FAMILY Fun Pack Math 2nd Grade



|Pass Me a Mobi 2rd Grade |We’re Orff and Running! K -4th Grades |

|Castleman Creek Elementary |Castleman Creek Elementary |

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|With brand new multi-user wireless tablets the entire grade level becomes digital! |Through the use of Orff-based instruments and other classroom percussion instruments |

|When students are “passed a MOBI” they are given something they can relate to- a |all music students will be successfully involved in creating their own music! Orff |

|handheld device that allows students to contribute to interactive lessons across all |instruments such as xylophones, metallophones and glockenspiels provide an outlet for|

|curriculum areas. The MOBI software makes ANY content engaging and interactive, all |emotional expression while increasing self-esteem, self-discipline, imagination and |

|done with the stroke of an interactive pen! |higher level thinking. Entire music classes will be full of on-task, hands-on |

| |musicians! |

|Students Impacted: 66 | |

|Amount Funded: $ 5,000 Named Grant |Students Impacted: 375 |

|Sponsor: |Amount Funded: $ 4,955 Named Grant Sponsor: |

|Expenditure per Student: $ 75.75 Educators Credit |Expenditure per Student: $ 13.21 Cooper & Horn Development |

|Union | |

| |Corporation |

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|Primary Grant Writers: Christy Baish, Collin Peters, Jennifer Welch and Susan |Primary Grant Writer: Jeanie Johnson |

|Fletcher | |

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|Fabulous Fitness Fun K-4th Grades | A Science Adventure with Kindergarten |

|Castleman Creek Elementary |The Quirkles Castleman Creek Elementary |

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|Using these fabulous fitness tools students will be taught to live active, healthy |Blast off on a new science adventure to Quirksville with the Quirkles! Quirkles is |

|lives! Bands, balls, scooters and more will be used one day a week for “Fabulous |an integrated science program that uses interactive tablets, books and other learning|

|Fitness Fun Day” to encourage basic exercises that are fun and effective. Ten |tools to captivate the minds of future little scientists through innovative, |

|stations of activities will be established to provide students with multiple |interesting stories and hands on experiments. |

|activities that promote muscle development, and flexibility, and a physically fit | |

|life! |Students Impacted: 88 |

| |Amount Funded: $ 2,870 Named Grant Sponsor: |

| |Expenditure per Student: $ 32.61 Huckabee-Architecture, |

|Students Impacted: 375 |Engineering & Management |

|Amount Funded: $ 1,540 | |

|Expenditure per Student: $ 4.10 |Primary Grant Writers: Christy Watley, Laura Dieterich and Debbie Duckworth |

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|Primary Grant Writer: Jalayne Rinewalt | |

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|Blocks Build Better Brains Pre-K |Eyes Wide Open 4th Grade |

|Castleman Creek Elementary |Speegleville Elementary |

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|Side by side, day by day, blocks are building better brains! When special needs |Students will be able to experience science, history and all subjects with their |

|children work together with their peers using these innovative blocks children move |“eyes wide open” by viewing artifacts, manipulatives, books, maps and pictures in |

|from simple building to creating imaginative miniature worlds. Along with standard |three dimensions by using these document cameras and HDTV’s. |

|blocks, which reinforce concepts of balance, gravity and stability, special blocks | |

|are added that create cities complete with families, vehicles, buildings and animals.| |

|Imagination soars when children create together! |Students Impacted: 44 |

| |Amount Funded: $ 3,690 |

|Students Impacted: 30 Named Grant Sponsor: |Expenditure per Student: $ 83.86 |

|Amount Funded: $ 1,170 Wells Fargo Bank | |

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|Expenditure per Student: $ 39.00 | |

| |Primary Grant Writers: Holly Meredith and Christine Reed |

|Primary Grant Writer: Melonie Cox | |

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|I Can See Clearly Now the 3rd Grade |Flip Out and Learn! K-4th Grades |

|Overhead is Gone Speegleville Elementary |Spring Valley Elementary |

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| |Students want to “Flip Out” and learn! This ultra-easy palm-sized video camera |

|Students with a wide variety of learning styles can create and observe written |allows students to add their own audio commentary, text, still shots and music to |

|examples, hands-on manipulatives, science experiments and more by using the advanced |multimedia productions they can make on their own. Research assignments will be |

|technology of document cameras and wide screen TV’s. Learning and classroom |transformed into exciting productions that can even debut on the school’s |

|discussion will be enhanced by using this equipment to zoom in and enhance images and|announcement airwaves. These students may just beg for more assignments! |

|model step-by-step instruction for the entire class. | |

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|Students Impacted: 54 |Students Impacted: 600 |

|Amount Funded: $ 4, 090 |Amount Funded: $ 845 Named Grant Sponsor: |

|Expenditure per Student: $ 75.74 | |

| |Expenditure per Student: $1.41 IKON Office Solutions |

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|Primary Grant Writers: Peggy Kilgo, Karen Kinchen and Ashley Williamson | |

| |Primary Grant Writers: Lennie Diaz-Granados and Beth Hair |

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| Seeing Math in a New Light! 4th Grade |Not Your Grandma’s Grammar 4th Grade |

|Spring Valley Elementary | |

| |Spring Valley Elementary |

|To move into the future, innovative technology tools are needed to improve student | |

|performance by engaging and enlightening young minds. The digital age is upon us, |Imagine viewing a science experiment in real time with your class or displaying your |

|and these document cameras and interactive pens will allow students to participate |writing sample on an interactive graphic tablet as you highlight key sections. With |

|within the classroom in a new way. Students will be able to immediately share their |a gooseneck document camera and HDTV students use a technology-rich canvas to freely |

|work and receive feedback from their peers and teacher. |express themselves by simply touching pen-tip to tablet! |

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|Students Impacted: 120 Named Grant Sponsor: |Students Impacted: 130 |

| |Amount Funded: $ 3,830 |

|Amount Funded: $3,830 Patillo, Brown & Hill, |Expenditure per Student: $ 29.46 |

|L.L.P. | |

|Expenditure per Student: $31.92 |Primary Grant Writers: Autumn Lockett and Erica Artho |

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|Primary Grant Writers: Janice Mateleska and Todd Evers | |

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|Failure Is Not an Option 3rd Grade |We’re Quirky for Quirkles Kindergarten |

|Spring Valley Elementary |Spring Valley Elementary |

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|Imagine an entire classroom counting down, “Three, two, one, blast OFF!” With |Science was suffering at schools, they said. Students can’t stand it, “It’s boring, |

|document cameras, interactive pen tablets and flat screen televisions students are |it’s dead!” Teacher struggled to make science fun, by 3rd and 4th grade the students|

|able to view exciting material clearly and display their own work in 3-D. Using |were done. Enter the QUIRKLES, a super team |

|these materials student centered educational experiences area made that equip future |of lettery scientists, a teacher’s dream. Kindergarteners need science that’s fun; |

|astronauts, teachers and leaders. |make it enticing while they are young! |

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|Students Impacted: 44 |Students Impacted: 110 |

|Amount Funded: $ 3,850 |Amount Funded: $ 3,355 |

|Expenditure per Student: $ 87.50 |Expenditure per Student: $ 30.50 |

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| |Primary Grant Writers: Leslie Chapman, Kristi Fajardo, Alain Humphrey |

|Primary Grant Writers: Michele Kupiszewski and Susan Mathis | |

| |Other Beneficiaries: Renee Beckham, Becky Fortenberry, Lennie Diaz-Granados |

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|High Definition: It’s Not Just 3rd Grade |DREAMS K-4th Grades |

|About Dictionaries Spring Valley Elementary |Hewitt Elementary |

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|The days of joysticks and Atari are done! New technology is needed to stay on top of|The work of a child is play! For children with autism and other learning differences|

|the game. Interactive tablets, cameras and HDTV’s allow interactive innovation and |play is an abstract concept that requires learning how to move, have fun and |

|inspire juvenile creation! Goodbye old overheads and fat TV’s. This grant brings |socialize. For this to happen successfully the children need guidance, inspiration |

|new technology gear to Midway ISD! |and the proper equipment. The equipment provided by this grant will allow our |

| |challenged children to grow and play in new and exciting ways! |

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|Students Impacted: 44 |Students Impacted: 10 |

|Amount Funded: $ 3,830 |Amount Funded: $ 2,335 Named Grant |

|Expenditure per Student: $ 87.05 |Sponsor: |

| |Expenditure per Student: $ 233.50 The Gary & Diane Heavin |

| |Community Fund |

|Primary Grant Writers: Jeni Smith and Sami Cox | |

| |Primary Grant Writers: Ryan Ferrill, Mashara Whitt |

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| The Clicker the Better 3rd and 4th Grades | Forget Guitar Hero, 3rd-4th Grades |

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|Hewitt Elementary |I Want to be A Recorder Star! Hewitt Elementary |

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|Video games and academic success have not been used in the same sentence until now! |Learning to read music and then apply that skill to an instrument is a tremendous |

|The Classroom Performance System (CPS) actively engages learners to use their |challenge! When a child realizes they can make music by themselves they are proud |

|hand-held remotes and click in their answers to classroom activities through a |and want to share their accomplishments with others. The 3rd and 4th grade music |

|game-like style of lessons and assessments. |students will learn music purchased through this grant and then receive charms and |

| |rewards after mastering their newly-learned songs. |

|Students Impacted: 220 | |

|Amount Funded: $ 4,980 Named Grant Sponsor: |Students Impacted: 350 |

|Expenditure per Student: $ 22.63 Glenda and Stanley Strum |Amount Funded: $2,450 Named Grant Sponsor: |

| |Expenditure per Student: $ 7.00 Parsons Roofing |

|Primary Grant Writers: John Gates, Amy Markham, Abby Neal, Heather Henslee | |

|Other Beneficiaries: Natalie Gutierrez, Wanda Ziegelt, Jean Sury, Brad Cook, Traci |Primary Grant Writer: Elisa Crowder |

|Kimberling | |

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|No Child Left Out Pre-K-4th grade |Alive and Learning with the Alphabet Kindergarten |

|Hewitt Elementary |Hewitt Elementary |

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|When children play together everyone benefits! The adaptive playground equipment |Singing, recording, listening, creating! This is how Kindergarteners learn the |

|purchased with this grant will allow the students with disabilities to play outside |alphabet with “Sing & Read” interactive software. Children are able to become |

|alongside their peers and interact in a new, exciting way. The children with |confident readers and writers of the alphabet through this interactive software that |

|disabilities on this campus we be free to swing along side their friends in several |encourages children at all readiness levels to move forward with their understanding |

|different types of adaptive swings. |of the basic fundamentals of the alphabet. |

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|Students Impacted: 30 |Students Impacted: 120 |

|Amount Funded: $ 4.655 Named Grant Sponsor: |Amount Funded: $3,860 |

|Expenditure per Student: $155.16 The Gary & Diane Heavin |Expenditure per Student: $32.16 |

|Community Fund | |

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|Primary Grant Writers: Kim Bellomy and Christi Yourman |Primary Grant Writers: Jennifer Brewer, Terri Kucera, Martha North, Lynn Beals, |

| |Barbara McMahan, Sharon Bennett |

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Summary of Grant Awards to

All Campuses

Round Sixteen (Spring 2009)

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