Calculate Student Success, Joshua High School, Mrs. Jana Jones
Mrs. Jana Jones at Joshua High School(TI-84 Plus CE Teacher Pack plus 4 singles) With 25+ kiddos per class, including a variety of populations (Special Education/inclusion, 504, ELLs, and at-risk), having to worry about our calculators malfunctioning or becoming too old to work should NOT be our priority. If I were able to purchase a set plus some for my Geometry class, we could focus on what's really important and that is student growth and progress. Adding batteries to a school supply list, as a teacher, is not something I have ever had or wanted to do, but these old calculators are out-of-date and even with new batteries, some of them do not work. With our cell phone policy, I also do not want to have students using their phones to calculate math problems if our calculators fail. I would love to be able to purchase 2-3 class sets of these chargeable calculators, but they are very expensive, so I am asking for one class set and 4 single calculators to begin building a classroom set. Students in the inclusion setting, especially those who struggle to stay focused and on-task, need to only be concerned with the content being taught and having what they need to support them; in this case, that includes a properly functioning TI-84 calculator. I know this request may seem trivial and unimportant, but it is very frustrating as a teacher to worry about the number of working devices in classrooms of large numbers of students. I appreciate your consideration!
Price
- USD $500.00 each