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69,912 | p151369 | ae87d6862886f4d98a520c6f7438ebde | Mrs. | AR | 2016-07-07 17:34:17 | Grades 3-5 | Applied Learning | Character Education | Sailing Into a Super 4th Grade Year | How do you remember your days of school? Was it in a sterile environment with plain walls, rows of desks, and a teacher in front of the room? A typical day in our room is nothing like that. I work hard to create a warm inviting themed room for my students look forward to coming to each day.\r\n\r\nMy class is made up of 28 wonderfully unique boys and girls of mixed races in Arkansas.\r\nThey attend a Title I school, which means there is a high enough percentage of free and reduced-price lunch to qualify. Our school is an \"open classroom\" concept, which is very unique as there are no walls separating the classrooms. These 9 and 10 year-old students are very eager learners; they are like sponges, absorbing all the information and experiences and keep on wanting more. | With these resources such as the comfy red throw pillows and the whimsical nautical hanging decor and the blue fish nets, I will be able to help create the mood in our classroom setting to be one of a themed nautical environment. Creating a classroom environment is very important in the success in each and every child's education. The nautical photo props will be used with each child as they step foot into our classroom for the first time on Meet the Teacher evening. I'll take pictures of each child with them, have them developed, and then hung in our classroom ready for their first day of 4th grade. This kind gesture will set the tone before even the first day of school! The nautical thank you cards will be used throughout the year by the students as they create thank you cards to their team groups.\r\n\r\nYour generous donations will help me to help make our classroom a fun, inviting, learning environment from day one.\r\n\r\nIt costs lost of money out of my own pocket on resources to get our classroom ready. Please consider helping with this project to make our new school year a very successful one. Thank you! | null | null | My students need nautical themed items such as red throw pillows and photo booth props for a great start to a new 4th grade year! | 56 | 1 |
115,172 | p134397 | b189996a1119881d0f798584a87e594b | Mrs. | LA | 2016-11-16 17:26:46 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language, Math & Science | Literature & Writing, Mathematics | Kindles for Kids! | I teach in a low income area in our district, but we also serve students from an US Air Force Base. Many of our students challenges in their home lives and I'm looking for a way to create a peaceful and happy learning environment.\r\n\r\nMy students are hardworking, artistic, and spirited. They like to move, they love to read and do math, and they crave lots of positive attention. Many of the students are being raised in single parent household and receive free or reduced lunches based on their socioeconomic status. From the moment they walk into my classroom I focus on their growth; students strive to beat personal goals both academically and socially. My classroom motto is: work hard and treat others the way you want to be treated. | Many of our students do not have access to different technological platforms at home. The use of the Kindles in the classroom, will provide my students with a new type of technology to become proficient with.\r\n\r\nHaving the Kindles will allow my students to engage with their learning on a deeper, more personal level. I would love to use these Kindles during small group instruction to make the text become bright and vibrant for readers. I would love to use these Kindles during center rotations to help busy learners to slow down and engage in Math and Reading fluency activities. I would love to use these Kindles during Science to provide opportunities to explore the world around them in a realistic setting. | null | null | My students need Kindle Fires, cases, and covers to enhance textbook based learning. | 0 | 1 |
42,944 | p020531 | 775a0d3131013cc8ac572d3c35285686 | Ms. | FL | 2016-09-13 10:08:18 | Grades PreK-2 | Health & Sports, Math & Science | Health & Wellness, Mathematics | For the Love of a Great Seat: Part 2! | We, the players of Ms. K's class, will work hard to be the best team. We will complete our work, meet our AR goals, and have a lot of fun. -Student created mission statement.\r\n\r\nMy 18 new first grade students are full of energy and love learning new things every day. Most of them come from a low income home where school is a safe place to spend their days. Each student is given a free breakfast every morning as well as free lunch. \r\n\r\n | Last year I introduced Hokki stools and bean bags to our classroom during computer time as well as desk work. The students have absolutely loved using them! Since using these stools, the students have been asking for more of a variety of seats. They have been asking for more options to sit on the floor, so we have asked for a low table with seats, pillows, and bean bags/refill. \r\n\r\nThe comfy seats will allow the students to have a relaxed place to sit while doing independent work, reading, or working on the iPads. Giving the students an option for seating has shown great improvement in their academics as well as their behavior.\r\n\r\nWith your generosity this kid inspired project will give them the movement and options they crave throughout the school day. | null | null | My students need a new low table, pillows, and bean bags to have a variety of seating in the classroom. | 54 | 1 |
146,891 | p200738 | 85f308713e285c327047d95e50d1554f | Ms. | CA | 2016-06-08 19:50:53 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language, Music & The Arts | Literacy, Visual Arts | Art Across All Areas | My classroom community is made up of a diverse group of K/1 students who vary in ethnicity, home language, socioeconomic status, and learning style. As a teacher, I am committed to creating an equitable learning environment in which all children can grow, academically and socially. In addition to our rigorous curriculum, we also support our students' learning through project based learning. These projects help us demonstrate our learning in ways that are meaningful to us. Students are given the opportunity to direct their own learning, and are empowered to express their understanding in their unique way. | Our classroom comes alive through art experiences connected to all subject areas. This project aims to outfit our classroom with art supplies, learning tools, and literature to spark our curiosity as we connect art to other content areas. The read alouds featuring both math and science concepts will be the inspiration for various art projects and will help us generate new vocabulary for our interactive word wall displayed in pocket charts. \r\n\r\nStudent engagement increases as learning experiences utilize multiple modalities for learning and allow for creative expression. We look forward to showing all we know and have learned in our classroom gallery. | null | null | My students need math and science read alouds, art supplies, learning tools, storage and pocket charts to create engaging and empowering experiences with art, literature, language, math and science. | 9 | 1 |
119,377 | p178247 | 8bdfd3f0833697eef466a51b3bb8b3a0 | Mrs. | NY | 2016-10-29 09:28:09 | Grades 9-12 | Math & Science | Mathematics | Creating a Modern Math Classroom to Explore and Learn | My Geometry and Pre-Calculus students are full of energy, ready to learn, and excited to explore mathematical ideas. They live in a small, rural town and make the most of what our school is able to offer. Many of our students are being raised in single-parent households and receive a free lunch based on their socioeconomic status. These things may prevent them from getting ahead early in life From the minute they walk in the door of my classroom, I focus on their potential and growth. By doing this in a creative and positive way, I am hopeful to inspire our high school learners to continue on a path of academic excellence. | My math students need a modern classroom to investigate new topics and develop problem solving skills. They are our future leaders! If we truly want to prepare our students for the real world, we need to put them in responsive, dynamic environments that reflect life outside of a traditional classroom. They need flexible seating and open floor space! I would love to provide them with a small-group instruction whiteboard table with stools, a stand-and-work table with no chairs, a sit-on-the-floor area pillows and a work table, and a table with stability balls. I will allow students to responsibly choose where they work every day. | null | null | My students need a classroom with modern, comfortable furniture to explore mathematical ideas and develop problem-solving skills. | 0 | 1 |
58,357 | p092952 | 8c4d3e0e5268ebb334ac9c4ec8de56de | Ms. | CA | 2017-03-28 14:04:52 | Grades 6-8 | Literacy & Language | Literacy | A Cozy Reading Nook | My students live in a very low income community in the heart of the Silicon Valley. Currently over half of our students are considered homeless. They are almost all minorities, many are learning English as a second language, and many have faced extreme adversity in their home lives. Many students work far below grade level and all are on free and reduced price lunch. My students come to school where it's a safe place, and, despite everything, they try their best every day. While surrounding communities boast multi-million dollar homes and high powered tech companies, my kids have seen things no child should see, and this impacts their learning at school. | My students do not love to read. It is hard for them and they often choose books that are not at their level because that is what their peers are reading. This means that reading time is often staring into space and talking time. If we had a cozier reading space in our library I know that my students would be more focused and on task during reading time. We also need a place to store our games out of the way so they are not a distraction during our reading time. Thank you for helping improve our classroom environment, and also our literacy and behavior!\r\nWith our bean bags I hope that they will really want to read and, in turn will improve their reading scores and do better in all academic areas. \r\n“Sleep is good, he said, and books are better.” \r\n― George R.R. Martin | null | null | My students need bean bags for our reading area and a toy bin for our rainy day games. | 78 | 1 |
2,668 | p230779 | 02082c4b4633f5d63bd9a91966de810b | Ms. | AL | 2016-08-13 17:20:49 | Grades 3-5 | Health & Sports, Special Needs | Health & Wellness, Special Needs | Flexible Seating | My students are probably the best students on the face of the Earth (okay I am a little biased). I serve in an inclusion classroom and it is filled with wiggly students. My students are kind, caring, and patient with each other. They all have their own struggles they deal with at home and I am happy to provide them with a warm and welcoming classroom when they come in each morning. \r\n\r\nMy students truly value their education because even in 5th grade they recognize how far it will take them in life and they dream big. I love being able to learn alongside them because they teach me as much as I teach them. My class is full of dreamers that will go far in life with their mindsets. | This project will emphasize movement in the classroom that is still conducive to learning. I have a wiggly bunch of kids who love to move around but sometimes that can be distracting! With the help of flexible seating, they will be able to move and learn at the same time! This can become distracting to others so I want to make sure all students are provided with the best learning environment possible. \r\n\r\nKinesthetic learning in the classroom can improve focus in students especially those that I serve with ADD/ADHD. Every child deserves the best learning environment possible and I want to meet each of my students' needs. Flexible seating will allow my students to move while still working hard. | null | null | My students need flexible seating! I have a wiggly group who needs to move in order to learn and a combination of balance balls and stability cushions are the way to do that! | 2 | 1 |
13,256 | p229284 | 8579e4dce5a95f9e05691cfdeeb60bad | Ms. | NY | 2016-09-29 16:16:27 | Grades 9-12 | Literacy & Language, Special Needs | Literacy, Special Needs | Digital Resources for a Digital World | My students are energetic, exuberant, and addicted to technology! We are in the middle of bustling Harlem, with inspiration (and distractions) everywhere. They like to learn through experiences about the world around them. \r\n\r\nAs a teacher, I want my students to be using their strengths in digital literacy to succeed in the classroom. Although our students come from low income neighborhoods, they continue to prove how high achieving they truly are. The growth in their maturity is matched by their new sense of determination to further explore the world and make their own lasting impression. Our students are looking for opportunities to learn from experience. They don't have the same prior experience that we often rely on while maturing. | Students will use these chromebooks for research, to create websites, blogs, and to access the online store of knowledge. In class, we will be able to interactively create google documents. Students can compile research, write together, and read each other's writing. Students will be able to work together to learn from each other. \r\n\r\nThe chromebooks will help us communicate as a class. I will be able to give students immediate feedback on the documents they submit to me through the google classroom. Through technology, they will be able to use rubrics to give each other feedback on their writing and reading. This will allow us to set goals as a class. Expectations will be easier to communicate and growth will be easier to chart. | null | null | My students need the power to engage with the digital community and to discover their own research and interests. | 5 | 1 |
94,697 | p215450 | 4fa11a279cf1f1c57973ea666b354ded | Ms. | CA | 2016-08-01 15:08:29 | Grades PreK-2 | Health & Sports | Gym & Fitness, Health & Wellness | Healthy Hearts, Happy Kindergartners! | We are a busy and diverse group of kindergartners in the Southern California area. Our school is considered high poverty and many of our students receive free and reduced lunch.\r\n\r\nI am fortunate to teach an amazing group of students that are diverse in so many ways. We come from extremely diverse ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds. Even though we are so different in many ways, we have built an amazing community of learners that thrive and learn together in a cohesive learning environment. | Every day we take our students outdoors for structured PE time. During this time, we work on large gross motor skills, such as hopping, skipping, and leaping. We work on dribbling, passing, and bouncing balls. We also play games such as \"Builders and Dozers\" and \"Build the Bridge\" and other fun and engaging games. In order teach the initial ideas of \"Draw Your Bubble\" and personal space, we need cones and spots to help our students understand what these concepts mean.\r\n\r\nThese games build not only our physical muscles but our sportsmanship muscles as well. Having this equipment will ensure that our students are able to practice large gross motor skills and play games both during our structured PE time and independently at recess. | null | null | My students need outdoor sporting equipment to use during structured PE time and free choice at recess. | 0 | 1 |
132,246 | p177097 | 8da834e7930726750a4e0d119fbb30ea | Mrs. | OH | 2016-12-20 16:18:32 | Grades 3-5 | Literacy & Language, Math & Science | Literature & Writing, Mathematics | Can I Google It? | Each morning, our principal starts the day by saying \"The clock on the wall says it is officially time to\" and students throughout the school respond by saying \"to do our Cardinal best!\" From that point of the day until the end, that is exactly what my students do. They give their best, all day everyday, to achieve their educational goals.\r\n\r\nStudents in my classroom love to learn. They work hard on all types of assignments, but the enjoy working with technology. Unfortunately, we do not have the opportunity for them to work one on one with a device everyday.\r\n\r\nMany of my students come from low-income families with limited access to technology at home. My students know that knowledge is power and work very hard to achieve the best they can each and every time they walk into our classroom. | In our classroom my students will often ask me to verify information or look up an ansewr to a question they have when reading informational texts. My response is well let's Google. If we can add these Chromebooks to our classroom I can have the students look up the information and teach them to be more inquisitive about the subjects they are learning. Additionally, it will provide my students more opportunities to work on leved material specifically designed for them on programs like MobyMax and Spelling/Vocabulary City. By working with this material studwnts will be able to strengthen any weakness and build upon their strengths. | null | null | My students need to have access to technology to work independently on leveled material and to utilize Google classroom. | 10 | 1 |
167,969 | p057047 | 55baa932f5ef773ec298dc6caf0afcbe | Mrs. | IN | 2017-04-21 08:57:45 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language, Math & Science | Literacy, Mathematics | Back to the Basics...School Supplies That Is! | My students are in second grade and half of them have a primary language other than English. \r\nOur school has the highest immigrant population of any school in our district and we are located in a high commercially developed area in the heart of our city. We are centrally located on the edge of urban and suburban neighborhoods. We have a very diverse ethnic student population including 50.6% Black, 19.7% Hispanic, 20.5% White, and 8% Multiracial. All of the students in our building receive free breakfast and lunch daily. | Many of my students will arrive on the first day of school without the supplies needed to be successful in school. Thankfully, our school has several community partners and they help supplement some of these basic supplies but we still have many students who need basic supplies such as crayons and pencils.\r\nI am requesting basic school supplies to prepare my students for the first day of school. Your donation of basic school supplies will set my students up for success on day one. As you can imagine, we go through numerous glue sticks, pencils, erasers, and dry erase markers and there is simply not enough to last an entire year. | null | null | My students need basic school supplies such as pencils, crayons, markers, erasers, and colored pencils. | 22 | 1 |
94,255 | p069484 | a4c147e61bacf1866e214a4941fbdc83 | Mrs. | CA | 2017-03-20 18:05:10 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language | Literacy | What's That Sound? | My students learn at a Title 1 school, which means that most of the students receive free or reduced lunch each day. \r\n\r\nAlthough my students are face with challenges both in and out of the classroom, they are resilient. They come to school each day excited to learn; they are clever, silly and motivated. Many of my students are raised by single parents, many of whom are not able to provide their children with life experiences that may seem \"typical\" to you and me. My goal is to bring these life experiences into the classroom for my students and inspire them to be life long learners. | By the time a child leaves kindergarten, he or she is expected to be able to read a book with multiple sentences on a page. \r\n\r\nThe foundation of reading is identifying letters and knowing the sounds that those letters make. \r\n\r\nThe letter tubs will provide my students with concrete examples of objects that are associated with a specific letter. The puzzles and word activities will provide my students with opportunities to use and manipulate those sounds. The different puzzles will allow my students to practice using the letter sounds at their own level; students who need to practice basic words will be able to do so with the CVC activity. My students who have mastered spelling CVC words will have the opportunity to challenge themselves with the blends and digraphs puzzles. \r\n\r\nThese materials will build my students' confidence with using and manipulating sounds. With their higher confidence and knowledge, my students will be ready to dive into reading! | null | null | My students need phonics materials to use during Word Work in order to strengthen their phonics skills. | 1 | 1 |
133,517 | p253286 | 04d23b03a07e891934f1ad1e5b2308f5 | Ms. | CA | 2016-09-17 16:37:54 | Grades 3-5 | Special Needs | Special Needs | Supplies for Special Kids | A Special Day Program for Specific Learning Disabilities.\r\n\r\nMy class has a high ratio of poverty, a variety of learning styles, and many academic deficits. They are kind-hearted eager learners with, attention, sensory, memory and often emotional barriers that impede their success in the general classroom setting. \r\n\r\nSensory input comes in seven different ways: proprioceptive (muscles, joints), vestibular (inner ear), tactile (touch), auditory (hearing), visual (sight), small, and taste.\r\n\r\nMy project seeks to address their sensory and attention issues by providing the neccessary tools to address their needs. Some may need to chew, fidget with their fingers, or bounce a leg throughout the day to get sensory input, or relieve anxiety and stress.\r\n\r\n | These materials will help my students receive sensory input, release anxiety, stay organized and engaged\r\nSome students chew pencils to the graphite, others tap loudly, or continuously bounce a leg and move their desks which disturbs classmates. \r\nStudents need safe chewables to get sensory input, and a quiet way to work out energy to relieve anxiety and stress.\r\nStudents need color coded folders for organizing subject materials.\r\nStudents need comfortable headsets to cancel out ambient noise and focus on listening exercises.\r\nOn the playground students need to hear me clearly above our busy street noise for safety and comprehension. The voice amplifier will ensure audio cues can be heard clearly.\r\n | null | null | My students need folders to stay organized, sensory input and output items, headphones and a voice amplifier, and current event materials on their reading level. | 0 | 1 |
18,601 | p249920 | 053dc577e687efc6dc43ebd48c24c8b3 | Mrs. | CT | 2016-12-23 18:59:31 | Grades 3-5 | Literacy & Language | Literacy | Geronimo Books! | \"Tell me and I forget, teach me and I remember, involve me and I learn\" (Benjamin Franklin). My goal as an educator is to foster a lifelong love of learning. Helping my third graders become engaged and inspired at school is the key to achieving my goal.\r\n\r\nMy amazing third graders are curious and creative thinkers who are eager to learn.\r\nOur large urban district has limited funding and resources. Many of the children are from single parent families, struggling to make ends meet in these trying economic times. Despite these challenges, my third graders demonstrate a zing for learning and participate actively in the classroom on a daily basis. Their curiosity and passion for learning is evident everyday as they enter the classroom smiling and ready to learn. School is their opportunity to follow a successful path to the future.\r\n | How fortunate I am to have collected a plethora of Geronimo Stilton books for my classroom library. Little did I know how popular those books would become with my students until we embarked on an author study. We started by reading \"The Cheese Burglar\" as a class to identify elements of author's craft. Afterwards, students went in to partnerships and small groups to complete the task. The kids enjoyed the activity immensely and learned so much about author's craft and sharing materials to achieve a common goal. The Geronimo books are in demand, especially since I only have one graphic novel in my collection. The Geronimo graphic novels requested will provide an engaging literacy experience for my amazing third graders. They are motivated to read as many books as they can.\r\n\r\nPlease help provide this literacy experience for my amazing third graders. | null | null | My students need graphic novels for the opportunity to engage in literacy experiences. | 35 | 1 |
138,839 | p058999 | 39fded5fdfe0ac758a392ad92eeeb4fb | Mr. | FL | 2017-02-09 22:13:22 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language | Literacy, Literature & Writing | We Need Books As Exciting As Watching Grass Grow | My Kindergarten students are from the most diverse part of Tampa Bay. Because of this, our population is made up of many English language learners. When they come into Kindergarten, for most, it's their first time in school. It is up to us to make sure they get the best quality public education they deserve. My kinders are young, ambitious, and curious, but there's darkness lurking about that's much too serious.\r\nKindergarten is a time to explore and play, to imagine and create until the end of the day\r\nBut the trouble that's looming seems to be blooming. Academic rigor! Academic rigor! They're telling us to grow up much, much quicker. Reading aloud builds many important foundational skills, introduces vocabulary, provides a model of fluent, expressive reading, and helps children recognize what reading for pleasure is all about. | Do you remember the first book you read that made you an avid reader? First impressions are very important. I want to create a great first impression of books for my students so they are able to appreciate and love quality books with the ultimate goal of turning them into lifelong readers. Mo Willems' books are great for this purpose. The characters are funny and memorable.\r\nYour support will go towards helping kids become lovers of books and reading.\r\nMy Kindergarten students gravitate towards Mo Willems’ books because of the way they make them feel when we read them. No matter how many times we read one of his books, they love to listen to them again and again. Our students have developed a great appreciation for Mo Willems' books. Unfortunately, I don’t have any of these books in our classroom library. The copies we get are from the school library, which are very hard to find due to the high demand they are in with children of all ages at our school. I wish to help students use the Elephant and Piggie books to artistically express themselves through writing and dramatization. By Empowering Students Through Art of storytelling, illustrating, and writing, our students will appreciate literature and hopefully set them on the path to becoming lifelong readers. I've seen firsthand how Mo Willems' books have allowed my students to develop a love for literature. Their love has even expanded to inspire them to begin the early stages of writing their own books. Mo Willems is a fantastic author who has captured the hearts of my kinders. | null | null | My students need the whole Elephant and Piggie collection by Mo Willems with the goal of Empowering Students Through Art of illustrations, writing, and dramatization. | 11 | 1 |
91,280 | p031543 | 4a8651ff40cf664663055a9b8ab44761 | Ms. | TX | 2016-11-21 12:06:48 | Grades PreK-2 | Math & Science | Applied Sciences, Environmental Science | Hands-on Science = Engaged Students! | My classroom is filled with curiosity, wonder, and excitement each day! Add an engineering center, rocks, and magnets and the learning goes to a whole new level! Students are born learners and teachers. Studying these items also gives them a chance to work as scientists in their own classroom.\r\n\r\nOur school is full of excited learning experiences from K - 5th grade. We do have a lot of support from parents and the community, so my students are very fortunate in so many ways. My students love to conduct hands-on investigations as a part of their learning. They also love to share their learning experiences with others. | These materials would be used every day in our classroom, and because they are not consumable, would serve students in future classrooms. The engineering center would give students a chance to learn about how things are built, how things move, and to problem solve to determine how to build the best structure for a specific purpose. The magnets and rocks would be used in whole group lessons that address our standards, then in centers so that students may conduct further investigations. K students learn so much from hands-on activities that are part of the daily environment. They are able to come back and apply new learning through the year. \r\n | null | null | My students need an engineering center, magnets, and rocks for investigations. | 28 | 1 |
39,791 | p230058 | 6ce44ca418b38d7d86566cd4a70a0a79 | Ms. | CA | 2016-06-06 23:07:52 | Grades 9-12 | Literacy & Language, Music & The Arts | Literature & Writing, Performing Arts | American Literature: The Room Where It Happens, A Hamilton Summer | My students are \"at risk\" Title 1 students, taking American Literature for the second time. Many of them will be trying to \"make-up\" credits while holding down summer jobs to support their families. This class must be engaging and empowering. It must inspire them to develop their own voice while building their sense of possibility.\r\n American Literature and specifically the Hamilton story gives them examples of the persistence, grit, and resilience needed for success. This \"non stop hip hop\" musical is packed with according to the Wall street Journal \"densely packed, complex rhyming lyrics\" and compelling ethical choices, debateable points of view on history ripe for student discussion and debate. \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n | This is a request for a Summer School Class beginning June 29th! The students in this class are all \"retaking\" American Literature. Many of these students are struggling to find their voice and their place in American History. The Hamilton Unit will examine primary source materials by the \"Founding Fathers\" while examing the expansion of civil rights for all. The music and the content of this tremendous Broadway play has already engaged teenagers. As the saying goes, \"if they can see it, they can be it\".\r\nThese students need to feel that they can be \" in the room where it happens\". They can learn to express themselves as well as critically analyze the texts. \r\n | null | null | My students need the Biography of Alexander Hamilton, the Broadway recording, and Lin- Manuel Miranda's book in order to fully engage in their Summer School American Literature Class. | 9 | 1 |
99,099 | p194941 | 7ce7d5a2fb7a79ea0ca8b6c13e42bef6 | Ms. | AZ | 2016-08-08 15:30:58 | Grades 9-12 | History & Civics, Math & Science | History & Geography, Mathematics | Special Supplies for Special Needs | I am a special education teacher in a self-contained classroom. My students with disabilities range in age from 14 to 22. We are in a rather large high school with a very small budget for supplies. Most of the materials and curriculum we use are donated to us from other classes.\r\n\r\nEven though the odds are against them, my students are amazing and resilient! I enjoy coming to school each and every day just to see their smiling faces and also because we always seem to create a new adventure. | Students will work with the calculators to tabulate answers to reading problems for their Menu Math curriculum. Using laminated menus, students look up prices and make out checks for diners in their groups and then figure the total check, tax, and even a tip using the calculators. Rulers are used along with the construction paper and glue to complete a project about \"The 50 States\". Using the colored construction paper to make 3D images of mountains, trees, rivers, and railroads on a map of each state will enable the students to \"see\" the various locations of those items for their project. The construction paper will also be used for front and back covers for their reports. Most of my students are visual learners so this will be a great way for them to SEE the USA! It is also another way for them to participate in social activities and learn about team work. | null | null | My students need basic calculators, rulers, glue sticks, and construction paper to complete assignments. | 0 | 1 |
145,222 | p160368 | 0750f15face348b3749b7c105b40b3bf | Ms. | CA | 2016-09-11 21:26:03 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language, Math & Science | Literacy, Mathematics | Technology Additions for Kindergarten | We have an action packed day in our Kindergarten class! Whether we are coloring and cutting, singing and dancing, or learning the \"three Rs\" (reading, writing, and arithmetic) my kids are confronted with a barrage of computer based learning and testing situations. Equal access is crucial to success. While learning is becoming more computer based, Kinders learn best by \"doing.\"\r\n\r\nI teach Kindergarten in a California Distinguished School in Northern California. Many students come from families where education is valued and important, yet families have limited income to donate to our school. Our PTA is very active with fundraising, but in recent years they have been unable to provide money to classrooms for educational support. | My students need to use the Lexia Core 5 reading program and iReady Diagnostic at school, but my class can only visit the computer lab once a week. Our computer lab is old and unsupported so when computers break they are not replaced. I am focusing on providing my students technology opportunities in our classroom!\r\n\r\nI'd like to provide my students with more technology experiences in the classroom so we need you! Over the past several years Chevron has funded grants for technology for my classroom. We have almost a dozen iPads and Mini iPad and Chromebooks, but I still do not have enough devices for all of my students. This year I am seeking some additional Chromebooks, wireless headphones and charging stations for some of our existing technology. | null | null | My students need chromebooks to use in our classroom. I would like a set of bluetooth headphones so I can walk around and monitor students lessons. Lastly I'm asking for two charging stations for our iPads. | 19 | 1 |
168,354 | p193335 | 47934609241eb7fd1b080771b02e06f6 | Mrs. | CA | 2016-12-10 23:35:39 | Grades 6-8 | Math & Science, Music & The Arts | Health & Life Science, Visual Arts | Botanical Illustration & Plant Morphology with Drawing Tablets | My students get their breakfast at school each morning before they come to my class. Fuel in their bodies makes them ready to learn and start the day. The school serves free breakfast for 85% of the students and they get to the school early to eat their breakfast that they don’t get at home.\r\n\r\nThese students are 11-14 year old boys and girls, growing, trying, experiencing, experimenting, challenging and ultimately becoming educated in my classroom. My classes are all year so I can work with these students in depth with technology, get to know their strengths and weaknesses, and see their creativity develop as their experience with art increases. \r\n\r\nThey are in uniform and some kids have uniforms that fit and are clean and others have uniforms that are too big, too small and don't really look clean. The majority of kids are happy and energetic and ready to learn. Some students have trouble staying awake and staying focused. | Students love using the computer in the art room and we have 15 PC’s. They also love drawing in their sketchbooks every day for warm ups. Some students take their sketchbooks home every day to draw in them. Combining drawing and drawing on the computer you need a drawing tablet. Professional commercial artists use drawing tablets and students will be working as professional artists with these beginning drawing tablets.\r\n\r\nDeveloping the skill of using the tablets, looking at photographs on the internet of different plants, then drawing them correctly, and learning about plant morphology at the same time is learning about art and science at once. Students who love drawing will learn about the world around them and develop their creativity. They will be using the drawing tablets for botanical illustrations\r\n\r\nUsing the drawing tablets takes a while to get use to and then they become as necessary as pencils. They will become a much-needed tool for drawing on the computers once students learn how to use them. \r\n | null | null | My students need need 2 drawing tablets and pens to learn about plants and how to draw them on the computer. | 36 | 1 |
44,762 | p108404 | fbbbff0a73233015c9583abf91e976a5 | Ms. | MT | 2016-09-04 20:48:00 | Grades 3-5 | Literacy & Language, Math & Science | Literature & Writing, Mathematics | Get TECHY With It *iPad Integration* | As a teacher in a low-income/high poverty school, my students are faced with challenges both in and out of the classroom. Despite the many challenges they face, I am looking to provide my students with creative and meaningful learning experiences to keep them excited about coming to school each day.\r\nMy students are creative, smart, and excited to learn.\r\nMy students like to move, they love to read, they are intrigued by a challenging math problem, and they love to learn. Many of my students come from single parent households and receive a free lunch based on their socioeconomic status. These obstacles may prevent them from getting ahead early in life and may not allow them to have many of the life experiences most of us view as \"typical\". From the minute my students walk in the door of my classroom, I focus on their potential and growth while they are with me. I may not be able to control their home lives; however, I certainly can control their experiences during the school day. By doing this in a creative and positive way, I am hopeful to inspire even our earliest learners to continue on a path of academic excellence. | \"Technology will never replace great teachers, but technology in the hands of great teachers is transformational.\" -George Couros\r\niPads in the classroom will provide interactive learning that will be used for reading, writing, math, researched based projects, and presentations.\r\nMy students will use the iPads to read and listen to stories. They will use them to research topics that we are learning about, such as presidents or national parks. They will use them to build stories that can then be presented to the class. The iPads will allow the students to enhance and progress their mathematical fluency. The iPads will be used to reinforce lessons, and they will also be used for social and emotional learning. | null | null | My students need iPads and cases to enhance their learning experiences through the utilization of current technology across all subject areas. | 4 | 1 |
21,233 | p023715 | 3b18f96927e1d308bf65fc9f2f4f99a5 | Mrs. | MI | 2016-08-26 14:53:13 | Grades 9-12 | Literacy & Language | Literacy | Relevant Reading for Readers! | I work in small groups for forty minutes of intensive reading intervention with high school readers, arming them with the literacy skills they need to succeed. As Nelson Mandela wisely stated, \"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.\"\r\n\r\nWe are a small Title I charter school with many of our students bused in from the inner city.\r\n\r\nSadly, a majority of my students come from impoverished neighborhoods with tragic home lives. For many, they're on the verge of giving up hope on themselves and their futures; they've been given no vision for who and what they can become. My school began implementing the MTSS (Multi-Tiered System of Supports) framework three years in an effort to raise achievement in the areas of math and reading. Out of our entire high school population, only a handful tested at grade-level in reading. As the reading interventionist, I have the opportunity to work with high-risk students well below the average as well as students that could potentially reach mastery after several months in my classroom. | My students need up-to-date subscriptions of the Scholastic magazine Upfront and sticky notes. My students desire and need opportunities to interact with topics relevant to them. For the last several years, through the many generous donations from our DonorsChoose project, my students were given access to current Upfront subscriptions. In the course of reading those issues, my students frequently came across something they had never heard of before or saw something that interested them so much they would beg for it to be our next article. \r\nMany times we spent several days reading a particular article, so the sticky notes allow my students to engage further by recording their questions, noting personal reactions, AND not forgetting any of it by the next day! Not only are my students accessing knowledge that will aid them to greater comprehension in whatever else they read, they're learning things about the world around them that will allow them to be better-informed citizens. My students love reading Upfront, and I would love to see that continue. | null | null | My students need nonfiction reading materials relevant to them and sticky notes to record their thinking. | 4 | 1 |
142,248 | p121788 | 327d55331495aa4d639460087d6dbc66 | Ms. | IN | 2016-08-03 23:10:01 | Grades 3-5 | Health & Sports | Gym & Fitness, Team Sports | Getting Active on Rainy Days | Students enter my class eager to learn about physical activities and ready to be active and engaged in their learning. My classroom is a safe place for students to learn about fitness, sports, team work, and lifelong physical activities.\r\nStudents come to school eager and ready to learn despite obstacles they face outside of the school day. They enjoy being active and interacting with one another outside of the regular classroom. PE and sports offer them the opportunity to learn activities that they can use now as well as in the future. | Our students spend about half of their recess time indoors because of the weather. We have limited space for students when they stay inside and they need activities to get them moving during this time. With large groups of students needing to have movement at the same time, and in an orderly manner, they will be able to use Ultimate Twister, Stack Spots, and the Ramp Shot games to play in small groups in rooms that are not being used at that time. \r\n These games have the added bonus of also teaching the students about working together and sportsmanship while being active. They can also be used in PE class also to work on these skills. | null | null | My students need Ramp Shots, Stack Spots, and Ultimate Twister to give them options for physical activity when they have indoor recess. | 5 | 1 |
38,449 | p036425 | e422467dc2ea4bc43704ad9c820f94f4 | Ms. | CA | 2016-08-28 17:59:31 | Grades 3-5 | Literacy & Language | Literature & Writing | Digital Discovery | The students in my classroom start each day with a curiosity to learn and an excitement to push each other to grow in their understanding of the world around them. These fifth grade leaders are on a mission to finish their elementary years strong; they know their climb to college has already begun. Students at La Ballona are part of a diverse community of learners who seek understanding, love, and accountability from one another as classmates.\r\n\r\nThe energy and hum of learning from my classroom is electrifying. My students push me as an educator to find innovative new ways for them to connect to our world, all in an effort to keep up with their curiosity, energy, and thirst for creating new discoveries. Technology is crucial to my success in preparing these future leaders for our increasingly digital world. | My students will use these Chromebooks as an integral part of our daily classroom routine. Students will define new vocabulary words using online reference materials, practice their typing skills using, type their final drafts of their writing pieces, reinforce math skills using adaptive software, and research current and historical events to match our social studies and science units. These students are growing up in the digital age and need to be well-versed in the use of technology to aid their understanding of classroom material. These Chromebooks will help close the technology gap that exists between students in my classroom as not all of my students have internet or computer access at home. | null | null | My students need Chromebooks to bring technology into our classroom everyday. | 1 | 1 |
27,302 | p053628 | bb8a246e6fad199851a5aec28ad9e9bb | Ms. | OH | 2017-01-20 20:59:34 | Grades 3-5 | Music & The Arts | Visual Arts | Three Dimensional Art Supplies For 350 Elementary Artists! | What makes students at our school so special?\r\n\r\nOur students have to overcome the many obstacles that come with poverty, yet come to school excited and ready to learn!\r\n\r\nMany of my students lack adequate housing, clothing, and nutrition. Students receive free breakfast and lunch daily and students are able to take a free food bag home weekly to help ensure they receive healthy meals. When our students' needs are met outside of school we are better able to ensure that when they come to school they are able to learn without distractions.\r\n\r\nOur students love being at school and despite the challenges they face are curious, respectful, and loving. They work hard to meet their goals in the classroom and to absorb as much knowledge as they can! Students at G school are determined to overcome adversity before them and to enjoy each day at school enthusiastically.\r\n\r\nWhen students enter my art room they are able to learn about the world around them through creative exploration in a supportive environment, where they have no fear of being wrong.\r\n | My students love creating three dimensional artworks! When I tell them we are creating with clay or paper mache their faces light up! In order to support their art making we need trays to put our projects on, string for making necklaces with clay beads and pendants, clay tools, play dough to practice clay techniques, art paste for paper mache, and ceramic glaze to give their creations the finishing touch they deserve! I didn't know if we'd have the supply funds to continue our strong 3-D art program, but I know I'm going to work hard to get us there! | null | null | My students need tools and materials for making 3 dimensional projects! | 1 | 1 |
121,448 | p077941 | da80f91467c9cfea902786aa94d3e234 | Mrs. | IN | 2017-01-25 18:10:27 | Grades 3-5 | Literacy & Language, Math & Science | Literacy, Mathematics | An \"Apple\" a day, keeps the learning cobwebs away! | I am a third grade teacher in a low-income, high-poverty school. My students come to school every day with different challenges they are facing inside and outside of our classroom. \r\n\r\nMany of my students have diverse special needs that inhibit them from learning in typical learning situations. \r\n\r\nIt is my responsibility to meet each one of their individual learning styles, whether they are a typical student or one with specials needs. I have a wide range of learning abilities in the classroom; although we have our differences, our ultimate goal is to be successful in and out of the classroom. | Adding an iPad and headphones to our classroom will add to the level of excitement and engagement in our learning. When students are engaged in interactive activities that meet their learning style needs, they are more likely to develop a life-long love of learning.\r\n\r\nUsing interactive apps on the iPad will promote collaboration and critical thinking skills through the art communicating with others, and by using problem solving skills that are required to solve the challenges being faced.\r\n\r\nWhen the students in my room are able to gather around the iPad they will not only be learning in an fun, interactive way, but they will be working on critical life skills that will benefit them for years to come! | null | null | My students need an iPad and headphones help to transform our classroom into a interactive, engaging space where students will learn in ways that will meet their diverse learning needs. | 4 | 1 |
43,808 | p165088 | 326c5c4a183a5f042e8201954e6acf36 | Ms. | NC | 2016-09-23 09:20:21 | Grades PreK-2 | Health & Sports | Gym & Fitness | TPS Gets DrumFIT! | I teach over 800 kindergarten, 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade students each week. My school is made up of predominately minority students. The socioeconomic makeup of our community is at or below the poverty line. This is why our school is categorized as Title I with 100% of my students qualifying for free or reduced lunch.\r\n\r\nMy students are not exposed to new and different experiences.\r\nBeing able to provide this to them is a high priority for me. My students come from a background in which they are not given what they need, so having someone advocate for them is very important. | Being a physical education teacher is much harder than most think. It is more than just \"rolling the balls out\" as many PE teachers have done in the past. As an elementary PE teacher, I am always on the hunt for new and exciting activities that my students will not only enjoy but also help them increase their love for movement.\r\n\r\nDrumFIT is a new way to exercise by putting upper body movements to music by drumming on a stability ball.\r\nMy students LOVE music and what better way to motivate them to move by combining exercise and tunes?\r\n\r\nThese stability balls will be used during physical education classes during the DrumFIT unit. These balls can also be used for fitness exercises and activities to maximize use of equipment. | null | null | My students need sets of tubs and stability balls to be able to perfect the art of DrumFit exercise. | 10 | 1 |
84,800 | p139416 | d7e9002576aa6832c5d24f7e6fb76dd2 | Ms. | MA | 2017-01-28 10:08:35 | Grades 6-8 | Literacy & Language | Literacy | Great Books = Great Engagement = Great Reading Skill Growth! | Our students are hard working, driven individuals who are looking to exceed all expectations and set the bar high for their families and their communities by excelling in academics and becoming strong leaders within their communities. Many of our students come from low-income backgrounds and have not had the opportunity to attend a high performing school yet in their lives. They are motivated to make tremendous growth in their academics this year and push themselves to develop into scholars who are aware of and working to right social injustice. | As a turnaround school, one of our main priorities is building the literacy level of our students, many of whom are reading significantly below grade-level. One of the tenants of our reading program is an independent reading program that complements our guided reading program. By providing our students with independent reading titles that are exciting and engaging, we hope to motivate our students to want to read more and build their reading skills through extensive exposures to high quality texts. Additionally, we hope to build a love of reading in all of our students as they find books that find a special place in their lives and hearts. | null | null | My students need exciting and engaging books at their reading level to help build excitement in our independent reading program. | 15 | 0 |
118,114 | p022594 | 3198dbff0dbbd8b7f189a6d2644c0e20 | Mrs. | TX | 2016-08-10 11:38:58 | Grades 6-8 | Literacy & Language | Literacy, Literature & Writing | COMFY, RELAXED, HAPPY:\r\nReading The Way It Should Be | Where to start about my kiddos?! Wonderful. Amazing. Inspiring. Loving. Caring. ...there's so much. \r\n\r\nI have to first say that my campus is very diverse. We are on record of having the largest ELL population in the district. Many of my kiddos live in apartments, walking nearly everywhere in life. Some take care of little brothers and sisters. Some have parents that take them on vacations while others only dream of such things. Still, no matter the background and life experience, I witness the most inspiring perseverance from these young people. \r\n\r\nWhen it comes to school work, there are good days and bad days. However, in the end, they put forth such effort that challenges a seasoned working adult to do better. | I always tell my kiddos that literature reflects life. It inspires by fueling our imagination, allowing us to see a world beyond the normal day to day. This, in turn, assists our opinions and fact finding. In addition, we're increasing vocabulary and fluency. However, as an educator, I see kiddos not wanting to read and, for many, it's a matter of environment. \r\n\r\nFor the past two years, I've tried different methods of creating a reading environment and last year found bean bags to be an incredible solution - seriously! The way it happened is as follows: \r\n\r\nWe were in a different classroom due to testing, and this new room had nearly 30 bean bags. At first, my mind said, \"What a distraction!\" but liked the idea, so allowed my kiddos to use...and you know what? Those that have been struggling to read more than a page completed chapters! CHAPTERS! I was blown away! They were conversing in our reading conference with such energy, I couldn't believe that a bean bag could make this much of a difference. So, to make sure, I borrowed bean bags throughout the year, and my kiddos LOVED it! They didn't fidget in a stiff desk chair, which leads to staring at walls or even friends. They were reading and reading well! \r\n\r\nWhen I thought about it, It made sense! When I want to dive into any type of reading, I want to be in a position of comfort, free from noise (if possible) so I can concentrate. That's exactly what our kiddos need! They need an escape from the everyday so they can concentrate and feel safe - a warm, inviting, loving home away from home. \r\n\r\nI can tell you, after the bean bag experiment, kiddos were more engaged and inspired. That's life! | null | null | My students need five (5) bean bag seats as a way of creating a relaxing area for reading and reading conferencing. I've requested two (2) large for taller kiddos and three (3) medium sized bean bags. | 0 | 1 |
97,003 | p097774 | d1d257193123617665b11ee0de97b3db | Mrs. | AL | 2017-01-05 11:28:21 | Grades 3-5 | Math & Science, Special Needs | Applied Sciences, Special Needs | Stimulate, Challenge, and Discover Relationships With Brain Power! | “Gifted individuals are those who demonstrate outstanding levels of aptitude (defined as an exceptional ability to reason and learn) or competence (documented performance or achievement in top 10% or rarer) in one or more domains. Domains include any structured area of activity in mathematics, music, language and/or set of sensorimotor skills such as painting, dance, or sports.” NAGC\r\nThe gifted students in my class have high energy levels and their brains need to be challenged. The majority the students receive free or reduced lunch. Most of my gifted students come from low income homes and can't afford purchase games or materials to stimulate their brains. The students are served in a pull out class once a week for three hours. Gifted students have inquiring minds and starve for challenging work. They love to conduct independent research project, STEM lessons, and various logic puzzles.. When I pull out spactial relationship activities the excitement in their eyes lets me know I am meeting their needs. \r\n | The 15 Rubix Cubes will be used by my gifted students to improve and develop their spatial relationship skills. They will have an opportunity to use them once a week as a brain waker upper. The purpose of using the Rubiks Cube is that it has great benefits for student's learning. One benefit of solving the cube independently is that a student will develop skills in engineering, computer programmer, and science. The Rubix Cube is fun and the students will not lose interest in playing with it.\r\nYour generous donations to this project will help students gain new experiences and develop confidence in doing challenging activities.\r\nThe majority of my students lack experience so as the Gifted Specialist I bring experiences to the classroom. Gifted students have a unique learning needs that has to be met in order to keep them interested in advancing their education. I appreciate your donations and willingness to improve student learning!\r\n | null | null | My students need to develop and improve their spatial relationship skills. | 0 | 1 |
138,913 | p107430 | 3267f9e063e57f3e14e970979dd32281 | Ms. | WA | 2016-11-30 13:04:07 | Grades PreK-2 | Math & Science, History & Civics | Environmental Science, History & Geography | Explore the World From the Comfort of Our Classroom | I am always trying to show my students how much I care about them and want them to be able to see my classroom as a safe place to learn both social and academic skills. \r\n\r\nI want to give my students access to as much learning and tools as possible so that they can take what they will from all that I show them and use it to make themselves stronger in all areas as they go and grow through school. | Having the Google Expedition Kit in my classroom will allow for a different style of learning. One way that this Expedition Kit will be used is to show students different locations around the world on land and in the sea. Another way that students will use this kit, is by building their knowledge of different animals and environments and creating reports based on their virtual experiences. These Google Expedition Kids will also deepen my science, math, reading, and writing lessons, by exposing students to different environments around the world. \r\nBecause of the technology gap in my school, I am hoping that this kit will help to close that gap and introduce a new way of experiencing their learning. \r\nI am truly hoping that my students will get to experience this Expedition Kit before the end of the year. | null | null | My students need Google Expeditions Kit to be able to leave the school and take virtual field trips around the world, as we study different cultures, communities, and the environmental sciences. | 24 | 1 |
108,608 | p024829 | 5a2e4713cf9b60574657adee0bf37a14 | Ms. | ID | 2017-01-11 21:05:56 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language, Music & The Arts | Literature & Writing, Visual Arts | Imagine, in Color! | My students are an energetic, creative, and delightful group of six to eight year-old children who are inquisitive, thoughtful, and busy! They attend a public school which provides a majority with free breakfast and free or reduced lunches. They come to me each day eager for the opportunity to do something creative.\r\nImagine a classroom where we integrate art into a strong academic curriculum. But alas, we lack the art supplies needed!\r\nThese are children from an area of highest poverty, many with language barriers to English, from families large and small, with happy hearts, capable hands, and good minds eager to learn. | Paper we have. Ideas are easily generated. If only my students had easily accessible colored pencils and markers to bring their pictures to life! And imagine what remarkable paintings they could make using acrylic paint for its lasting benefits.\r\nDrawing, for my students, is a natural extension of their writing and story-telling. In fact, several have become prolific authors by simply folding a sheet of paper in half and writing a simple story, which they love sharing with their classmates. \r\nThese materials will offer them an opportunity to explore their creativity using more common art supplies, while lessons will be designed to multiply the standard uses. For example, watercolor markers can be used to color a drawing, math lesson, or art piece. When combined with water, they become watercolor \"paints\" for a new application. Acrylic paints will be used to paint gallery pieces of cardboard and home-made clay objects. | null | null | My students need drawing pencils and paints for a variety of applications. For daily work in Math and Reading, colored pencils. For Art Explorations, watercolor markers and acrylic paint. | 1 | 1 |
171,611 | p176288 | f4a2e55e020be1274b172dbb8daa8bb0 | Mr. | LA | 2016-12-20 22:53:34 | Grades 3-5 | Literacy & Language | Literacy, Literature & Writing | Laptops for Learning! | My classroom is full of exubrant students that are ready to learn! The only thing holding them back is the tools necessary to maximize their potential in today's technologically driven world.\r\nOur school os a Title I school where the majority of students receive free/reduced lunch. These circumstances ate not ideal, but they have not hindered their thirst for knowledge\r\nComputer literacy is an essential skill for our students, but we are currently lacking the amount of computers for our students to excel in this area. These skills are more of a necessity this school year because students will be taking State Standardized Tests online for the first time in March. My goal is to have a 1:1 student to laptop ratio, but I have a long way to go. \r\nThis project will fund the purchase of 5 Lenovo N22 chromebooks. These chromebooks will be used to prepare my students for testing and for what they will face in the future academically! | These laptops will give my students the daily exposure necessary to achieve success on this year's State Test as well as prepare them for an educational landscape that is technologically driven! \r\nThey will be used to enhance keyboardong skills, to complete digital assignments, projects and assessments. \r\nWith the daily access and exposure to technology these chromebooks will provide, my students will be closer to being on a leveled playing field with students at other schools that have an abundance of technological teaching materials.\r\nMy students have the desire, ask they need is the proper tools and they will be unstoppable! | null | null | My students need 5 chromebooks to enrich their educational experiences and succeed in upcoming computer based testing! | 0 | 1 |
31,254 | p047310 | b88280086e1576573a4aacf782ce85dd | Mrs. | OH | 2016-10-31 11:55:46 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language, Special Needs | Literature & Writing, Special Needs | \"Write On\" | I'm an intervention specialist for a primary resource room servicing students in grades Kindergarten through second-grade. All of my students are learning disabled, with the majority of them diagnosed with ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder), ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) or are on the Autism Spectrum. My school is part of a large urban school system where all of the students receive free breakfast and lunch. I have a multicultural and economically deprived group of children that are very busy little people. They love to learn, even though learning for them is difficult. \r\n My students have had little opportunity to practice writing at home, because they don't have writing supplies needed. When a child isn't given a chance to be creative and and don't have writing materials in their homes, they don't write well or want to write. Therefore, writing is an area in which many of them struggle. Most of them need to take home pencils from school that I provide for them in order to complete any writing assignment they may have at night. I'm requesting funding for a \"Write On\" project, allowing me to stir the desire in my \"Kids\" to want to write. | While in my resource room for their language arts and reading block, my students need many opportunities to write, using various aids and tools. \r\n Paper, a writing supply center, and various writing activities will help my students want to write more. Having varied writing activities will help them to become more creative in their writing as well as cover all of the Common Core Standards they are responsible for learning. \r\n When students are given opportunities to write in their own booklets they are more willing to write and be motivated in becoming a good writer, writing something others will want to read. | null | null | My students need writing supplies, including paper, a writing center to store supplies, their own writing booklets, and various writing activities to motivate them to want to write and write well. | 0 | 0 |
18,753 | p093213 | e1237b4b214e4f62965875796136ba1f | Mrs. | NC | 2016-09-10 13:58:36 | Grades 6-8 | Math & Science | Applied Sciences, Health & Life Science | Lab and Safety Supplies to Keep Science Engaging! | My students come from diverse backgrounds and homes representing a variety of income levels. Some students have had all the books they could want, and others have never owned a book of their own. They all come to school eager to explore and learn, and deserve access to high quality materials in the classroom, no matter what they are able to bring from home. \r\n6th graders bring such wonderful natural curiosity to the science classroom, and in my classes we work as a team and with hands on labs to ensure that love of science grows. While many of my students have never traveled more than 20 miles from home, we explore whole worlds together in class. | Science should come alive for students. When they get to me in sixth grade, fresh to middle school, many of my students cite science as their favorite subject. By using labs often, instead of just reading about the science in books, the subject stays exciting and that love for science grows. If we only use worksheets and books, learning can grow stale and I lose student interest. \r\nThese lab and safety supplies will make sure that all of my students have access to science in an exciting and meaningful way, regardless of their reading level or their past access to the subject. The goggles will help reinforce the safety rules we've discussed, and make them feel like \"real\" scientists while we do labs like rockets, cow eye dissections, and owl pellets. The whiteboards and markers will let them test out new ideas before committing them to their science notebooks. The golf pencils will ensure everyone has a pencil on lab days, no matter what they were able to bring with them from home. | null | null | My students need safety goggles for science labs, whiteboards and markers to work out problems, golf pencils for lab writeups, and chair caps to keep the room quieter when we're moving! | 1 | 1 |
27,906 | p080330 | c142f1268fcac01a58326e02c0d818c0 | Ms. | OR | 2016-06-16 15:02:34 | Grades 3-5 | Applied Learning, Special Needs | Character Education, Special Needs | Increase Self Control & Social Skills With Technology!! | The kids at this school are energetic and committed to their community. They are a lively bunch with many strengths to offer. We are a proud Title 1 school working in outer SE Portland. As a counselor in a low-income/high poverty school, these students are faced with several challenges both in and out of the classroom. Despite the many challenges they face, our counseling department keeps looking for meaningful ways to support our students development into healthy, empowered and resilient community members. \r\n\r\nThe students come from many backgrounds, cultures and experiences. Most of our students experience life at or below the poverty line. All of our students receive breakfast and lunch at school, as well as have the opportunity to participate in an after school program. These programs are offered school wide due to the high percentage (83%) of households receiving need-based income services such as food assistance. We are a community support hub for our families, not only a school. | I work with several students who experience trauma in their lives, ranging from acute to chronic. Our counseling department works with students who have experienced family violence, historical & systemic racism, poverty and daily neighborhood micro-aggressions. They navigate toxic and complex trauma every day. Often at school, they display a limited ability to tolerate any more added school stress. As they try to process intense emotions they often display difficult, out of control behaviors that are scary for themselves and others in the classroom.\r\n\r\nWith the help of a set of counseling iPads and wobble stools, the students will develop regulation, relating and reasoning skills to support a healthy stress response and self-regulation. With furthered competency around tolerating stress, developing positive social skills and remaining regulated, our students will develop strong resiliency and empowered learning. These tools will positively impact our individual students as well as promote safe classroom climates for all students. \r\n\r\n | null | null | My students need technology & sensory tools to increase their social emotional and self regulation skills! | 0 | 1 |
76,356 | p223694 | 15821fae5c7fa313df41b3e68039b649 | Mrs. | CA | 2016-08-26 01:04:58 | Grades PreK-2 | Math & Science, Special Needs | Mathematics, Special Needs | MATH... Just Do It!!! | \"Every child is gifted. They just unwrap their packages at different times.\" - Author unknown Imagine being lost in the woods and not having tools to help you navigate your way through it. This is how my students feel when they cannot navigate their way through their curriculum and daily lives. \r\n\r\nI have a class of Kindergarten & first grade students who have moderate to severe disabilities.\r\n\r\nMy students have Autism and Orthopedic Impairments that can impact their daily living. They are the most loving group of elementary students you could ever encounter. Many have fine and gross motor problems but face every challenge with big smiles and open minds. The majority of my students also have speech and language problems. They attend a public school where most of the school is in a free lunch program. \r\n | We need math activities to help the students stay engaged and keep them aligned to the common core. My Special needs students learn best with tactile and tangible items. What better way to do that than with Learning Lacers and Ten Frame Kits. My students have difficulties counting with 1:1 correspondence and making sets of objects. They will be able to learn math concepts, work on fine motor skills and access common core concepts all at the same time with these materials. \r\n\r\n If my students have the materials they need, then I can better help them succeed. These activities will help our students gain new skills and practice the existing skills they currently have.\r\n\r\nIts important to have them work on these math skills daily because math a is MAJOR part of everyday life. From counting money to basic addition.\r\n\r\nEvery students deserves a chance to be as successful as they can be, and they deserve the opportunity to experience success in their education. By donating to my students, you will be a part of their successful learning experiences. \r\n | null | null | My students need math readiness activities to help us stay common core aligned. My special needs students work best with hands on items that they can manipulate and easily access with the tabletop paper center. | 10 | 0 |
39,826 | p124627 | f324929c7fcb091b4db49ecbf0bfd848 | Ms. | NY | 2016-09-15 18:29:43 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language, Special Needs | Literacy, Special Needs | Give Me a Voice! | Our students are amazing kids who are eagle to explore their school environment and community regardless of their disabilities and language impairments. Everyday they come to school with a positive attitude. Many of them do not have the ability to communicate their wants and needs verbally. They depend on the use of picture symbols, eye gaze and gestures to be understood by others and get their message across to peers and adults. \r\nOur students have a lot to say but often theirs voices go unheard because the necessary resources are not available. \r\nCommunicating with peers and adults becomes a challenge for them when others are unable to understand their mode of communication (gestures, eye gaze) and as a result, many of our students have behavior breakdowns. \r\nOur schools is located in a low income neighborhood in the south Bronx. Resources are often limited which makes it impossible to provide our students with high tech devices that will enable them to communicate more freely and reduce their frustration. \r\n | These Ipad will serve as training devices to teach our students how to use technology to comment, request and initiate conversations with peers and adults. It will also allow them to navigate their community once they learned how to use the Ipad to voice out their thoughts. Using the accessibility features of iPad, non-verbal students with autism will be able to socially interact with others using apps such as Gotalk, and Text-Speech. \r\n The Ipad will give them a voice, allowing them to become more independent, and active participants during class discussions/ group activities.\r\nUsing the Ipad to communicate will also increase their level of involvement during school and community events. | null | null | My students need Ipads to successfully communicate their wants and needs | 0 | 1 |
29,309 | p120060 | a7a871a1763470414d90e241a6e8f0f8 | Mrs. | OH | 2016-12-23 20:34:34 | Grades PreK-2 | Special Needs | Special Needs | 21st Century Flexible Seating Options | My class is part of an elementary school that serves Pre-K and Kindergarten, approximately 250 students each year. Our school is located in Fostoria, Ohio, a small, culturally diverse community. Our school population includes 38% of students being African American, Hispanic or Multi-racial which is more than the state average of 27%. At least 50% of our students receive free or reduced lunches. The average household income is just under $40,000.\r\nWe are a Leader In Me School based off of The Seven Habits Of Highly Effective People; we are currently in our second year. Our students are learning 21st Century skills that will allow them to be a leader in every aspect of their lives; their school, community, the world and their own life. Each of our students have a genius within them; our job is to shine a light on that genius and inspire leaders. \r\n | My class is part of an elementary school that serves Pre-K and Kindergarten, approximately 250 students each year. Our school is located in Fostoria, Ohio, a small, culturally diverse community. Our school population includes 38% of students being African American, Hispanic or Multi-racial which is more than the state average of 27%. At least 50% of our students receive free or reduced lunches. The average household income is just under $40,000.\r\n\r\nWe are a Leader In Me School based off of The Seven Habits Of Highly Effective People; we are currently in our second year.\r\nOur students are learning 21st Century skills that will allow them to be a leader in every aspect of their lives; their school, community, the world and their own life. Each of our students have a genius within them; our job is to shine a light on that genius and inspire leaders. My Projec\r\n\r\n\"If a child can't learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way they learn.\" ― Ignacio Estrada. One way I can teach the way my students learn is by giving them options to work where they learn best. Our 21st Century learners do not all learn best by spending their entire day in one seat at a table. Wobble chairs are an example of flexible seating I would like to introduce to my kindergarten students. Students need seating options that allow them to choose the best type of seat to help them learn best. This allows students to be more responsible for their own learning. The wobble chairs will be located at our computer stations in place of typical chairs.\r\n\r\n\r\n | null | null | My students need flexible seating to increase their focus on learning. | 2 | 0 |
62,107 | p145662 | 19a419e1f64230ff9a93eab6c094bb9e | Ms. | CA | 2017-02-18 14:33:21 | Grades 6-8 | Applied Learning, Literacy & Language | College & Career Prep, Literacy | Budding Writers on the Rise | The majority of my students are considered high-risk due to the conditions in which they live (poverty, homelessness, gangs, drugs).\r\nMy English students, who are all at least two years below grade level in reading and writing, have become academically and emotionally inspired by the creative writing - such as journaling and storytelling - that we practice daily. Despite their disadvantages, they are eager and curious about using the English language to share their unique stories and get to know themselves better. | Since five 8th grade students began intensive tutoring at the beginning of the school year to address their grade-levels-behind placement in English Language Development, we've had the pleasure of becoming a tight-knit family of learners. Spending time together at the very beginning of each day and fostering an affirming, honest, and engaging learning community has quickly inspired within them a ravishing hunger for the pursuit of lifelong curiosity and learning. \r\nMastery of the English language, they have discovered, is simply a powerful means to their own creative ends - my students are encouraged to read, write, and speak about things that matter to them; with growing confidence in their understanding of language as a framework through which they can navigate infinite ideas, they are excitedly exploring and expressing themselves and the world around them. \r\nNow, students who were once deeply self-critical and disengaged from their own education are gulping in information, and each wants to write about - and publish - his or her own personal and family history, philosophies, and goals. | null | null | My students need a laptop to develop their creative writing projects while at home! | 6 | 0 |
128,484 | p056787 | 84d716ec3f04e38734339d9b92207e6e | Mrs. | NC | 2017-04-27 09:15:43 | Grades 3-5 | Math & Science | Applied Sciences, Health & Life Science | Science Sizzles in 3rd Grade | My 3rd grade students are 50 boys and girls who come to school each day eager to learn. The kids are sweet and kind souls who are trying their best to succeed academically; yet, it is often a struggle. My classroom population is roughly 50% English Language Learners and 50% African American Students. Our school population is primarily African-American and Hispanic, and our school is 100% free and reduced lunch. \r\n\r\nDespite being economically challenged, these kids are true go-getters and lovers of learning. They embrace everything I am teaching them. They love school and thirst for knowledge. School is a safe haven to many of my students. \r\n\r\n | My students love science! We are working on Life Cycles right now and they are totally engaged. We are studying the life cycle of Painted Lady Butterflies and they can't wait everyday to see how they have grown and/or changed. They want more and more hands-on science activities.\r\n\r\nI have selected the Family Engagement Take Home Science Packs because the students will be able to take these resources home for a week and use them with their families. What an awesome way to give the students more time doing science and fun activities they can do with their whole family.\r\n\r\nI am trying to do small group science activities with my students. I am requesting a science reader book set so I can use these books in those groups. The table top easel will allow me to model, draw and help students visualize the concepts in these books. I am asking for the timer to help us keep better track of our time during the school day to maximize learning time. | null | null | My students need Take Home Family Science Kits, nonfiction science readers, a table top easel and a large timer. | 71 | 1 |
153,689 | p158336 | 1f39f59dd37f991045ede00451eb1224 | Mrs. | CA | 2016-06-01 12:04:10 | Grades 3-5 | Literacy & Language | ESL, Literacy | \"Aahhhhh\" Sinking Into Reading | Have you ever wondered why some public spaces are more comfortable and inviting than others? Have you ever walked into a Starbucks and just wanted to nest in one of their comfy chairs? I want my classroom to be a space that my students can't help but thrive. A space they never want to leave!\r\n\r\n Our school is a Title I school and many of our families struggle with economic uncertainty. I teach 3rd grade and approximately half of my students are English Language learners (which means a language other than English is spoken regularly at home). It is these EL students who struggle the most with learning to read. It is also these EL students who need to have MANY \"teachers\"! They learn as much from their peers as they do from me! It is critical that ALL of my students learn to collaborate and work together. Our classroom must be a safe and comfortable place to learn and grow. | Where do you sit when you are reading a good book? In a desk or in a comfortable spot? Studies have shown that students who struggle with reading in third grade often continue to struggle all throughout their school \"careers\". \r\nIt is very important to support my students and encourage them to make as much growth in reading as possible. This is why I have a \"no excuses\" daily reading time in my class. Every day after lunch, my students get to choose a spot, we play soft, relaxing music and we just read. \r\nMy students would love to have a comfy place to sit and read. Sometimes they choose a partner and read books together. Bean bag chairs will allow my students to choose a spot where they can really settle in and read. I strive to have a variety of seating choices in my classroom and these bean bag chairs will add to that variety. | null | null | My students need 4 comfy beanbag chairs for our new reading nook. | 9 | 1 |
143,167 | p036045 | f3c3657ca70f13137975b0b2bfd41cfb | Mrs. | TN | 2016-07-07 14:13:51 | Grades 3-5 | Math & Science | Environmental Science, Mathematics | Developing Digital Learners! | My students are hungry for learning accompanied by the use of technology. They walk in my classroom everyday full of life, ready to learn, and excited for what is in store for them that day. My goal is to not only provide a solid base of skills, but more importantly challenge the students to be thinkers, innovators and work collaboratively with their peers to find answers. I want my students to think outside the box and stretch their thinking. \r\n\r\nEach day I ask them, \"Who is the best 3rd Grade Classroom in the whole world?\" and they answer, \"We are!\". \r\n\r\nOur school serves students in grades K-5 and provides rigorous academics, fantastic teachers and a safe learning environment. As a result, we are consistently one of the top-performing schools in the state every year. Personally, this is my second career and I have only taught three years. It has been the best decision I have ever made and hope to teach until I retire. \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n | My goal is to create young digital citizens. Everyday in my classroom is an awesome learning experience for my students as well as myself! We use technology as much as possible, but we're still very limited. I believe integrating technology daily is very important in this today's educational environment. \r\n\r\nThe I-Pads will be an integral part of our daily math, english and science curriculum by having students research concepts and then present their findings to the classroom through I-Movies and Power Points. This is an invaluable learning experience and challenges the students to make smart choices in content and improve the presentation of their findings. Presenting to others helps solidify what students learned in the classroom that day. \r\n\r\nDuring reading, students will be able to listen to books from their digital, personalized libraries using headphones without interrupting their fellow classmates. Students will complete digital book reports using their iPads. Lastly, we will begin to explore becoming authors using the iPads as well.\r\n\r\nDonating to my project will help my students become digital learners as they move towards fourth grade preparedness.\r\n\r\nThe technology also allows our classrooms to stay connected to parents during the day through our in-class blog. Parents in turn have the ability to \"like\" and comment on their child's work and give encouragement. | null | null | My students need daily access to technology in the classroom. I am asking for your help in supplying two I-Pads to help drive their learning. | 0 | 1 |
98,183 | p249520 | c295995abf65bf57146a7cf736059590 | Mrs. | CO | 2017-01-18 12:47:40 | Grades 9-12 | Math & Science | Applied Sciences | Mini Drone Team Exploration Project | The cool thing about my students is that they come from diverse backgrounds. From students that have just arrived in the US grappling with learning english, to students that come from 3rd and 4th generation local ranches, yet they all work together so well. They embrace each others differences. They are curious, fun loving, excited to learn students that have in many cases lived through difficult circumstances. School is their sanctuary and hope. They love to learn! \r\n\r\nThese kids love to learn through hands on investigative experiences. They continually surprise me with the inquisitive nature and their ability to create learning experiences through collaboration with each other. They teach me how to be a better teacher through their grateful open personalities.\r\n\r\n | The students will work on teams of 3 to 4 individuals and create a flight plan for their drone. They will be responsible for coming up with an obstacle course and maneuvering their drone to complete the course. They will study the basic concepts of flight control.\r\n\r\nThey will be challenged to think of new ways that their drone can be used to help society. The teams will learn to collaborate with each other. They will be motivated by the hands on nature of the activity, and will have fun learning. Most important the students will be inspired to follow their dreams. | null | null | My students need 10 parrot miniDrones so that they can have some fun hands on learning about aerospace. | 0 | 1 |
135,790 | p120835 | f84726b3a86c56b706ffd17ff0b301a5 | Mr. | IL | 2016-08-05 20:12:11 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language, Special Needs | Literacy, Special Needs | 21st Century Chromebooks For 21st Century Students! | I have 12 very hard working students who come from low income and mostly second generation homes.\r\nMy classroom is a self-contained special education classroom for students grades k-3. My students need extra help focusing and lots of repetition and practice in order to see gains and make progress whether it is in reading, writing, or math. Every day can be a struggle for them as I ask them to meet my high expectations and they come in ready and willing to work each day of the school week. They are funny kids, filled with smiles and jokes. They love to ask questions and are a very curious bunch. My students are extremely kind to one another and go out of their way to help others. They know and USE their good manners on a daily basis, never forgetting to say please AND thank you. My students have made some great gains and they just need a little bit extra support and time. \r\n | My students will benefit from this project because they will be able to access numerous learning websites and apps. Chromebooks open up my student's learning to the entire world, they will be able to access and engage in 21st century learning throughout the school day. \r\nThey will be able to stay fully engaged in their learning and take individual ownership over what they are learning and how they are learning. \r\nI plan to use these Chromebooks as a daily tool that all of my students will use and interact with on a daily basis. I would like to have enough devices to have a one on one classroom for my students. | null | null | My students need chromebooks to help them access learning websites and help them engage in 21st century learning. | 5 | 1 |
142,934 | p198069 | 9554722d11e34fc22f6188730578dbff | Mrs. | SC | 2016-08-11 19:27:34 | Grades 6-8 | Applied Learning | College & Career Prep, Other | Listening and Learning Lessons | Learning about business prepares students for many avenues in life and future careers. My students enjoy learning in different ways. My students are all 8th graders, so making sure I make lessons interestingredients and differentiated is important. My students attend the best middle school in SC because of the students and staff. Our school is a Title 1 school, so any contributions to supplies that can make students better and more prepared for life and higher education is greatly appreciated. | These 28 headphones would allow students to listen to modules for Computer Applications class in our classroom computer lab. Right now, we only have 4 pair and I teach almost 30 students per class. Students enjoy being able to use headphones when they can because they can focus on hearing what they need to learn. Especially for my auditory learners, listening to modules with headphones allows for a different kind of learning experience. Every student deserves to learn in whatever way best appeals to him or her, so these headphones would benefit my students greatly. My students would be able to start the year off with most all the supplies they need with these headphones. | null | null | My students need headphones for individualized learning in our class computer lab. | 3 | 1 |
52,114 | p141090 | 5f266db73bcfdd9e6083ba6dc4784b83 | Mr. | CA | 2016-06-05 10:07:47 | Grades 9-12 | Math & Science, Music & The Arts | Mathematics, Visual Arts | Engaging Mathematics | \"I had a lot of fun today!\" Yes, those words were uttered in an algebra 1 class after a lesson using laptops to conduct an activity built on Desmos.com. Math can be fun, engaging and rigorous all at the same time. \r\n\r\nMy students have great potential in both the arts and academics but they are lacking access to some key technological experiences that will help them develop 21st century skills. Outside of school they use technology everyday with their smart phone, laptops, and game consoles and yet when they come to school their access to technology is cut off. They become passive participants while watching teachers use the technology but not having access themselves.\r\n\r\nI teach at a comprehensive visual and performing arts high school near downtown Los Angeles. Our school has a fairly diverse student population; 68% Latino, 11% white, 10% African American, 6% Asian, and 4% Filipino. It is a title 1 school with 78% of students participating in the federal school lunch program and 9% are English language learners. 50% of our students come from the local area and the other 50% commute here because they want to go to an arts school. | Too many students think that math is a dry, boring and pointless class that is not applicable to their lives. In no other subject is the question, \"When will I ever have to use this?\" asked as frequently as in the math classroom. It doesn't have to be this way.\r\n\r\nGraphs don't have to be static, math doesn't have to be a set of formulas and processes, and students shouldn't have to wait until the next day to get feedback on their work. Technology is the answer to many of these problems. With technology, graphs become dynamic, students can explore the effects of changing different parts of equations. They can get instant feedback on their work and they can learn through inquiry and collaboration with their peers.\r\n\r\nTechnology can get students engaged and help them see the beauty of math. It can also help build connections between math and the art that they come to this school to study. There are many ways to get students to create artistic pieces using math. For example, Desmos can be used to create a visual piece using equations, Adobe Spark can be used along with transformations of functions and dance. With technology visual and performing arts can more easily be integrated into the math classroom. \r\n\r\nIt has helped many students at our school but they are lacking access. Our school has one laptop cart with 20 laptops for each building. At one time each building has about 300 students in it. Teachers are constantly grappling to book the cart weeks in advance. We often have to postpone lessons involving technology or teach them without it because of the carts not being available at the right time. Daily access to technology is a fundamental necessity prepare our students for 21st century careers. | null | null | My students need Chromebooks so they can do interactive math activities and explorations. This will help them gain conceptual understanding as well as keep them engaged in math. | 0 | 1 |
97,036 | p195599 | 77b7d559743e867411083fcd04b3bcbd | Mrs. | NY | 2016-11-21 10:36:45 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language | Literacy | Amazing Alphabet Practice! | Hello! I teach Academic Intervention Services to students in grades K-5.\r\nI encourage my students to know that they are readers, “Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.” -Margaret Fuller. \r\nOur rural elementary school in upstate New York has a student population of 350 student. Students who are at risk of failing the New York State Assessments and students who are having difficulty academically are recommended to receive Academic Intervention Services. That's where my room comes into play.\r\n\r\nMy students are hardworking and imaginative young learners. They strive everyday to improve all areas of their literacy deficiencies. My students are all very eager to learn and love coming to school. They are independent, hardworking and compassionate. | The resources I have requested include fun and hands-on activities to help my younger students learn the basics of reading-phonics and sight words. Without these skills, students will never be able to read fluently. It is only with a solid foundation of basic reading skills, including phonics and sight words, that students will be able to become successful and confident readers and writers.\r\nIf this proposal is funded, my students will have the opportunity to form a solid foundation of reading skills.\r\nThey will be on their way to fluent reading. These materials will provide my students with the necessary hands-on materials to help them become confident and successful readers and writers. | null | null | My students need alphabet recognition tools such as letter matching, letter identification block, letter sound matching and alphabet bingo to practice and become efficient and proud readers! | 13 | 0 |
151,777 | p259047 | c420d8b8a3bab1e4859dfe7b8f38fa27 | Mr. | ID | 2016-10-14 12:55:42 | Grades 6-8 | Math & Science | Mathematics | Math Motivators | I teach tier 3 math to middle school students with disabilities. All of my students are significantly behind their peers in math. It takes a lot more work and effort on the part of each student to learn even basic concepts. They are facing an achievement gap that has grown quite large as the years have gone by. \r\n\r\nMy goal is to help them increase their confidence in not only math, but learning in general. The store items help them stay focused on maintaining good behavior and positive attitudes toward school. | All of my students are significantly behind their peers in math. They are used to feeling discouraged and unsuccessful about their math skills. Therefore, they generally have a difficult time staying motivated and focused towards learning difficult concepts. \r\n\r\nWe use a system of positive rewards and incentives that mirrors real life accounting. Students earn points in the form of \"money\" that they can apply to different items in the student store. They earn money for positive behavior, completing work, and exceeding their previous test scores. \r\n\r\nSo far this year, the store has been a great success, but it has become difficult to keep it stocked with our own personal funds. The requested items will allow us to help keep students working towards their goals. | null | null | My students need snack items to fill our student store. We use the store to increase motivation and positive behaviors. | 1 | 0 |
148,343 | p067038 | dcebeb36c27257beecdb897b9f5fd15d | Mr. | NC | 2017-03-27 16:28:46 | Grades 3-5 | Health & Sports | Team Sports | Breaking out of the Mundane! | To some of our students, this school is their only escape/safe place. Often what we do in PE and recess is the only activity that they get. Imagine 7 out of every 10 students living at 100% poverty. This is a reality for our school. We have parents who come and eat breakfast at our school and bring their small children because breakfast is only a dollar and they fed their families this way.\r\nWe are a Title 1 school, where more than 70% of our students live at 100% poverty. Our population is also the highest at risk for obesity related health issues. If we can get them invested in team sports, we can help them stay in school, drastically change their health, and change some of their trajectories.\r\n | Our students need a Breakout EDU program for an exciting, creative way to develop team-building skills, critical thinking skills, and more.\r\nBy using our team sports to intrigue our students who hate learning through the use of a break out edu program we will promote both learning and team sports.\r\nWhen students struggle, the put up walls. In PE I am seen as different, so I can sneak around those walls. With a breakout edu program I will combine academics with athletics to help educate those students. With out even knowing it we will work on literacy, math, and higher order thinking.\r\nHelp us reach those that other's can't. | null | null | My students need this project's materials to help them learn to problem solve at a higher level. | 2 | 0 |
26,055 | p069227 | 493ff3a30e584d673ed4db7f4339fbd8 | Ms. | KY | 2016-06-05 17:54:22 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language | Literacy | Super Reading Couches For Super Hero 2nd Graders! | The students of my classroom are from the city of Louisville, KY. Most of them live in and around the downtown area. Our school has free breakfast and free lunch program, as well as blessings in a backpack weekly. \r\nI am asking for help to give my classroom the HERO look for my SUPERHERO 2nd Graders! I am hoping to get funded for reading couches for our library area. If you can help, please do! I promise the couches will be put to GREAT use! | Donations to this project will help make a difference in all of my students excitement for reading. If they learn in the classroom that reading can be fun and comfortable, then my hopes are that they will carry it over into their homes! Students that enjoy reading and are good at it, seem to do so much better in all academic areas! I hope to instill a love for reading with my students. These couches will help the students do just that, Fall in Love with Reading! I have picked a red and a blue couch to match our super hero theme in the classroom and I think the students will love it! | null | null | My students need a comfortable reading area. With these couches it will help them build their reading stamina and hopefully encourage them to find a comfortable reading area at home too! | 2 | 1 |
136,119 | p101653 | 951ab5f62101ee985465474ad9bbc5ec | Mrs. | MS | 2016-06-19 21:43:38 | Grades 9-12 | Applied Learning, History & Civics | College & Career Prep, Financial Literacy | We Won't Stop Until We Get A Laptop! | My students are typical high school students that have grown up in the Information Age. Like most teens, they also love talking, texting and taking selfies on their smart phones. Our school is located in a small rural town in Mississippi and is a feeder school for surrounding towns. Many of my students receive free or reduced lunch and travel over an hour on the bus one way. They love coming to school even though many face challenges outside of school, We are committed to fostering academic success among our student body. \r\nMy students are motivated to graduate and are preparing for life after high school.\r\nIn my classroom, we learn real life applications using technology. My students learn how to balance a bank account, write a business letter, create a resume, and complete a job application. We work hard to prepare for college, careers and the military.\r\n | This project will help provide a laptop for my students to use for research projects and creating presentations to share information with the class. We need a new laptop that includes a webcam, dvd/cd drive, and a microphone. Most importantly, we need a computer that is portable and can be moved from room to room.\r\nYour donations will provide technology for my students and support academic achievement. They love receiving packages in the mail because they know that generous donors are providing supplies that they might not have otherwise through DonorsChoose.org. We are truly grateful for your support of our class requests. | null | null | My students need a laptop with a webcam, dvd/cd drive, and microphone for completing research projects to share with the class and demonstrate understanding of topics. | 35 | 1 |
62,814 | p205198 | a6877e6843aede9e6cd70c21c4f10be1 | Ms. | GA | 2016-09-01 13:49:22 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language | ESL, Literacy | An Apple a Day Can Change the World of Learning! | My students are special because they make me want to be a better teacher. They come to school everyday smiling and excited to learn something new. My students truly love coming to school and give 100%. They love books and are appreciative over the smallest things like a new pencil or eraser. I teach at a Title 1 school school in Atlanta where our school's population is 95% Hispanic. Our entire school is on free or reduced lunch. My little Rockstars deserve the best and I want to make sure I can give them a memorable year. Most of our students come from homes where the parents speak no English and many students come to our school speaking no or very little English. Despite the road blocks of language barriers, lack of or minimal resources we strive to make sure our students become successful students and future leaders. My wish is to encourage, excite, engage, and empower my students to be the best at whatever their heart desires! | A classroom ipad will provide my little superstars interactive learning that will be utilized for reading fluency, phonics, and math through educational apps.\r\n\r\nMy students will benefit from an ipad through using educational games and apps that will help them read, listen to reading, and even use to enhance math fluency. More importantly, the ipad will help me with students who need reinforcement with skills taught. My students do not have access to books or computers at home.\r\n\r\n A classroom ipad will bring a new innovative way to engage, excite, and empower my students world of learning. This will change our students' lives for the better. They will love school and feel success at an early age --- having fun while learning! | null | null | My students need a classroom ipad that will allow them to explore various educational apps to enhance their learning in reading and math. | 0 | 1 |
85,945 | p030223 | 323ca285a3074a66e94c74861cf7048e | Ms. | CA | 2016-05-04 15:51:43 | Grades 9-12 | Math & Science | Environmental Science, Health & Life Science | Garden Worms for Community Health | My students are all from the city and most have never gardened in their life! We want to start worm composting in our new garden to have healthy soil for healthy fruits and vegetables. What better way to teach sustainable practices and encourage healthy eating choices than by growing our own food? | We are at a Medical Magnet in the greater Los Angeles area where most students have never experienced gardening at home or in the community. Our communities have high rates of obesity and preventable chronic illness, in part due to a lack of access to high quality foods such as organic fruits and vegetables. Our student population is drawn from all of Los Angeles Unified School District and is comprised of ethnically diverse students who willingly take on rigorous academics and have a high interest in pursuing medical careers. They are often told that eating fresh food is a healthy habit that can prevent disease and promote well-being, but living in the city most have never grown anything in their life and are often apprehensive about eating their veggies. There is no better way to enjoy discovering healthy habits than gardening and composting. All the buzz at our school has been about our new school garden and students, teachers, administrators, and parents are all on board. | One of the first and most important parts of having a successful garden is having quality soil. The worm compost bins, composting books, info graphics, as well as the seeds and trays will allow us to conduct an inclusive project within the science department involving 8 science and health teachers with about 150 students each. Our teachers will use interdisciplinary academic curriculum to engage students by encouraging them to bring food scraps from home for the worm composting project.The main topics of discussion will revolve around the following: sustainable systems and conservation of resources (environmental science), biotic and abiotic biological and physical processes (biology and chemistry), and social issues of healthy food habits and access (health and community health). As the soil becomes available for use, students will grow fruits and vegetables with the worm compost and be amazed with the process and eager to eat what they worked so hard to grow! | This project will give students a project that is meaningful to their adoption of healthy lifestyle habits. Students who are hesitant to eat organic fruits and vegetables will be more curious and willing to try them after growing the food itself. This project will encourage them to want to share what they’ve learned with their community and will help them gain a whole new perspective on what they could do in their future careers as healthcare professionals to promote community health. | My students need compost bins, worm composting books, and seeds to start learning about healthy eating habits through a hands-on collective worm composting project. | 0 | 1 |
9,332 | p061750 | 55322fb3e6e0233507da84b7d5aacb42 | Mrs. | KS | 2016-08-03 10:24:51 | Grades 3-5 | Health & Sports | Health & Wellness, Team Sports | Team Sports Help Build Unity! | In our elementary school we have around 550 students and an additional 70 preschoolers. The ethnicity is diverse and we have around 28% free and reduced lunch. We are also super proud to have a high military population.\r\n\r\nI call my amazing 4th grade students the 'Smarties'. This is a great way to create an atmosphere of family and improve self esteem. I believe if they hear it enough, they will start to believe it, and what's better than hearing on a daily basis that you are a 'Smartie'? \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n | My students enjoy playing games together. Setting up teams and working on team building is a wonderful way to learn how to compromise and play fair. Using recess time to work on sportsmanship and following rules also ties in with our anti-bullying program.\r\n\r\nThe Smarties will use this equipment to learn about fair play. We have basketball courts, soccer fields, and a kickball field, but without the equipment, it goes unutilized. With these balls we will not only utilize the playground to its full potential, we will learn how to work together, include everyone and a great deal about sportsmanship! I plan to tie in our Anti-Bullying program by talking about what being a player of good character means. On our playground it won't be about being winning but about having fun and getting excersize! | null | null | My students need outdoor playground equipment to encourge team sport activities. My students enjoy playing activities together, but without enough equipment many times several students are left out or the teams become to large. | 10 | 1 |
134,877 | p137340 | 96fac4b594afae88f29c32aade67285b | Ms. | NV | 2016-11-02 01:28:55 | Grades PreK-2 | Math & Science, Literacy & Language | Environmental Science, Literacy | Imagine the Ipadabilities | My name is Virginia Martinez and I am a kindergarten teacher at a Las Vegas Charter School. Our school mission focuses on developing character and enriching minds. As a kindergarten teacher, I pride myself in teaching my students through experiential learning and giving them the opportunity to explore their world in different ways. \r\n\"While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about.\" Angela Schwindt My students definitely are special and teach me about discovery, curiosity, love, perseverance, and happiness. | My students would benefit from the use of technology in the classroom. The students can use the Ipads during small group intervention and instruction. I can have students log on to the schools blended learning programs. I also would use the Ipads to conduct technology enriched lessons like having them take pictures during our exploration science, video record the retelling of stories, video record presentations, and so many other wonderful possibilities.\r\nPlease donate to this wonderful cause and help provide my students with more technology in the classroom. My students would love the opportunity to use the Ipads in class and enrich their learning. | null | null | My students need Ipads in the classroom for small group instruction and to help expose them to more technology. | 1 | 1 |
170 | p115004 | 0e0bd8e8498fb05404649ff208e57524 | Mr. | MI | 2017-01-05 13:19:50 | Grades 6-8 | History & Civics, Literacy & Language | History & Geography, Literature & Writing | FOR THE LOVE OF WRITING!!! | I have a very diverse student body consisting of Caucasian, South Asian, East Asian, Middle Eastern, and African American students.\r\nI also have English Language learners as well as some students who were refugees; all of my students make my school a diverse and exciting place for learning. My students are engaged young people, who are both naturally inquisitive and highly intelligent. They motivate me on a daily basis to do my best for them and are far deserving of any support. | Hello. We are asking for fifteen wired keyboards for our class to improve our overall reading and writing skills. In our class students use iPads, because of this, we have become a “paperless” classroom. Reading and writing are such a huge part of our class that we have found typing on the tiny iPad screen keyboards makes it difficult for us to get our best work out. We are asking for fifteen wired keyboards to help make a difference in our daily work. We would use these keyboards every day in class with the hopes that our writing/typing skills increase. | null | null | My students need Fifteen Wired iPad Keyboards with Lightning Connectors for class. | 10 | 1 |
52,080 | p190867 | 546e92873b933de500d8f42b02f4bd0b | Mrs. | OK | 2016-08-24 16:45:24 | Grades PreK-2 | Health & Sports | Health & Wellness | Getting to the \"Kore\" of the focus problem. | I teach a group of wiggly second graders. They are a great bunch of kiddos! Movement is very important in our school, because we are a \"School for Healthy Lifestyles.\" Moving and learning is an integral part of our day! \r\n\r\nKore chairs would be a great asset to our kinesthetic classroom! My students will be able to wiggle, focus and learn! Movement increases brain activity, so these chairs will help us with that!\r\n\r\nI can't wait to see the joy on their faces when presented with their very own Kore chair!! They will be able to move and learn. My students deserve a quiet and helpful way to excercize and learn. :) | Kore chairs are a great way for my students to get their wiggles out without disrupting others. They will allow the kiddos to work, wiggle, focus and learn...all at the same time! I have seen other classrooms with Kore chairs, and have been amazed at how focused the kids were with these awesome chairs!\r\n\r\nWe will get to move and groove while learning with Kore chairs!! I am excited to see my kids wiggling and focusing and learning! The students will be able to work at centers and on other table tasks longer and with much more attention to detail. Moving and grooving will allow them to be more focused and productive. | null | null | My students need Kore Wobble chairs! These will help my students get out their wiggles without disrupting others!! | 0 | 1 |
18,416 | p257488 | ec2c9aef81f7867cb835ed8d6d021e56 | Mrs. | OH | 2016-10-20 12:48:38 | Grades 3-5 | Special Needs | Special Needs | \"I Can\" Learning in Science | Our school is located in the foothills of Appalachia. My students are all special needs students that come from low income homes and have been placed into a self-contained type classroom for all academic classes. These students have not felt success in the general classroom setting and have very low self-esteem. They do not have the confidence in themselves that students should have. \r\n\r\nIt is really sad to know that students feel this way about themselves, and that is why I am coming to you for help. I want to help better their confidence academically and open their minds to everyday learning activities. | Have you ever seen a students light bulb light up in their head? By using a Hands-on way of learning, this light bulb will go off in students heads. This is a very effective way to learn, especially for a special needs student. I would like to use I Can Do learning centers, science activity tubs, and also use the science discover chest in science to help students get a better idea of the material being covered in class. They will be able to use these materials with a small group or partner in a meaningful manner doing experimental type activities. This will be a wonderful way to engage students and keep their interest in activities. | null | null | My students need science items such as I CAN DO learning centers, science activity tubs, and science Discovery Chest. | 20 | 0 |
80,129 | p018351 | 213a1a19d9d3ca689c5d53fa2d7d45d2 | Mrs. | GA | 2016-08-04 20:35:19 | Grades 3-5 | Math & Science | Applied Sciences, Mathematics | 3D Printing with da Vinci | My elementary gifted students are excited, curious, and ready to begin their academic journey! Our school is comprised of students that are culturally diverse, economically disadvantaged, and largely military population. Many of our students are on free and reduced lunch. Our students are in need of academically challenging materials. \r\nFunding for additional supplies and materials to enhance student achievement are not available. My students would love the opportunity to incorporate more hands-on scientific principles to solve real world problems and incorporate engineering concepts. | The XYZ da Vinci Jr. 3D printer and filament will allow my students to turn their inventions and ideas into reality. Our study of inventions and inventors will be a primary focus in our curriculum. As the students learn about the process of inventions, they will be given an opportunity to develop their own invention. The 3D printer will make their invention a reality. \r\nImagine having he ability to use engineering principles and concepts to develop inventions that will be printed using the 3D printer! This technology will give my students the chance to make learning authentic and applicable to real world problems. | null | null | My students need an XYZprinting da Vinci Jr. 3D printer and filament to incorporate technology and engineering concepts in our class. | 23 | 1 |
31,710 | p010545 | e0df9fb8bb6949ef59cf7194a55e8fd7 | Mrs. | CA | 2016-12-30 15:00:09 | Grades 3-5 | Health & Sports, Applied Learning | Health & Wellness, Other | From Metal Chairs to Flexible Seating | I have an excellent group of twenty-eight enthusiastic, innovative, and very energetic fifth graders. Of my twenty-eight students, twelve of them are English Language Learners. To promote the practice of English, we move around and collaborate in our classroom daily. \r\n\r\nMy students persevere through daily challenges, and are preparing to impact the world in positives ways. They are ready to take their unique skills and talents to new heights in our classroom. \r\n\r\nPlease join in helping make our classroom a successful learning environment for each one of my kiddos. | We have been incorporating flexible seating in our classroom since the beginning of the year. I have given my students the freedom to choose their \"Spot of Success\" as we transition throughout the day. Currently, my classroom desks are set up in a U-shape. The sides of the classroom are used for students who wish to sit in a regular chair, the back of the room is intended for students who prefer to stand, and the middle of the room is used for students who wish to sit on the floor. The purpose for flexible seating in my classroom is to honor each students' need to move and give them the freedom to choose a comfortable space around the room to work. \r\n\r\nOur classroom is in need of your generosity to gather additional seating options such as: bungee chairs, step stools, stability cushions yoga balls, and floor mats. With additional seating options, I would be able to eliminate some of the tables in our classroom which will provide further movement. The bungee chairs and floor mats would be used in a carpeted area in which students could work with a classroom clipboard. The step stools would be used for students to sit on at lowered tables. The stability cushions would be placed on regular chairs, giving the students the option to remove them easily if not desired. The yoga ball area would be placed in the middle of the room and would allow students to actively move while working. Standard tables and chairs would still be an option for those who prefer this type of seating arrangement. \r\n\r\nPlease join me in providing a comfortable learning environment for each of my students. I would love any donation, of any size! I appreciate all of your support!\r\n\r\nMrs. Verkaik | null | null | My students need a variety of flexible seating options to further enhance our learning environment! | 0 | 1 |
70,315 | p044941 | c8621de509a9a3fa999753bfe626e6a2 | Ms. | MI | 2017-02-07 18:51:24 | Grades 3-5 | Literacy & Language, Math & Science | Literature & Writing, Mathematics | Chromebooks for Creative Learning | \"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.\" -W.B. Yeats. Our classroom is a safe learning environment in which students are encouraged to challenge ideas, research questions, make mistakes, try new things, smile, have fun with classmates, and become lifelong learners!\r\nMy students are a wonderful group of hardworking children who love to learn and explore new concepts. School provides my students with a safe and positive learning environment in which they can grow socially, academically, and developmentally. My school promotes cooperative learning, independent thinking, and encourages students to become lifelong learners. Technology provides my students with engaging individualized programs that meet the needs of all my students. Students learn in a variety of ways and technology is one tool that helps my students study and master concepts in all subjects. My students are EXCITED to come to school and learn! | The Chromebooks will be used to enhance learning in all subjects. My students will be able to use online programs that provide individualized learning paths for each student. In reading, students will be able to read books online and have access to many reading materials. In mathematics, students are able to have an engaging and exciting way to practice skills they may be struggling with. Students will also be using the Chromebooks to complete writing assignments in Google Docs.\r\nThe Chromebooks will provide my students with more opportunities to use technology to enhance their learning.\r\nChromebooks will provide my students an engaging and fun opportunity to enhance their math skills with individualized programs. My students will also strengthen their reading skills with access to online books and programs that help struggling readers. It is so important that students have access to technology in order to prepare them for the future. | null | null | My students need Chromebooks to enhance their differentiated learning experiences and explore engaging activities while using technology. | 4 | 1 |
75,618 | p069485 | 78a2df149887f37352d9b1eaa7e1fc58 | Ms. | MS | 2016-09-01 18:06:59 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language, Math & Science | Literature & Writing, Mathematics | Technology is the Key to Our Future!!! | My students are an amazing group of children who come to school eager to learn each day. The do not have access to computers or IPads at home and are captivated by the educational websites such as Reflex math, Envision interactive reading and math, and several other program. Most students learn through visual and tactile activities, and IPads provide these components. Interactive programs keep them actively engaged and this improves their fluency and comprehension in reading and math. #We Believe! | The Pads are going to be used daily. We read, write, and speak every day. We share our work and our favorite books with each other. I-pads will allow us to do this easier and more efficient than what we do today. There are so many apps that would help my students in their reading and writing daily process. We create Prezi's and PowerPoint to aid in each child's writing, reading, speaking, and listening objectives. There is an endless library of e-books that are at our finger tips if we just had the resources to read them. With the Pads they can also test their comprehension on all books read. This is an excellent way for each child to check their progress and fluency of what has just been read. We can also explore our world. Google Earth as we know is an amazing app. We can tour the Amazon Rain Forrest, our local rivers, and equestrians. Oh, the possibilities.\r\n\r\n With your donations my students will have the technology it takes to achieve the expectations placed in our education today.\r\n\r\nWe have to have technology; it is part of our world. Our students have to be proficient in all that is out, available, and changing daily. I, as their teacher, have to them the opportunity to apply, create, and discover everything. With iPads it will be an excellent start to our future endeavors. | null | null | My students need the five Apple Mini 2 IPads with case protectors to be actively engaged in the academic process that is deemed toward their specific learning needs. The cases will provide damage protection. | 5 | 1 |
87,479 | p228837 | 79fe56c13f4fc4cac52cc90fd80c33b3 | Mrs. | SC | 2016-12-27 18:31:16 | Grades 3-5 | Health & Sports, Special Needs | Gym & Fitness, Special Needs | Learning While We Move | I teach a group of active third grade students in a rural school in Taylors, SC. My students are all special and have the ability to learn. Students in my regular education classroom share class with half of which receive special education services, including my autistic student. These services vary from ELL, speech, resource, RTI and challenge. My students are bright, funny, enthusiastic, respectful, and extremely active. \r\nMy students love to learn, show what they know, help each other, use collaboration, and yet require continuous refocusing throughout the day due to their need for movement. Students with ADD and ADHD are prone to struggle with focus on their daily tasks, however, even the most focused students are often lacking motivation. Students require brain breaks, incorporating body movement, in order to maintain their focus and fuel their creativity. \r\nWhile my class is divided with students being raised in non-traditional households, the rest are living as blended families, in single parent homes, or with grandparents as primary caregivers. These emotional distractions can hinder academic progress. It is my goal and passion to ensure these children learn to their highest potential. | How many times a day do we adults get up and move to maintain our focus on what seems like mundane activities, even though these activities are vital to our work? Brain breaks and movement are important to all of us, so why would children, with all of their energy be any different?\r\nMovement through flexible, active seating options will put all of the extra energy my students have to use, allowing them to maintain their focus and complete their daily work. Students must stay focused in order to learn. Having seating that is both flexible and keeps their bodies moving will help students maintain their independence while focusing on their tasks at hand. Every movement will engage their core and mind, helping to create healthier students in all aspects of their lives. | null | null | My students need lots of movement to help them focus on their daily work, while training their brain to function more efficiently as they move, and without consistent reminders from me. | 1 | 0 |
166,393 | p125144 | a3e52c7b13afe8888ff4bd1fe1f5c8d0 | Mrs. | AZ | 2016-09-13 00:26:30 | Grades 3-5 | Math & Science | Environmental Science, Mathematics | LCD PROJECTOR AND iPAD FOR 21 CENTURY Maximum Learning | Working in a Title I elementary school, and having students from a variety of backgrounds. I have been faced with several challenges both in and out of the classroom. To me it is important to encourage and support my students in both social and academic skills to prepare them for the 21 century. \r\nDSS is a Title I school with high poverty, where some students do not have access to technology. For this reason every minute in the classroom with the LCD projector and the iPads is a special and valuable learning time. A high percentage of our students are mainly from parents that are farm workers and are not able to provide access to technology. I am trying to change that by teaching my students with the use of technology in order to prepare them for their future. My students often do not have access to problem solving activities and technology outside of school.\r\n | This iPad will be checked out by students that don't have technology at home to do research and presentations for school. This will give the students and families as well a chance to use technology to become better problem solvers. Many feel that students are not responsible enough to check out an iPad, but I truly feel different. The iPad will help my class use 21st Century skills to conduct online research. This LCD projector will give my students a chance to present their research projects to the class. I will also give me the opportunity to show my students videos to improve their learning. | null | null | My students need new technology to captures their interest and engages their attention. It also makes it easier for me to address their individual learning needs. | 1 | 1 |
51,873 | p199475 | 47934609241eb7fd1b080771b02e06f6 | Mrs. | CA | 2017-04-24 21:01:14 | Grades 6-8 | Warmth, Care & Hunger | Warmth, Care & Hunger | Start the Day with Supplying Life Essentials for Our Children! | My students get their breakfast at school each morning before they come to my class. Fuel in their bodies makes them ready to learn and start the day. The school serves free breakfast for 85% of the students and they get to the school early to eat their breakfast that they don’t get at home.\r\n\r\nThese students are 11- and 12-year-old boys and girls, growing, trying, experiencing, experimenting, challenging and ultimately becoming educated in my classroom. My classes are all year so I can work with these students in depth with technology, get to know their strengths and weaknesses, and see their creativity develop as their experience with art increases. \r\n\r\nThey are in uniform and some kids have uniforms that fit and are clean and others have uniforms that are too big, too small and don't really look clean. The majority of kids are happy and energetic and ready to learn. Some students have trouble staying awake and staying focused. | Our school has a room for students that are missing the essentials at home and the adults at school have noticed. These students are missing the essentials to come to school prepared to learn. We have homeless students, students living out of cars, in group homes, sad situations, and 85% of the population are eligible for free and reduced lunches. \r\nWe have a storage/supply room in the office at my school available for students who need life essentials because they are not getting these at home. Packages are prepared for them to bring home to their families, to help them with life essentials put together by the school leadership class.\r\nIf you are dirty and hungry you aren't ready to learn but if you have the basic essentials to clean yourself and food in your stomach you are better prepared to learn, play with your friends and be a part of the school community. As soon as supplies are at the school, they are given out to those that need them. There is always a need at this school for life essentials. | null | null | My students need a room at school filled with life essentials available to those that need them; with lotion, soap, shampoo, toothbrush and tooth paste, mouthwash and healthy breakfast snack to start the day. | 48 | 1 |
65,724 | p098759 | 532b2a950396106a65fc8582a3d186c8 | Mrs. | CA | 2016-08-12 13:09:23 | Grades PreK-2 | Math & Science, Health & Sports | Health & Life Science, Health & Wellness | Growing Minds. Healthy Bodies. Success. | Growing Minds + Healthy Bodies=Success. Classrooms in the 21st century are increasingly need to be more set up where students are giving a chance to be able to collaborate and be able to 'move around' in a structured well organized classroom. My first grade students certainly love our classroom to have areas set up where they are able to sit comfortably during reading workshop and small group work. My goal is to provide them a classroom setting where it is conducive to learning.\r\n | In the past year, I have been working diligently to achieve my goal in setting up my classroom where there is flexibility for students to move around as they collaborate and get their work done. Students love when they can choose an area where they can read comfortably and work in small groups. Providing flexible sitting will help with student focus; thus increasing productivity. \r\nConnecting their learning to real life experiences and situations engage students. Thus, one project we focus on every year is gardening and growing vegetables. They are curious about plants, and as part of curriculum, we plant both edible and non-edible plants. The use of a convection oven would provide them a tool to cook what they have planted and harvested. This project will inspire young learners to learn and understand the vast effects of organic farming to their immediate communities and our world.\r\n | null | null | My students need hokki stools for flexible sitting. A convection oven will help the class learn about making healthy foods. | 2 | 1 |
133,343 | p175086 | 1421b45cbf0d5ce45fb9834b50c5cd13 | Ms. | PA | 2016-05-17 09:10:46 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language, Math & Science | Literature & Writing, Mathematics | Maternity Help Please | Hi My name is Katrina Smith. I am a Special Educator at McKinley. I desperately need some help. I am 37 weeks pregnant and will go on Maternity leave MAY 31, 2016. I have to leave work for the students and there are no workbooks.\r\nPlease HELP me buy these workbooks. | I have 20 students that I service in Special Ed. They will need lots of loving care and with out enough work they will struggle to keep sane. Each of the students needs to work on reading comprehension, phonics, and decoding words to help with fluency. The students are need practice with math for addition and subtraction, counting, and applying one to one correspondence. \r\nThank you for your prompt response to this project.\r\nI need the books by MAY 31, 2016. Thanks again. | Each student will get a workbook. When I leave for Maternity leave on MAY 31,2016, students will have to complete the workbook pages that I assign them. They will be completed with a substitute. I'm hoping to receive the books before or on May 31, 2016. | I am 37 weeks pregnant and I am responsible for leaving work for my students that I service in Special ed. These books will be useful so that students can take them home and continue to use them over the summer vacation. Thank you again. | My students need workbooks that include working on skills of reading and math. \r\n | 0 | 1 |
150,422 | p041247 | ac1b1766f98b269599c24abfea5baa90 | Ms. | NY | 2016-05-22 22:11:58 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language | Literacy | Staring in Our Own Read Aloud Videos! | My students come from diverse cultures and varied backgrounds. Many of my at-risk learners have little to no book experiences before coming to school. Both English Language Learners and native English speakers are still developing basic language skills, yet they have so much inside of them to share. These children come to school ever day eager to learn and grow. Our school community is supporting literacy learners of all abilities by providing authentic language experiences and sharing children's literature in a variety of engaging ways. These amazing students are responding with a thirst for more. | The requested iPad will be part of a building wide Read Aloud initiative. The project is valuable on many levels. Of course, most importantly, students will be read to. They will be exposed to rich literature that will expand their vocabulary and background. The shared texts provide a context for peer discussions within and beyond the classroom. The fluency and expression of readers will model proficient reading and provide insights into authors craft.\r\n\r\nTeachers, staff, administrators, community members, and the students themselves will select favorite books, rehearse their delivery, and create read aloud videos to share. Your support is appreciated. | null | null | My students need an iPad to first watch teachers reading aloud, and then to create their own read aloud videos. We will create a video library to share with the entire school community. | 0 | 1 |
26,935 | p061313 | 9d929f15741df1805772d681a557ff7e | Mrs. | NC | 2017-01-05 14:41:26 | Grades PreK-2 | Math & Science | Health & Life Science, Mathematics | Learning through Play | When my kids step into my classroom it is their first experience with school and sometimes their parents first experience with sending a child to an American classroom. All of my students are 4 turning 5 throughout the school year. We are a very diverse classroom. \r\nWe have 7 different home languages in the class and we are an inclusive classroom which means students that are typically developing and students with disabilities work and grow together. To be in a publicly funded preschool program my students were identified as needing extra support and exposure to an early learning environment before going to kindergarten. Our families are involved in the education of their kids. I do home visits, conferences, and family days with the parents. Family Days are days when the parents come into the school and learn about what their children are doing and how to help theit children be successful. \r\nKids learn best with hands on experiences especially with science, math and, fine moter. My project is to bring in materials to the classroom that combine play and education into a healthy learning environment for children at all developmental stages. | In preschool students learn the best through hands on materials. It ignites their imagination and it is amazing to see the math, science, and literature skills they gain through puzzles and play. Hands on materials are costly and we need a wide range in the classroom. \r\nThese materials will help the children love science and math through hands on exploration. Our kids come from homes that might not have educational toys at home. It is imperative that they get as much exposure to it at school as possible. The joy in seeing their faces as they figure out a puzzle for the first time or the accomplishment of knowing that they know their numbers is priceless. Please help us gain more materials for our class and continue to sponsor the love of learning through play. | null | null | My students need hands on materials for science and math to help them with pre-writing skills and early learning skills. | 0 | 0 |
43,710 | p165232 | fc04bd1497e954ba7532295d39642c8a | Ms. | NC | 2016-12-21 11:34:06 | Grades 9-12 | Math & Science, Music & The Arts | Applied Sciences, Visual Arts | I Can Draw in \"3D\" with Doodle pens! | What if the student is one of those \"I can't draw\" kids who needs a compelling reason to work hard in art class? 3D doodle pens combine art and technology. It is exciting enough for even the most reluctant student to jump in and try art. I saw these in action at a recent conference. They look like just the item to engage a few boys who aren't sure why they got put in an art class in the first place. | In this semester's class I have few boys who really don't think art class is for them. I've tried several different \"building\" things projects and their participation increases. These 3d doodle pens may be the success story they need to finish the semester strong and find the success I want them to have in the beginning art class. Drawing an airplane you can hold in your hand may be interesting enough to show them how a designer or engineer has to plan all the parts of an object before building it.\r\nIt looks like a sure fire winner to me | null | null | My students need a set of 3d pens and supplies to engage reluctant boys to draw with technology. | 178 | 0 |
125,788 | p014104 | 4d5fdde61b117ad97a082d0572838175 | Mrs. | TN | 2016-09-23 21:29:22 | Grades PreK-2 | Health & Sports | Health & Wellness | Movin' and Groovin' | My students come to our school from various backgrounds. Our school serves students in grades K-5, and provides rigorous academics, fantastic teachers and a safe learning environment.\r\n\r\nWelcome to first grade at our rural East Tennessee elementary school! Our school is filled with students that are growing and learning in the same small, tight knit, school community that inspired me to be a teacher. They are dreamers, thinkers, talkers, and questioners. They are mini inspirations to themselves and others around them, even if they don't know it yet. They are our future and I want to give them a great start to their long successful career. | \"I can't sit still!\" \"When is recess?\" \"I need to move!\" \"We need those bouncy chairs.\" These are expressions often heard in my first grade classroom. Zenergy Ball Chairs will make a difference in my classroom by improving the health of my students by allowing them to keep moving while seated.\r\n\r\nMovement keeps your mind open, while keeping your body actively engaged, no matter if you're problem solving, or having a casual conversation.\r\n\r\nZenergy Ball Chairs will enlighten any environment with their fun and spunky attitude, while putting a bounce in the step of the ordinary. Zenergy allows a little \"zip in your sit\" by providing movement that not only helps you sit comfortably, but also helps you concentrate and supports better posture and balance. | null | null | My students need Zenergy ball chairs that will improve the health of our students by allowing them to keep moving while seated. | 24 | 1 |
98,769 | p127589 | cb770800c96dcd3997d9d43f8704ee79 | Ms. | MA | 2016-11-19 23:49:04 | Grades 3-5 | Literacy & Language | Literacy, Literature & Writing | Engage Pre-teen Readers With Books they Can Read! | My students are phenomenal. They hail from 9 different countries and speak 5 different languages. Our school is 93% minority and in the heart of Boston. Nearly 80% of our students receive free or reduced lunch. In my homeroom alone, there are 11 students on Individualized Education Plans and another 9 who are identified as limited English proficiency. They struggle with reading. Despite these challenges, my students persevere. Engaging them in good books is a tremendous task that can be more easily overcome by providing a variety of resources. | Our school does not have a library. Our students do not go to the public library. Their only access to good literature is in my classroom. My diverse students are predominantly reading two to three grade levels below our 5th grade expectation. They need these books to engage their pre-teen intellect while meeting their individual academic needs. \r\nOur limited resources of books at the lower grade levels are unsophisticated and not engaging my kids. I have mindfully selected chapter books that are part of series. The best way to get students to read is to find one book to love that will encourage them to want to read the remaining books. Please help my students learn to love books and increase their capacity for learning!\r\n | null | null | My students need chapter books that stimulate their pre-teen intellect while academically appropriate for their reading levels. | 0 | 1 |
14,269 | p059810 | ed12e3917fdc85a7e5d6f381d7cc3ef7 | Mr. | CA | 2017-01-19 22:04:31 | Grades 3-5 | Special Needs | Special Needs | Yard Communication! | My classroom consists of fourth and fifth grade students with high functioning autism. We are on the Core Curriculum and follow the same pacing plan as the general education classes.\r\nMy students are motivated and have a thirst for knowledge. I provide a safe and fun environment for them to learn in. Roughly half the day I teach in a whole group setting while the other half is spent in small group settings, where I can pinpoint and focus on their weaknesses. We are a low income, Title I school, made up of ELD and SEL students. Most of my students do not have access to technology outside the classroom. | Our special education department is comprised with roughly 80 students, four teachers, and over ten classroom paraprofessionals. \r\nWhile on the yard supervising, my paraprofessionals often need to communicate urgent needs to the classroom teacher, office, or various administrators. This can become very difficult if they can not leave there post. Our special education students often have exceptional needs. For example, they may need to take medicine in the office, or the teacher may need to be called to the yard to help with an issue. \r\nMy goal is to be able to quickly adhere to these needs by making it easier to communicate with one another. By having five reliable two-way radios, our staff can stay in touch with all the stakeholders. | null | null | My students need the yard supervisors to have reliable two way radios so that they can be better supervised. | 36 | 1 |
104,141 | p183022 | 9d32d6dd296200c20c14cc5998300fa6 | Mr. | CA | 2016-09-01 09:31:03 | Grades 9-12 | Math & Science | Applied Sciences | Race to the future exploring cars and planes | Our school is a math and science charter school focused on getting all our students into the top universities. 79% of our students are classified as socioeconomically disadvantaged. 98% of our student population are minority students. The students work hard to meet the rigor and expectations of our high expectations math and science charter school and certainly deserve some fun learning activities. Many students become disenfranchised with science because of the difficult nature the curriculum. This project will give students the hands on curriculum that will excite them to pursue science majors and careers.\r\n | A car for every kid is my goal. Students will have the materials to experience the engineering design process. Students will be doing math and science in a way that they will view them in a much more positive manner. Students will be challenged to make the fastest most efficient cars using the elastic and balloon car kits and will work in teams to mimic the engineering process. The inexpensive pull back cars allow every student his or her own car to explore and race. The airplanes allow extended motion studies and a terrific engineering challenge to apply to what they learned from the car competitions. Students will learn about forces and motion, and scientific method without really realizing it. \r\nStudents develop a fixed mindset about math and science and shut their mind to advancing their learning in these subjects. The hands on science activities will serve to change their attitude about math and science and gives students a way to apply their math skills in a whole different way. The concepts they learn in math and science will be reinforced in a more meaningful practical way using these cars and planes and students will become motivated to pursue an education in science.\r\n | null | null | My students need different types of cars and airplanes to race and engineer faster designs to inspire and motivate them in physics. | 11 | 1 |
11,989 | p233737 | 5b456d9f8de095817a47298cc00c01b1 | Mrs. | TX | 2017-01-15 13:58:42 | Grades 3-5 | Health & Sports, Special Needs | Health & Wellness, Special Needs | Bouncy Kids Need Bouncy Bands | As a teacher in a high poverty district, my students face many challenges. They are often too distracted with forces outside of the classroom to focus on their education. Many of my students are responsible for their siblings and their own care, so that their parents can work. \r\nIt is my mission to gives these students a safe place to call their school home and their own space to be themselves. \r\nMy students like to move, they have developed an amazing love of learning and have a lot of love for positive attention. As I prepare them to enter Middle School, I hope to also inspire them to be the wonderful citizens I know they can be. | My students will use their personal Bouncy Bands to work out their excess energy in a quiet, non-disruptive manner. As a teacher, I can see how difficult it is for students to stay seated for long periods of time. This tool will ease some of their pent up energy in a positive way.\r\nBouncy Bands attach to student chairs so they can stretch their legs and bounce their feet while they work quietly at their seat.\r\nDonations to this project will furnish my entire classroom with these bands to support student movement, while not disrupting others. This will be a great tool in particular for my multiple ADHD students. This is an amazing way to keep them focused, while still enabling them to work and move at the same time. | null | null | My students need Bouncy Bands to provide an outlet for needed movement in a quiet, indiscreet manner. | 0 | 1 |
145,678 | p119068 | dcdec3b385a1091d9c33f52e3e0f76e7 | Mrs. | GA | 2016-09-18 13:42:32 | Grades 3-5 | Math & Science | Applied Sciences | May the Force Be with Us | My students are fourth graders in a suburban area near Atlanta. The families in the area tend to be very transient. Many of the children are being raised by a single parent, grandparent, or foster family, and receive a free lunch based on their socioeconomic status. These things may prevent them from getting ahead early in life and may not provide them with the life experiences many of us see as typical. \r\n\r\nIt is necessary to bring meaningful experiences to these students at school to truly engage them in their learning. I may not be able to control their home lives, however, I can control their experience during their short time in my classroom. In doing so, I hope to inspire a lifelong desire to learn! | The K'nex kits will provide my students with the hands-on experiences that they need in order to truly understand forces and simple machines. My students need to be able to work with materials to be able see how levers and pulleys really work, and to experience what gears actually do in order to truly understand these concepts.\r\n\r\nScience is a critical subject. The skills and concepts learned in science classes are crucial to future success. My class is specifically designed to provide hands-on, inquiry-based experiences to my students to increase their interest, comprehension, and application skills in the standards being taught.\r\n | null | null | My students need K'NEX Education kits on forces, motion, and simple machines to allow them hands-on experiences with these concepts. | 5 | 1 |
122,597 | p132349 | 2f77cb39fece67fff687b46b510c68e1 | Ms. | AZ | 2016-10-20 15:59:14 | Grades 3-5 | Literacy & Language, Math & Science | Literature & Writing, Mathematics | Flexible Seating for Inquisitive Minds! | My third graders walk into their classroom ready to learn everyday. This classroom is their second home for close to 8 hours a day, and each child works their hardest everyday. These kids are the future, and they know it. When I ask them if they don't know something, or can't do something, they reply with \"We don't know it 'YET', or can't do it 'YET''. Eight and nine year olds have inquisitive minds and want to learn all they can! \r\n\r\n | I want my classroom to be an environment that is comfortable for every student's learning styles. Sitting at a desk for the 8 hours is not always ideal and does not promote the best learning for everyone. Giving students options of where they can sit and what they can sit on will not only help them feel more comfortable in their classroom, but they'll want to come to learn. \r\n\r\nFlexible seating options such as wobble stools, scoop rocker chairs, and stability balls will give the students a variety of places to sit. Wobble stools allow the students to sit and rock while working without having to worry about the stool breaking or falling off. The rocker chairs will be directly on the floor where some children feel most comfortable and they can rock while working. Lastly, the stability balls allow children to work on their core strength and posture while having a comfortable place to sit. | null | null | My students need a variety of options for seating choices. They would be able to choose between a wobble stools, stability balls, or rocker chairs. | 0 | 1 |
28,686 | p243647 | 141bc4c0aced17fc5be285cca4b69729 | Ms. | MO | 2016-10-27 10:16:26 | Grades 9-12 | Literacy & Language | Literacy, Literature & Writing | Writing Find Out What We're Thinking With Joan Didion | In 1976, Joan Didion wrote \"I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear\" and that statement could easily describe my International Baccalaureate Literature students.\r\n\r\nOur school serves a high poverty community, but boasts a 100% graduation rate, acceptance to prestigious universities, and a top ranking among all public schools in our state.\r\n\r\nThat success is due to the impressive commitment of both staff and community. Students at this high poverty school understand the difference an excellent education will make in their lives and the dedication it will take to earn it. They spend free time serving in the community and finding increasingly challenging and meaningful learning opportunities. The International Baccalaureate students in particular demonstrate their understanding of the value of international mindedness, compassion, curiosity, and creativity in an ever-changing world. | My students need more copies of Joan Didion's essay collection, Slouching Towards Bethlehem, for our Detailed Study Unit in International Baccalaureate Literature. International Baccalaureate Literature students will read this essay collection as part of the Detailed Study Unit, a semester focused on three works in three genres that culminates in the Individual Oral Commentary, a recorded presentation and discussion analyzing literature. Studying Didion's essays also provides an opportunity to apply various critical lenses: students will practice using feminist, Marxist, and Freudian approaches to literary analysis to hone their critical thinking skills and open new possibilities for argument development. \r\n\r\nAnother significant project in this unit is the college application essay. We will analyze Didion's excellent stylistic choices, including reflection and allusion, determining what we might borrow or imitate in our own work. We will engage in daily reflective writing warmups and draft and workshop essays before finally producing work worthy of submission to colleges and scholarship opportunities.\r\n\r\nGaining access to copies of Joan Didion's essay collection helps us fulfill IB requirements and offers an excellent series of mentor texts as students develop their own personal essay writing skills. | null | null | My students need copies of Joan Didion's essay collection Slouching Towards Bethlehem. | 33 | 1 |
3,851 | p034234 | 9590f363f379d04b6662286b5142824f | Ms. | GA | 2016-11-09 15:17:28 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language, Music & The Arts | Literature & Writing, Visual Arts | Hands on Art : Eric Carle | Students today come with special challenges when it comes to learning. This is especially true for the students in my class. I teach a class of very special kiddos that each have their own struggle with issues such as autism, learning disabilities, medical defects, and processing delays.\r\n\r\nThis doesn't stop these kiddos from becoming a loving and supportive community. Living in a high poverty area also means that experiences we had as children such as gardening, building, sewing, and other life skills are not available to them. I do my best to expose them to these skills, but sometimes I need a little help. \r\n | These materials will help expand our kiddos minds! They were very excited to visit the High Museum of Art in Atlanta. We have talked about how he creates his artwork, and the students are looking forward to combining their love of literacy and art to create beautiful pieces. They will use the tissue paper to re-create an Eric Carle original, as well as develop their own characters to write about. \r\nThese students have begun comparing art and illustrations with such excitement! With so much of our world on television it is nice to see them take an interest in books, artistic styles, and literacy. \r\n\r\n | null | null | My students need Eric Carle books and art supplies that include paint, brushes, and tissue paper to support the art they learned about at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta. | 7 | 1 |
87,886 | p035193 | 9130cdf4df7663c4b91d4118780e39b4 | Mrs. | MI | 2016-11-15 22:37:21 | Grades 3-5 | Math & Science | Applied Sciences | Create and Invent with littleBits | We have 700 fifth and sixth graders in our school with various learning styles, cultural backgrounds, ideas, and socioeconomic status. \r\n\r\nOur students are learning how to be more than just consumers of information and technology. They are being empowered and encouraged to take risks and to learn from their mistakes They are creators, makers, and inventors. \r\n\r\nWe believe in student leadership and an inquiry based approach to learning, so we are constantly looking for ways to inspire them, to challenge them, and to develop them into lifelong learners. Many of our students depend on our school to not only provide them with an education, but also life experiences as many do not have the opportunities at home. The library used to be a place that students visited to get a book, to get an answer, and to get information. Today’s students come to the library to use information, literature and technology to create new ideas, to become critical thinkers, to work collaboratively, and to communicate their thoughts. They are proactive and eager to incorporate STEAM into their learning!\r\n | The library is no longer a place to GET knowledge; it is a place to MAKE knowledge. With this in mind, we have added a makerspace as an extension of our library media program. This learning space is where students are encouraged to explore their interests, to take risks, to play, and to tinker with a wide variety of materials.\r\n\r\nWe want them to have the opportunity to design, create, invent and discover! We want them collaborating, interacting with others, thinking and questioning. In doing all of these things, we want our students to use the proponents of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics) in their learning. It is critical for us as educators to incorporate as many opportunities as possible into the curriculum that makes learning relevant to today’s world, which is why we are teaching our students to problem solve and to be innovative.\r\n\r\nTo do this, we need littleBits, which are electronic building blocks that allow our students to build circuits that make electronics come alive because it gives them immediate feedback on the building decisions that they make. As budding engineers and inventors, they will use littleBits and their imagination to build things that solve real world problems.\r\n\r\nOur makerspace is open daily, so students will have easy access to the littleBits. It is in this room that students are inspired to be curious and to question. They are encouraged to think, create, design, imagine, and invent. They work with others to collaborate and problem solve through various challenges. \r\n\r\nWith littleBits our student leaders will have the opportunity to partake in STEAM projects that strengthen and enhance their learning experiences. They’ll be exposed to things they didn’t know they would love, which will unleash their imagination and individual genius!\r\n | null | null | My students need littleBits to start experimenting with electronics and to let their imagination run wild as they create and invent things that solve real-world problems. | 4 | 1 |
148,671 | p099471 | 509a6ac7b27eb9cbe446edbb2691ee30 | Ms. | TX | 2016-08-19 09:34:40 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language, Math & Science | Literacy, Mathematics | Students Seeking Supplies! | My students are funny, kind, and silly 5 year olds who want to grow up to become police officers, firefighters, singers, teachers, authors and dancers (and some of them still want to be princesses; they are 5 after all!) \r\n Coming from a neighborhood where many of their parents, brothers and sisters did not graduate high school, puts them at a disadvantage for achieving their dreams.\r\n\r\nI work hard all year to make sure that their first experience at school is a good one, so that they can develop a love of learning that will propel them all the way though high school and beyond! Many of my students come into Kindergarten barely speaking English and are from economically disadvantaged homes. We are a small school and have a deaf education program. I teach both the general education students and deaf education students. Most students come to school without any supplies. They are eager to learn but need the basic school supplies necessary to complete assignments and allow for creativity. | These resources will allow my students to learn in various ways and through various types of media. My students need supplies such as markers, pencils, tape, notebook labels, tape and composition books to complete class work and learning projects. These resources and materials will allow students to express their learning and creativity as well as enhance and develop their coordination and motor skills. We will use these supplies in all subjects: reading, writing, phonics, math, science, social studies, as well as art. \r\n\r\n These materials will make a difference in the lives and education of my students by providing them with the resources to complete class work and educational learning projects using materials such as markers, pens, tape, sentence strips, colored tissue paper, and composition books.\r\n\r\nThese resources will allow my students to have more hands-on and engaging learning experiences and opportunities. Students will be actively involved in their learning while allowing them to express their creativity | null | null | My students need need basic school supplies such as composition notebooks, markers, pencils, paper, notebook labels and tape to complete daily school work and classroom projects. | 16 | 0 |
152,882 | p145654 | cff2a07c2bdfe71103a50505bf9510bb | Ms. | LA | 2016-07-05 23:51:04 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language | Literacy, Literature & Writing | Emily's Classroom Carpet Fund! | I'm a first year teacher, fresh out of college and I have not had the pleasure of meeting my first graders yet. While this may be true, I've gotten to do some practicum at Amite Elementary Magnet School before. The school morale is high and students are very interested in technology and media. My first grade students will need a colorful, inviting space to learn, investigate, and take risks. That's why we need a rug in our first grade classroom! | Though I've never met my students, for some of them, school may be a safe sanctuary in comparison to their homes. These children need a classroom that looks and feels like a sanctuary too! If the floor is cold and empty, only filled with desks, what will that say to them about school? My goal is to create a safe environment for these children. If the environment does not look or feel safe to a six year old, they may not grow and flourish. A rug will provide a warm soft spot to read, do group work, or participate in a whole-class lesson every day. I am hopeful to be able to provide this for my students! | null | null | My students need a rug to gather on as a group, in pairs, or in small groups to discuss topics and read together. The rug will provide somewhat of a refuge from a cold hard floor! | 0 | 1 |
170,033 | p169924 | cbe20aa2d5e05b6fe080d57f40b305e5 | Mrs. | OH | 2017-03-01 11:24:06 | Grades PreK-2 | Health & Sports | Health & Wellness | Mindfulness and Yoga | I am piloting a mindfulness/ meditation group at my school and am in need of 5 more kid size yoga mats. My first project was completely funded for 10 mats, however, our need has grown and I have added 5 more students to my group.This group is for our \"neediest\" kids out of our pre-k - 1st grade building. Students that have anxiety, had trauma in their lives and have behavior and/ or anger issues. Please help me introduce this wonderful practice to them. Mindfulness is proven to reduce anxiety, help with self regulation/ self control and promote feelings of well being! | These yoga mats will have a huge impact on the lives of these students! I already was fortunate enough to have my first project funded for 10 mats but the need for this practice has already grown! I am adding 5 more students to my group so I am in need of 5 more yoga mats for them. \r\nAll of these students have either outside circumstances or an emotional disorder (or both) that prevent them from being successful in the classroom. I will be teaching them a combination of yoga and mindfulness. These practices will help them find a sense of well being and give them coping skills they can use in and outside of the classroom. \r\nMindfulness is research based and is proven to help reduce fear, anger and anxiety, promote focus and attention and help with self regulation. I cant wait for my students to use these mats! | null | null | My students need these yoga mats to help them with their mindfulness and yoga practice. | 1 | 1 |
27,753 | p007958 | 87be293719cfc6f4a54f1a6cbd4872ac | Ms. | NY | 2016-06-21 15:38:56 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language, Special Needs | Literacy, Special Needs | Lots of Books for Little Leaders | My students are young leaders in a Title 1 school in Staten Island New York. My students are eager to learn but often times lack materials to help them succeed. My classroom has 30 learners from diverse backgrounds and different educational needs. In our ICT classroom students are able to follow our schools mission and vision by learning through exploration and hands on activities. we are in need of some classroom supplies to help our students further their learning in my classroom. | This donation will help my students immerse themselves in amazing books that will help them reach their reading goals all while fostering their love for reading. \r\n\r\nMy Students come from low income homes and attend a newly established title 1 school in Staten Island. Their love and enthusiasm to become active citizens in our community is astounding. With these books my students will be able to make great academic and personal gains. My classroom houses a variety of learners from different academic and social backgrounds. Though we are different we all share our love for reading and we will use these books to bring us together. | null | null | My students need books to help them reach their reading goals as well as foster their love for reading. | 0 | 0 |
79,742 | p240971 | ed9d9471453252ed44f3593eb8d42b9f | Mrs. | CA | 2016-09-15 00:44:00 | Grades PreK-2 | Special Needs | Special Needs | Engaging a Community Through the Use of Technology | My students are children with various abilities and come from diverse backgrounds. Many of them have unique learning needs. My students range from independent to needing 1-on-1 support. They come to school eager and ready to learn every day, and they each have unique personalities that brighten the room as well as my life. My students are inquisitive learners, and they absolutely LOVE using technology! \r\n I am very blessed that I get to come to work every day to work with incredible learners. Despite their challenges, my students are motivated to their very best in my classroom!\r\n | Using Education.com will make learning come alive for my students. Using Education.com will make learning fun and engaging for my students. With an unlimited number of skill building activities and immediate feedback, my students will receive the practice they need to strengthen their foundational skills in Math, Reading, and Writing. \r\n\r\nThrough this innovative program, they will be able to acquire these skills in a way that is both engaging and fun. The common-core aligned resources on Education.com will ensure that each one of my students get what they need for academic success. A membership to Education.com will provide access for my students to learn and practice at their level. \r\n\r\nThis engaging program will provide hundreds of award-winning educational games, exercises, songs, and stories that will engage all of my students’ senses – making it easier for them to understand concepts.\r\nEducation.com will also provide lesson plans with everything my students need such PDF attachments, PowerPoint slides, YouTube videos, along with tips to provide scaffolds to help accommodate my students’ unique learning needs. | null | null | My students need a membership to Education.com to help strengthen their foundational skills in Math, Reading, and Writing. | 1 | 1 |
181,860 | p211882 | 74de590039bf9693ffc72c7ca6b218a7 | Mr. | CA | 2016-09-12 21:20:19 | Grades 3-5 | Math & Science | Applied Sciences, Mathematics | Lego Wedo Robots Are Running the Classroom! | I teach math, science and technology to 5th grade students in a diverse public elementary school in San Bruno, California, and I want to challenge their thinking and motivate them to become more interested in computer science and programing. My students enjoy school and always look forward to each day’s lessons with enthusiasm.\r\n\r\nMy Students are excited about learning, hardworking and enjoy school.\r\n\r\nThe students make it a wonderful environment to teach and learn in each and every day. The students are very supportive to one another, helpful and kind. These attributes make our school such a great place that the students don’t want to miss out on any learning. \r\n | Many of my students don't have access to technology at home, so they are always eager to learn when they walk into the classroom. What better way to improve math, science, and logical thinking skills the by using computers and technology as a motivational factor. We would like to use these kits to build simple machines and connect them to a computer to animate them. \r\n\r\nWith your donation, I will be able to purchase LEGO WeDo kits and the software to connect them to the existing Bluetooth HP Stream computers in my class room.\r\n\r\nI have been teaching the students SCRATCH from Code.org and this seems to be the next logical step to bring the two together to help open up the possibilities to a future career in science, technology, engineering, or math for my students. \r\n | null | null | My students need Lego Wedo sets to create robots, that will operate with simple computer code, these robots will spark their interest in engineering. Each student will learn basic STEM, science and engineering. | 0 | 1 |
47,848 | p198734 | 2ab3c8d18574d9cf43f3ac6f1947579e | Mr. | NJ | 2016-08-19 13:15:17 | Grades 3-5 | Literacy & Language, Math & Science | Literature & Writing, Mathematics | Touch Learning | My scholars at Mastery Charter Molina walk into our school every day full of joy, excited to learn, and ready to expand their imagination. I ask them, \"I got one question?\" and they reply, \"You talking to me? Oh I’m ready for Masteryyy\" then I’ll go into my current event warm-up and news update. \r\n\r\nI teach at a Title I school in Camden, NJ where 100 percent of our students receive free breakfast and lunch. Many of my students receive backpack food on the weekend, and our school also runs a food pantry for our families. Despite so many hardships, my students are eager to learn and do their best. They want to be in school because they want to learn all they can so they can be successful one day.\r\n\r\nMastery Molina Elementary School is located in Camden, NJ (the most dangerous city in the United State). It services primarily students from the community; however students are transported from surrounding neighborhoods making Molina School a true \"village school.\"\r\n | •\tIt is my goal to give my students the best possible education and learning environment. I strive to provide a classroom environment that allows students to be accepted regardless of their circumstances. Having manipulative are KEY to any Special Education students. \r\n•\tIt will help my students constantly grow and develop both academically and emotionally.\r\n•\tIt will help link the Common Core Standards and Individual Education Plan, students will have a smooth transition from pull-out sessions back to their regular classroom setting by actively participating in class 100% of the time.\r\n•\tIt will Effectively link the Common Core Standards and Individual Education Plan for each student in my caseload and demonstrate their ability to master each IEP goal. \r\n\r\nIt will allow my students able to correctly identify math problems and use correct sequences by the End of the School Year. \r\n\r\n•\tIt will develop procedures for increasing the amount and quality of student –teacher verbal interaction. \r\n\r\n•\tIt will help continue to develop appropriate classroom teaching strategies\r\n•\tIncrease involvement of student through the use of more student teaching-center technique. | null | null | My students need to develops skills in solving math problems and learn how to read. | 0 | 0 |
72,356 | p111349 | e63664d10c4600627e1ae88cf076ea3f | Ms. | CA | 2017-01-01 19:25:08 | Grades 6-8 | Literacy & Language | Literature & Writing | Reading About Real-World Events! | I teach sixth graders who are faced with many challenges both in and out of our classroom. They live in a low-income and high poverty environment with very little access to up-to-date technology, math resources and interesting reading material. They all receive free breakfast and lunch based on their socioeconomic status. \r\nI want to make sure they have access to instructional materials and resources that will motivate them to ask questions, learn new concepts, take ownership of their work and help make their future brighter. | I plan to use the Scholastic Action subscription to help my students learn about their world by reading real-world current events. They will also use the magazines during independent reading time and with their peers during small group instruction.\r\n\r\nWith the magazines, I will be able to help my students learn new vocabulary words, identify informational text features, and practice important reading strategies.\r\nWe will read the articles together, discuss important facts, and writing strategies used by the authors and practice using textual evidence to answer questions about the articles. They will also be able to take their magazine home to continue their reading and share the articles with their family members. | null | null | My students need 15 Scholastic Action magazine subscriptions in order to read about important real-world current events. | 27 | 1 |
164,817 | p259553 | e1184cf4939c641fa23a14de871a603b | Mrs. | NY | 2016-08-23 06:53:06 | Grades 6-8 | Math & Science | Applied Sciences, Health & Life Science | Do You Want to Print a snowman? | My students this year are hardworking 6th graders in a small middle school in an urban city. They come from all over, but have a few things in common, they're pretty low income students, and have very limited resources from home (both monetary and physical support are lacking). With limited resources they often come in with low expectations. Having to start each school year with this type of battle, can make for a frustrating year for them. Hopefully with a classroom stocked with supplies, their hopes and imaginations can be reached; for their most successful year yet! | Snow man? Gears? Levers? Pulleys? Floats? Anything? In sixth grade science their imaginations are endless. Having a 3D printer will allow for SEAMLESS integration of technology into the classroom. If they can think it, and design it, it can and will be done! Science is changing. It's no longer textbooks and activities. Our children are required to be thinkers and \"tinkers\" in order to get ahead in this world. Just having the tool in the classroom should evoke some sense of wonder! Imagine walking into a room to be told, after this scientific investigation; we will build your inventions so they can be tested; by printing them! We don't need the \"resources\" WE CAN PRINT THEM! Please help us do that! | null | null | My students need a way to express their imaginations. And what better way to do it?!?! Having a resource like this at their disposal allows for endless possibility! | 9 | 0 |
154,001 | p104533 | 3255913ac1c83500bec3e219aee1c3ef | Mrs. | AR | 2017-03-07 09:01:21 | Grades 3-5 | Math & Science | Applied Sciences, Mathematics | Coding: Bee-Bots to Discover Computer Science | As a Gifted and Talented (GT) facilitator, I have the amazing opportunity to work with Kindergarten through fifth grade gifted and talented students. My students love to experience learning in a variety of ways! Computer Science, specifically Coding, is an area that must be addressed as early as Kindergarten to connect to real world learning!\r\n\r\nMy students need the BeeBots in order to further make real world learning connections with Coding! My classes are extremely diverse, and my students come from all over the world. My students have a variety of academic and socioeconomic needs. I must meet their intellectual, essential, and affective needs. \r\nWithout a variety of methods, many children will not feel connected to learning. The Beebots will provide my students with another avenue to reach success! My students will greatly benefit from these resources and they will be able to further experience the connection between computer science, coding, and lifelong learning!\r\n | My students need 2 BT363 - Bee-Bot® Programmable Robots in order to experience coding. By having a set of 2 of the Robots, my students will be able to work with classmates to code the robot. Although my students have utilized coding online, this will provide a hands-on approach to coding while off-screen.\r\n\r\nBee-Bots will provide my students with another way to see how coding is a part of our lives!\r\nWith the new Computer Science frameworks in place, it is of vital importance to provide my students with a wide variety of coding opportunities. Bee-Bots will open my students to a new avenue for coding! Your donations will help my students to experience coding while programming a robot! How better to introduce very young students to the world of Computer Science? | null | null | My students need the Bee-Bots to experience hands-on Computer Science through Coding! | 48 | 1 |
28,645 | p040422 | 801654e6cc0c82ffab3ef4758edcd3c7 | Ms. | NY | 2016-09-01 20:57:58 | Grades 3-5 | Literacy & Language | ESL, Literature & Writing | Who Wouldn't Want To Learn With a Pen That Talks! | My students come form all over the world, but they have one thing in common - I will teach them English. I teach 2nd and 3rd grade ENL (English as a New Language) students in the south Bronx in a high crime, high poverty area. We have the highest number of ENL students in our Bronx district. I am one of a group of ENL teachers who will be working with over 200 ENL students this year.\r\nI want to use more technology to help the students acquire new vocabulary for both conversational use and academic success. \r\nFor this reason I am looking for iPads and a product called the Mantra Lingua PenPal. This devise will help students learn words in English by giving definitions in their native language. \r\nIn my experience all students can learn, so please help children learn English so they can feel successful! | The Mantra Lingua PenPal can be used in many ways. The students can point to a word and hear the pronunciation and definition in their language. I have students who speak Arabic, Bengali and Spanish and these technology tools will allow both me and the students translate on the spot. \r\nFor students learning a new language, a picture can be worth more than a thousand words. The iPads will allow me to show students pictures of words we are learning in real time. Learning a new language can be frustrating, but with the help of this technology and me, students can feel successful. | null | null | My students need iPads and Mantra Lingua Pens to learn new vocabulary while using technology. I want to make learning fun for my students as well as reduce the need for multiple copies of reading books. | 2 | 0 |
85,459 | p199006 | 98f6d318a3f014681c7b8e4db327987a | Ms. | GA | 2016-08-01 17:31:18 | Grades PreK-2 | Health & Sports | Gym & Fitness, Health & Wellness | Hokki, Can You Hear Me? | \"I believe that the unity of mind and body is an objective reality. They are not just parts somehow related to each other, but an inseparable whole while functioning. A brain without a body could not think … the muscles themselves are part and parcel of our higher functions.\" -Feldenkrais\r\n My class is a group of bright eyed and eager second graders. They are constantly changing and growing, and I love being able to be the mentor for that. \r\n I have students from a wide range of social, economic, and ethnic backgrounds. They come to school everyday ready to learn and to work hard! Our school motto is \"We are Learning to Live and Living to Learn\", and my students are walking proof of that. | Do you remember being told to stop getting out of your seat or stop rocking in your chair because it is distracting to others? With these Hokki stools, my students will be able to wiggle while they read, complete math work, or write masterpieces. These stools will allow my students the freedom to move, but stay focused on the tasks at hand. \r\nI feel that my students will be able to stay more engaged in their learning, and I won't have to say \"Can you hear me now\" as they fumble inside their desk or twiddle their thumbs. My students were exposed to Hokki stools towards the end of the year, and they were so excited to be able to move and know that it was okay. They were able to stay engaged and focused, and their work showed it. My students wanted to have those stools in our room, and so I want to give my future students that same opportunity.\r\nIf you were forced to sit in a metal chair with four legs all day without moving and required to stay focused and complete your best work, could you do it? If the answer is no, then how can we expect my 26 second graders to do so? By your gracious donations, my students will be able to work on their posture and mobility which adds to their sixty minutes of movement and exercise a day, all while they work on their learning. | null | null | My students need Hokki stools in order to wiggle, but stay focused on learning and growing. | 2 | 1 |
178,117 | p131209 | 3f10990c1b22f8c937e1f0d8858f79f1 | Ms. | TX | 2017-04-05 21:49:13 | Grades 3-5 | Applied Learning | Extracurricular, Other | Technology Drives Learning. | Students at our school have the opportunity to learn about the topics they want and present their learning how they want to. Students collaborate with each other to apply skills we practice to topics of their interest. We are rethinking what school should look like. \r\nMy students are pioneers in their own education. This is the second year of our elementary school and they have shaped the culture of their learning. These 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders will set personal learning plans to help them succeed in a co-written goal. Many stay after school and continue to work on their projects and assignments at home. | The goal of this project is to broaden the horizons of student projects, self-study, and creativity. We are an inquiry based learning school that hopes to inspire students to apply the knowledge from the classroom to their passion and drive their own learning. Each year we take student interest surveys; robotics and video gaming is always a hot topic. Last year the robotics club had 2 small robot sets and 10-15 kids coming to each meeting. I have seen them huddled around a small table waiting patiently to get hands on, without a single argument. \r\n\r\nWe want to push learners interests beyond playing with technology to applying knowledge and creating with technology. The stop animation camera kit will allow students to bring their models and stories to life. They will understand the planning and sequencing involved in creating new ideas. The scratch coding books will build previous knowledge with coding skills and allow them to innovate their own games to share with each other. Once they are experts their knowledge will easily transfer to other platforms. The snap circuit kits will not only connect to their science learning about electricity and energy, but allow them to understand how the circuitry inside a robot works. These concepts can be easily built into a bigger picture as they further explore the different applications of technology.\r\n\r\nWhile having these materials available for exploration in student clubs will be beneficial, during the school day they will also be useful. Some students are ready for self-directed learning on topics while others need more face to face time with teachers. The easy to follow picture directions available with all these items will allow motivated students to work independently so facilitators can personalize the learning in the classroom for all students. | null | null | My students need hands on technology to put their inspiration into action! | 2 | 1 |
119,088 | p237485 | fbf149bf2c2623b565a1777641623580 | Ms. | CA | 2016-09-22 20:48:11 | Grades 3-5 | Health & Sports | Gym & Fitness, Health & Wellness | Fitness Gurus | I have a fun group of energetic third graders. They are full of life, energy and come to school every day with a smile on their face and ready to learn. They all have different personalities. They are special and unique in their own special way. \r\n\r\nThey are hard workers, they go above and beyond of what is expected of them. They don't give up and they help each other succeed. Their motivation and enthusiasm that they bring every day makes me excited to be their teacher. | My students were inspired by the summer to practice healthy habits and healthy living. My students asked for sports equipment so we can have team \"olympic\" games within in our classroom. This will allow their 60 minutes of My students also wanted a wireless speaker so they can exercise inside the classroom as well as outside on those nice sunny days. They love to get up and dance to get their wiggles out. Lastly, my students asked for wiggle chairs so they can be more comfortable while sitting and learning. My students want to be able to move and fidget while they are working! Through these seating options students will build their core muscles, while also increasing their balance, and stimulating their mind. Sitting in a hard plastic chair for many hours can be a difficult task for some students. Having seating options will allow students to identify which type of seating works best for his/her optimal learning. | null | null | My students need more health and fitness activities to be more fit. | 4 | 1 |
4,026 | p122537 | 0de3083cf6c2f50b4406c3eeaee97da6 | Ms. | FL | 2017-01-03 19:01:21 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language | Literature & Writing | Goggle For Your Noodle | We are the second largest school in our district and are considered high poverty. We house grades K- 8 in our building making our school a very diverse population. Every teacher in our school is dedicated to giving these children a triumphant and successful school year. With many obstacles in front of our children, we exhaust every avenue to get our children what they need in order to be successful. My classroom provides loving and safe learning opportunities but also a place where they work together knowing they are accepted and celebrated. Funding is minimal and the standards continue to rise. The threat of these children being left behind is haunting. It is something that we must continue to strive to keep from happening. The children need learning environments that meet their different needs, give them opportunities they normally would not have and doors to open imagination and real world experiences. Using the Chromebooks will allow the children to express themselves and utilize Speech Therapy Applications to develop their communication, vocabulary, reading and writing skills. | Kindergarten students often feel they cant or they are not able. When you open up their ability to effectively communicate and read by using valuable resources such as Google Chromebook and the ASHA recommended applications you give them ownership and confidence that they actually CAN! There is nothing more exciting then a child realizing they can read and communicate effectively, share their dreams and their imagination. The endless uses of the Chromebook in the classroom is an exception in itself. It is so important to our classroom in that they will enrich and allow for peer tutoring. When a child is able to create something on their own, that child receives the gift of confidence to do more, and to try anything. Many of my students do not even have a computer at home so using this type of technology will excite them and be a valuable resource in itself. \r\nMy students will use the Google Chromebook as a learning tool to explore all avenues of the curriculum.\r\nIt will not be limited to a single student but all 18 of my students and the students behind them will benefit from this gift. I have an overhead projector that will accept the Chromebook and project on to the wall. This in turn makes the computer and endless learning tool in our classroom. Using it will spark the mind and make dreams come alive! | null | null | My students need one Goggle Chromebook for their special needs applications and programs. | 56 | 1 |
85,025 | p018025 | 0d7b3cd172c5b19f83a0ed303f46b729 | Mrs. | AR | 2016-10-04 02:36:49 | Grades 6-8 | History & Civics | Economics, Financial Literacy | Scratching the Surface with Financial IQ | With the upcoming school year, I am fortunate enough to be teaching a great group of sixth graders! This group of students comes from a small, rural school that houses approximately three hundred kindergarten through sixth graders. \r\n\r\nMost of these students come from a low-income, socio-economic status home. Our school is a Title One school trying to provide the always-changing resources needed to coordinate with the current educational standards, which also changes often.\r\n\r\nThese particular students are high-energy and have the ability to design and create wonderful things with their academic successes. The obstacle faced, however, is not having the resources needed to support their creativity. \r\n\r\nTeachers in our district work hard to think \"outside the box\" to find ways to meet the students' needs the best we can, but the financial needs are greater than most teachers can work with. | My sixth graders are about to begin a collaborative study on ratios and percentages in math class. I strongly feel the best way to learn these concepts is through real world application. As adults, we experience these concepts in everyday activities including shopping, bank loan rates, and investment returns. I want my students to begin making these connections.\r\n\r\nBefore students can truly be successful and make good economic choices, they need the opportunity to explore the economy through scenario play. My goal is to provide my students resources they can use in the classroom to help them discover how they will use financial literacy in the real world when making economical decisions. Too many students today \"expect\" financial opportunities to be given to them. Students need to learn how invest time and money wisely at a young age. With the Financial IQ game, students will play in groups to explore terms and scenarios where financial reasoning is needed. The game will set as a model for students and they will then create their own group game focusing on perecentages and ratios to support our math skills. The Surface tablet is unique because students can \"draw\" their designs and pieces the games. Students will be provided art supplies and shirt boxes to house their games. Once the projects are complete, students will take turns playing the games. I will then create an assessment based off of actual questions they created as part of their game! Please help our students \"Scratch the Surface With Financial IQ\". | null | null | My students need a Financial IQ game and a Surface Tablet to design possible game projects while learning about economics and financial literacy. | 45 | 1 |
110,368 | p248376 | cc1682c168425f000831bf72edba57f9 | Mrs. | IN | 2016-08-16 15:11:01 | Grades 6-8 | Literacy & Language | Literature & Writing | Seek and You Shall Find | \"It takes a whole village: church, faith, community, government, and people,\" said Rev. Philip James. No matter where you live, you can help make a difference for my students. I ASK for your help.\r\n\r\nMy school makes a difference in our community. We are an urban school that is making gains in academic success; six years ago we were a failing school. Today we are growing; we are vibrant; we are succeeding. Our mission is to develop a community of respectful, lifelong learners who use inquiry, critical thinking and problem solving skills to become socially responsibility contributors to a changing global society. \r\n\r\nMy classroom has brown chalk boards. I can deal with the chalk dust, but I do not want to accept the lack of technology for my students. I ASK that my students have daily access to digital learning and digital inquiry.. IPads are needs to support the daily inquiry and research that results when students read and then make connections.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n | IPads will support the lines of inquiry and research that my students make while they are reading. Being able to find answers immediately supports the immediate desire for learning more.\r\nWhen Jordan asks about the children of the Holocaust, I want him to be able to research on the Yad Vashem website. When Amal asks about the difference in restorative justice and jail, I want her to resrach and read about restorative justice. When Jaeden asks about Uraguay, I want him to be able to find the information. Accumulating knowledge is good, but being able to locate information is better. Inquiry is the basis for learning. Daily access to IPads supports daily inquiry. | null | null | My students need daily access to IPADS so they can research their lines of inquiry. Language and literature class is all about making connections as you read; it is all about researching new lines of inquiry. | 7 | 1 |
16,540 | p128154 | 83fb846d5c45aca4d930df483b7ffeec | Ms. | OH | 2016-08-31 20:44:08 | Grades 9-12 | Health & Sports | Health & Wellness | Future Yogi's Need Supplies! | I teach 8 wonderful students with various disabilities. They love to learn in their own unique ways. They are curious about the world around them and love having fun. They learn best through visual representation. I teach at a low income school. Even though we are short on money we are not short of compassion for our students. Our staff works together on a daily basis to make sure our students feel safe and loved while they are in our care. | Students will be using yoga mats for both stretching and practicing yoga on a weekly basis. These yoga mats will help my students learn how to take care of their bodies as well as reducing stress to prepare for their daily lessons.\r\n\r\nMy students range in age from 16-20 and are preparing for life after graduation. They tend to shy away from physical activity which leads to health issues and irritability due to pent up energy. By providing them the opportunity to practice yoga my students will be more apt to adopt a healthy lifestyle now and in their adult lives.\r\n | null | null | My students need yoga mats, yoga instruction cards, and a yoga video to stay fit and healthy. | 8 | 1 |
41,777 | p056446 | 483c35b8b38ea9655c93d2d62760e33e | Mrs. | NH | 2016-11-29 16:31:19 | Grades 6-8 | Math & Science, Music & The Arts | Applied Sciences, Visual Arts | Learning Through Technology | As a teacher, would you like to inspire your students with what they love to do? Technology is the avenue. Students can create animations through careful observations of a topic while analyzing and synthesizing information to create their stop animation. This supports the arts where students are interpreting their world. They can do research on areas of interest. Students are driven when they can manipulate technology.\r\n\r\n\r\nToday's students are digital natives. Having enough and a variety of technology allows for more individual independent learning. Using the headset an individual can have a quiet place or listen to information. Imagine a classroom having a discussion on a content. Students could collaborate with other students in different venues and expand their ideas through stop animation. Unfortunately, we have limited access to technology in our classroom and we hope to add more once the project is funded.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n | I am requesting an Asus Chromebook with a wireless mouse, headsets and a webcam. Animation apps combined with webcams allow students to create science videos. With this resource our classroom becomes a place where students are more independent learners. They will have the ability to research a topic or make comments on another student's work or maybe they will make their own journal entry in Google docs. This Asus Chromebook will truly bring our classroom into the 21st century. My sixth grade science students are full of curiosity. They have great questions about how our world works and I hope to guide them to some answers. Students will find learning more meaningful if they make the discoveries themselves rather than just get notes from a teacher. My students also have many concerns about the actions of mankind that impact nature. Going paperless is not easy in a middle school but the Chromebook will eliminate a lot of paper. My students will be proud of their contribution to improving our world\r\n\r\nMy students love technology.\r\nWhat a wonderful way to be a more effective teacher when I have the technology in my room.\r\n\r\nThe teachable moment does not have to wait. The Chromebook is a valuable tool to have in my classroom. By donating to this project, you can inspire my students to be the next generation of scientists by helping them explore our world through this Chromebook.\r\n\r\n | null | null | My students need an Asus Chromebook, wireless mouse, headsets and a webcam to create stop action animations and do online activities. | 13 | 1 |
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