaps one year her students do not know their colors. Rather than using valuable teaching time to teach colors in isolation, Christina uses the second grade FOSS kit to teach science and uses the activities in the kit to teach colors as well. Her children do not miss the important curriculum they need, yet deficits in understanding are addressed. The success of her students is spectacular. She often creates computer-generated templates that her students can use to be successful at a specific assignment.
Students create books, publish their work on the Internet, and complete well-developed projects.
They can log in, type, save, and print their work. I keep my expectations very high and I truly believe they can do it. In my room, they can. In addition to encouraging her students to achieve at school, Mrs. Franco-Carrillo also enables them to excel at home by participating in the Home Share Computer Program. This Project META opportunity allows parents to check out computers for student and family use.