3D Printer for Ridgecrest’s Library
Teacher: Kristen Todd
School: Ridgecrest Elementary School
Amount: $1,037.02
Category: Materials
With this grant, I purchased a 3D printer and all of its accessories to benefit the students at Ridgecrest Elementary School. As the librarian at Ridgecrest, I believe that it is my job to assist the classroom teachers as much as possible with teaching and reviewing all Reading skills that are taught such as, figurative language, grammar, reading comprehension skills, and writing skills along with the library skills needed such as knowledge over book genres, sequence, plot, research skills, and knowledge about plagiarism and copyright, etc. With this 3D printer, I have planned a writing lesson (this could be about any type of story such as, informative, opinion, etc.) to go with our Fairy tale, Folk tale, and Fables unit. The upper grade students at RCE, learned the story elements of a fable, and then they learned about how to brainstorm a fable, write it, and proofread it to practice for the state test. Then with the use of their chromebooks, they designed their main character, and we printed them using the 3D printer! With the help of this grant donation, I was not only able to teach the students about the writing process, but I was able to engage them in a lesson they will remember for years to come!