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141,979 | p010743 | 1f9654d2c9f4832f5717aa84f495b669 | Mrs. | MN | 2017-04-01 00:53:07 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language | Literacy | Camp Comprehension | My 2nd grade classroom is a place where students have choice. They choose where they sit through flexible seating, and they choose what they would like to work on through Daily 5. My students work well on their own, are motivated, and very hard-working. With choice comes trust, and I know I can trust this group of students to make responsible decisions. In that, this group of kiddos deserve to have something fun to look forward to at the end of the year! | Camp Comprehension is where it is at!\r\n\r\nWhat would be more fun than sitting around a campfire, or in a tent, looking up at the stars, all while enjoying a good book? I'm glad you asked! Well, having that campfire and a cool tent in our classroom would be more fun! Along with some stars and you've got Camp Comprehension! \r\n\r\nMy students love a good theme day - and Camp Comprehension would be a perfect way to wrap up the school year, and also motivate them to keep reading over the summer! \r\n\r\nMy goal is to help my students look forward to continue reading over the summer. By giving them some new books to choose from, and a fun place to read, they will be sent off on summer vacation eager to keep reading! | null | null | My students need supplies to give them a proper send-off into a summer of reading! | 1 | 1 |
129,500 | p089924 | 9dfa9869932f68ad1ddc9c7b7b3aacad | Mrs. | CA | 2016-08-31 23:57:27 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language, Special Needs | Literature & Writing, Special Needs | Technology to Introduce Our Students to the World's Possibilities | My second grade students come from a fairly affluent community; however, the demographics of our school have changed over the last several years and include many students from modest means.\r\nEach year we have more families without regular access to a computer. Within our classroom, we have a full spectrum of experiences with technology, from those with their own lap tops to those that only get to use a computer during our technology time each week, as well as those who will benefit from enrichment and exploration activities on the Chrome Book to those that will benefit from review and reteaching on the Chrome Book. The students in my classroom range from the students learning a second language to those who need alternative teaching techniques than the typical sit down and learn model to those that could benefit from a challenge or differentiation provided through technology. \r\n | My students have limited access to technology in our classroom, but in this society, need daily access to technology to allow them to work on long term projects, access curriculum online, and even the educational playing field. We still have many students in our classroom without regular computer access at home and those that could benefit from one-on-one time with the Chrome Books and headphones by being able to check out the computer for homework help, language acquisition, and concept review, and programs that are beneficial to students with special needs. My goals are to utilize the Chrome Books and headphones in the following additional ways: \r\n- Support students with learning challenges through visual and auditory learning opportunities. \r\n- Increased use of blogging and online response as a review of classroom discussions. \r\n-Allow for inquiry-based research projects to be completed within the classroom. \r\n-Work independently on projects through the use of headphones without distraction from classmates.\r\n-Create digital presentations to accompany our classroom writing.\r\n-Provide alternate means for conveying understanding. \r\n | null | null | My students need Chrome Books and headphones that are dedicated to use within our second grade classroom. | 6 | 1 |
140,906 | p192124 | fb3f318705a16cf7a092f062dca440fa | Mrs. | WI | 2016-08-16 17:28:43 | Grades 6-8 | Math & Science, Special Needs | Applied Sciences, Special Needs | Building Skills: Friday 20% Technology Time | I am a teacher in a low-income/high poverty school district. I believe every student can succeed to the best of their ability when given the right opportunities. \r\n\r\n My classroom consists of students with exceptionalities including: Autism Spectrum Disorder, Emotional Behavioral Disorder, Specific Learning Disabilities and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders. Each student is amazingly unique and contributes to the classroom in their own way.\r\n\r\nBy providing them with different opportunities,each student can thrive and use their natural talents to work toward academic and social success. | The two Piper Computer Kits will allow my students to experience hands-on computer building, programming and innovation. Using and growing these skills will teach the students the basics of the technology that surrounds them and provide opportunities to develop social skills while working in a small group setting.\r\n\r\nAllowing students to create through hands-on experiences not only provides tangible, memorable opportunities for growth, but creates an environment of innovation and forward thinkers.\r\n\r\nThe students will work throughout the year in small groups during their Friday 20% time. The projects they complete will be presented at the end of the school year to a group of peers and teachers. | null | null | My students need two piper computer building sets to help them understand the technology they use daily and increase their small group social skills. | 0 | 1 |
84,860 | p235143 | c3b9885cd231096d5e58a6beebf4be78 | Mr. | CA | 2016-09-21 14:13:31 | Grades 9-12 | Math & Science, Music & The Arts | Mathematics, Visual Arts | Making Print-Making Possible | Students at Ridgeview High School are diverse, caring and in need of support. Many of them are hard working, intelligent and capable of doing almost anything-they just need support and a push in the right direction.\r\nA lot of the students here are not well off, financially and/or with family support. Often times teachers at RHS are the only people they come across throughout the day that offer a caring, supportive hand. Ultimately, they are great kids deserving of a top-notch education and support system. | Our budget for art supplies usually is just enough to get bare essentials-pencils, paper, cheap paint, colored pencils and markers. We have far too talented of students not to expand their artistic horizons/abilities. \r\n\r\nWith these printmaking supplies, students will be able to use a variety of materials and techniques to learn the printing process. Students will be using wood, linoleum and paper with found materials (such as leaves) to create interesting prints. The canvas aprons will allow the students to stay clean while using these supplies-the art room can be a messy place, which is what we want to avoid.\r\n \r\nThese supplies will help to expand and create a safe, productive and clean artistic learning environment. Thank you for your consideration and help!\r\n | null | null | My students need art supplies! In my 11 years of teaching here, we have only had basic art supplies-pencils, cheap paint, and paper. I want to expand these student's artistic abilities with print-making. Thank you! | 0 | 1 |
145,039 | p174137 | 710c5e0e4765803edd511595d97b69b8 | Mrs. | CA | 2016-08-24 08:19:29 | Grades 6-8 | Health & Sports | Gym & Fitness, Health & Wellness | Rock Your Reading! | My 8th grade students are an energetic bunch of teens who love to socialize and have fun.\r\nOur Title I middle school is located in a high-poverty, working-class neighborhood in Northern California. About 60 percent of our student body receives free or reduced price lunch and more than 60 percent of them are also English language learners.\r\n\r\nAlthough these teens possess many amazing gifts, many of them have enormous hardships to deal with in their lives. They are Bulldogs in name as well as spirit, however; they persevere in the face of these adversities and triumph over them! | This year, we are moving toward a blended model of learning, where students will be moving among independent work, to collaborative stations, to small groups. Thia is going to help them work be more active in class. When asked I them what else we could improve, many of them said they'd like a reading corner where they could sit on the floor. When they saw these rocking chairs, they went nuts, imagining themselves rocking and reading right in the room!\r\nMiddle school students like to seem mature, but they are really still kids. Being able to sit in a rocker chair appeals to them, and we don't even have to tell them that it's healthier for them, too. Studies from the University of Rochester have shown that using a rocking chair can release endorphins and reduce signs of depression and anxiety, and increase balance and muscle tone. Supporting this kid-inspired project will result in better health, more activity, and increased wellness for my fabulous 8th graders! | null | null | My students need 4 soft activity rockers and an area rug to get more active during reading time in class and rock their way to improved health. | 60 | 1 |
106,279 | p019692 | 85bec6230c986fde4ee98e498c5e7543 | Mrs. | AL | 2016-11-05 18:10:47 | Grades PreK-2 | Math & Science | Mathematics | iPads in 2nd | My class is made up of the most creative, goal-setting, teacher-pleasers I've ever had the privilege of working with. My students are full of energy and need to be able to move while they are learning. They are very active and we want to use that energy in a positive and fun way. When you walk into our room it is bursting with movement and energy. I think flexible seating options will enhance their learning environment.\r\nMy students help each other and encourage each other to achieve their highest potential.They work hard every day to do their best. I teach at a Title I school, which means the majority of our school receives free or reduced-price lunch. Many of my students come from single parent/grandparent families. | My students will need computer skills to be able to succeed in their educational and life long goals. This iPad 2 will not only help my students with reading and math, but they will provide support to my students while researching and creating digital projects. The iPad 2 will bring their projects to life by using certain apps and programs. We will be able to use them during small groups to better differentiate our instructional time. \r\n\r\nThe possibilities for their learning opportunities are endless.\r\n\r\nMy students deserve to have every possible tool necessary to be successful within the classroom. Donations towards this project will help my students have the technology they need available to them in the classroom setting. \r\n | null | null | My students need one iPad 2 and case to enhance learning. | 9 | 1 |
138,289 | p257965 | ada7704790404f2515c4502d0c15efa4 | Ms. | WA | 2016-09-20 12:34:05 | Grades 3-5 | Math & Science, Literacy & Language | Environmental Science, Literacy | Nature Books for Nature Kids | My third grade students are economically, socially and religiously diverse. They come from all areas of the city. And have many different special interests. They walk through the door anxious to learn and excited to start the day. \r\n\r\n I want my students to be able to see books as a way to look beyond the walls of our classroom and to let the knowledge and wonder of the natural world creep in. I want them to get lost in a book and get excited about reading. | The best way to get an eight year old to read is to find something that interests them. They need a spark to get them hooked on reading. Third grade is a crucial time to do this. It is often when the classroom flips from being where a student learns to read, to where a student reads to learn. I need to find this spark for many of my students. \r\n\r\nNature is often a spark that can turn a reluctant reader into a lover of books. Children have a natural curiosity and wonderment that thrives when learning about the world creatures and their environments. I want to incorporate these books into my classroom library where they can practice the reading strategies from mini lessons and discover the power of reading.\r\n | null | null | My students need fiction and nonfiction books to get them hooked on reading. | 1 | 0 |
109,721 | p053288 | dc6e72b53acd19d2b03dace8e6c3f965 | Mrs. | CA | 2016-10-05 22:06:53 | Grades 6-8 | Literacy & Language | Literature & Writing | \"Unwind\" With Our Cross-Continent Literature Circle | My students are working to become better readers and global citizens by connecting with another class in another country. These 6th graders are eager to connect through literature's big ideas and themes. This year, the students in these 2 classes (USA and Canada) have already connected via Skype and are looking forward to continuing an academic partnership.\r\n\r\nThis wonderful group of 6th graders is talented, committed, and excited about learning. We need a little support to get our global connection through text started. | Our students have started their collaboration with another English class in Canada. They are super excited to work on an entire unit in our class by connecting with another student who is reading the same book they are. \r\n\r\nTheir peer-buddies in Canada will be connecting with them through Skype, Google Hangouts, and Google Classroom on the big ideas of greatness and heroism with a touch of dystopia via the captivating novel, Unwind. Our students need one class set of the novel (36 total) in order for their collaboration to be effective. Our hope is to start reading as soon as possible and we would love your help in becoming global citizens!\r\n | null | null | My students need a class set of the novel \"Unwind\" by Neal Shusterman to connect with their literature group in Canada. | 0 | 1 |
48,869 | p225858 | 7be1610f23ca55a033b74eedaf7cf694 | Ms. | NY | 2016-08-01 17:39:22 | Grades PreK-2 | Health & Sports, Special Needs | Health & Wellness, Special Needs | Wobbling and Standing Our Way to Better Health! | Do you remember being in kindergarten? Your teacher made the room colorful and inviting. I would like to do the same for my new students. Kindergarten should be a place where students are excited to be each and every day.\r\n\r\nMy students are bright and charismatic five year olds that come to school every day excited to learn.\r\nMost of them come from families that do not speak English. They are eager to learn the alphabet and numbers. It is amazing to have students that have a passion for learning. It is my hope to keep that passion flowing. | My students are constantly asking me to get out of their seats. These two items are inspired by their energy! The teaching easel is an ideal way for students to stand and practice their sight words or writing. Since it is magnetic students can practice using magnetic letters on it as well. They will have to move around the easel in order to use it. This will allow them to be active while practicing literacy skills that are often boring and tiring.\r\nAt five years old it is often hard to sit in your hard seat!\r\nThe wobble chairs allow my students to move around in their seats to keep them focused on their work! | null | null | My students need seven wobble chairs and one teaching easel to get them up and moving. | 154 | 1 |
80,806 | p146358 | d78fa4d0d7fc907917d30393c3b606ec | Mrs. | MO | 2017-02-08 12:58:47 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language, Math & Science | Literature & Writing, Mathematics | We're on Fire for Kindles! | My students come to school ready to learn! They are full of life and energy. My students love to experience technology and hands-on learning activities. They are full of determination and positive attitudes and the willingness to help others makes this teacher so very happy. \r\nI love seeing their faces light up when they experience something new and exciting. These children have so much potential. Like many other teachers, keeping kids engaged can be a struggle. They have a hard road ahead, with many of them coming from a low poverty home. But, when they walk into this classroom, no one treats anyone differently. | Think way back when you were in first grade..... I know how excited I was when the teacher pushed in the television cart! Just imagine if we could of had our own tablets. Having a set of Kindle Fires will help bridge the technology gap that our school faces. We are living in a society in which things are at our fingertips. Being able to expose my Firsties to the technological world will only help them in their future. Having a set of tablets will help with all subject areas including positive reinforcement. With STEM becoming a hot topic, these tablets would be a great resource to help develop science, technology, and mathematics in one device. These tablets will also help with cooperative relationships that are hard for young kids to obtain. The possibilities are endless with the availability of many different apps for anything your can imagine. | null | null | My students need 6 Kindle Fires to help with our ENGAGEMENT! | 3 | 1 |
46,032 | p183445 | 92914e052d193345a5f3335b61ea7e8c | Ms. | DC | 2016-10-11 14:51:08 | Grades PreK-2 | Applied Learning, Special Needs | Early Development, Special Needs | Feelin' Fine About Fine Motor | This year, I have the privilege of teaching four amazing kindergarten through 2nd grade students who are diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder from a very low income area of Washington, DC. In our classroom we are working in a small classroom setting to increase our verbal communication skills and master developmental skills we may be behind in. \r\nThey are very hard workers and are rising to the very high standards of academic success we have set for them. Everyday, they work extremely hard to stay on task with their academic, social, and verbal skills to be the best little scholars they can be. | Fine motor skills development is a foundational skill that will stay with you for your entire life. My students on the Autism Spectrum are developmentally behind in key milestones and as a whole struggle with their fine motor skills. These fine motor manipulatives will enhance our classroom centers by helping us to build our fine motor skills. Children will be working on activities such as zippering their jackets, snapping buttons, tying their shoes, grasping small objects, and wrist movements. All of these activities will help to build our hand strength, hand eye coordination and help us to become better writers.\r\n\r\n | null | null | My students need these activities to strengthen our fine motor skills and master our IEP goals. | 45 | 0 |
52,324 | p184449 | ee76f0e7d70a10c6d8b4ffb262cbe370 | Mrs. | IL | 2016-10-07 11:42:06 | Grades 3-5 | Music & The Arts | Music | Building from the Bottom! | My school is home to just under 800 incredibly diverse students. Half of the school is a dual language Spanish program, which means that all of the students learn in both English and Spanish no matter their home language.\r\n\r\nMy students thrive on active learning- singing, speaking, dancing, playing, and creating. I am blessed to have students that love to be silly, and are willing to try just about anything that I throw at them with a smile on their face. | My students are LOVE being able to sing, move, and play. By adding C and G contrabass bars to our ensemble, the students will be able to not only hear, but FEEL that foundational pitch and beat. The contrabass bars vibrate the floor and air with a beautiful, low sound.\r\n\r\nThis will help my students who have learning challenges by adding another sensory element to our learning. Some students do not learn from moving, seeing, and playing alone. They need to FEEL the concept vibrating their core. There is no more engaging way for the students to feel the vibration in their core than by striking a contrabass bar! | null | null | My students need contra bass bars to add depth to their ensemble playing. | 4 | 1 |
154,207 | p192986 | 380c55e37951fb6a909b14fe8127e892 | Ms. | NC | 2017-03-16 07:40:08 | Grades 3-5 | Literacy & Language, Math & Science | Literacy, Mathematics | Laminating Pouches Needed for Durability and Learning | My students come in everyday and are eager to learn and thrive at school. I try to work hard each and everyday to provide a learning environment that my students are proud of and enjoy! As a first year teacher right out of college, it is hard for me to provide my students with the materials they need and deserve! \r\n\r\nI proudly work at a Title 1 school, where 100% of the students receive free or reduced lunch. Most of my students come from low socioeconomic families, where they often lack basic resources that other children often take for granted. I have many single-parent families that often work two and three jobs to provide food and a home for their children. I have students who have experienced homelessness, hunger, sleep deprivation, moving, foster homes, and much more. \r\n\r\nI want to teach my students how to be successful citizens in life, no matter what kind of a background they come from. I make it my goal everyday to provide a rich learning environment where my students can feel safe, loved, and where they can reach their full potential! | My students need laminating pouches so they can have laminated matching games, math centers, and vocabulary words. My students spend a lot of time in math centers completing independent matching games to enhance fluency in math. Having these matching games in only paper, creates less durable games which rip and tear easily. We also do a lot of vocabulary instruction. Having laminated words, will allow students to physically touch their words and play more interactive games involving their vocabulary words. \r\nBeing able to laminate classroom materials allows for durability and an increase in learning. These laminating pouches will help not only this classroom of students but will also help future classrooms because the materials that are laminated now, will be able to withstand several years. | null | null | My students need laminating sheets so they can have laminated matching games, math centers, and vocabulary words for learning and durability. | 5 | 1 |
131,842 | p252703 | 9273b5fac3425f2b9aaa1448b77a0ce2 | Ms. | CA | 2016-11-21 15:16:07 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language, Math & Science | Literacy, Mathematics | Kindle Fire Tablets for 1st Grade Wizards! | Empowering students in reading and math in kindergarten sets a great beginning for success in future grades! With the right tools at their hands, my students will be able to develop essential reading and math skills at an early age and what better than to get them started in 1st grade!\r\nMy students are simply amazing! They are enthusiastic learners who are eager to learn and are ready to be challenged. They are always willing to try new things and take risk to problem solve. My students come from low socioeconomic families struggling to make enough money to cover their basic needs. Most of them are immigrants from Mexico and Central America. I can only imagine how much more their enthusiasm and learning would grow in reading, math, and all other content areas if they simply had more updated technology available in the classroom.\r\n | A set of 24 Kindle Fire tablets with protective cases are the perfect solution to bring fire power to their reading, math and all other content areas! All my students will be able to connect to our reading, math, social studies, science as well as many other educational websites to utilize all the videos, pictures, and interactive lesson they have to offer. The children’s engagement and enthusiasm will increase dramatically by utilizing technology able to support connecting to the any educational website with blazing speed. It will facilitate and enhance the learning of all my visual and auditory learners.\r\nPlease help bring fire power and excitement to my students in reading, math and all other content areas with your generous donation! My children will be able to enhance their eager minds with the unlimited resources provided by the Kindle Fire tablets. Your generous donation would say that my children deserve access to the best up to date technological resources available today.\r\n | null | null | My students need 24 Kindle Fire 7” tablets with protective cases. | 32 | 1 |
114,398 | p051378 | b5aade9abf4583218273e91484de83bc | Mrs. | ME | 2017-03-10 22:34:24 | Grades 6-8 | Literacy & Language, Math & Science | Literature & Writing, Mathematics | A Space To Call Their Own | Our school has about 300 students in K-6 grade. My students are amazing young adults that are thrilled to be the oldest in our student body and work hard to set a good example for all. They are eager to grow and learn and it is a joy to watch this growth occur.\r\nAs pre-teens, my 6th graders are very social and extremely interested in collaborating with their peers. We work on developing good social, emotional, and academic skills. They strive to be good neighbors to their classmates and build a community that allows everyone to feel safe to try new things. It is my hope to provide an environment that is conducive to these goals. | This project will provide my students with a way to stay organized and able to store and retrieve items quickly and efficiently. Many times, they have binders and reading books on their desk and at their feet. A classroom full of 21, 12-year olds leaves little space as it is. The well-constructed storage units will be a win-win for all of us. \r\nOrganized students tend to be more engaged and motivated. It is very discouraging when you cannot put your hands on what you need in a timely manner. Too much time is spent searching for misplaced items. Classroom distractions could be stopped if effective organizational systems are in place. \r\nI would love to take that worry away from my students so they can use all their energy for learning. \r\n | null | null | My students need a place to store their binders, books and other school supplies. | 0 | 1 |
45,794 | p243393 | 5d62733b896eb0ef7a43f24e5529dee6 | Mrs. | TX | 2017-02-22 16:52:20 | Grades 9-12 | Applied Learning | College & Career Prep, Community Service | Coffee Cart | I have the most amazing students. They are cheerful, bright, sweet, easygoing, curious, friendly, willing to learn, helpful, loving, happy, sociable, determined, and diligent and my list can go on and on...... \r\n\r\nTheir outlook on life is an encouragement to all. They have every reason in the would to be discouraged, yet they face life head on with a smile. Their natural ability to see love in the darkest situation draws you near them, you find yourself wanting to see the world through their eyes, to understand the beauty that they see so easily in the every day ordinary. \r\n\r\n As a Teacher your job is to educate, but I find myself being educated daily by them. I learn as much from them as they do from me, if not more. They seem to have figured out the art of not taking life so seriously, and to just enjoy it for what it is. A lesson we all can learn from. My students are more then just students, they are teachers, motivators , encouragers, and heroes. | Goal/Objective\r\nThe coffee cart aims to provide students in the Special Education Career Prep classes with an opportunity for hands-on experiences of employment so that they are better prepared for careers in the real world. As well as learning communication skills to communicate with others/people they do not know. The goal is to slowly teach the students important skills in employment that they otherwise would not learn until put into the workforce years later.\r\nThe coffee cart is student-run and supervised by teacher/or paraprofessional. \r\nStep 1: Introduce the coffee cart and products on the cart\r\nStep 2: How to make coffee and use a coffee maker\r\nStep 3: How to pour coffee into cups and add creamer/sugar\r\nStep 4: How to ask teachers/staff what they would like and serve it\r\nWe will not be charging at this time for the coffee, but will take tips/donations in order to purchase supplies in the future\r\nFuture goals:\r\n1: add pastry and baking goods\r\n2: counting change\r\n3: purchasing the items needed for the coffee cart\r\n\r\n | null | null | My students need 2 coffee dispensers, an organizer, sugar, creamer, and coffee to serve coffee every morning to the teachers. | 0 | 0 |
38,679 | p128776 | c8185f63733a775604217227fd7042c0 | Ms. | CA | 2016-09-08 02:58:59 | Grades PreK-2 | Health & Sports | Health & Wellness | Alternative Seating | This year I have the opportunity to teach kindergarten at Metteer Elementary. My students are all five years old and eager to learn. The students at Metteer Elementary come from a variety of different backgrounds with over 80% at a socioeconomic disadvantage. For many of my students this is their first time in a structured classroom setting. My students are learning how to self regulate, explore and communicate with their peers along with our normal CORE curriculum. My students are constantly absorbing new information and I am excited to see where the rest of this year will take us. | Students are expected to sit still in a chair throughout the school day to complete school work. When students have a hard time with their school work it usually has to do with how comfortable they are while working, not because of their ability to do their school work. Our class would like to have 6 balance ball chairs to utilize at one of our station groups. When rotating through station groups this will switch up their seating to allow for a more comfortable work space. By using these resource in our classroom community everyday, students will be more comfortable in our class and successful. | null | null | My students need balance ball chairs as an alternative seating option. | 10 | 1 |
118,907 | p094439 | 591bd470f332f87c907196e8e4e36a3a | Mrs. | MI | 2016-11-17 08:07:57 | Grades 6-8 | Music & The Arts | Visual Arts | We need stencils! | My students are enthusiastic and need every learning opportunity they can get their hands on. In the art room, I work very hard implementing standards from their classrooms into the projects in the art room. Projects that can incorporate what the students are learning in their classroom and add creative, artistic details are the ones I want my students to be able to experience. \r\n\r\nThe students that I teach come from an inner city and they are labeled at risk. This is because many are at risk of not meeting grade level goals. The students are hard workers. They are encouraged to go above their learning capabilities to grow more than an entire year's worth of learning in one school year. Many students grow 2 to 3 years above their growth from the previous year. | I would like my students to learn the art of creating collages through the printmaking process. Using advanced techniques like collages and printmaking in an artroom with 90 students requires a lot of supplies that are costly. But the good thing about these supplies are that they can be used over and over again! I plan on using these supplies for many more grade levels throughout the years.\r\n\r\nThe students will be using the stencils to help create textures and patterns on the prints. Having the stencils the students will be able to experiment with the placement of objects on their print. The idea of composition is tough to teach when students don't have the materials or supplies to experiment with hands on. With these stencils my students will not have to worry about their prints turning out \"right\" the first time, instead they will be able to completed many different types and styles of prints for their collage making. | null | null | My students need stencils to learn different printmaking and collage techniques in the art room. | 37 | 1 |
55,257 | p237187 | 56730033af844239a9c37bbd380fadb4 | Ms. | NC | 2016-08-08 14:24:57 | Grades PreK-2 | Math & Science | Mathematics | Math is What We \"Glue\" | My students enter school each day with big smile on their face eager to learn! I follow our school's vision and help provide my students develop a love for learning, build a solid academic foundation, and prepare them for the future.\r\n I teach in an Elementary school in rural eastern North Carolina. We are the only Elementary school in the county. Our parents are hard-workers that try to provide the basic needs to their children and are active in their child's education. My school also has a very involved Parent/Teacher/Organization that tries to help meet the school needs.\r\n\r\n | I am requesting school supplies and math games for my students.\r\nThese materials will give my students the opportunity to make math come \"alive\"! \r\nMany of my students struggle with learning a math concept with just paper and pencil. Having math games would allow them to practice their skills in a hands-on method with other peers. Using the flash cards would allow them to become more fluently in their basic math facts. The other supplies such as glue sticks, construction paper, and index cards would allow them to construct things hands-on so they can see it and touch it. In addition, it will allow my students to proudly take their product home and review the taught concept. | null | null | My students need construction paper, glue sticks, and index cards to help make math fun and hands-on! | 9 | 1 |
157,658 | p093673 | e4a47fa4a4046480632ffb323294fb66 | Ms. | FL | 2016-08-10 11:57:59 | Grades 3-5 | Health & Sports, Literacy & Language | Health & Wellness, Literacy | Where Would You Like to Sit Today? | I work in a public school in South Florida and this is my fourth year as a 3rd grade teacher. I will be teaching 21 students from different ethnicities and economic backgrounds. Some of these students are on free and reduced lunch, some arrive early and some are picked up late. Overall, these students have a common goal of coming to school ready to learn and are always striving to reach their academic potential. \r\n\r\nChildren do not care how much you know until they know how much you care. \r\n\r\nOur school serves students in grades K-12 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. Our goal is to prepare our students for success in high school and college. | Each year that I have taught, I have taken pride in creating a space where my students were excited to learn every day. I have spent weeks prior to school creating a classroom environment in which is bright, colorful, creative and inviting. Even with my effort to create an exciting environment, I noticed that something was missing in the physical set up of my classroom.\r\n\r\nAs adults, we all have our favorite spaces in which we like to create, be productive, and get work done. For many of us, that space is not a desk and a chair. For example, I work best on the couch in my living room or standing at a table. During my teaching career, I have had my students sit in desks like most conventional classrooms. Last year, I chose to let my students decide where they wanted to work and, to my surprise, most of them didn't want to be at a desk at all; instead, they chose the floor. Every time I gave them the freedom to work on the floor or on a bench, they were much more involved in that activity. At that moment, I knew I had to create a classroom that was designed for them to be comfortable and promote more movement and collaboration. \r\n\r\nAs a donor, you will not only be providing a comfortable space for my students, but you will also give them with the ability to choose where they learn best. These different seating options, such as the stools, yoga balls, hokki seats and wobble cushions will be used for students to sit in at their desks or around the room while learning. | null | null | My students need these new seating options to boost their focus, confidence and comfortability while learning throughout the school year. | 0 | 1 |
98,427 | p004326 | 5fb6729b00c8f33fb1a640b030e426f0 | Ms. | VA | 2016-09-03 14:14:59 | Grades PreK-2 | Health & Sports | Gym & Fitness | Building Healthy Minds and Bodies | We are a title I school based in Chesterfield, Virginia. We have 4 preschool programs that consist of Head Start, Title I, Virginia Preschool Initiative, and Early Childhood Special Education. These children range in ages from 3-5 and many are from low income families as well as having developmental delays. Many of our students do not have the opportunities or ability to develop their gross motor development because of the areas that they live in or because they do not have the equipment at home, therefore it is very important for them to have the opportunities while at school. | Building healthy bodies is an important part of the preschool curriculum. We do a lot of gross motor activities both inside and out. Gross motor helps develop large muscle strength and balance, language, sharing, and learning to take turns. Our playgrounds were built new in 2015. Unfortunately for our preschoolers, it was built for children ages 5-12, which leaves them not able to use them. Therefore, we have had to get creative to have our children work on gross motor while outside. During our outside time we bring balls, scarves, bubbles, jump ropes and bikes to engage them in gross motor activities. Although the shed itself will not directly impact their learning, it will help us store our equipment in a safe area. \r\n | null | null | My students need a storage unit to organize our bikes, balls and other outdoor equipment. | 1 | 1 |
61,406 | p050233 | 938d55c9608c92eb58a6b73060aede1f | Mr. | AZ | 2016-09-02 09:36:33 | Grades 6-8 | Health & Sports | Team Sports | Lacrosse You Up | My students are amazing. I live in a Title one area and you would not know unless someone told you. My students are always so happy and ready to roll , every single day. They are not discouraged by their situation or circumstances. I feel like they use these for motivation. As a former free and reduced lunch student myself I feel for them and feel like I can relate well with them. I see the struggles they have to go through but it is so inspiring that that do not let that slow them down. \r\nMy students strive to be great in all aspects of education , from grades to test scores and of course sports. Last year were were tops in all three of those aspects and I know the students want to keep up the tradition of being very well rounded. It is cool to see how much they care when the world tells them that they do not need to care or try. My students hearts are one of their biggest assets and biggest inspirations. I truly could not as for a better group or kids! | At my school I am the only P.E. Teacher and we have very limited supplies. I have some students both years and I try to change it up as much as I can but I sometimes have to cycle through the same units. With this new equipment I can add a new and exciting unit to my class , Lacrosse. Lacrosse is a game unknown to my students and I believe that it will be a cool and unique experience for them. \r\nMy students are my life and I want the best for them. I know that they will enjoy trying something new and I hope I can get this for them! | null | null | My students need this Lacrosse equipment to add variety to their sports. | 1 | 1 |
48,765 | p169900 | 49fecf794c65bd161ee05f4131c4b952 | Ms. | CO | 2016-07-04 21:14:32 | Grades PreK-2 | Math & Science | Mathematics | \"Adding\" Up Our Math Skills | My students attend a Title I school that is considered high-poverty. I have a diverse body of students in one room who come from over 10 different countries from around the world. We differentiate a lot of the activities and learning centers in our classroom to meet all students needs. \r\n\r\n My students need math materials and activities to help support building number sense. Any materials that promote learning in a fun and engaging way would be the most beneficial for my students. | We are requesting various math materials, such as addition and subtraction games, that are hands-on and technology based for my students to practice their number sense skills and mastering their addition and subtraction facts. Having these materials in the classroom would allow my students to continue to practice their math skills after our whole group lesson in centers. \r\n\r\nThese math materials would allow my students to work in small groups and individually with ease in an engaging and play based way. My students will demonstrate greater attention span during independent centers and build communication and teamwork skills with partners with these math materials. \r\n | null | null | My students need various math materials to practice their number sense, addition, and subtraction skills. | 26 | 0 |
155,293 | p238317 | aec6a498a47fc564d907642319e5df47 | Mrs. | TX | 2016-08-14 23:46:06 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language, Math & Science | Literacy, Mathematics | Literacy and Math Mobile Centers | I teach a dynamic group of Kindergarten students who are excited and eager to learn each and everyday. \r\nMy students have a true passion for learning.\r\nI teach the English component of a Two Way Immersion program. My students are in need of storage containers which will allow their literacy and math stations to become mobile. They are also in need of name tags that will be used to define their individual roles within their literacy and math rotation groups. | My kindergarten students will use the materials requested to help make their literacy and math centers more student centered, and mobile, giving them more flexibility and choice during literacy and math centers. \r\nThese materials will help my students get the most out of their literacy and math center activities by giving them the ability to choose where they complete their activities.\r\nThe name tags will also help them define and identify their roles with in their literacy and math rotation groups which will help them take ownership of their roles. \r\nThese materials will help create a learner centered environment which is essential in a Kindergarten classroom. | null | null | My students need large clip box containers and name tag badges in order to help create a more student centered literacy and math center learning environment. | 6 | 1 |
27,851 | p219962 | 483f67e747bc4bcefea61a78a6deaa93 | Mr. | NY | 2016-12-05 09:20:54 | Grades 9-12 | History & Civics | History & Geography | Print Our Way To A Better Learning Experience! | Every morning students are eager and excited to be entering our school building. We have many important opportunities and classes for students to enjoy. They love the chance to remember about their time in our school and this can be captured by a new digital camera.\r\n\r\n\r\nThey are firm believers that hard work is essential to their success and are willing to do what it takes. They are lucky to be in a school that stresses the importance of getting a good education and also focuses on life skills. We are believers that all students can achieve their goals | My class involves mostly student based learning. Students tend to work on preparing projects to share with the class. It is imperative for students to have access to a wireless printers for these presentations. They love to print out information and pictures quickly to use for their presentations.\r\n\r\nIt is an essential part of our classroom instruction and something that the students have asked me for.\r\n\r\nThey want the chance to show their classmates the great work they have done and be able to print the work out quickly. It would help solve the problem of not having a printer nearby. Thank you! | null | null | My students need a wireless printer to help research important historical events! | 10 | 1 |
23,483 | p157354 | 75f0b9e36b08451d47a5b67cabf7b76c | Mrs. | OK | 2016-11-15 11:37:18 | Grades 3-5 | Math & Science | Health & Life Science | 5th Grade Dissection Fun! | My students are ready and eager to learn. They especially LOVE science. It's extremely fulfilling to see them passionate about learning and discovering something new. We have a wide range when it comes to reading and math levels. \r\nWhen I come across an activity that allows ALL students to shine, I grab it! Science puts students on a more level playing field. When working through an experiment or observing, it's not obvious who is the low reader. I love giving students confidence in school. Unfortunately they may not feel it during other classes such as reading, math, or writing. | We cover food chains and webs in our regular curriculum and students want to apply this knowledge to the real world. This will not only teach them about the working parts and function of the organism, but also how to work collaboratively in a group. \r\nWhen I am able to teach a lesson like this, students discover talents and interests that they never knew they had! This type of hands on activity allows students to shine in ways that are unique to science. \r\nLately there has been a big emphasis on science in our schools. Obviously there is a need for students to develop their interest in science to carry forward after high school. Projects like this make students look forward to science classes they will take in upper grades. | null | null | My students need earthworm dissection kits for a group project in science class. | 8 | 1 |
123,712 | p226441 | bacc536d2ae2ab74090c81fb0ae12197 | Ms. | CT | 2017-03-05 20:29:10 | Grades 3-5 | Literacy & Language, Math & Science | Literature & Writing, Mathematics | Organization Is Key! | Most of my students are right below the 4th grade Math and Reading levels. We are an inner city school where the average family falls in the low income category. We are a small neighborhood, Title I, public school and have only 2 classrooms per grade level. All the teachers, regardless of the grade they teach, have a strong relationship with all the students in the building. We do believe that it takes a village, and when the children graduate from our school, we all take pride in the fact we were all part of the process.\r\n\r\nOur students come to school every day ready to learn in spite of the challenges they face on a daily basis. Because of that, they inspire me to live up to their expectations and give them a reason to overcome some of those challenges and be excited to learn new things. | I find that part of the problem with my students not completing the work is the lack of organization. Not being able to find their work is a major issue.\r\n\r\nI have heard many times, \" I don't know where my homework is!\" So having color coded notebooks and folders will help keep papers and notes in the right place, allowing them to find their work in their desk, book bags and at home. It is also helpful for me; I can easily see if they are writing in the correct notebook and if they took out the wrong color, I can quickly make sure they have the right one.\r\nMost of my students can not afford school supplies so this will help the family out. | null | null | My students need supplies to help keep them organized in class and home. | 23 | 0 |
109,623 | p093068 | 75f2aff585002c2e5c669b9ccee5b2ad | Ms. | OH | 2016-07-27 13:45:18 | Grades PreK-2 | Applied Learning, Special Needs | Early Development, Special Needs | Home Living Essentials | My students are a motivated, enthusiastic group of kids who have a wide range of severe disabilities. The students' academic focus is on learning the life skills they need to benefit them through adulthood. The students come from low income families and attend an inner city public school. They are highly motivated to learn and tend to enjoy lessons that incorporate their childhood preferences such as Thomas the Train, Dora the Explorer, animals, and dinosaurs. The students receive various therapies at school including speech therapy, occupational therapy, and physical therapy. \r\nWhile the students have mobility and fine motor limitations their smiles are contagious and their determination is unstoppable. They are eager to take their projects home to share with their families. Parents and guardians are impressed and excited to see the students learning home living skills such as folding clothes and setting the table which allows the students the joy of being able to help at home. The hard work always pays off when a student finally \"gets it\" and the joy of accomplishment comes over the classroom. | In setting up my classroom to be a realistic home living, occupational, and community environment my students will have the opportunity to learn basic life skills essential to adulthood. Students with severe disabilities need direct instruction to learn new tasks. By setting up a home like environment the students will be able to learn the basics of the kitchen including safety, cooking, and proper food storage. The students will use the bed to practice making a bed, taking the sheets off, washing the sheets, and putting them back on. I can incorporate academic skills by having the students follow oral and written directions, counting skills, reading, and writing while improving their gross motor, fine motor, and speech skills. \r\nBy providing real life experiences the students will be able to successfully participate in the every day activities that typical peers may take for granted. These skills are the beginning steps to developing independence that will last a life time. | null | null | My students need to learn life skills, home living furniture and appliances will help my students learn the fundamentals of independent home living. | 1 | 1 |
87,828 | p089927 | 6768f7db38395267c293cf6d1e7c14c4 | Mrs. | NC | 2016-07-26 08:55:12 | Grades 9-12 | Literacy & Language, Math & Science | ESL, Health & Life Science | LIFE as we know it. | I am a biology teacher in a suburban high school of just under 1300 students. We have a very diverse student population. Almost 50% of the students are on free or reduced lunch and just under 30% of the students are Hispanic. The school is definitely divided between the haves and the have-nots. Also, many of our English language learners have a more difficult time understanding science terminology. Despite the definite financial gap between students, the student body at my high school is very cohesive. Students are pleasant and well-mannered and they get along very well with teachers and with one another. They often come into my classroom in the mornings to just say hello. They are very friendly and talkative. I have really enjoyed getting to know them and consider them part of my extended family. | My students will use these products to increase their knowledge base of biology. They will be able to connect real world concepts (abstract ideas) to concrete hands-on experiments. Science is an ever-changing core subject which is sometimes hard to understand. I am excited about modeling biology this year which is more hands-on science to make it make sense. With modeling, \"students begin with an authentic question; develop an initial model; test the model with empirical investigations and computer simulations; engage in argumentation as they assess, revise, and expand the model; and then apply the model to construct explanations or make predictions about a new situation or phenomenon\". - Steve Metz, Editor, The Science Teacher magazine. | null | null | My students need biological materials in order to more fully understand life as we know it which consist of, but are not limited to animal behavior choice chambers, preserved earthworms, DNA models, and protozoan microscope slides. | 1 | 0 |
11,762 | p143675 | 8e5239cc3fe88cb2b354b9641f3f0afb | Ms. | NY | 2016-08-11 21:13:59 | Grades 6-8 | Health & Sports | Health & Wellness, Nutrition Education | Say \"Cheese\"...But Pass On Eating Processed Cheeses | My students come from diverse backgrounds. A large portion of my school's population come from poverty-stricken homes, poverty is their everyday dark cloud. They are kids with hopes and dreams of making their lives better and bettering the future of their families. They deserve a chance to have hope. That hope begins with giving them a voice. They bring their suggestions to us and we listen. We do whatever it takes to help them find success in school and life. It is our hope that their many successes in school translate into finding a better lives for themselves and their families. | Students have amazing ideas for projects. One thing that we forget when focusing on health is to show the healthy changes by taking photos before, during and at the completion of our journey. This journey will be one of the most important journeys of their lives, taking responsibility for a healthy lifestyle. This idea was borne when I showed pictures of the students from the beginning of the school year. They couldn't believe how much one another had changed in one school year. Many of the students said it would be \"cool\" if they had before and after photos. Then the conversation continued with shows like \"The Biggest Loser\" showing before and after photos and weight loss commercials showing before and after photos. Taking their suggestion into account, it moved from simple before and after photos, to photos comparing their face changes after removing chemical-filled drinks from their diet. Having concrete evidence in their hands will continue to inspire them to remove chemical-laden food from their lifestyles.\r\nA picture is worth a thousand words.\r\nThis couldn't be any truer than creating a picture story. This story will tell the story of our students through their healthy lifestyle journey. The first day of school will be \"Picture Day.\" But this picture day doesn't entail filling out slips, paying a fortune for pictures, worrying about hair and a nice outfit. This picture day will take notice of their faces. Throughout junior high school, students faces change drastically. So many faces come in as chubby baby faces and leave thinner and more mature looking. However, some continue adding to the baby face in an unhealthy way.\r\nThese instant photos will remind them of the journey they are taking by comparing before and after photos. | null | null | My students need before and after photographs to compare their \"now\" lifestyle vs. my \"new\" healthy lifestyle. | 67 | 1 |
36,038 | p208721 | 78dceb30b90cf4259247bf0bb71071b6 | Mr. | PA | 2016-10-11 09:33:29 | Grades 3-5 | Math & Science | Mathematics | Student Scholars Teach Technology | The students who are part of my math and reading skill groups face many challenges in and out of school. Our school is a Title 1 school, which is part of a much larger school district. Despite any possible hardships the students may face they are very hard-working and eager to learn. From the minute my students walk in my door I want to provide the students with a world of different possibilities and opportunities to explore, grow and become life-long learners. | Skill group students need interactive games and activities that focus on letter recognition, reading fluency, fact fluency, phonics, and comprehension. My students will use these materials to count, make letters and sounds, read words, add, subtract, divide, and multiply. These interactive activities will be made available to the students during whole group and small group learning. Your generous donation to our project will help to improve our K-5 students become writers, readers, and mathematicians. This will help to change their lives for the better. This will increase their self-worth and feel success at an early age. I can't wait to see the excitement on my students' faces. | null | null | My students need to i to increase their reading and math abilities. | 2 | 1 |
31,478 | p166227 | dd0ffa86c3d1fd93eb533d530897fb97 | Mrs. | MO | 2016-08-01 18:57:42 | Grades 6-8 | Health & Sports | Health & Wellness | Exercise Bodies and Minds! | 7th grade students are learning who they are and what they can do to be successful citizens. They are learning so much more than just reading and math. T\r\n\r\n7th graders are constantly learning about themselves and their environment. I see around 120 7th grade students everyday. Many come from lower-class homes, and single parent homes. We also have students from all over the world. Africa, Mexico, Italy, Japan, Iran, India, Spain... you name it, we probably have students from there! And no, they don't all speak English. Our school environment is very supportive and accepting of all students. We aim to learn about the students individually and see what will work best for them and their education. We also teach everyday lessons to help students learn about to be a successful member of society. | Wiggle Seats! Therapy Balls! Resistance Bands and More! Let's work our bodies and our minds at the same time!\r\n\r\nHelp 7th graders exercise their bodies and minds at the same time! My students tell me that the hardest part of school is sitting still all day. I agree. The students and I believe that children learn better when they are able to move. My students believe that the items in this project will not only help them concentrate, but also be physically active at the same time! They will be getting exercise while they are learning, and also learning what exercises they love! | null | null | My students need exercise equipment to work their bodies and minds! | 0 | 1 |
30,062 | p240487 | 57cfebbc3b4f64e34656c56123d90dbf | Mrs. | IL | 2017-03-10 00:02:20 | Grades PreK-2 | Math & Science | Environmental Science, Health & Life Science | Keep Calm and Eat Your VEGGIES!!!! | My students are Kindergarteners at Rupley Elementary School in Elk Grove Village Illinois. They are in a Dual Language program learning to speak both English and Spanish. Approximately 80% of them come from low-income families. \r\n\r\nI have focus my year providing them with rich learning experiences that they will always remember. We are currently learning about using our five senses in order to make observations as scientists. They will learn that scientists are curious about the world and that this curiosity leads to questions. | My students come from low income homes where they lack among many things, real life EXPERIENCES....Creating a community garden within our school would give them a first hand-rich learning experience. They will communicate, cooperate and work hard to see the fruit or in this case the \"veggie\" of their own learning. They will learn to observe using their five sense and think like Scientists do. Watching their seed grow into a tomato will complete blow their minds....It's way to awesome to even imagine their faces when they get to see what they have done. Thank you so much for taking the time to reading this, I am hopeful and grateful for all donors....Raquel Herrera- Kindergarten Teacher | null | null | My students need the EXPERIENCE of creating a community garden in our school and giving back to the community. | 0 | 1 |
2,712 | p178340 | 5de02e4327f88072999417bf9faa93b3 | Ms. | WA | 2016-11-02 14:22:26 | Grades 6-8 | Literacy & Language | Literacy, Literature & Writing | Efficient Work? Help Fund Wireless Mice for Students | One of my favorite things about working in the Auburn School District is the incredible amount of diversity we have in our student body. My middle school, in particular, is highly diverse. Roughly 50% of our students qualify for the Free or Reduced Lunch program.\r\n\r\n Our students continue to out-perform other middle school students across the district and state despite economic hardships and despite being part of a Title I school.\r\n\r\nStudents work hard to rise to meet teachers' high expectations, but for many of our high-poverty kids, access to technology is not a given. It's a struggle. Making the most of their time on technology, while eliminating frustration while using it due to lack of access and practice, is one of my goals for my language arts students. | In our language arts classroom, students frequently use Chromebooks as a resource/tool to work with technology and complete projects and assignments through Google Classroom. In addition, we complete our required state testing on the Chromebooks. Our school is currently not on a one-to-one Chromebook ratio, so students don't have an individual mouse to move around with them. \r\n\r\nBoth testing and classwork on the Chromebooks is hindered and inefficient without a handheld mouse. Working with a wireless mouse would allow all students to work with efficiency and cut the amount of wasted class time, thereby maximizing their work output. \r\n\r\nWhen asked if they would prefer working with a wireless mouse, 100% of my students said, \"YES!\" Students quoted frustration and waste of time as top reasons for why they would LOVE to have a wireless mouse. | null | null | My students need a wireless mouse to work more efficiently on their Chromebooks in the classroom. Currently, it takes a significant amount of time for students to type, navigate, and work using the touchpad mouse. | 2 | 1 |
117,096 | p223240 | 04d5f50afc94ca1d6e3cc82d4ab19c4a | Mrs. | NY | 2016-08-06 13:58:54 | Grades 3-5 | Health & Sports | Gym & Fitness, Health & Wellness | Oh, the Choices We Will Make! | Our wonderful Title 1 school is located in a close-knit, rural community near Syracuse, New York. Many of the families at our school have been in the school district for generations. Agriculture is an important part of the local economy, as apple orchards flourish on the rolling hills. \r\n\r\nMy third grade students' learning styles and needs are as diverse as their backgrounds, but they all have the yearning to be successful. I strive to make our classroom a safe and comfortable learning environment for all students. | On a typical day in our classroom, several students are standing and kneeling at their desks. Our hard classroom chairs are not comfortable for a long school day so they choose an option that works for them. \r\nMy third graders would love flexible seating options in our classroom to help them stay engaged and focused! The requested standing desk will provide my students with the opportunity to work while on their feet and maintaining a healthy posture. The stools, pedal exercisers, wobble cushions, and bouncy bands will keep my students moving and active, without distracting their peers. The lap trays and Backpatter's seats will help my students to work comfortably on the floor. This project will assist me in meeting the individual needs of my students. Thank you for your consideration in supporting our classroom. | null | null | My students need flexible seating options such as a Hokki stool, a stand-up desk, Backpatter's seats, balance balls, and lap trays to keep them engaged and focused. | 73 | 1 |
3,583 | p109193 | 35a1c6f226d004e814b2ddba90daa47e | Mrs. | CA | 2016-07-06 18:26:12 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language | ESL, Literacy | Better Listening, Better Reading | There are many language and reading programs available online and in our classroom to help my first graders. The requested items give my students a better opportunity to use our district-wide reading support program.\r\n\r\n My students are hard-working, creative, and motivated to learn.\r\n\r\nThey also come from a high-poverty area and the majority do not have access to internet at home. Over 80% are English-language learners. A large number of my students have not traveled outside our immediate area, except for trips to visit family in Mexico. Most have never been to a museum outside of a school field trip. | My students come to school eager to learn, but many have not had much exposure to reading or to the English language in general. Their parents help as much as they can, but they are often English learners themselves.\r\n\r\nA sturdy pair of headphones will help my students better hear their online reading support program or a book on tape. It will give them the opportunity to hear letter sounds, words, and phrases in English.\r\n\r\nFinally, a good pair of headphones will help curb some of the noise in the classroom as we are learning and practicing. Thirty first graders reading aloud can get a bit noisy!\r\n | null | null | My students need headphones to listen to their online reading support program as well as our books on tape. | 1 | 1 |
46,459 | p126061 | 3d451ed9ebdf35cc7af78b761c461d98 | Mrs. | FL | 2016-09-19 07:39:44 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language, Math & Science | Literature & Writing, Mathematics | Flexible Seating!! | My students walk into our classroom every day full of life, ready to learn, and excited for what is in store for them that day. I ask them, \"Who is the smartest 1st grade class in the whole world?\" and they reply, \"We are!\" I want them to know I believe in them and they can do anything.\r\n\r\nI teach at a school with a wide range of diversity including social, racial, and economic. Despite the changes my students are eager to learn and do their best. They have a desire to attend school because they want to learn all they can in order to be successful. | The yoga balls, wobble chairs and fidget tools will provide the gross motor and vestibular stimulation necessary to prepare my students to sit quietly and listen or complete independent work. These materials will not directly teach my students new skills, but they will help prime my students for learning in all content areas and with many daily living skills. For example, while I'm teaching a lesson on number naming, one of my students may be rolling around on the floor having difficulty maintaining their space and needing gross motor activity. If that student has a chair with motion or fidget tools for their hands it will keep them rooted in one place to focus on whats being taught.Finally, the student will return to the group or independent work area and be able to sit and focus to learn or demonstrate a specific skill.\r\n\r\nThe donations for this project will improve my classroom by reducing the amount of behavioral issues, because I will be able to provide the appropriate stimulation that my students need, but cannot voice, due to their disabilities.\r\nWith less behavioral issues, we can increase our learning and time on task. I'm looking forward to seeing my students happier and ready to learn. | null | null | My students need These items to keep them focused on the material they need to learn and the high rigor within the classroom. | 24 | 1 |
150,874 | p086790 | 76efa929561febedf9d6391e8d737d10 | Mrs. | GA | 2016-08-13 18:09:38 | Grades 3-5 | Health & Sports | Health & Wellness | Stand Up for Students with Standing Desks! | My students walk into our classroom each day excited and happy to be at school. I teach Reading, Language Arts, and Writing to 4 class periods of 4th graders throughout the day. The majority of students at our school receive free and reduced lunch. Our school is full of diverse learners and in a rural area with high poverty. However, we are committed to providing our students with a variety of hands-on and meaningful learning experiences. We teach our students not only content standards, but encourage them to grow into independent thinkers who are unafraid of making mistakes. My students are 83 fourth graders who are full of energy and eager to learn. | As my classroom transforms into an environment that embraces flexible seating, my students are still in need of some work stations to meet their variety of needs. One of the tools my students have requested are stand-up desks and stools so that they have the option to stand while they work.\r\n\r\nWe need two stand-up desks and stools to create two standing workstations. These workstations will allow students to stand while they work, sit on the high stool, or do a variety of both! In my classroom I have found that some of my students have improved focus and are more successful if they stand while they work.\r\n\r\nMy students also need 1 metal backless school to add another seating option to another workstation in our classroom. | null | null | My students need 2 stand-up desks with stools and 1 backless stool to provide more options for flexible seating in our classroom. | 3 | 1 |
133,498 | p013218 | 97826caf12b98ee31ecaf1d60a160398 | Mrs. | CA | 2016-11-25 22:49:42 | Grades 3-5 | Literacy & Language | Literature & Writing | With sticky notes, 3rd graders can direct their thinking! | My students are hard working children who want to learn. They live in a tiny town where money is hard to come by. However, this does not stop them from dreaming of making the world a better place. They want to succeed and help their family in any way they can.\r\nMy third graders look forward to school each day, ready to grasp at all the learning they can get. Third grade can be a bit difficult, moving from learning to read to reading to learn. These students jump right in! | Morning work allows students to be focused while the teacher takes attendance, collects homework, etc. However, morning work needs to be quick and something students can do on their own. Using sticky notes, students will be given a daily question and will need to give a concise and truthful answer.\r\nStudents can focus on the daily question while pondering questions about life. They will be able to discuss their answers at our morning meetings. This will help students see other points of view, besides their own. Empathy and responsibility can be developed so that students can grow up understanding others. | null | null | My students need sticky notes: stars, heart,squares, lined, unlined. The small space will allow them to focus! | 14 | 1 |
21,746 | p187206 | aa4e89795dc735d6836c2ab135d8d9a9 | Mrs. | MI | 2016-08-09 09:56:26 | Grades 3-5 | Math & Science | Applied Sciences, Health & Life Science | Big, Super, Science Heroes! | My students are special because they are nurtured by a supportive staff, lead by stable leadership, and have hope for the future of our city and themselves. \r\n\r\nMy students of this area are tough and survivors that reach for the stars! We will thrive and grow at our school through the help of a positive attitude, consistent teacher instruction, and fun!\r\n\r\nPlease help our students get the supplies they need so I, as their teacher, can serve the community and world properly and instruct future growth minded citizens!\r\n | My room is huge with 2 doors! I need a sound system so that I can walk the room and everyone can hear me at once! I really want to teach it by switching classes with all three groups of 4th grade! Science is on the NWEA/MAP test and State M-Step tests! \r\n\r\nMy children need all their individual learning needs addressed and Science skills enhanced! The system will make sure that all students can hear the teacher and other students when they present! Science materials will be used specifically for standardized test examples that have been released. This will benefit more than 50 students! | null | null | My students need a sound system for room and science materials! | 1 | 1 |
132,177 | p138738 | 5125c52d9e35d219043132200bdc528f | Mrs. | NJ | 2016-09-06 20:12:43 | Grades 6-8 | History & Civics | History & Geography | History in the Making | Explorers. Historians. Geologists. Cartographers. My students are all of these things and so much more! They are a tight-knit group of middle school students from a small town; many have been together in the same class since their Pre-K days. It is a very unique dynamic in our district, as the students are like siblings in many ways. \r\n That being said, they are also unique individuals, with different learning styles and strengths. \r\nIt is a welcomed challenge to differentiate instruction for the different learning styles. Hands on projects tend to be appealing to my students and work well to ensure deeply ingrained learning. | Project-based learning really works! How awesome will it be to learn about hieroglyphics and then write your own message on real papyrus paper, just like the Ancient Egyptians? Imagine learning about the purpose and beauty of Native American pottery and then being able to craft your own authentically decorated vessel! Or think about how cool it would be to study the Ancient Chinese language and then write the characters with a paintbrush and ink on handcrafted paper!\r\n\r\nWith your generous donation, my students will be able to bring history to life!\r\nThese activities will improve the depth and quality of their learning experience. Making these projects will transport the students back in time to truly experience an aspect of life from the ancient civilizations.\r\n\r\n\r\n | null | null | My students need clay, papyrus, ink, brushes, and a paper-making kit in order to benefit from the hands-on projects in my Social Studies classes. | 0 | 1 |
83,507 | p222170 | 534ed3557240db520d31b486520aa671 | Ms. | IL | 2017-01-08 15:36:59 | Grades 9-12 | Math & Science | Environmental Science, Health & Life Science | Visual Learners Need Infographic Books! | My students are all freshmen students who are in a biology course or AP environmental course. They are living on the southeast side of Chicago and attending a neighborhood high school. Some of the students have special needs but thrive while working alongside the other students in the classroom.\r\n\r\nThe students love learning and come to science class eager to gain new knowledge every day.\r\n\r\nThey really enjoy learning about current science topics, learning from videos and graphics, and watching videos that accompany their readings. | Learning about agriculture practices, population control around the world, and the way the endocrine system works in our body are not easy topics to grasp! \r\n\r\nThese infographics bring these scientific topics to life! Instead of small, black and white, printed inforgraphics; the students will have crisp-colored infographics in a beautiful book! \r\n\r\nThere are a variety of topics in the curriculum that the students from urban Chicago do now know about. These 2 science infographic books allow the students to learn about these topics in a more engaging way. \r\n\r\nInfographics are a current way of viewing information in today's world, and it is important the students learn how to approach these. This is a skill that future college students and consumers need to gain during their high school career. | null | null | My students need a class set of 2 inforgraphic books that focus on topics learned in their freshmen science class! | 51 | 1 |
40,757 | p179564 | 8ab3756785d5843c35f7586d08f8072b | Mrs. | MO | 2016-09-01 16:21:52 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language | Literacy | The Magic of Books! | The students in my room are a loving group of 5 and 6 year olds, that are eager to learn. They have started their first year of school with a sense of wonder. It is my hopes to encourage that sense of wonder through reading. The students in this classroom come from a variety of social economic backgrounds. We are a Title 1 suburban school. The teachers and staff work diligently to provide a loving environment where children can learn, grow and succeed. \r\n\r\n\"If we succeed in giving the love of learning, the learning itself is sure to follow,\" John Lubbock\r\n | My students are in need of a listening center that exposes them to a variety of books. We need a quality CD player that can handle multiple headphones. We also need headphones and books accompanied with an audio CD. Since most of my kids are not decoding words at this time, the books on CD will increase the amount of reading they are exposed to.\r\n\r\nHearing and engaging in text will grow their vocabulary, increase their reading skills and foster a love for reading! \r\n\r\nThis listening center will be used by the students while I pull small groups to work with me on phonics. | null | null | My students need a listening center that includes a cd player, 2 headphones, and a variety of books on cd. | 0 | 1 |
105,334 | p060670 | 20d0e267c9beb75e3135a14e7d819004 | Ms. | AZ | 2016-08-04 00:05:59 | Grades PreK-2 | Math & Science, Special Needs | Mathematics, Special Needs | Hands on for Learning! | My classroom is a self-contained kindergarten and first grade special education class for students with intellectual disabilities. We are in a low income area with a high percentage of students that are English Language Learners.\r\n\r\nMy kids are hard working, friendly and face their challenges with a smile on their face. My students have a variety of disabilities, including autism, cerebral palsy and down syndrome. My school is one of the largest in our district with 90% of our students qualifying for the federal free lunch program. | My students all struggle with learning. Their disabilities make learning more of a challenge for them and keeping them engaged more of a challenge for me. Playing learning games helps my students stay engaged while learning to count and read. Games also help them learn valuable social skills. Learning locks and games with tweezers helps build up their fine motor skills. \r\n\r\nLearning can be fun!! I want my students to enjoy coming to school and enjoy learning. Using games and hands on activities motivates my students to try harder. You can have fun playing games and be learning at the same time. | null | null | My students need hands on items to make their learning concrete. Games make learning more fun and keeps students engaged. Learning locks help build find motor skills while working on counting or reading. | 3 | 0 |
20,701 | p009255 | 236e1311b88aa26ed71389a02202e000 | Ms. | WA | 2016-09-21 00:10:03 | Grades PreK-2 | Math & Science, Music & The Arts | Mathematics, Visual Arts | Help us incorporate play into our day! | “Children learn as they play. Most importantly, in play children learn how to learn.” -O. Fred Donaldson\r\n\r\nMy classroom is located in Washington State at a Title 1 school. Students at my school are hardworking, kind, eager individuals. Many students are first and second generation citizens from Africa, South America, and Asia. Our differing cultures, backgrounds, economic statuses, and languages provide richness in the classroom, but we also face challenges. One challenge is that we are incredibly underfunded. At Hazel Valley, 80-85% of students qualify for free and reduced school lunch. There are so many experiences we wish we could have with our students if only we had the means. | Children learn best when they’re having fun and children have fun when they are playing! Play based learning gives children the freedom to experiment and discover concepts at their own pace and in their own way. These are the reasons why I am incorporating a play workshop into my second grade curriculum. \r\n\r\nYou can help buy my little engineers K'NEX, my artists supplies, and my thinkers challenging games to grow their brains. These activities naturally spark curiosity in every young learner. Not only will my students grow academically, socially, and emotionally; the materials and the play workshop will let children be children. \r\n | null | null | My students need games, art supplies, and building materials for our play workshop | 5 | 0 |
137,573 | p134337 | 5cadbf84634144ee96b8ce85aeb9fb14 | Ms. | CA | 2016-08-02 18:01:57 | Grades PreK-2 | Math & Science, Special Needs | Environmental Science, Special Needs | Sprouting at Lakeshore | Our school, an inclusive community that strongly advocates for the rights of students with special needs, effectively engages English learners and caringly accommodates students with emotional and sensory needs, has limited funding for supplies and academic materials. \r\nEvery day, my students come to school eager to learn and thrive, working hard to make good choices. I have an energetic, engaging and vibrant class of beautiful first graders with diverse ethnic and economic backgrounds. 60% of our students are receiving free or reduced lunch. Most of my first graders come from immigrant families where English is their second language. \r\nOur class will celebrate many milestones throughout this year, like learning to read and write, losing a first tooth, and making new friends. As their educator, my goal is to find resources that will help my students be confident with their fundamental skills: reading, writing, computing and exploring. Children learn more engagingly when it is relevant to them thus, we must allow them to explore, take risks and see what happens. | This STEM Bundle kit will give our students opportunities to explore, create, invent, and solve problems while working together in groups. These activities teach them to take a closer look at real-life designs such examining to see if the bridge is stable and how vehicles rolls and carry things. With an Aquarium in our class, our first graders will learn how to be responsible for their pets and in turn, more responsible for themselves. They will also have fun playing fishing games. We always need new name plates for our desks and date stamp for all our papers. Ultimately, these supplies will enrich my curriculum allowing my students to use their creativity and become excited about what they are learning.\r\n\r\nYour donations will truly make a difference in our children's lives.\r\nI would love to help my students prepare for their future. This STEM kit will provide my students with the learning activities they need to produce lifelong problem solvers and critical thinkers. I want my students to be successful in their career endeavors. Thank you for being a part of this journey! | null | null | My students need a STEM bundle, an aquarium with accessories, a fishing set, name plates and a date stamp. | 69 | 1 |
7,302 | p152078 | bd04feffa0d0015d3a98ee449d8548af | Teacher | HI | 2016-06-21 15:56:15 | Grades PreK-2 | Math & Science | Applied Sciences | Little STEM Engineers! | I teach Kindergarten. My school houses a total of ten teachers and 105 students, grades PreK-6. Of those 105 students, 72% come from low socioeconomic (SES) households and 19% are identified as Special Education (SpEd). Since my school is a small school and school funding is based on student enrollment, they are unable to fund the following teacher/staff positions: a librarian, a PE teacher, an art/music teacher, a technology teacher, and a language teacher. Due to the lack of positions, teachers and staff must wear “multiple hats” in order to implement programs and ensure student success. Academically, our students scored, on average, well-below the state standard in English Language Arts (ELA) and Math on the Smarter Balanced Assessment (SBA). | Next school year, my Kindergarten students will discover the design process and how engineers influence their lives. They will explore structure and function by identifying products around them designed by engineers, asking questions engineers might ask as they design products, and determining the structure and function of items. Working in small groups, students design, build, and test a structure from available materials to withstand a force. Students apply newly acquired knowledge and skills as they utilize the design process to design, sketch, build, test, and reflect on a new tool design. This project is a part of the Project Lead They Way (PLTW) curriculum.\r\nWith your support, my students will have the opportunity to participate in the STEM PLTW Launch Program.\r\nYour donation will go directly to student iPads that are necessary to utilize the PLTW Launch curriculum. My school is one of 42 schools statewide that has been selected as a Future Ready Learning School, which is a collaborative effort to transform teaching and learning using the power of technology to help drive continuous improvement. The PLTW curriculum will aid in this effort and our mission to incorporate STEM education to better prepare students for a future of college, career, and community readiness.\r\nThe elementary program, PLTW Launch, currently supports 24 modules focused on engineering, biomedical science, and computer science. All modules are aligned to elementary-level Next Generation Science Standards and Common Core Standards for Math & Language Arts. Technology is a key component to PLTW and it is necessary for the programs to be effective. Enabling each student to have his/her own school-issued device is essential, especially for those students who may not have computers or devices at home.\r\nMy students and I thank you for your support!\r\n | null | null | My students need iPads in order to discover the design process. | 0 | 1 |
75,283 | p065312 | 0117143a3f143c057af5d588b216eafa | Mrs. | IA | 2016-08-20 11:47:26 | Grades 3-5 | Literacy & Language, Math & Science | Literature & Writing, Mathematics | Digital Engagement Produces Learning | I have a class of 24 students made up from a variety of backgrounds and cultures. I have five ELL (English Language Learner) students. Fourteen of my students are reading below grade level, four of those students attended our summer school program. Five students are above and five are reading at grade level. \r\nStudents in this class have good attendance and are eager to learn. They love hands-on learning and are very visual learners. They are also helpful to one another. | We have many opportunities for use of tablets and computers that tie in with our reading, math, and science curriculum. With the large number of students in our building and the limited number of computers, my students have a minimal amount of time on the computers during the week. \r\nDigital experiences are what help students connect to learning.By having some tablets in my classroom, my students will be able to access digital lessons more often and I will be able to better differentiate my instruction based on their individual needs.\r\nMy students will be able to track their progress instantly on the tablet when practicing reading skills as well as with their assessments. | null | null | My students need tablets to use for reading enhancement and digital assessments that apply to our reading series. | 1 | 1 |
42,470 | p017685 | 89302aa844f1f337e7b78cd8e59db981 | Ms. | CA | 2016-08-05 04:42:36 | Grades 9-12 | Math & Science | Mathematics | Interactive Math Classroom | \r\nI teach 9th thru 12th grade students who are energetic and eager to learn from one another. My students are currently taking Algebra 1, AP Calculus or AP Statistics. Students at our school come from low income communities where the average household income is below the state median income. \r\nStudents in my classroom do not sit still and take notes, they take a an interactive role in learning. Students are active participants in learning by working in groups or using technology to complete projects and other interesting activities that help them discover new skills. | The materials I am requesting will be replacing old equipment that I use to create a classroom environment that is engaging and interactive for students. Our current projector overheats and the images are of poor quality even when lights in the classroom are dimmed. Our document camera has index cards wedged into the hinges for added support. With these materials I will be able to project lecture notes, multimedia and student will be able to chime in by projecting their own work. Students will also be able to share their thoughts and ideas using and practice their presentation skills when they present their work via power point presentations or simply project their handwritten work using the document camera. Our sharpener is very unpredictable and in a math classroom having dull pencils to work with is frustrating.\r\nIn an interactive classroom, students learn through collaboration and group activities.\r\nMy students also enjoy demonstrating how much they have learned by creating group projects, presentation and assignments that engage them in using their creativity. Throughout the year students have several opportunities to work individually or in groups to complete tasks that include images, graphs, and data that are to be interpreted in terms of the mathematics they are learning. Having a color printer with extra toner cartridges will allow them to print and display their work in color.\r\n | null | null | My students need a document camera, projector, color printer, toner cartridges and pencil sharpeners. | 37 | 1 |
21,193 | p246940 | 63b28691bb302da371397b081968fdfb | Mrs. | FL | 2016-08-01 18:12:47 | Grades 3-5 | Literacy & Language, Math & Science | Literature & Writing, Mathematics | Flexible Learning, Yes We Can! | My students are a diverse group of hardworking, extremely bright, 5th graders who love to come to school to learn. They need a comfortable learning environment that will allow them the ability to stretch both their bodies and minds throughout the day!\r\n\r\nThe students come from a wide variety of cultural and ethnic backgrounds. We are a classroom community who learns from each other every day! The students are enthusiastic learners who read voraciously and love to solve problems collaboratively. | As education continues to evolve, so does the way students learn. I am requesting 6 Hokki stools, 4 Lapdesks, 3 Go Anywhere chairs, and other flexible seating choices for my students because the time of sitting in a desk all day is gone. \r\n\r\nThe students will be able to work on projects, read books and complete assignments in a non-traditional setting. They will be excited to work in groups and will look forward to the flexible seating arrangement. I look forward to seeing each and every one of them chose their own seating on a daily basis, today at a desk, tomorrow on the floor! | null | null | My students need 6 Hokki stools, 4 lapdesks and 3 anywhere chairs to take part in a flexible learning environment. | 3 | 1 |
58,548 | p242312 | 6ed65fc130b8a10343768d5d530a7632 | Ms. | ME | 2016-08-11 13:28:18 | Grades 3-5 | Math & Science | Mathematics | Flex 'n Grow | My students need flexible seating options to give them a choice in what kind of learning space works best for them! My students come from a wide range of socioeconomic backgrounds in an old mill town located in southern Maine. We have one of the highest free and reduced lunch populations in the southern Maine area but that doesn’t stop student’s from attending school with positive attitudes! \r\n\r\nFlexible seating will help my students to work collaboratively, communicate, and engage in critical thinking. My classroom environment fosters collaboration opportunities for my students and this cannot be done with traditional seating arrangements. Our classroom is a creative, productive, and safe collaborative environment. \r\n | Providing a variety of options will help our classroom space meet individual student’s needs and help foster a positive learning experience. Stools in the classroom will allow students to sit at raised tables or higher work spaces. While the bouncy bands and wiggle seats will support active learners with the movement they need while sitting. The Kore wobble chairs will provide students movement opportunities while working at tables. These items will give students a choice in how they learn and help provide a variety of seating options in our classroom. \r\nAllowing choice helps students become self-aware of what types of seating and environmental factors help them learn best. Students learn best when movement is supported in the classroom. These flexible seating options are supporting movement throughout the students’ day. | null | null | My students need flexible seating options to offer choice and flexibility in the classroom to support active learners with the movement they need. | 0 | 1 |
107,279 | p207713 | d29800d2f5e14f9d2876c4bd7c96038b | Mr. | AL | 2016-09-02 14:22:40 | Grades 6-8 | Music & The Arts | Music | Bass in the Place: We Need Tuba Mouthpieces! | \"I am so excited to play tuba!\" This is what I heard as we matched students in our 6th grade band to instruments this school year. Seeing the excitement on their faces as they found their instrument match made me feel like Santa on Christmas Day! Our school serves as the only middle school in our city, and seeks to provide a well rounded and rigorous educational experience in a safe learning environment. As a result, we are striving daily to improve our programs for the students. Our goal is to prepare our students for college and career readiness, as well as providing musical experiences that last a lifetime. \r\n\r\nThe sixth grade band at our school is comprised of 54 budding musicians, many of whom come from low income households and school music is their only outlet for expression. Our band program serves all grades in the middle school, however 6th grade is the entry point for band students. We strive to capitalize on their excitement and enjoyment for music by providing the chance to start making music as early as possible. | My students love making music! The students in our band love playing their instruments and inspiring others through their love for music making. These special 6th graders have a desire to play the tuba and we do not want their desire to dwindle. The mouthpieces will allow me to see exactly what each child is capable of doing, as well as provide an easy way for them to show and share their musical ideas. \r\n\r\nThe mouthpieces will allow all the new tuba players to play at the same time. The students will not have to choose days for each student to play because everyone will have their own mouthpiece. Also this will give the students more days to play and improve their skills on their instrument. This will put the tuba students on a level playing field as the other students in the band. This will also enhance the classroom environment as the students will have pride about playing and being successful on their instrument. | null | null | My students need new mouthpieces so they can play this year | 1 | 1 |
152,106 | p075511 | b9558c352e7836af3c745280f98523f3 | Mrs. | KS | 2016-12-15 16:06:29 | Grades 9-12 | Applied Learning, Music & The Arts | College & Career Prep, Visual Arts | Feeding Our Passions | My students are awesome! They are working so hard this year to complete all of their projects. Our community is classified as high poverty; our students do not have many resources outside of the school doors. They are very grateful for any technology or helpful aides supplied to them, to enhance their learning environment. \r\n\r\nOur High School Yearbook staff is comprised of very talented kiddos, who, when given the right tools, can be very creative with their designs! They have fantastic ideas and share many \"aha\" moments in the classroom. They are also excited about fundraising opportunities and are willing to work extra hours as needed to make our Yearbook a successful meaningful memory book. | Our high school yearbook staff is taking a new initiative to boost fundraising efforts in order to afford an enhanced school yearbook. They have requested permission for bake sales, which we were approved for. \r\n\r\nNow we need a stand that is easily mobile to display the goods to be sold in the fundraisers. This wooden cart would be perfect for what the staffers are wanting to do. This would allow them to get around the school easily to advertise and sell the goods. \r\n\r\nIf this type of fundraiser is successful, I foresee even more opportunities in the future for this great group of students! | null | null | My students need a product cart to host bake sale and other product fundraisers to help fund the high school yearbook. | 23 | 1 |
138,967 | p072227 | 537a76c912e917c9f77df744fab79a58 | Ms. | GA | 2016-12-12 13:14:29 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language, Math & Science | Literacy, Mathematics | Learning With Flexible Seating | Imagine a classroom full of students who are full of energy and excitement. They walk into my classroom every day with the eagerness and willingness to learn. During our first weeks of school my Kindergarten students are already showing a love for learning and always wanting to know more. \r\n\r\nEach student is unique and special and fits right into our class. All of my students show a caring and kindness towards one another. They work as a team and help one another.\r\n | I am requesting soft seats. I am going to use flexible seating in my classroom. Flexible seating will give my students a more comfortable way to learn this school year. It will also give those students the extra ability to get their wiggles out. It will provide motivation to my students and they will be more engaged in the activities at hand. My students will have the opportunity to maximize their learning time each and every day.\r\nMy classroom has many students with different learning styles and ability levels. I feel that using the soft seats will help all of my students maximize their learning experience by engaging their individual learning styles. | null | null | My students need flexible seating for the classroom to support their different learning styles. | 9 | 1 |
60,872 | p251154 | f17bd04ba1c68a4129cc168dc480eb36 | Teacher | FL | 2017-01-30 12:14:48 | Grades 3-5 | Literacy & Language, Math & Science | Literacy, Mathematics | YOU Can Help Third Graders Excel in Reading and Math!! | At our school, 3rd Grade is a wonderful team made up of amazing students and dedicated teachers. Our students are always setting out on new journeys to gain more knowledge. When we learn a new topic, they always have at least 10 more questions. Their quest for more information never ends. These students are multicultural, and attend a brand new beautiful school in sunny Florida. These boys and girls do not let anything stop them. As Benjamin Franklin said, \"An investment in knowledge Pays the best interest.\" and our students are invested in their education. | Our school is wonderful school. We have two desktop computers in each classroom and a smart board. This access to technology is very helpful, and as a teacher I am very appreciative, but I really think my children need more computers in the classroom. Quite a few of the students don't have computers at home. They need to be comfortable using computers, as we are a living in a world of technology. Computers are one of the best tools to have at their disposal. They can research, read books, communicate with each other and even go on VIRTUAL field trips! They will be able to do both remedial and enriching activities for all subjects. The testing of the future is going to be online. I want to ensure my students are ready for this change. With laptops in the classroom, my students will be able to have a bigger technology center. They'll be able to read books online and then take short assessments so I can measure their comprehension.\r\nYour donation to fund these classroom laptops will not only have an impact on them this year, but it will help my students in years to come. It really is amazing how far we have come the past ten years with technology in the classroom. Technology is here to stay and every child should have access to a computer. You are on a computer right now, you know the value is priceless!\r\n | null | null | My students need eight more laptops in our classroom to enrich all subjects, especially Reading and Math. | 0 | 1 |
25,408 | p141852 | 4f562fa341a4dd23da0b9d9428e10724 | Ms. | FL | 2017-04-07 23:23:28 | Grades PreK-2 | Health & Sports, Applied Learning | Health & Wellness, Other | Flexible Seating in Low Income Classroom! | My students are amazing people! We are at a high poverty, high needs school. We have actually been in the paper due to the lack of support from the school board in previous years but we are ON TRACK to move our school from one of the worst in the state to one of the best turnaround, underdog stories ever! \r\nMy students are sprinting towards success and have been so adaptable and resilient despite all the drastic changes in their lives in school and outside of school. We are going to be an A school before we know it, and they will be so proud that they worked so hard to get us there. | My students would greatly benefit from being allowed the freedom of choice! Life is all about choices, and why shouldn't my 2nd graders have options in terms of how they learn and where they choose to learn? When I am working on things at home and I am tired of sitting at a desk I often find myself on the group at my coffee table. I want to give this sort of freedom to my students as well. \r\n Our students are not robots and they deserve choice and the ability to learn the way that is best for them, even if it means on the floor or on a yoga ball. Many studies have shown that the use of things such as yoga balls, stability cushions, and wobble chairs not only help expel energy our children natural have but it also helps with blood flow to the brain that helps with the thinking process. \r\n At my school, due to the level of poverty and under performance, my scholars are expected to be at school an hour and a half longer than other schools in my district. This can be very overwhelming and draining and I believe that having the flexible seating will ease some of that drain by providing a positive outlet for my students and will encourage them to enjoy things such as reading, math and science. | null | null | My students need alternative seating options that allow them to expand their learning by providing choice and freedom of where to sit and how to do their work. | 2 | 1 |
3,547 | p047895 | a68e45094107327f076b7a4a40ec2266 | Ms. | CA | 2017-01-09 16:41:40 | Grades 6-8 | Literacy & Language | ESL, Literature & Writing | Chromebooks for 1:1 | My students come from hardworking families who strive hard to give their children a chance at the American dream. Despite the parents' hard work, many of my students do not have opportunities at home to learn and master technology. As such, it becomes the school's responsibility to help these students learn valuable skills related to technology. Many of these students strive to be the first in their family to go to college. Technology skills will be imperative to make these dreams happen.\r\n\r\nDedicated, hardworking, gritty, and determined, these are first-generation college-bound students who have accepted the challenge to become competitive applicants to college. | With class size increase, my class set of Chromebooks cannot accommodate all of my students. As our district seeks to adopt a new ELA curriculum that has many technology enhancements, it is important for each student to have Chromebook with which to access these engaging and innovative approaches to teaching ELA. \r\n\r\nBy adding these two Chromebooks, all students will have their own device so that each can reach his/her academic best. That is the ultimate goal--each student is given the necessary technology to stay competitive with students from technological-savvy families in more prosperous communities. This helps to level the playing field a bit. \r\n | null | null | My students need an additional two Chromebooks to complete a class set so that all students can have access to a Chromebook. The additional two devices will accommodate for increased class sizes. | 5 | 1 |
116,911 | p023919 | 4af351f505da293cdbb19838dcba755f | Ms. | TN | 2017-01-29 00:10:13 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language | Literature & Writing | Accommodation Supplies for Writing! | I teach a group of students with diverse backgrounds. The majority of my students come from low income families. Everyone knows poverty affects education. The County I currently teach in was listed as the poorest County in Tennessee according to the United States Census Bureau's American Community Survey. \r\n\r\nI work daily with economically stressed students and parents. I have high expectations for ALL of my students, regardless of the high poverty rate in my County. One goal I have as a teacher in my County is to provide my students with everything they need to be successful in life. | I am in desperate need of your help on this project! I have recently started tutoring for 1 hour on Monday. I have a student in my Homeroom classroom who was recently released from Occupational Therapy. This student gets very frustrated when his writing is not how he wants it to be. I feel that it is MY job to make sure this student feels/ is successful. This student is VERY self-conscious, especially when it comes to writing. I have been researching to find Fine Motor Skill activities I can do with him during/ after school. I have bought materials and supplies out of my own pocket..(stress balls, rice, paperclips, puzzles, triangle-shaped pencils, raised lined paper). I believe the supplies I have listed will help this child (along with others I work with) to feel more successful in his writing. | null | null | My students need basic writing supplies which accommodate to their needs. | 1 | 0 |
90,597 | p111127 | 9f9bfa642de485fc2810a10308bddffd | Ms. | GA | 2016-07-22 06:33:27 | Grades 3-5 | Literacy & Language, Math & Science | Literacy, Mathematics | Posting Ideas With Post it Notes! | My students are eager to learn and rise to the high expectations set by my school and myself. They love learning and this passion for learning helps them motivate one another. I teach in a title I school district, so resources can be limited. However, I want my students to understand that our surroundings and situations don't determine our outcomes in life. I want them to know that they can be successful and thrive wherever they are. We reside in a quiet community and school district that supports teachers and students. | My students will use Post-it notes to quickly and efficiently post what they have learned in the classroom. This is a great way for students to show what they know without having to take a test, quiz, or write a lengthy assignment. These quick checks are exactly what can be used to accompany assessments to track comprehension. My students will also use Post-it notes to express their thoughts about various genres in order to track their own thinking. Assessing students does not have to be more than a quick post-it on the board. I want to put the focus on the students and not solely on testing. | null | null | My students need post it notes to share their knowledge while reading closely. | 12 | 1 |
5,031 | p048254 | 16c4e9e2dad1eb4c35caff855c0a9572 | Mrs. | MA | 2016-12-02 21:23:06 | Grades PreK-2 | Math & Science | Health & Life Science | Remember When You Did Hands-on Science Activities in School? | My students are kindergartners new to the world of education and from an urban school district. A full 90% of the enrolled students receive free and reduced price lunches. They are bright and eager to learn.\r\n We are currently incorporating the NSGG science standards into our kindergarten curriculum. They are 4 and 5 years old and discovering the world of science. As their learning adventure begins, they need some hands-on experiences pertaining to life cycles. I am a firm believer that reading about life cycle of a butterfly is good but seeing the the caterpillar evolve is priceless. | Most of our students do not have the opportunity to experience and observe nature. I have seen students gain knowledge through observation and experiences. These are the situations that remain with them and that become catalysts for learning.\r\n\r\n Please help us provide our little ones the experience of watching a caterpillar evolve into a butterfly right before their eyes! We already have purchased the enclosures for the project but our budget this year will not support the purchase of butterfly larvae. This donation would be much appreciated by teachers and students. The release of the butterflies on a warm spring day will be magical. | null | null | My students need butterfly larvae so they can visually see the life cycle of the butterfly. | 2 | 1 |
43,304 | p121552 | 735a480d3ef38590e0645d8ab5ea49d0 | Ms. | NY | 2016-08-23 21:33:24 | Grades 6-8 | History & Civics, Math & Science | Financial Literacy, Mathematics | Fantastic Math: Algebra Students Need Laptops to Find It! | As all math teachers have found, students always want to know why they need to know the math that they are learning. For this reason, it is my goal that students are able to see the connection between the math that they are learning and their real-life experiences outside of the classroom. I always try to incorporate skills within the curriculum that will help prepare them for the future.\r\n\r\nStudents always notice and appreciate the organization and structure that I provide in the classroom. I believe that by being organized myself, I can model essential skills that will help my students become more successful in their other classes and daily lives. In addition, when students can easily access the materials they need, they will be able to focus on the tasks at hand. \r\n\r\nThroughout my years teaching I have seen firsthand how much the availability of technology can improve a students' learning experience. There are so many great resources available to show students why understanding mathematics is relevant to their real-world experiences, but this cannot be accomplished without the proper technology in the classroom. | Over the past few years, I have seen how vital the availability of technology in my classroom has been in leading my students to mathematics success. Unfortunately, there are not currently enough laptops available in my classroom to provide all of my students with the benefits of this technology. We are only able to use the laptops for academic support, but with more laptops available, we could use it as a central part of the lessons. \r\n\r\nHaving enough laptops would allow the students to work at their own pace. My students often attend extra-help before school and during lunch and need laptops to practice key skills. In addition, we could more easily use technology during classroom projects. For example, students can access websites that connect the skills they are learning to the real-world and can help them become financially literate. \r\n\r\nThese laptops will further student engagement in my classroom. It will provide a platform for individualized instruction. Lastly, it will help me support struggling students who need to practice mathematical skills. | null | null | My students need 3 laptops to access valuable resources and for academic support as they learn about Algebra. | 4 | 1 |
109,270 | p219927 | f31399b9646728220300b2bfc9ab6ba9 | Mrs. | CA | 2016-05-20 13:24:02 | Grades 9-12 | Special Needs, Music & The Arts | Special Needs, Visual Arts | Art: A hard days work. | My students have become artists! This school year they dove head first into a new art program developed for student in special day programs who are classified as Emotionally Disturbed. These kids tend to work better in small groups and have projects that allow them to get up, move around, listen to music, work with their hands and freely be themselves. Often times, out in regular education, the classrooms have too many kids, the rigor of work can be overwhelming and the kids sometimes don't know how to work through their emotions. To help them out, we created an art program focusing on 3D Art and pottery that allows them to access their creative juices, but do so in an environment that feels safe and welcoming.\r\nAs the art program has been such a success, the school has asked me to teach a 2nd class of art to students in our special day classes who are classified as intellectually disabled. I am so excited to be able to expand our pottery project and allow other students to experience art on a daily basis. | This school year we launched our Pottery Project and introduced pottery to the students each week on Thursdays and Fridays. The students had so much fun. They learned how to throw on the wheels and they learned how to hand build with clay. The rest of the week they spent doing 2D and 3D art projects, which included making 3D conversational heart, 3D words, trees created out of wire and paper mache, masks, boxes and used wood burning tools.\r\nNext school year multiple students in the SDC program on our campus will be able to take an art class designed specifically with the in mind, focusing in on their own personal learning styles. It is so very exciting to create an art program that will challenge the students to empower art. | null | null | My students need art brushes, paints, plaster cast, paper and drawing journals for their art class next school year. | 7 | 0 |
115,870 | p070729 | a5480f0841d176b44cb7abe098ee777a | Mrs. | MI | 2017-01-26 09:44:19 | Grades 9-12 | Music & The Arts | Visual Arts | Makerspace Magic Lands In The Library | A majority of my students read significantly below grade level. These reluctant readers are most often visual or kinesthetic learners, and so I spend a large amount of my time creating an exciting and welcoming environment to entice them to come into the library to select reading materials.\r\n\r\nA majority of our students are well below the poverty line, coming from what would be described as rough neighborhoods. 100% of our students receive free lunch, which qualifies us as a Title I school. We serve many nationalities as well, many who are first generation immigrants, adding a large number of English language learners to our student population. All of these factors add up to a large part of our student body who read significantly below grade level, which makes most of them very reluctant readers. one on one, most students want to do well and succeed. Our dedicated teachers and support staff strive to create a safe and nurturing environment in which students can be successful. | The art supplies requested, such as clay, construction paper and watercolor pencils, will be used to create a STEAM makerspace in our library. The supplies will compliment our existing selection of art books and are meant to inspire students to explore and create independently. Students are already excited about the tabletop weaving loom, the origami paper, and duct tape station. \r\n\r\nMany of our low-income students are not able to purchase supplies when they are inspired to create by the books in our arts and craft or science sections.\r\n\r\nThese supplies will give students that opportunity.\r\n\r\nThe new makerspace will also create a safe, inviting space in our library, encouraging students to explore and learn. Reluctant readers will be inspired to read books from the arts and craft and science sections of our library without the pressure of a classroom assignment.\r\n\r\n | null | null | My students need art supplies, such as clay, embroidery floss and duct tape to create and explore at our STEAM makerspace in the library. | 2 | 1 |
126,892 | p082832 | ecbb5862e0ab20364b20ca773244a60a | Mr. | NY | 2017-01-29 15:05:11 | Grades 3-5 | Literacy & Language | Literacy | 10 Prize-Winning Toon Graphics \r\n for My Fifth Grade Class | My students are eager to succeed in life. One way to ensure success is to provide the students with information about our glorious American History - its struggles and its hopes.\r\n\r\nMy students come from homes where they are first generation American citizens and homes where they will become first generation college graduates. Being part of the American dream is one that appears to be out of reach but is actually within reach with knowledge of our American history.\r\n\r\nTheir families work hard to make ends meet. Despite the challenges their families face, my students aim to be successful in all that they do. And what better way to encourage continued hard work than to share the experiences of African Americans during African American History Month where the struggles for justice are the primary focus.\r\n\r\n | The use of graphic literature in the form of comics and visual narratives can help reluctant readers get meaning out of reading. The use of visual aids along with the text of the literature will enable readers to comprehend what they are reading and become life-long readers.\r\n\r\nThe students I instruct are reluctant readers because they come from bilingual family backgrounds and speak two languages. Their anxiety in reader English is apparent when they read aloud or when they read texts that are below grade level. The use of the graphic literature provided in the Toons Books Bundle provided through AKJ will help those students grasp grade-level texts. | null | null | My students need visual and comic-based narratives to gain meaning out of reading. | 46 | 1 |
60,809 | p036118 | 3c3ff8fce54d05da815321012a7c5880 | Mr. | MI | 2016-11-02 15:15:04 | Grades 9-12 | Math & Science | Mathematics | Presentations Done \"Easel\"ly | My Algebra 2 classes at Clarenceville High School are populated with young people from basically two locales: Livonia (residents) and Detroit (schools-of-choice). All of my students come from predominately blue-collar homes with hard-working, industrious and caring families that are committed to giving their children the best possible life. Interestingly, the Clarenceville students that live in district generally have deep family roots. It’s very common to hear that the parents and older siblings of my current students are Clarenceville graduates. \r\n\r\nI have come to know the students in my classes at as wonderfully imaginative, intuitively tenacious and extremely social. In fact, their tendency to talk out difficult problems is the hallmark of my students. Through the use of student-centered activities, classroom discussions, and frequent student presentations I strive to foster an environment that strengthens that quality.\r\n | Throughout the year, my students will give many presentations about the content we have studied. Most of the presentations have a visual aid requirements. I do have a data projector with a document camera, so some of the visual aids requirements are satisfied using that technology. Unfortunately, the document camera is in the back of the room. This means that the visual aid must either be only one sheet in length or it must be tended to by another person. This is where a simple easel will come in quite handy.\r\nThe easel and tablets can easily be set up in the front of the room for the presenting students to use in many ways. Students will use the easel to prop up poster board visual aids for the entire class to view. Students will use the easel and writing tablets to create drawings, lists, tables, graphs, or anything else that might enhance their presentation or fulfill a requirement. Students will use the easel to display multiple images in flip book format. \r\nThank you very much for considering donating to my cause. I very much appreciate the people who care about my students as they are the future of Michigan.\r\n\r\n | null | null | My students need an easel and some poster-sized tablets to aid in the quality of their classroom presentations. | 0 | 1 |
56,239 | p157541 | d10345df2152ee1be3540dd75774a099 | Mr. | AL | 2017-02-06 12:53:21 | Grades 6-8 | History & Civics | Civics & Government, Financial Literacy | Classroom Library & Classroom Cash Store | My students are the best kids in the state of Alabama! Each and every day I strive to do my best to help them become better learners and individuals. My job as their social studies teacher is to aid them in becoming better historians and better writers. They all hope to achieve a 3 point growth on their practice ACT! I also want them to master analyzing primary sources. I love my job and my students! \r\n\r\nSo far we have seen an increase in 2 points on our practice ACT! I am so pumped! However we have a long ways to go! I also want my students to see books that represent their demographic! I believe that when our students are reading they become better writers! | In my class I want my students to see books that represent their demographic. My hope is that students will be able to use classroom cash to check out books from my library. With the technology age, many of our students are more familiar with reading a screen. Technology is important, but we need to ensure that our students are college ready not just with technology but with reading books. I also wanted to include some snacks for students to purchase in my classroom. I believe that it will help with behavior and keep students invested in class. I also believe it will help students learn about money and how money works. | null | null | My students need to see books that represent their personal demographic. I think my students are use to seeing books that don't represent them. | 2 | 0 |
1,396 | p068007 | 1d627a1c6a37441924535f96c30d0801 | Mr. | TX | 2017-02-01 11:24:36 | Grades 9-12 | Math & Science, Applied Learning | Mathematics, Parent Involvement | Scanning for My Intelligent Life Forms | One of the hardest parts of the job is reaching out to an supporting the parents of the students. While my school does provide teacher websites, they do not provide in-class scanning capabilities that allow me to post original or annotated documents uploaded directly to the website. \r\n\r\nI need a networked scanner to post assignments and my hand-written notes directly to my class webpages to support my students and their parents. This helps the student, but especially their parent who would love to help with Algebra, but is intimidated because they do not fondly remember their experiences. Won't you help me help them end their homework nightmare? | The students and their parents will be able to access my class page to see copies of the assignment and my handwritten notes on the internet.\r\n\r\nThe scanned documents empower my parents or others trying to help my student to see the process I presented in class and relearn rusty Algebra skills. This enables the student and those who care about them to learn by doing instead of struggling in frustration. My goal in this project is to help my parents and caregivers help my students, strengthening their role in my student's lives while helping my students succeed in Algebra I. | null | null | My students need help with their homework. The scanner gives them AND their parents internet access to my assignments and hand written notes scanned to my class page. | 7 | 1 |
181,092 | p043487 | 2e066439010172e5b488e754aed32568 | Ms. | NH | 2017-03-14 08:17:30 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language | Literature & Writing | A Writer's Dream- All We Need To Succeed! | I have incredibly curious and kind students. For most, this is their first year in school so they are excited and a little nervous. They are learning to be leaders in our classroom, school, and community. They want to do their best academically and socially. This year I hope for them to learn how to be independent, responsible, encouraging, empathetic, and motivated. They deserve the best first school year experience where they have the opportunity to grow emotionally, academically, and socially. | There are lots of materials needed for students to write books. My students will use the poly folders with fasteners to hold their ongoing work. They will use the fasteners to hold the sheet protectors containing important resources copied on the assorted colored paper. The colored paper will allow students to quickly find the resources needed in their folder. \r\n\r\nStudents will not only find folders, colored paper, and sheet protectors helpful, but important writing tools as well.\r\nStudents will use the golf pencils with erasers to write their books. They will also use the black markers during interactive writing mini lessons. | null | null | My students need 30 poly folders with fasteners, 100 sheet protectors, 500 colored sheets of paper, and 288 golf pencils with erasers. | 15 | 1 |
6,448 | p064539 | 6c19f062929ace193d44bb5504025616 | Mrs. | PA | 2016-08-27 21:16:10 | Grades PreK-2 | Math & Science | Applied Sciences, Mathematics | Reaching for The Stars: STEM style! | My students are energetic and delightful kindergarten and first grade students who come into my classroom every day full of excitement to learn. Despite the fact that my students are growing up in a high-poverty rural town, they are excited to learn and achieve, and are full believers in the age old saying \"you can be anything you want to be when you grow up.\" Scientists, Astronauts, Firefighters, and Teachers, are just a few of my students dreams!\r\n There are few things more rewarding than seeing a passion for learning in students so young. My students have a true zest for life and learning! It is my hope that through the continued use of hands-on learning they will continue to feel enthusiastic about education, and work hard to pursue their dreams!\r\n \r\n | Through the donation of a K-Gr. 1 STEM Bundle students will have access to materials that will allow them to be engaged in meaningful STEM learning opportunities that can be directly related to some of the careers they're aspiring for! \r\n STEM is a hot subject in education right now, and research suggests that STEM education better prepares students for their future careers. It's never to early to give students the head start they need on the path for success in their futures! Integrating STEM learning in the primary grade levels will lay a foundation for my students that will be integral in their continued STEM education. Students will use the hands on manipulatives donated to be fully engaged in meaningful higher-level learning activities, so that they can continue to reach for the stars! | null | null | My students need K- Gr. 1 STEM Bundle for hand-on STEM learning in our classroom. | 3 | 1 |
161,932 | p081189 | 0c49083368df22fdace4a17e4ff15871 | Mrs. | OK | 2016-09-02 21:32:55 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language | Literacy, Literature & Writing | Read, Read, Read All About It! | My classroom is a place where many students are first introduced to a formal school setting. I teach full day kindergarten in Oklahoma school that values learning through the multiple intelligences. The students in my classroom come from a variety of social and economic backgrounds. Despite our backgrounds and differences, I want to build a classroom community where children understand and appreciate each other. I want children to leave our classroom with confidence and have a thirst for continual life long learning! | The learners in my classroom are digital natives that need text choices that reflect the world they are a part of. In order to develop as readers and writers of that world, the books that they explore and fall in love with need to reflect it. \r\n\r\nThese books will be used during read alouds, small group reading, and quiet time to enhance children's comprehension and critical thinking through hands-on reading response activities. \r\n\r\nAdditionally, some of the literature will be used with children in small groups who are reading above grade level and specifically need to work on their comprehension skills to develop as readers. | null | null | My students need books to enhance their listening and speaking comprehension skills including Bink and Gollie, The Girl with the Parrot on Her Head, Hotel Bruce, and A Squiggly Story. | 83 | 1 |
16,460 | p244765 | 2bfe4d91213ae0edb043516a36554de8 | Mrs. | CA | 2016-09-22 19:07:49 | Grades 6-8 | Math & Science, Health & Sports | Health & Life Science, Nutrition Education | G4 (Great Green Gator Garden) | The sixth grade honors life science class here at Marsh Junior High School will receive help from the eighth grade peer mediator team to start two plots in the community garden across the street from our school. Chico is a small city located in a rural area and our student population of 880 is economically and ethnically diverse. This year is the first time we have had 6th graders on our campus and we would like to offer them an interactive experience! | Our students wanted to create an exciting and sustainable hands-on activity in the community garden next door to our school. Using all of the garden hand tools, hoses and sprinkler system the 8th grade mediators will be the mentors and partners with our 6th grade science class. This will enhance their learning about nutrition, health, and the life cycle.\r\n\r\n\r\nThe \"Farm To School\" concept allows the students to have a real-life experience while providing a service to the community. They will research, prepare, plant, care for, and harvest the fresh produce and flowers they grow and provide these organic and healthy food items to fellow students and families in need. | null | null | My students need supplies to create a garden that will benefit our school community. | 0 | 1 |
29,814 | p184186 | aeb7743364e90f008a4a0fe2b8ac3b65 | Mrs. | MS | 2017-02-04 14:58:06 | Grades 6-8 | Literacy & Language, Special Needs | Literature & Writing, Special Needs | I'm going to be FAMOUS | My students consist of 6th-8th graders with a wide range of disabilities. Each of them struggle with language, reading, and writing. Some of my students have autism, some have specific learning disabilities, some have emotional disabilities, and some have other health impairments as well as English Language Learners. \r\n\r\nMy classroom is like a kaleidoscope. Most of my students receive free or reduced-price lunch. I have students who speak only Mandarin or Spanish at home. I only have five girls among all my rowdy boys. Each student is unique and special to me. | My special needs language class learns the importance of public speaking. They present their writing and other assignments to the classroom while focusing on presentation skills. \r\n\r\nI want to help provide my students with skills that will benefit them with job interviews and other future endeavors. Many of my student receive free and reduce lunch. Therefore, they do not wear the most up to date and fashionable clothing. This can cause a lot of embarrassment when standing in front of others. By simply giving my students a lecturn to stand behind, their confidence suddenly grows. \r\n\r\nNot only will my students have this lecturn to stand behind, it will also be available to hold their writings and notes. We do several research projects throughout the year in which my students must create and present a slide show. This lecturn will assist the students in all of their presentations. | null | null | My students need a podium to practice public speaking and proper presentation. | 16 | 1 |
11,858 | p078501 | 2d2bc7f30caf5329609ec56d627e951d | Mrs. | CA | 2016-07-17 19:34:18 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language | Literacy | Let The Reading Begin | My students are the youngest of the school. For many this is their first experience in a school setting. For some they may never have held a pencil or read a book. They are very energetic and excited to learn. They learn best by doing. We are a school that has a high number of students that receive free or reduce lunch. Many students are neighborhood children from nearby apartments. There are also a few transfer students that come for the wonderful programs our school offers. | The bookshelf will put the read aloud books that have been read to the students in an easy to access space. Children love to reread books over and over again. The students will have access to the books throughout the school year.\r\nHaving books within easy reach of the children will encourage my students to help themselves to the books they love. The students will be able to practice reading familiar stories. The puppet sets along with the classic story books will help the children develop oral language skills. The children will be able to demonstrate their knowledge of the details in a familiar story; including characters, events, and ordering of events. The children will be able to retell and reenact the stories with the use of the character puppets that will be stored in the bookshelf baskets. | null | null | My students need a classroom library. The \"Help Yourself Bookstand With Storage\" will put books within easy reach of the children. | 1 | 1 |
151,447 | p054274 | 324209fa04099a4badacf346489f83cd | Ms. | IL | 2017-01-30 20:22:01 | Grades 6-8 | Literacy & Language, Math & Science | ESL, Mathematics | Headphones for Mathematicians | As a teacher in a low-income/high poverty school district in Chicago, my students are faced with several challenges both in and outside of the classroom. Despite those many challenges the Mathematicians that I enlighten are motivated problem solvers. \r\n\r\nThey are highly motivated and always push to do their best both academically and socially. Many of them are bilingual with English being their second language. \r\n\r\nThey enjoy Mathematics and they are quickly learning the importance of teaching others how to fish instead of simply giving fish to our peers. \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n | The headphones are needed to enhance their use of programs that aid in building the foundational Math skills of my students. Allowing students to watch video clips and hearing problems read aloud without disturbing the learning of their peers. \r\n\r\nThe Mathematicians will be able to focus more on their individualized work, view video clips to help solve problems, have problems read aloud and build their knowledge of the world of Math without disturbing others. \r\n\r\nDuring our tech time I am usually working with a small group of students one on one. So in addition to the typical classroom noise students have to concentrate on their computer work while tuning my instruction to others out. \r\n \r\nOverall, the headphones will improve concentration when utilizing technology within the classroom. \r\n | null | null | My students need 35 headphones for our individualized instruction so they can excel in the Mathematics programs used within our classroom. This will allow them to watch tutorials and videos to aid their comprehension. | 0 | 1 |
84,052 | p236111 | 83746acdcf2ce970bce64573f58dea5b | Mrs. | IA | 2016-09-10 20:23:20 | Grades 3-5 | Health & Sports | Health & Wellness | Wiggle While We Work: Using Wobble Seats/Fidgets to Stay Active\r\n | Sitting still at ours desks all day is not our idea of involved learning.\r\n\r\nWe are a class of 27 students from a variety of cultural, social, and economic backgrounds. Our district includes small towns and rural areas in Eastern Iowa. We are a Title I school, and we face a lot of challenges that growing communities face. Many of our students are labeled at-risk and need a lot of intervention support at school.\r\n\r\nWe feel lucky that we get to come to a brand-new school every day. We are looking for ways to make our classroom feel comfortable, since the high number of students in our classroom are making things feel a little crowded. We also need more tools to address our learning and behavior needs. | Our classroom floor is not very comfortable for working in pairs and small groups. We have a large number of students in our classroom. Our free space is limited and more of us have to work at our desks. Our desk chairs are hard, and no one wants to sit on them for long. We have a few different kinds of alternate seating that encourage movement, but we don't have enough for everyone who would benefit from using them. Some of us also feel more comfortable when we can wiggle or have a fidget while we work. Research shows that wiggling or using a fidget helps some of us to focus, especially when we have a long test to take or are having a rough morning. Since these tools have already been extremely popular this school year, not everyone who would like to use one has the opportunity. When I asked the students for ideas, they came up with this project to get more flexible seating and fidgets in our classroom so they can be more active while they work.\r\n\r\nWobble seats are comfortable and are in high-demand in our classroom. Since they allow movement in all directions, they are perfect for students who need to wiggle while they work. Even students who are not actively wiggling benefit because their cores are still active and engaged, improving their health and wellness. Wobble seats can be used with our existing chairs while sitting at desks or tables. They can even be used on the floor. There are students who choose to use a wobble seat all day.\r\n\r\nYou are helping us to be more comfortable, productive, and active in our classroom. In turn, this will help us to achieve our goal of being safe, appropriate, and involved learners.\r\n | null | null | My students need wobble seats and fidget tools so they can remain active while seated at desks, tables, and on the floor. | 11 | 0 |
30,036 | p233006 | 3fb8e37ad7b5d59efb5dcd571d50ba11 | Mrs. | SC | 2017-03-21 13:15:01 | Grades 3-5 | Applied Learning, Literacy & Language | College & Career Prep, Literature & Writing | BASICally- we need some BASICs! | Teaching all subject levels in a day is a daunting task, but it's made easier through the use of creative materials and subject integration. My students are fun, energetic, & imaginative as a part of their \"job\" in my classroom. It's my job to keep my classroom just as imaginative & exciting!\r\nOver 75% of our students are on free or reduced lunch, meaning it is up to us as teachers to provide much more than a day's teaching.\r\nWe serve a government housing complex that is known for having the top gang activity in our district. Many students don't have books at home or even a space to regularly do their homework. This doesn't define them, though. My students are hard workers. Responsibility & creativity are daily activities for each of them. They work towards creating a future for themselves that will take them on a different path than the one they've lived so far. Students have the power to change their stars, so I set and keep high expectations within my classroom. Knowing this, students work harder as they strive to reach their individual \"best\" levels. I can't change their past, but together we can change their future! | Our project requests some relatively simple, basic materials, like markers, crayons, dry erase boards, stickers, colored pencils, sentence strips, etc. We'll be using them as a part of our station rotations as well as our whole group instruction. The variety allows for students of all levels to be able to find the materials they need to perform the tasks at hand.\r\nStudents will work on planning their own lessons and delivering them to other students, practicing skills from time-management to handwriting.\r\nThe requested materials will allow students to make choices as to how exactly to create and deliver their lesson information, promoting creativity, independence, and confidence as they work towards being good planners, speakers, collaborators, teachers, and leaders.\r\n | null | null | My students need supplies for centers (aka: stations), such as stickers, lap boards, markers, sentence strips, etc. They'll work on time management skills, handwriting practice, collaboration, and more! | 26 | 1 |
106,115 | p098595 | 05a80837a788a70e8f33eba02ad61c6c | Mr. | NM | 2016-05-06 23:44:21 | Grades 3-5 | Literacy & Language | Literacy | Mr. Whitney's Fantastic Fourth | I'm finishing my first year and do not have a lot of resources for a classroom. | My students are almost all low income. I have a range of skill levels from very low to very high. There is a mixture of bilinguals, English Language Learners, and native English speakers. This range requires extra attention to literacy and language. | I'm wanting to create centers for more autonomous learning. Shelves and books will be in a reading center to encourage a love of learning. The pillows will provide comfortable seating for students as they read around the classroom. Ample storage will be used for other supplies for students' activities. | Learning because they are told they have to learn only goes so far. Learning because they want to learn goes further. Through these supplies, students will gain intrinsic motivation through autonomous learning. | My students need books in English and Spanish to improve literacy.\r\nMy classroom needs storage and shelving for supplies.\r\nMy students need headphones for computers. | 0 | 1 |
90,844 | p017810 | 21e2485da8096048063a0a8d1ef348ba | Mr. | VA | 2016-11-03 21:09:57 | Grades PreK-2 | Music & The Arts | Visual Arts | Kindergarten Van Goghs | My students are always excited to come to school, no matter what they might be dealing with outside of school. It is my job to make the school day as fun and exciting as possible while making sure they learn the most that they can.\r\n\r\nI teach in a Title 1 school and most of the students receive free or reduced breakfasts and lunches. A lot of the students aren't exposed to many things. I try to expose them to as many different things as I can (painting, building with Legos, paper maching, etc). | Throughout the school year, we do a variety of different activities/crafts that involve paint. Right now we are extremely low on all of our paint and often times we don't get allowances for things like paint. For me, paint is important because a lot of kids have never been around paint at all.\r\n\r\nFrom holiday crafts to work in our stations to making our own Eric Carle paper as part of a unit on him to painting paper mache eggs, the students get expose to a variety of painting experiences that are both fun and meaningful.\r\nIt's experiences like these that will last a long time. | null | null | My students need paint to help tap into their creativeness. This paint will help foster new projects throughout the year. | 9 | 1 |
129,136 | p145322 | ceb03ac89f08727fba5d1d2546e00f2b | Mrs. | NC | 2016-11-07 08:34:34 | Grades 3-5 | Math & Science, History & Civics | Applied Sciences, Civics & Government | Don't Lose Your Balance! | Our creative students are eager to learn and take risks. They enthusiastically work with manipulatives, devour books, and explore their world.\r\n\r\nWe are a diverse learning community that focuses on being globally minded and making the world a more peaceful place. At any given time you may hear one of the 22 languages spoken in our students' home in our hallways. We are rich with culture and varied backgrounds.\r\n\r\nStudents, faculty, and families utilize the media center as the hub of our school. Long gone are the days of quiet library trips. Students and teachers embrace the library space to inquire, research, explore, and take creative risks. I want to support this authentic learning with fresh technology and literature. | The funding of this project will serve 2 different grade levels. \r\n\r\nFirst graders will explore the scientific concepts of balance and gravity while practicing taking turns and being good sports. They will also have a writing opportunity at the end of their unit to write new rules for the game. \r\n\r\nThird graders will have fun with the simple yet challenging game as they discover the concept of a balanced government in their social studies unit. We have one game on display at the front of the library and it has been a huge hit with young students, older students and teachers! I look forward to having more sets for curious hands to explore. | null | null | My students need \"SUSPEND\" balance games to explore the properties of balance in 1st grade and understand the balance of the three branches of government, with an emphasis on local government in 3rd grade. | 3 | 1 |
26,214 | p130931 | 5fbbb0730e7b41803ac07bc4c738863e | Ms. | NY | 2016-05-25 21:09:30 | Grades 6-8 | Music & The Arts | Performing Arts, Visual Arts | Lights, Camera, ACTION! Help kids learn the how create films | My students live in Brooklyn, NY. They live in areas such as Sunset Park, Red Hook, Park Slope, ect... Our school is a Title 1 school, which means the majority of our kids struggle with poverty. I work with 90+ students that have diverse backgrounds. They are very eager to learn since most of them are ESL students ( students that English is their second language). The families that I work for are so grateful for the support and education we provide for their children because they understand the importance of education. Our goal is to give them the best tool and practices so that they all have a bright future. | Hello and thank you for checking out my project. I am a middle school ELA teacher that also does Photography Club after school. For two years my students have been learning the art of photography and digital photography. They have created countless beautiful and unique works of art. \r\n\r\nNow it's time to get these students creating short films. This project will make such a difference because with your help we will be able to record students in action at school. Then we will be able to share what our wonderful students have done at school by filming, editing it, and uploading it onto our school website. Our first film is going to our students' Poetry Slam Contest!. | null | null | My students need a camcorder for photo club. We have been working with digital cameras for two years and now we want to work with video! | 2 | 1 |
152,820 | p019918 | 163cecde617d864846d5269fe477a4fc | Mrs. | MD | 2016-09-03 08:07:15 | Grades PreK-2 | Health & Sports | Health & Wellness | Yoga for Kids! | My Kindergartners are full of energy and eager to learn. They are just getting settled into our daily routines. For some of them this is their first time in school. They are very inquisitive about everything and have a hard time remember to raise their hand for \"permission to speak.\"\r\n\r\nMy goal this year for my students is to instill a love of learning that will last a life time! By adding classic board games to my classroom students will have the opportunity to develop problem solving skills along with reinforcing academic concepts. | Research has shown that giving students brain breaks through out the day help students focus and retain learned skills. Currently in our curriculum we have build in time for brain breaks and similar activities to promote healthy living. These materials will give my students a variety of activities to do for brain breaks. They will also encourage positive self image and healthy living. \r\n\r\nI love that these materials are geared towards children and developmentally appropriate. They show pictures of what students are supposed to be doing along with giving tips for the teacher to help struggling students. With the DVDs students will get to see their peers doing the same activities and know that they can do it too. I can't wait to use these in my class. | null | null | My students need strategies to help them calm down when upset and different activities to use as brain breaks in class. | 2 | 0 |
140,008 | p001566 | 015c50bdb7662cdce2dbd7ae8b72abf9 | Mrs. | SC | 2017-03-08 19:22:49 | Grades PreK-2 | Health & Sports | Gym & Fitness, Team Sports | Help Us Make Some Goals | I have the honor of teaching the most intelligent, enthusiastic, and knowledge-thirsty students in the world! I teach in a STEAM school, so my students are taught to be problem solvers. They enter my classroom each day excited and ready to learn new concepts. \r\n\r\nMy classroom is a melting pot of cultures, socioeconomic backgrounds, and ability levels; but all of those differences are left at the door. When my students enter my classroom, we are a family, and we find ways to overcome the differences and help each other succeed. They are a very active and energetic bunch that love to participate in activities that allow them to move! | My students love to play soccer. We got a new soccer ball at the beginning of the year and now because my students have played with it so much, it is barely staying together! Many of the students play recreational soccer and they practice their skills during recess. The students just create imaginary lines as goals and just have to remember who is on who's team when they play. I think it is time for an upgrade!\r\n\r\n Playing soccer at recess will give my students the break they need from working hard in the classroom. They will be so excited to have brand new soccer balls to play with, real soccer goals instead of imaginary lines to mark a score and pinnies to identify each team. Thank you for helping to make recess more fun! | null | null | My students need soccer goals, soccer balls and youth sized pinnies to help them play the game of soccer at recess. | 46 | 1 |
156,638 | p073632 | cc60e18bd9d1a1f6fa8ce79b10b334c4 | Mrs. | IN | 2016-05-03 09:37:20 | Grades 3-5 | Math & Science | Applied Sciences, Environmental Science | Future Scientists in the Making! | \"If you haven't had any problems today, you haven't done anything interesting. Let's do something interesting. Let's have some problems.\"\r\nThis is the theme of science in our classroom, built around STEM. Think, investigate, create trials, solve problems. | In a high poverty school, my students face the challenge of limited resources, especially in the sciences. My students are 4th graders in a considerably large urban elementary school. The designation is high-poverty, but we do not let that define us. The majority of my students lack science backgrounds and experiences. Therefore, I am trying to bring more of this to them. | For most children, experiencing the curriculum is what motivates and interests them. Science has become \"read and respond\". This is NOT going to create the scientists of the future. The live kits will involve them in natural processes, even while indoors. They will become a part of the process. They will become invested and will apply this to the greater world. Through this, I will be able to motivate them to learn the scientific principles and, more importantly, instill a sense of wonder and fascination for the natural world at a very influential time in their life. \r\nThe electrical circuit kits will give them a true understanding of how this form of energy works in their every day lives. Hands on experience will stick in their memory and provide true learning that diagrams and videos never will. Finally, the storage boxes will be used for necessary visuals to support the curriculum. | As I stated above, the majority of these children have little to no real-life experience with essential scientific principles. I want to bring this to life for them and hopefully inspire their scientific minds, create a bond with nature, and simply give them experiences that their home lives will probably never include...experiences that create well-rounded people in the future. | My students need science kits and materials, as well as storage for visual aids. | 17 | 1 |
143,987 | p079098 | ce873a8d6bb252c3cc43544447ab4322 | Ms. | CA | 2016-11-09 18:21:07 | Grades PreK-2 | Music & The Arts | Visual Arts | Amazing Art Integration | My first graders are energetic and eager learners. The majority of my students are bussed in from neighborhoods around the greater Los Angeles area, and some students are from the surrounding neighborhood. More than 50% of the students at the school qualify for free or reduced lunch. We teach a diverse student population. \r\n\r\nThe teachers, much like the students, are always learning. We are focusing on learning Reader's and Writer's Workshop in order to push students to become strong and independent readers and writers. With district cuts to art and music programs, integrating art into the curriculum is critical. My students love to paint, color, and draw, but resources are limited. \r\n\r\n | With cuts to arts education, the students do not have opportunities to participate in art classes. I would like to integrate art projects into the curriculum, but my classroom lacks basic art supplies. We have watercolor palettes, but no paper or paint brushes. The students have worn down the crayons given to them at the beginning of the school year. The students would love to receive brand new crayons and nice drawing paper. \r\n\r\nWhen my students work on an art project, it sparks their creativity and imagination. I love to search the internet for art projects that I can do with my class, but the only thing missing is art supplies. If our class receives oil pastels, drawing paper, crayons, and watercolor paper and brushes, we can get to work on many fun and creative art projects. \r\n\r\n | null | null | My students need basic art supplies like crayons, oil pastels, water color paper, and drawing paper. | 1 | 1 |
32,470 | p227190 | 5c250f8b1523438faa7b40e59b21df0a | Mrs. | KY | 2016-04-28 13:27:42 | Grades 3-5 | Literacy & Language, Special Needs | Literacy, Special Needs | Whole Brain Classroom Setup | My classroom, of near 30 students, is full of students who want to learn, but are not used to sitting still for more than 15 or 20 minutes, so it becomes difficult for them to stay focused-- not because they don't want to but because they simply cannot. | I work in a building where 90% of our students are on free or reduced lunch, and for many of our students, school is their safe place. Our students walk into the building knowing that they are going to be fed, loved on, and given an education so it is where they want to be! On average, every year, I have five or more students who are on ADHD medicine and several more who are undiagnosed or unmedicated. This really affects how much they can learn in any given day because, no matter how hard they try, they simply cannot focus. Almost a third of our population is made up of English Language Learners, so we are blessed to truly be a melting pot where our students get to experience so much diversity of culture and learning styles. | With the requested wobble chairs, ball chairs, yoga cushions, stools, and stools my students will have a variety of seating to match their specific learning style. If I am able to raise the funds for these supplies you will be able to walk into my room and see my children being comfortable, and we all know that we focus best when we are comfy! I have been able to gather tables of all different heights so that if students would like to stand at a table, sit on the floor at a table, or bounce in a seat at a table, they can. | By funding this project my classroom environment will be more conducive to open collaboration, communication, creativity, and critical thinking, which are all the things that 21st-century learners need to thrive. Allowing students open seating to choose how they are going to learn best takes away one of the many obstacles that they have - staying focused. | My students need wobble Chairs, ball chairs, yoga pillows Cushions, bean bag chairs, and stools. | 2 | 1 |
69,886 | p034105 | 9932033c5979c55f47234fcb610515a9 | Mrs. | CA | 2016-09-11 22:07:14 | Grades 3-5 | Applied Learning | College & Career Prep | Organization = Success | My students are highly energetic, curious, and excited to be at school. They are eager to learn and are motivated by having access to the right tools.\r\n\r\nOur school is a public school located in a major city in California with more than 80% of the students receiving free and/or reduced-price lunch.\r\n\r\nMy students have the desire to learn and explore. They are also inquisitive and dream of a bright future. But most of all, they love to laugh and be kids! | This year, we are focusing on becoming more organized. It would be amazing if each child had a binder with divider tabs to keep papers separate. Being organized is a skill that could be useful now and in the future as a college student.\r\n\r\nIn the past, I purchased binders for students that could not afford it. But, with higher class sizes, it is becoming more and more difficult to purchase school supplies for my students.\r\n\r\nThe binders would be used daily. Students will keep a tab for current work, resource documents, weekly planner sheets, unfinished work, and other. I believe that teaching students how to become organized with their paper in class will help them achieve higher success in academics. Being organized is a learned skill, and with the binders and tabs, we are one step closer to having a place for everything! | null | null | My students need 1.5 inch binders and binder index dividers to keep organized. | 24 | 1 |
25,347 | p033768 | d1e6631a288933ca038c3b4003530674 | Mrs. | NV | 2017-02-07 21:12:57 | Grades 3-5 | Literacy & Language, Math & Science | Literature & Writing, Mathematics | Chromebook Challenge = Technology in the Classroom! | My class consist of 11 boys and 10 girls. The academic make up of my class is four students with Individual Education Plans (IEP), four additional students struggling academically in Reading, Math and Writing, two students receiving speech language services, one mentally challenged student, and four English Second Language (ESL) students. Regardless of their vast differences, my students are hardworking, persistent, inquisitive and determined. My third graders foster a community of respect, appreciation, and perseverance with communication, investigation, and exploration. The person doing the teaching is doing the learning!\r\n\r\nGot Grit and Perseverance? My students are teachers, coaches, and collaborators. Their curiosity and excitement for learning are endless. They thirst for knowledge and understanding the \"Why?\" in all topics! My 3rd graders never give up and support each other through any social or academic challenge. We embrace all types of learning and differences. The world is made up of many different colors.\r\n\r\nWe are a K-5 Elementary with over 856 student enrollment. My school is so vast, we are switching to a 4 multi-track school year, and technology funds are very limited in our classroom. | All children deserve the same opportunity to grow and blossom their knowledge. I am a 5th year Third Grade teacher. I recently accepted a new teaching position in a larger district, and technology supplies are limited. I am 1 of 7 third grade classes in a K-5 elementary with an enrollment of 956 plus students. In my classroom, I have one student computer and one teacher computer. Due to a large enrollment of students, Computer time is very limited and times must be scheduled between all grades and all classrooms...a teaching nightmare.\r\n\r\nThe funding of this project would allow my students to practice and develop their knowledge of a computer on a daily basis; as well as, help prepare them for computer-based testing. | null | null | My students need Chromebooks! In a school of 850 plus students, technology is limited! We need Technology in our classroom!! | 7 | 0 |
131,641 | p012573 | 4d0577d935af5bd9e966550c49c0917d | Mr. | PA | 2016-09-29 15:01:26 | Grades 3-5 | Health & Sports | Gym & Fitness, Health & Wellness | Love 2 Move!! | Students at Fairfield Elementary School come from a variety of backgrounds. Many students come to school each day not only to learn, but to feel a sense of belonging. Students in my classes also have varying abilities. Some students may have learning disabilities and would greatly benefit from having these materials to help stimulate their learning.\r\nMy dream is to help my students be able to forget about their problems at home and enjoy the time they spend at school. They also need to be confident in their abilities. All of my previous students and current students know that I am one of their BIGGEST supporters and that I truly believe in everything that they do. | These balance balls and exercise discs will be a great addition to my classroom. As students get into 3rd grade a lot of the fun activities go out the window and the focus becomes more on academics. \r\n\r\nThe donations for this project will not only improve my classroom by reducing the amount of behavioral issues, because I will be able to provide the appropriate stimulation. These materials to my classroom will help stimulate my students learning. It will also allow them to burn off energy without even knowing that they are doing it. With this energy burnt off their ability to focus will greatly improve.. \r\n | null | null | My students need this exercise equipment to help them concentrate on their learning. | 1 | 1 |
158,917 | p066835 | a357d52b4c0574c04da1e4250a199eb8 | Mrs. | CO | 2017-03-10 16:24:02 | Grades 3-5 | Literacy & Language, Math & Science | Literature & Writing, Mathematics | Hoping for Headphones | I teach a dynamic group of struggling students; the majority of which suffer from dyslexia. My students learn differently, and it is my responsibility to find what alternatives and accommodations work to make their learning most successful. \r\n\r\nMy classroom is a Title I school which means that we have high numbers or high percentages of children from low-income families. We struggle with attendance rates, parental involvement, and student engagement. As a teacher, I strive to find ways to motivate, engage, and spark creativity in my students. And that costs money - that's where I need your help!\r\n\r\n | A classroom is a noisy place on any day with the exchanging of ideas between teacher and student. \r\n\r\nHeadphones help keep the noise level at a minimum while keeping learning at a maximum. Having headphones in the classroom means enormous possibilities to enhance learning and focus.\r\n\r\nIn my classroom, every student has their own computer, but not their own headphones. It can be noisy and distracting to students to listen to audio speakers when there are multiple computers in the classroom. Headphones help the student focus on their assignments and not another student's assignment.\r\n\r\nHeadphones help keep all students on the same level and encourage them to pay attention and interact with the teacher because they can hear every word. | null | null | My students need headphones to keep the noise level at a minimum while keeping learning. A classroom is a noisy place with the exchanging of ideas between teacher and student and headphones will help! | 1 | 1 |
138,033 | p156318 | b7dd7d5380de2c4fcd3087449f3fabf6 | Mrs. | NY | 2016-12-21 14:55:46 | Grades 3-5 | Literacy & Language | Literature & Writing | “Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind...\" | To be or not to be, that is my question. This project is created to bring Shakespeare's writing to life. At the end of every year I put on a performance of Midsummer Night Dream with my fifth grade students. It is amazing what they learn and come away with when we finish the research, discussions, and performance.\r\n\r\nI am a fifth grade ELA teacher.\r\nI have 61 students that I teach throughout each day. The school is comprised of over 400 amazing students from UPK to fifth grade. We are considered a high poverty school district. We are located in a small inner city area. My students may not have much, but what they do have, they truly appreciate. | I am asking for a class set of \"Who Is William Shakespeare\". Every year I teach my fifth grade classes, 61 students in all, literature from Shakespeare. At the end of the year, we take the information of his writings and perform \"Midsummer Night Dream\". It is amazing the wealth of knowledge they gain from actually performing what they have read and learned. I have been doing this unit for over six years now and I hope to build upon this unit for many years to come. I still have students coming back years later to talk about the role they played and how much fun they had learning about Shakespeare's work. | null | null | My students need a class set of \"Who Is William Shakespeare\" and a beanbag to begin a more inviting reading area where students can read in comfort and not working on cold, hard tile flooring. | 2 | 1 |
51,694 | p207352 | fa3f65094e6a35ed93d9cc9baf6dbb65 | Mrs. | TX | 2017-01-06 17:21:16 | Grades 6-8 | Music & The Arts | Visual Arts | Just a few more supplies needed! | I teach at a small Intermediate campus of 5th and 6th grade students in rural east Texas. My 6th grade students are beginning a new experience, their first year of daily art classes! Our district is still building it's art program so many have never had art in school until this year. Those that have, only had art once a week. We have a small budget but would love to explore as much as we can before the year is over. | We created our own coloring books to sell and raised enough money to buy some air dry clay but we still need clay tools. We also need a class set of oil pastels. They just finished learning about Georgia Okeeffe and create oil pastel flowers. We pretty much used all the oil pastels we had on that project. The projects look great! My students were so excited about blending colors and want to use oil pastels again this year on another project. I also included some heavy tag board paper for wet media. We have plenty of drawing paper but it will not hold up to paint or other media requiring and heavy paper. | null | null | My students need clay tools, heavy paper, and a class set of oil pastels. | 2 | 1 |
140,444 | p109747 | afe056ad0079c51559c16e41ba896e40 | Ms. | NC | 2016-09-05 13:02:57 | Grades 9-12 | Health & Sports | Team Sports | Sprinting Success! | Our High School has ranked top 5 in the Wells Fargo Cup for over 6 years, and counting. We are a 2A high school, but have really come a long way in our athletic program. Our school is relatively \"young\" about 18 years old. Our girls track team has consistently ranked first in our conference for several years. Our boys team runs a close 2nd. \r\n Being a small school, it is difficult to recruit athletes to run track and field. We must compete with other sports, such as basketball in the winter and lacrosse and soccer in the spring. Despite the challenges, our small school has turned out quite a few state champions and many other podium finishers in track and field. | Every good track runner learns the basics of \"getting out fast\". It is so important for sprinters to use starting blocks for the best start possible. It is just not possible for a runner to set personal records and post competitive times without them. \r\n The blocks at our school are no longer in working condition and are we are in need of new ones. These will be used by all runners that compete in events ranging from the 100M dash to the 400M dash, in both indoor and outdoor season. \r\n We have runners on our team that compete outside of school as well, on travel teams that have competed at the National Junior Olympics. We need to give our team every advantage possible to prepare them for the next level of competition. New starting blocks would be a great asset to our growing program. | null | null | My students need starting blocks to edge out the competition with a fast start. | 33 | 1 |
85,066 | p064129 | b89a4dbd394341c2ccc541d8da5e25d4 | Mrs. | TX | 2016-08-06 01:41:53 | Grades 6-8 | History & Civics, Literacy & Language | History & Geography, Literacy | Fundamentals for a Strong Foundation | My students are hardworking, eager and determined to make progress. Many of my students are economically disadvantaged. Their parents are working multiple jobs to make ends meet, and they are often not at home to help them with homework let alone take them to the library or to get supplies. The oil bust has caused many families that are not use to struggling to struggle financially for the first time in their lives.\r\nSome of my students take home bags of food on the weekend just so we know they have food to eat on the weekends or holidays. Many come to school without needed supplies or are given backpacks and supplies by local churches. | The organizational shelves will be used to help students keep their belongings organized since we switch classes and are in portable buildings, we do not have access to lockers. This will reduce the time students take getting their supplies because each table will have their own drawer.\r\nThe earbuds will be used with our Google Chromebooks in order to use our reading intervention program more efficiently. They will also help with on-line tutorials and games using the skills being taught in the classroom.\r\nThe books will be used to help students build better fluency to improve their comprehension because the books are of high interest. | null | null | My students need earbuds for our chromebooks, organizational shelves, and books to help build fluency and for book talks. | 9 | 1 |
58,462 | p251679 | 551db4bfb74c7f8f4eae3950f22bc4a9 | Mrs. | WI | 2016-09-17 14:30:16 | Grades 9-12 | Math & Science | Mathematics | Poster Supplies for Math Class | My students are pretty normal teenagers. They are hilarious, they are exhausting, they are caring, they are impulsive. Overall they are incredibly fun to work with and they make each day exciting and challenging. \r\n\r\nStudents attend our school because they strive to learn about their culture and become product and active members of their Native community. They participate in community service projects helping elders and others in need. It is never hard to find students to volunteer to help for any number of tasks around the school and our community. | The poster board and markers will be used to put math on display. No only will students be learning math, but they will be showcasing their skills and demonstrating their learning for other students to see. The colored printer paper is used to organize learning. Practice assignments are printed on blue paper and assessments are printed on yellow paper. The color coding helps students, and the teacher, stay organized. \r\n\r\nDisplaying math learning will encourage students in the entire school to appreciate and become comfortable with math in their everyday lives. Plus, making posters can be a lot of fun. The students enjoy showing their creative side in math class. | null | null | My students need classroom supplies for making posters and supporting math learning. | 19 | 1 |
132,513 | p203087 | 33bec2b32f0b173f63cd9b204559603c | Mrs. | NC | 2016-12-30 21:24:48 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language | Literacy, Literature & Writing | Listening while finding their own space! | Every morning, my day starts with smiles and love from 24 uniquely made and uniquely gifted students. They have grown from individuals thinking of themselves, to friends they can learn with, and now a small family being concerned about the feelings of the others in our room.\r\n \r\nEach year I am blessed with the presence of my students each day because they teach me as much as I am teaching them. Every student I teach will always hold a special place in my heart. | Through a listening station for my classroom, all students will have an opportunity to have a book read to them. A listening station can provide fluency, language development, vocabulary, and correct pronunciation of words, along with illustrations of materials being read to them. This will also help improve sight word recognition and writing. Along with other academic stations in my classroom, I will be able to provide a other students with small group instruction and/or use the quiet time for progress monitoring and assessments. \r\n\r\nEveryone wants to feel as though they have a \"space\" of their own. I want to give my students the opportunity to have that space with a classroom rug divided into squares for each student. The rug will provide extra comfort and coziness when sitting whole group instead of just sitting on the floor. I believe when students are comfortable in their environment that learning improves. I want my classroom to give the feeling of home away from home. \r\n\r\n | null | null | My students need a new rug/carpet for whole group learning and a listening station with headphones. | 0 | 1 |
60,934 | p152977 | c4248e92324a49e997c00eca746bb8bd | Mr. | CA | 2016-12-30 02:30:45 | Grades 6-8 | Math & Science | Health & Life Science | Storage for Projects and Digital Classwork | My students are eager to learn with the most cutting edge technology so they may be prepared for whatever career they decide on after college. Many of my students do not have access to even simple computers at home and rely solely on the school to provide support and exposure to the latest and greatest learning based gadgets.\r\n\r\nMy students love to use our virtual reality headsets and laptops that we have in class. Students will always remember more if there is definite interest and joy in what they are learning. | My students need a central device to store digital information.\r\nUSB flash drives represent a large part of the storage device market, which is also occupied by hard-disk drives and SD memory cards. Often, buyers must make the choice between these three devices when looking for a way to store and transfer computer data. Each of these products suits different needs, but USB flash drives offer a certain number of advantages when compared to hard-disk drives and SD memory cards.\r\n\r\nBecause USB drives contain no moving parts, they are more durable than hard drives, and it is this durability, combined with their very small size that makes them easy to carry around. USB drives also provide transfer speeds and memory capacity that equal or surpass those of other storage devices. This enables users to move data around more quickly and to store a large number of media files, computer files, and even programs on USB drives. USB flash drives do this all while consuming less power than standard hard-disk drives. Plus, USB drives can be connected to essentially any type of computer. As a result, USB drives offer many advantages. | null | null | My students need a central location to store projects and digital materials. | 7 | 1 |
149,438 | p126481 | 4dbf5bae42471a86ec3d319cd9951a06 | Ms. | CA | 2017-03-20 23:53:06 | Grades 3-5 | History & Civics, Music & The Arts | History & Geography, Performing Arts | Bringing the 13 Colonies to 21st Century America! | Ms. H.'s All-Stars are brilliant thinkers, hard workers and eager learners! My school is a school of choice, so the fact that these students have chosen to come here speaks volumes. The curriculum is college prep rigorous, the days and school year are much longer than that of a traditional public school. \r\n\r\nMy students are committed to being the best versions of themselves possible. Many of my kiddos are coming from very hard backgrounds and have not had the easiest childhood. The area they are growing up in provides them with serious challenges to stay focused on their education. My students have to be very hands-on and responsible for their education, as they are not receiving the support at home to reach their highest potential. | American History is such an important part of our education in my belief as well as my students. My 5th graders are working on creating a play about the 13 Colonies and the 200 years after the colonies were here. I wanted to bring a hands on approach to learning history and the students are so passionate about this time period that they came up with a play for the rest of their school. I have already seen what an impact this play is making on their learning of American History.\r\nI want my students to know the impact history has on us everyday. This play is bringing that historical importance to life for each of them. Part of learning should be making memories that a student will hold onto for a lifetime. I know this play will hold impact with each one of my students and truly bring their love for learning out. | null | null | My students need costumes for the 13 Colonies production that we will be putting on for our school to learn about 200 years worth of American History! | 2 | 0 |
125,473 | p201987 | 8f810c49c124544a5c0769cb1b1fa004 | Ms. | CO | 2016-11-13 22:56:08 | Grades 3-5 | Health & Sports | Health & Wellness | Please Help! Keep Kids Warm this Winter with Jackets! | Most (90%) of our wonderful students live below or near the poverty line. About 60% of our students are learning English in school. Sometimes our school struggles to get the resources we need to teach and care for our incredible students. This makes the job of a school even more important.\r\nMany students we teach are living in poverty, but that's just where they are starting. Our students love to create art and read. They write computer code and even perform Shakespeare. They have big dreams, but they need to work hard now. Help them reach for those dreams! | As teachers, we know which kids need the most support. It breaks our hearts to see kids shivering as they wait for the school doors to open up. We will get these kids the life essentials they need like coats, sweaters, and hoodies. You can help us. It's as simple as giving a cold kid a jacket.\r\n\r\nThe jackets you send us will keep our kids from shivering on cold days.\r\nYou will be giving kids the life essentials they need to come to school and learn and grow into smart strong boys and girls. Please help our kids stay warm on their way to school! | null | null | My students need 28 jackets and hoodies to help keep our kids warm this winter! | 100 | 1 |
96,817 | p128639 | b61f60977bb8af0655bcdf3afa85b32c | Mrs. | OH | 2016-10-14 10:13:03 | Grades 3-5 | Literacy & Language | Literature & Writing | Providing Experiences Through Literature | I work in a small community, in a school that has approximately 90% of our students receiving free or reduced lunch. My students come from very diverse backgrounds with a high poverty rate. I have both English and Spanish speaking students in my class. They are willing to work hard and need to be exposed to experiences in school that they may not be able to experience outside of school. \r\nGiving my students a wide range of reading materials to choose from, on various levels will allow them to overcome the barriers that hold them back from achieving to their fullest potential. \r\nIn just a short time, I've seen my students grow to love reading and with help to build and organize my classroom library I am confident my students will thrive even more. Giving them a library that is diverse in genre, levels they feel comfortable reading, and having the ability to choose what they love to read about will allow them to grow even more as readers. \r\n\r\n | Breaking down the barriers will allow my students to experience a love for reading and learn life lessons through literacy. Engaging and giving them an opportunity to read books they have an interest in will open up doors for the future. The students are learning to write about their reading, which is a great way for them to share their thoughts and feelings about what they read. \r\nA love for reading is crucial in becoming the best student they can be. \r\nTeaching them that literacy is the core component in all subjects will help them to use the skills they learn in other classes. | null | null | My students need a diverse classroom library to encourage them to read! | 0 | 1 |
66,131 | p241763 | 3c20560094b667430ed72c038d160af1 | Ms. | WA | 2017-04-27 16:24:43 | Grades PreK-2 | Warmth, Care & Hunger | Warmth, Care & Hunger | Safe Spot to Wiggle and Learn | My first graders are energetic, curious, and ferocious learners. At FH Elementary, the majority of the students come from transient homes. Families will jump from school to school, with no permanent end in sight. In order to counterbalance the lack of support for education at home, I dive into every lesson with enthusiasm. My students are excited, engaged, and confident during lessons because they know that they do not have to take on everything by themselves. They have my support and their classmates' support. \r\nIn our room, we are a community of learners who support one another. \r\nBecause most of our families are only at our school for a short time, I try to model a love for learning, along with being compassionate and supporting others. I truly believe this is woven into my teachings because common phrases used among students in my classroom are, \"You can do it!\" and \"Try your best!\" This way I know that wherever my students' path takes them, they have these skills to get them through their challenges. \r\n | Students in room 119 are free to wiggle while they learn, with the understanding that they are still being responsible for their bodies and are continuing to always build on their knowledge. \r\nIn first grade we are a room full of wiggling bodies and learning minds. \r\nFirst graders are still learning how to be successful learners and with that comes a lot of body movement. Instead of asking my students to stop the movement, I have decided to embrace it and use it to their advantage. This carpet would provide my students with enough room to move around while they learn and not interfere with their neighbors learning. It would make a huge difference in their learning, as they are allowed to freely move and freely think inside my classroom. | null | null | My students need a spot carpet to help support their learning by providing them a safe area to wiggle while learning, but also not to interfere with their neighbor. | 3 | 1 |
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