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22,691 |
p188274
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e3c1741b8006d8018ca62fc3f594bf02
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Ms.
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NY
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2016-09-13 11:42:29
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Grades 3-5
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Math & Science
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Environmental Science
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4th Grade Environmental Science - Learning and Writing!
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I need Lakeshore science journals for my students to best document their ecosystem/environmental science investigations.\r\n\r\nMy students attend a Title I elementary school located in Brooklyn, New York where all qualify for free breakfast and lunch.\r\nMy science classes are general education, English Language Learners and special education students from many different cultures and with a variety of learning styles. Behavior management is a constant issue and I am always searching for \"hooks\" to keep my students engaged and focused. \r\n\r\nHaving basic classroom supplies is critical for any subject, particularly science, where funding is non-existent. For me to get my science room activities ready and rich I need help.
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My science students love to discover anything about their universe. It's my goal as their science teacher to show them that EVERYTHING in their world is science. One of the hardest science units to teach is Living Science because I'm constrained inside our school building rather then getting my inner city students outside. As we learn our ecosystem/environmental science lessons, my students need to be able to write their observations and document their measurements and finding. We love ecosystems and investigate with fun hands-on activities.\r\n\r\nThese requested Lakeshore science journals are a powerful way to help teach science methodology and proper investigation write-ups. Each page has prompts which encourage more thought out written responses. It also has a vocabulary section where students write the word, it's definition and a picture. For my ELL students this is really beneficial. With the science journal's page format my students can organize their ideas, procedures and outcomes. We're starting our 4th grade year with Ecosystems and Environments. Students are learning about photosynthesis and then will create PowerPoint presentations about different ecosystem vegetation.\r\n\r\nI also need a Swingline paper trimmer for our Ecosystem projects and displays.
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My students need Lakeshore Science Journals and one Swingline paper trimmer.
| 125 | 1 |
163,509 |
p197462
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21ce6a91194a7c3991682ddd04099b7f
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Ms.
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IL
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2016-08-05 20:53:09
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Grades PreK-2
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Health & Sports
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Health & Wellness, Nutrition Education
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Cooking Kinders in the Classroom Kitchen
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Our school is a Kindergarten - Fourth Grade Elementary School. We have a very wonderful, diverse population of children from many ethnicities, countries, and backgrounds. We are in a high poverty area with 100% of our students receiving free and reduced breakfast and lunch. \r\n\r\nMy students are special, not because of their backgrounds, but because of who they are to me. My students are forever \"my kids\" once they walk through my classroom door. They each hold a special place in my heart from the moment I meet them. They are special because they are all unique, intelligent, loving, caring, creative individuals. As the year goes on, we become more than just teacher, students, and classmates; we become family. \r\n\r\nMy students deserve the best possible education because they are amazing little beings! They are our future, and what is better than that?
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My students come from varied backgrounds, but many of them come from homes where getting their next meal isn't always a given. And when they do eat, it is not always the healthiest, best food for them. \r\n\r\nHealthy eating is something the entire school is working towards. My school has adopted a healthy snack policy. Birthday treats should be healthy, or even nonfood options. Kindergarteners have a daily snack. Surprisingly, whenever my students bring in a healthy snack, such as carrots and dip, they absolutely devour it.\r\n\r\nMy students love when we do cooking projects in class. This year, I am hoping to make it a weekly activity. In the past when we have cooked, I have noticed my students lack basic cooking skills such as cracking eggs and basic food handling procedures. \r\n\r\nThey love when we make food together and ask for more. They are very proud of their finished projects and can't wait to tell their families about what they made at school. They are always asking when our next cooking project is going to be. \r\n\r\nWith these materials: the mixer, food processor, mixing bowls, measuring cups and spoons, cutting boards, and cook books; my students will be able to explore many more cooking activities and recipes. They will also learn how to take care of all of the cooking supplies. \r\n\r\nI want to be able to teach them basic recipes they can in turn teach to their families. Many of them think chips and cookies are great snacks. With these materials, I want to introduce them to healthy, easy alternatives for snacks and dinner choices. These are life skills they will be able to take beyond the classroom.
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My students need cooking materials (mixer, food processor, kitchen cart, bowls, measuring cups) to learn healthy eating habits for life.
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25,383 |
p090909
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f01bb52bb9eb3f888d230f01591d260f
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Mrs.
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UT
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2017-01-04 14:40:27
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Grades 6-8
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Literacy & Language
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Literacy
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\"Building Life Long Readers\"
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As a teacher in a low-income/high poverty school district, my students are faced with several challenges both in and out of the classroom. Despite the many challenges they face, I am looking to keep things simple and provide my students with creative and meaningful learning experiences.\r\n\r\nThey like to move, they love to read and love lots of positive attention. Many of them are being raised in single parent households and receive a free lunch based on their socioeconomic status. These things may prevent them from getting ahead early in life and may not provide them with the life experiences many of us see as \"typical\". From the minute they walk in the door of my classroom I focus on their potential and growth while they are with me. I may not be able to control their home lives, however, I can certainly control their experience during the school day. By doing this in a creative and positive way, I am hopeful to inspire even our earliest learners to continue on a path of academic excellence.
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My language arts and reading classes are composed of students who either hate reading or read so far below grade level that they find the challenge too daunting. I am asking for high interest novels in order to get my kids excited about reading. Many of the books in my classroom library are outdated or too difficult for my students. The books that I have chosen are ones that I know my students will like. These are the books they often ask me to purchase for them, these are the books they cannot afford to buy for themselves. Most importantly these are books that are slightly above their current grade level. These books will challenge them and help them to grow without challenging them so much that they give up on reading altogether.
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My students need grade level books that appeal to them and make them WANT to read!!
| 5 | 1 |
18,640 |
p069572
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3fb8e37ad7b5d59efb5dcd571d50ba11
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Mrs.
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SC
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2017-03-24 12:17:32
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Grades 3-5
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Math & Science, Literacy & Language
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Environmental Science, Literacy
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Summer Readin', Having a Blaaast!
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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!
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These books would be given directly to each and every fourth grader at our school.\r\nMost of our students have ZERO books in their homes. These books would allow them to continue their learning and reading over the summer. Hopefully, books to take home with them will help prevent some of the summer \"brain drain\" that we see all too often. Some surveys report that 66% of teachers said they spend a full month at the start of each year reviewing concepts from the previous year. That's 6 months wasted by the end of elementary school!\r\nThese books will keep our kids reading and engaged in learning over the summer!
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My students need books to take home over the summer to read! (Most of them have zero books in their homes!)
| 27 | 1 |
90,397 |
p108733
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fb6d09fd12ab76e2ec0a99e500a24234
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Mrs.
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TX
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2016-10-03 20:59:55
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Grades 3-5
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Math & Science, Special Needs
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Mathematics, Special Needs
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Playing to Learn
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My students are second through fourth graders with a love of learning and a difference in learning. These special needs students have a variety of learning differences that cause them to need more assistance that what can be given in the regular classroom.\r\n\r\nThese students come to me daily to work on skills that they struggle with and in a different way from what may be taught in the regular classroom. Having access to resource class allows these students to get the help they need, when they need it.
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One of the best ways for my students to learn is by playing games - task cards, I Have, Who Has, folder games, etc. I buy these games as digital files, and then we have to print and laminate them for the students to use. \r\n\r\nThese learning games will help my students to reinforce the skills they struggle with, by keeping them engaged in the learning. We need card stock to print the activities on, because it is sturdier for the frequent use. To protect the games and help them last longer, we need laminating pouches to laminate them with. We use markers to add color to the those games that come in black and white only, to add color and make them more interesting for the students.\r\n\r\n
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My students need card stock, laminating pouches and markers for making learning games.
| 4 | 1 |
73,334 |
p198973
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0fed2eda0cfe142fbeed0a0ca82f6dbd
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Mrs.
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SC
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2017-01-26 09:44:21
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Grades PreK-2
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Music & The Arts
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Visual Arts
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Creative \"App\"titude! Ipad for the Art Room!!
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\"We do not need to teach creativity, but rather inspire its daily practice.\" ~Diane Darrow, Educator. \r\nStudents face obstacles daily to stay engaged in the classroom. I believe that the related arts classroom can be an outlet for students to learn and be engaged through activities that inspire them.My students are extremely caring and appreciate everything that they are given.\r\nOur school fosters positive relationships between peers and I see them constantly helping one another in the classroom with no prompt from the teacher to do so. I always strive to find ways to help my students, and I do that now by reaching out to the Donors Choose community.
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The visual and performing arts classrooms can be used as powerful tools in education. With this innovative addition to our classroom, our students will be able to take their learning to a new level. Technology is a pathway to our students that must be acknowledged with this generation. \r\nThat pathway can be paved with influential skills and creative thinking when used correctly in the classroom. Early finishers will have a resource that engages them and with the addition of our recently funded Osmo gaming systems, they can take their learning even further. \r\nThis innovative learning will happen naturally, in an environment where they can have FUN! Learning needs to reach students in many different ways, and if it can't be fun, what do they really retain? With the addition of an iPad, our classroom will be transformed into a learning environment where students are encouraged to have fun with their learning.
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My students need an Ipad and stools for our technology center.
| 5 | 1 |
140,719 |
p255548
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8d04ea4605076a7a0aca6b604fce0882
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Ms.
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FL
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2016-08-18 19:54:31
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Grades PreK-2
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Literacy & Language, Math & Science
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Literature & Writing, Mathematics
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Flexible Focused Learning
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My students are very diverse coming from a variety of cultural and economic backgrounds. Many of my students are bilingual, but don't always have the support in English at home. There is a also a mix of various abilities including gifted students and special needs students. This wonderful group of students learn so much from each other!\r\nMy class loves to learn!\r\nThe class is eager to learn and discover new ideas and topics. They share my enthusiasm for investigating and broadening their knowledge. They are amazing!
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Having an iPad in the classroom for the students can be beneficial in so many ways. Technology can be used in the classroom for centers activities, extra practice, or even a reward by getting to choose an educational game of your choice!\r\niPads are a great educational resource that the students look forward to using.\r\nStudents will benefit from the differentiation of pencil/paper and technology to further their learning. There are numerous apps for every subject, they can even do some homework assignments on their iPad if they want! The class iPad would be a great addition to start the year!\r\n
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My students need a classroom iPad to enhance their academic skills.
| 1 | 1 |
22,482 |
p013178
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210a1b08ad5571f0e0e799c1645f5991
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Ms.
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MD
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2017-01-13 14:01:11
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Grades PreK-2
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Literacy & Language
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Literacy
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Help us organize our library!
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My students come to school every day for some stability in their life. I have had many students come to school injured, hungry, and ignored from their home life. \r\nI am at a very poor school that does not give anything for the classroom teachers to use. This makes the classroom difficult to improve for the students needs.\r\nAs a first year teacher, I have used all of my spare money after buying food and paying bills to give my students the things they need.
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We are in desperate need of organization supplies for our library and personal book bins! \r\nCurrently we are only able to use spare bins from around the school and the few that I have been able to buy. I am currently trying to expand our library from 15 books to a lot more, but I cannot afford to buy all of these books and pay for organization materials. \r\nI do not have a budget at my school so all the items I have are donated by past teachers or bought by me as our families are very impoverished and needy.
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My students need items to organize our library and reading area!
| 0 | 1 |
68,785 |
p031286
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82e22613ee91fcfbbad4e75c343a63ae
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Ms.
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CT
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2016-10-26 21:09:45
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Grades PreK-2
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Literacy & Language
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Literacy
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An Apple a Day...
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My students are the best! They are fun, creative, and love to learn. They are challenging and rewarding! They are funny and caring. They love to school and I love them! I want to ensure they reach their true potential and provide them with access to all the materials they may need to help them to become more successful. \r\n\r\nMy self-contained classroom consists of 13 AMAZING students all with extremely varying needs. All of my students receive specialized instruction for academics, life skills, social/emotional/behavioral skills, speech, and occupational therapy. Many of my students have behavioral needs, as well as, self help goals. My students \r\n\r\nMy school is located in a very high-needs area where supplies are extremely limited. My school consists of 1,200 students ranging from grades pre-k to 8th grade. 100% of students receive free breakfast and lunch. \r\n\r\n They love, love, LOVE technology, particularly iPads! Unfortunately, technology at my school is outdated and very limited! All of my students receive specialized instruction for academics, life skills, social/emotional/behavioral skills, speech, and occupational therapy. Many of my students have behavioral needs, as well as, self help goals.\r\n\r\n
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I am requesting an iPad with a heavy duty case for my students to utilize on a daily basis to help to build and reinforce reading, math, and writing skills. Also, to assist with communication skills for students that are non-verbal. iPad's are amazing tools to help reinforce key skills that are crucial to learning. Throughout the school day, my students are engaged in a variety of learning centers that cater to their individual needs. Their class work is differentiated to fit their different needs. Putting an iPad at a center will open up a world of opportunity for my students to utilize educational apps to reinforce letter recognition, letter to sound correspondence, basic math skills, sight words, letter formation and so much more. In addition, the iPad can be a key tool to help with communication for non-verbal students. \r\n\r\n\"We need technology in every classroom and in every student and teacher's hand, because it is the pen and paper of our time, and its the lens through which we experience much of our world.\" - David Warlick\r\n\r\n
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My students need an iPad with a heavy duty case in order to enhance their reading, writing, & math skills, as well as, their overall learning!
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12,621 |
p181059
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4b9d22b36d02fe4be256dd5f02e7fd7e
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Mrs.
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CA
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2016-10-05 20:22:32
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Grades PreK-2
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History & Civics
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History & Geography
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Our Diversity Includes Me!
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My second grade students have been participating in our STEAM magnet for at least 3 years. They have learned to use the design process and have develop problem solving skills while incorporated them in every aspect of their learning. This year we are launching our Social Studies unit and are including the Arts/Drama in our lessons. Students will be able to express their opinions, feelings, and beliefs while sharing things about their culture and family. In addition, they will use costumes, props, skits, artifacts and theater to project the differences in cultures and to promote awareness.
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We live and function in a diverse world of many cultures. However we may not understand how people live outside of our classroom. This project will promote cultural awareness, understanding and acceptance so that all students can display cultural pride and feel validated. As students gain a better understanding of the world around them they will be able to see how their peers, live and believe. This project will provide students an opportunity to use theater and drama in conjunction with literature to portray the differences that exist in our world. As student express their differences they will also develop pride for their own culture.
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My students need Multicultural materials, music, and books that support cultural awareness through theater and drama.
| 0 | 1 |
16,849 |
p250647
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050933568c114868074085e83ade0508
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Mrs.
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CA
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2016-11-08 01:56:34
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Grades PreK-2
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Math & Science
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Environmental Science, Health & Life Science
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Here We Grow!
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We are the future of America. We have hopes and dreams that we can make a difference in the world. We are in a low income area, and most of our students have school breakfast and lunches provided. We are in the High Desert area of California, which means we have very sandy soil, with high winds. We have limited resources and most of our families have both parents working, with many of our children in the after school program. My second grade students and our buddy class, 4th grade , are starting our School Garden. We have started our worm bin out of a plastic container and I have purchased a compost bin to start our garden. We would like to have garden beds and a drip line system to ensure the plants will survive the hot and extreme cold during the winter.\r\nWe can make a difference in our community, by showing our effort and diligence has produced a positive environment and instill pride in our students. They are each very special and help to make our school great.
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The compost bin and worm bin will make the soil nutrient rich for plants.. The cafeteria food that we will use will save the carbon footprint our school makes by putting less waste into the garbage. We will use the soil to start our seeds, then transfer to a larger pot. Finally , they will put the mature plant into the garden and hopefully harvest or use the clippings for new plants. We can also sell them, at a \"Garden Sale\" , to provide funds for future seeds and supplies. \r\nHelp make our dreams come alive, and \"Help us Grow\" into the people we want to be. Our students thank you for helping us learn how things grow and how we can make a difference in the world.
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My students need gardening tools to prepare the soil for plants.
| 1 | 1 |
24,318 |
p143694
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3d6f6ed84101ab53480fa41cdd900d89
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Mrs.
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MN
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2017-01-05 12:18:30
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Grades 6-8
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Math & Science, Special Needs
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Mathematics, Special Needs
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Osmo in the Classroom
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My suburban middle school math class is full of students excited to improve their numeracy skills through small group math centers. For most of these students, math is not a favorite subject due to years of work without success. I use Add+Vantage Math Recovery assessments to identify each student's areas of need. Numeracy activities are presented in the math centers as games to address these needs and to increase engagement. With this approach, my students are beginning to see themselves as mathematicians.\r\n\r\nMy goals is for students to enjoy math and believe in their ability to succeed at math prior to entering high school. I believe an Ozmo center will engage students and provide another fun math learning experience increasing the likelihood of continued academic success.
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The Newton, Monster, Numbers, Coding and Tanagram games will be used in a daily math center to increase students numeracy skills through hands-on activities. The Osmo center will support learning through immediate feedback on a variety of STEM related tasks - Physics, Numbers, Creativity, and Design. These students have historically disliked math due to weak numeracy skills.\r\n\r\n By funding my project you will support the development of necessary skills for STEM jobs of the future.\r\n\r\nBy developing their numeracy skills during middle school, I believe they will be able to access and succeed at higher levels of math during high school.
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My students need an Osmo Genius set and an Osmo Coding set to increase their skills through a variety of math activities.
| 0 | 1 |
37,819 |
p071814
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322865e80d4a69983c6d94fc7305085f
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Mrs.
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IL
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2016-08-05 11:12:35
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Grades PreK-2
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Health & Sports
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Health & Wellness, Nutrition Education
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Teacher, I Learn Best When I Stand!
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Our fine arts magnet school is located in a vibrant and diverse community. Although we are in a high poverty district, our school has been able to retain our fine arts magnet status. However, it has been a challenge to find the funding for exciting up-to-date learning materials.\r\n\r\nOne hundred percent of the students who attend our school receive free or reduced-price lunch. We have a highly diverse immigrant population. As a choice school, students from many different backgrounds and countries attend our fine arts program. Our staff works hard to provide them with any materials they need to enhance their learning and improve their health and well-being.
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Last year I had a number of students who seemed to be in constant movement. At first it was very worrisome and I and the other students asked them to sit down so that they could complete their work. However, we learned that these students were happier and more productive when they were in motion. One of my students cleared off a high shelf unit and invited a student in her group to go work there. It worked! The students said we need really high desks Mrs. Ahern! Therefore, for this project I am asking for two standing desks with the jogging bar to keep active students standing like they prefer and still focused. The stool will be for those that like to sit high and swing their legs.\r\n\r\nThere have been a number of students that come to school hungry having eaten no breakfast. This does affect their learning and ability to keep 'moving' throughout the day. One day I had a girl come in all week in tears as she was so hungry. Another student brought snacks from home to help her out. After a safe classroom discussion the students asked if we could have a stash of snacks for those that were in need. This project, thanks to my students' idea, would make sure that there is always something on hand. Hungry students do not learn or move as they need to. \r\n
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My students need two standing desks, one stool, and healthy snacks to keep them going during the day.
| 124 | 1 |
178,188 |
p237419
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a35fc89ce4dad54a8fa8dcd00bdc501e
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Ms.
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MI
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2016-08-11 16:31:29
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Grades 6-8
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Math & Science
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Applied Sciences, Mathematics
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Mind Melting in Michigan
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My students are a high energy, inquisitive group that love to see and to do. My classroom involves problem solving, math, science, cognition, and labs. I work with K-8 at a Title 1 school in Detroit where 100% of our students receive free lunches and breakfasts. In an effort to ease the burden on our students and help facilitate the learning process, our school works with a food pantry to help with this process. \r\n\r\nThe kids are intelligent and eager; They take pride in their accomplishments and are very interested in learning what they need to know to be successful in the future. They want to go to the best high schools and work in cutting edge fields. I believe there is no limit to what they can achieve with the proper environment, technology and supplies. These students face som many obstacles daily with poverty and crime in their neighborhoods but they want to be more. I believe with assistance they can do amazing things.
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It is early August and my room is at 90 degrees. This heat lasts well into October and returns come April. My first job is to provide a safe and inclusive learning environment for my students. Right now, my school just doesn't have the funding to provide AC to all of the classrooms. Many students have asthma and other health concerns and need a room with proper air ventilation to be safe. In my STEAM class students will get to create and build using critical thinking and the engineering to prepare them for the modern world.\r\nWhen students are focused on sweating and surviving they are not getting a quality edcation. Imagine trying to do math or complete a lab when sweat is running into your eyes or sticking your papers together. It is hard to think critically and engage in academic dialogue when it is so hot and studies have proven it (http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/warm-weather-makes-it-hard-think-straight/). \r\nMany of my students simply skip on hot days. Some have no stable housing and find no time in their lives to focus on education. Please help my students achieve their full potential.
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My students need to be able to focus and when the room is 90 degrees or more they can't. They need an Air Conditioner to allow them to concentrate on their studies.
| 0 | 1 |
134,315 |
p220623
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73cbb827021b3fcb648a681f7989f62e
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Mrs.
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IN
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2016-10-15 14:29:53
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Grades 3-5
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Literacy & Language
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Literacy
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Lucky Literacy Learners
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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. My students work extra hard each day and I want them to feel their hard work paying off. \r\nI work in a low income school where one hundred percent of our students receive free and reduced-price lunch. As teachers we are given a small amount of money at the beginning of each year to buy supplies for our students. That is never enough money to help supply my students with what they truly need to be successful. We are asked to close achievement gaps and that is hard when you don't have the necessary supplies.\r\nMy students love coming to school and I want to make sure I am providing the best curriculum I can with what supplies I have. I want them to feel accomplished!
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These different chapter books will really help my students strengthen their reading skills and comprehension skills. I have had to provide all the books used in my room by myself. My students love to read and I would like to give them this opportunity to extend their reading skills.\r\nThese book sets would allow my students to read different chapter books together in novel study groups. I would be able to put my students into different groups according to their reading level and let them read the same book together. They would be able to read the book and then work on questions together.
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My students need chapter books to help improve their reading skills and comprehension skills.
| 11 | 1 |
79,416 |
p106469
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2acd710903e1396d6618f85e959cbcee
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Mrs.
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MA
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2016-10-06 14:14:42
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Grades 3-5
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Literacy & Language, Math & Science
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Literature & Writing, Mathematics
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An Apple for the Students
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My students are an amazing bunch of children! They have many wonderful qualities that make each of them so special. My students come from various backgrounds and have many different experiences to share. I feel honored to be their teacher and fortunate to be able to work with them every day. \r\n The school that I work in is a Title I school. This means that over seventy-eight percent of our student population comes from low-income families. They could really use your help in getting ready for the future.
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The students in my classroom would be grateful for the opportunity to use an Apple iPad both in class and at home. They would have the opportunity to take the iPad home each night and over the weekends. They would be able to work on various educational websites to strengthen their literacy and math skills. They would also be able to research various topics for science and social studies research projects. This would be a great resource for my students because we do not have iPads at school. I would really love to surprise them with this fantastic piece of technology.
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My students need an Apple iPad Air MD785LL/B 9.7-Inch 16GB Wi-Fi Tablet (Black with Space Gray).
| 19 | 1 |
42,379 |
p059355
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4699d3eed3592c815d24e3dfd242a7ca
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Mrs.
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KY
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2016-10-15 17:31:13
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Grades PreK-2
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Literacy & Language
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ESL, Literacy
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Hear Ye, Hear Ye! Read All About It!!
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My students are a special group of kiddos. They come to school each day to grow their brains. I teach kindergarten at a high-poverty school, where all students receive free breakfast and lunch. My students woud flourish if I had more leveled readers to choose from when planning my students guided reading lessons. My goal is to have my students reading at level D by the end of kindergarten. My students would benefit greatly from having leveled readers in our classroom.
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My students have started their education career behind where they should be. I have high expectations for my students and I have no doubt that they will rise to my expectations. I know these leveled readers will help my students become proficient readers and will help them be excited about reading. Since my students have started kindergarten behind, I need to see around 1 1/2 years growth. In order to raise the bar for my students, I need to have more leveled readers to use when planning and executing my guided reading plans in our small group time. It is so important for my students to have books in hand in order to become proficient readers.
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My students need more leveled readers to use during our guided reading time so that they can become better readers. These books will be beneficial to my students learning to read.
| 1 | 1 |
72,395 |
p009432
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5cbff452dbe985c6abf1b5342c7b245d
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Mrs.
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KY
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2016-08-16 19:35:57
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Grades PreK-2
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Literacy & Language, Math & Science
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Literacy, Mathematics
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Help to Bring Technology Into the Hands of 2nd Graders
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Classrooms are filled with students who are all on different levels and have a variety of learning styles. A great way students are able to stay engaged while receiving differentiated instruction is through the use of technology. \r\n My 2nd graders are wonderfully intelligent, innovative and creative thinkers. They keep me on my toes every single day. They would love the opportunity to use more technology in our classroom. Lots of my students do not have smartphones or tablets at home so there is a huge desire to use it throughout the day. Technology offers these students something different than what they are used to and it keeps them engaged. The Mac Mini would turn our Smartboard into what would look like giant iPad to my students and would be a great asset to these amazing 2nd graders. It would give the students more of an opportunity to be interactive with their learning.
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During my Reading and Math blocks, students are exposed to whole group and small group learning. The students rotate through stations during the small group learning times and they would love the opportunity to have more freedom of learning with our Smartboard. Currently we have a Smartboard that is connected through a computer and is somewhat difficult to access different apps, and we also have 4 (older) desktop computers. That does not give enough opportunities with technology for our classroom of 24 students. I would love to use the Mac Mini to change our Smartboard into what would seem like a giant iPad to the students, where they can choose the app that fits their learning goals and needs while differentiating the activities.
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My students need a Mac Mini, wireless keyboard and mini display port.
| 0 | 1 |
57,217 |
p210719
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e04f9566518273cda90cdb869197c716
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Ms.
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CA
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2016-08-22 16:27:05
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Grades PreK-2
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Literacy & Language
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Literacy
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Reading Corner for a TK Classroom
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My students come from many different backgrounds from throughout our school district. Many come from homes where English is not the primary language. They are all eager learners and explorers on their journey in education. TK, for many of them,is often their first experience in a formal school setting. My students enjoy the many varieties of learning opportunities I am able to offer them in a TK classroom that unfortunately have been eliminated from the kindergarten day, such as dramatic, crafts, blocks, etc. These important experiences offer my students a chance to experience their world from a variety of different viewpoints, and provide important educational and social opportunities.
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My TK students are in need of a comfortable area to read self selected books during the day. A book shelf will help organize the existing books in our classroom so my students can more readily access them. The pillows and bean bags will provide comfortable places for them to sit, thus encouraging students to visit the class library. Self selected reading of quality children's literature is important to inspire a love of reading. By providing a cozy place for my students to read, I hope to foster and encourage a desire to read. I want my students to enjoy our classroom library, and making it inviting and comfortable, I know it will become a space they will seek out and utilize.
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My students need items to create a comfortable area for curling up with a good book to read.
| 5 | 1 |
179,690 |
p042511
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e76383711d954bcae77d7f3abfbacc7a
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Ms.
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CA
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2016-09-18 11:30:38
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Grades 3-5
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Literacy & Language, Math & Science
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Literature & Writing, Mathematics
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Chromebooks, Creativity and Collaboration.
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My students are always ready and eager to learn. What my students are missing is technology in the classroom. My students are a diverse bunch of kids who encourage, inspire and compliment each other daily. They are bright young achievers who are always ready to learn and try their best. My schools's diversity consists of students who are 68% Hispanic, 18% African American, 14% Asian/Pacific Islander. My school is a place where my students have a safe clean learning environment for them to successfully achieve their academic goals.
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My students who are enthusiastic learners need the opportunity to have technology in the classroom. The 5 Chromebooks will provide daily technology support throughout the curriculum.\r\n The students will be able to create, research and display their learning through technology. \r\nThey will also collaborate with one another on project-based assignments which will give them the opportunity to engage, express and work with each other as a team. The students will practice various learning skills and learning strategies throughout the year by utilizing many different educational websites that will prepare them for state testing. By donating to their project you are preparing my students for a successful 21st century.\r\n\r\n
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My students need need Chromebooks to help them to become successful learners in the 21st century.
| 8 | 1 |
10,315 |
p226367
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65c76cd7e56d423fe0a3bddce292c4b8
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Mrs.
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PA
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2016-08-12 16:26:35
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Grades 3-5
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Literacy & Language
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Literacy
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Who Needs Supplies... We Do!
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My students attend an elementary school in Kensington. These children live in a rough, crime-ridden neighborhood. 100% of the students at my school receive free breakfast and lunch every day. Despite all of this, they come to school everyday still eager to learn. Many of our parents struggle to purchase the school supplies their children need for school. I wish to make the stressful supply-buying time for families easier by having supplies in my classroom for students to be able to use daily.
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My students come from an impoverished, crime-ridden, violent area. My students come to school everyday eager and ready to learn; however, without the necessary supplies for success. With the school supplies I am asking for including notebooks, folders, crayons and pencils, my students will be ready and equipped to tackle the new school year.\r\nJames and the Giant Peach will give my students the opportunity to read a great and exciting novel.\r\nThis book will excite my young readers and allow their imaginations to run wild. I will show my students reading can be fun and entertaining. This will help them develop skills to become better, lifetime readers.
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My students need basic school supplies and James and the Peach.
| 1 | 1 |
77,336 |
p095487
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466643816c3596032d9f5fea7c2a35fb
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Mrs.
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FL
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2016-07-05 14:51:39
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Grades 6-8
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Math & Science
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Applied Sciences, Health & Life Science
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How Scared Would You Be if You Didn't Speak English?
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While a few of my students can process information by hearing me explain it, most of them learn best through hands-on exercises. As a trained educator, I am quick to notice when the children get \"squirmy\" and start fidgeting. At that time, I immediately change gears and start using a different approach, (a hands-on modality). Students are therefore able to gain information using multiple senses and can construct meaning from the activity more easily. \r\n\r\nMy students are encouraged to develop their problem solving skills through the use of manipulatives. When they are grouped together, they are able to learn from each other's achievements as well as mistakes. A positive atmosphere is always maintained in my classroom.
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Our school is located in a very transient community. Because of this, many of my students enroll in school without knowing a word of the English language. When I first meet them, I can see the apprehension in their eyes, because everything they hear is foreign to them. However, these fears are quickly put to rest as they engage with the rest of the class using hands-on materials. In this manner, concepts come alive in the classroom and students make discoveries that they would never be able to make by merely reading information out of a book. They are excited to learn, because they know that they will be given opportunities to interact with each other and with the material.
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My students need Swedish Fish, Gummy Bears, M&Ms, Skittles, & Mars Products to make models of different molecules. They need chocolate chip cookies to test a hypothesis about name brands vs. generic brands.
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144,477 |
p015065
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f7ea9ccec99dc433d7b852f3126d21bb
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Mrs.
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MA
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2017-01-04 09:03:11
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Grades 9-12
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Health & Sports
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Health & Wellness
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The Power of Pedals
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I have the privilege to work with some amazing special needs students in the Westport Community Schools. At the Westport Junior-Senior High School, I have a wonderful group of students who are all working to achieve their personal goals and objectives. Some may be to improve their ability to move around the classroom and school, while others may be to improve their balance and coordination. Like their peers, they enjoy opportunities to participate in physical activity, movement and even some friendly competition.
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What person doesn’t love to have the opportunity to jump on their bike, feel the breeze on their face and ride around with their friends. My students all have unique abilities; however, many of them are unable to ride a bicycle. Some may not have the physical strength, balance and coordination to motor plan pedaling. While other students do not currently have the safety awareness necessary to ride a bike. These incredible students would love to have the opportunity to experience the freedom and joys of bike riding.\r\nI envision my students riding the two specialized tricycles that I have selected during gross motor group sessions, physical education classes and during earned reward breaks.\r\nRiding a bicycle in school? In addition to the obvious physical and health benefits, bike riding promotes development of social-emotional skills, navigational and problem-solving strategies, self-control and safety awareness.
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My students need appropriately-sized adaptive tricycles to develop improved motor planning, balance, motor coordination, problem solving, direction negotiation and safety awareness skills.
| 1 | 1 |
55,367 |
p109270
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643c2a078d77c4d3bc9f6295f0c213c5
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Mrs.
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MO
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2016-05-03 11:08:33
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Grades PreK-2
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Applied Learning, Health & Sports
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Early Development, Health & Wellness
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Change the chairs, scrap traditional seats, help our wiggles
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I have taught Kindergarten for three years now and I have noticed a huge need for different types of seats. The traditional chairs for school limit movement for the students and cause behavior problems. \r\nI believe if they could move in a seat and learn, then the classroom would be more productive.
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My school is in a very low income county in Southeast Missouri. Many parents do not value school because of bad personal experiences, so we do not get much support.\r\nAlso, we have a very high welfare rate, which leads to a belief that school is not important because the parents never needed it.\r\nWe also have many students who do not get adequate meals at home, enough sleep, positive parental interaction, etc....\r\nWith that said, I also love our little community because it is close-nit, many people stay here as adults so many of us know each other and their children, it is also absolutely beautiful because of the scenery.
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If we receive the different types of seating, then next year at the start of Kindergarten the students will sit and try out each seating option for a whole day so they actually get a good feel for a seat.\r\nI will disperse the seats around the room, so the students can sit in different areas as well as different seats.
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These new seats will allow movement while learning. It will allow wiggling in a seat that is encouraged, so that the student can move in a healthy way in a seat and learn.\r\nThere are so many behavior issues due to uncomfortable seats that I think this could help.
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My students need a variation of seating choices that fit their personal needs. These seating choices allow movement while learning.
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136,130 |
p230426
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4d6c0a8d45c905310657d8f86e384b5e
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Mrs.
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IL
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2016-11-06 23:45:04
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Grades 3-5
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Literacy & Language, Special Needs
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Literature & Writing, Special Needs
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Building a more INCLUSIVE classroom through TECHNOLOGY.
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5th grade students being taught where they should be... in their classroom, with their PEERs! \r\n\r\nWe are very lucky to be learning at a school that believes in inclusive classrooms and realizes that it starts with equity. \r\n\r\nEquality aims to ensure that everyone gets the same things in order to enjoy full, healthy lives. EQUITY aims to promote fairness and justice, but it can only work if everyone starts from the same place and needs the same things.\r\n\r\nThe 5th graders are in their first year of middle school. They switch between 5 different classrooms a day. As the inclusion teacher, I am able to move from class to class with them. \r\n\r\n
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The Chrome Books gained through this project will follow the students to each of their 5 fifth grade classes each day. \r\n\r\nTechnology can be the great equalizer in a classroom with diverse learners. Whereas teachers can find it difficult to differentiate instruction for 30 or more students in one class, all with different needs and abilities, assistive technology, like Chrome Books, can often help teachers like me personalize lessons and skills enhancement to each of my students.\r\n\r\nThe students lack the instruction with technology. This project will not only help them with their academics, but also build their keyboarding skills.
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My students need more ways to access their grade level curriculum while also meeting their diverse needs because of their disabilities. .
| 1 | 1 |
180,348 |
p226221
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974ad2010ba9d41dab11be854761261e
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Mrs.
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MD
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2016-09-11 21:33:03
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Grades PreK-2
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Math & Science, Literacy & Language
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Environmental Science, Literature & Writing
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Carpet Comfort During Whole Group
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I have an amazing group of second grade students from the inner city. In my school we are departmentalized so I get the opportunity to teach all the 2nd graders in my school. They are all eager and willing to learn despite their living situation.\r\n\r\nMy students are all considered at risk because of where they live, and deserve to have a classroom where they feel safe enough to learn. That is what I work hard to provide for all of my students.
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Have you ever sat on a cold tile floor? Well my students have. This carpet will make sure that doesn't happen again. \r\n\r\nAll students deserve to have comfort when they are learning, this carpet will give my students that comfort! Not only will it be comfortable for them to sit on during whole group time, and small group time, it will be a great way to add color to the classroom and help to dampen the noise of 60 second graders in an open classroom environment! \r\n\r\nThis carpet will also mean that my students will be able to transition from their seats to the floor with fewer distractions because they will no longer need to move their chairs so they do not have to sit on the floor. This carpet will be an amazing addition to our classroom and help to make the room a more inviting and comfortable environment.
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My students need a carpet to sit our during whole group instruction.
| 1 | 1 |
25,903 |
p248998
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b21b068007ee4590a1c875344c86bd68
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Mrs.
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IA
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2016-10-10 11:07:35
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Grades PreK-2
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Applied Learning
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Other
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Flexible Seating for a Student-Centered Classroom
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My students are brilliant, creative, inquisitive, caring, and motivated children that go on a quest each day to answer their burning questions and make their mark on the world.\r\n\r\nThey are starting to develop ideas and values that will shape who they are for their rest of their lives. This is the time of their lives when it is crucial for the adults around them to embrace their curiosities and encourage a sense of power and choice in their learning. Right now they believe everything and anything is possible, and it is my job to cultivate and motivate those beliefs. Our school is a Leader in Me school, which means we are dedicated to teaching the whole child. Our school embraces all learners and our goal is to find \"the awesome\" inside each child. We have over 800 students in preschool through fifth grade, representing over 30 countries and all of them live by our school mission: We are leaders and learners who ignite strengths and passions to positively impact our world.
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These resources will transform my classroom from a teacher-centered learning environment into a student-centered one. Research shows that learners perform best when they can focus. Many students are unable to focus in the traditional desk setting of a classroom. They need the choice of seating to activate their brains and remain focused through necessary movement and self-directed learning. This flexible seating classroom also encourages collaboration. A skill all students will need in any future they choose is the ability to work and communicate with others. This type of classroom fosters collaboration and provides the opportunities for students to learn and grow from each other. By offering students choice, it gives them the power in their learning. That power is the key to unlocking their full learning potential in the classroom. Times continue to change and a classroom's environment should embrace and reflect those changes. By changing the environment in which children learn, it will change the outcomes of their education. The power that a flexible seating classroom provides will enable children to take ownership for their own learning. Students with disabilities or unique learning needs will be able to find success in a flexible classroom. Children with ADHD, as well as those on the autism spectrum, will find options that will allow them to focus and actively participate in their learning.
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My students need more options for our student-centered flexible seating classroom.
| 2 | 1 |
30,731 |
p136783
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2d1576a1ae767a3852811137b4b3c047
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Ms.
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NC
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2016-07-22 17:18:31
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Grades PreK-2
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Literacy & Language, Math & Science
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Literature & Writing, Mathematics
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Save Paper with New iPads
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Our classroom is based off of technology. My students learn best by using technology. We are trying to save paper and help the environment by submitting work and completing assignments on iPads.\r\n\r\nMy students come from low income house holds. They are sweet and willing to try their hardest, no matter what challenges they face. They not only come to school to learn, but they come to school to be loved and have a safe place to be themselves. We are a small community school and are always trying to help the community as well.
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We are trying to save paper and trees by using an online resource to complete classroom assignments and learning. In order to achieve this, we need more iPads to become more of a one-to-one technology classroom. This includes headphones and covers for the iPads.\r\n\r\nStudents use the iPad's to problem solve, practice new skills, and be held accountable for their learning. In order to do this, we need more iPad's, cases, and headphones to become more successful second graders. In this day, technology is so important, why not use it to help learn more?! Thank you for helping my students.
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My students need iPad mini 2's to allow us to try to become a one- to-one classroom, where all students have an iPad. The iPads will be used to complete assignments and save paper!
| 1 | 1 |
67,451 |
p247086
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7f07425805d190c83356daece4b82f3e
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Ms.
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NM
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2016-08-25 22:48:26
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Grades 3-5
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Applied Learning, Literacy & Language
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Community Service, Literature & Writing
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4th GRADE CIVIL RIGHTS UNIT PROJECT
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My students come from Mexican descent. They are first generation Mexican American students who's native language is Spanish. They are very enthusiastic and motivated learners. They enjoy reading and doing group activities in order to enrich their learning. My students are responsible and autonomous learners who love to help one another succeed. Many of my students live in low income areas. They have known each other for many years and are a tight knit group due to the fact they live in the same trailer park neighborhoods. They have younger and older siblings who also attend the school.
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We are diving into a civil rights unit this year. We will be exploring the influence and impact Cesar Chavez had on the world. This unit will focus on the civil rights movement. We will be researching Cesar Chavez' life and also carry out our own community service project. This book will highlight the struggles of being a child of migrant workers. My classroom is all of Mexican decent and I know this will hit close to home. We will also be working on narrative writing through this unit. I know these books will be useful in providing rich literature to my students. They are very excited about this unit and know the impact one person can have on the world. They have been learning that we are all part of a bigger picture and it is in our power to better the world we live in.
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My students need meaningful and culturally relative literature in the classroom.
| 1 | 0 |
92,758 |
p171450
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dcf1892ea273763e0fa275c3b958f37c
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Mrs.
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GA
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2016-09-09 00:40:09
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Grades 3-5
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Literacy & Language, Math & Science
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Literature & Writing, Mathematics
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iCan iPad!
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\"We need technology in every classroom and in every student and teacher’s hand, because it is the pen and paper of our time, and it is the lens through which we experience much of our world.” – David Warlick As a teacher in a low-income school, I have students that come in with a little background knowledge needed for a 21st century technology based classroom! The focus and goal is to help them develop skills they need in order to succeed in school and in life! I strive to motivate our students daily, no matter what or where they come from! \r\n\r\nMany students in our school do not have the resources that their peers have. My 3rd students are assessed at the beginning, middle, and end of the year on a computer to measure their learning growth for the school year. Most of my students come to school without any knowledge of technology and how to use it! If this project was funded, these students would be able to learn the computer skills needed to succeed on statewide assessments. \r\n
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Children love using technology, and using technology to present information in school makes learning fun! An iPad will help me present learning materials, provide extra practice, assess student progress, and reinforce desired behaviors in my classroom. They will assist me in engaging my students with curriculum and supporting materials in a way that fits their unique learning style. Our class iPad will also help me assess student progress without unnecessarily fatiguing them with additional assessments.\r\n\r\nI want my students to have the tools necessary for them to independently interact with their learning materials and have an authentic learning experience. My students learn differently than most students and need a lot of support. It is my belief that if I adjust my teaching to fit how my students learn, I can positively affect their learning outcomes. Presenting material in a wide range of modalities gives students more opportunities to acquire the knowledge they need to be successful in school. By allowing the students in my class to independently apply their knowledge, I can help them on their way to becoming more independent learners.\r\n
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My students need an iPad for meaningfully engagement with our curriculum and to reach their learning potential.
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21,973 |
p258834
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d3b58df7fb1aeb46b68a73f745513a46
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Mrs.
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NC
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2017-01-16 10:05:56
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Grades 3-5
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Math & Science, Special Needs
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Mathematics, Special Needs
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iNeed to Organize Our iPads-Again!\r\n
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“It's not about what it is, it's about what it can become.” ― Dr. Seuss, The Lorax \r\nMy students are a group of capable, curious, and precious children. They love to explore the world around them and desperately need organizational materials to help them use their iPads efficiently. \r\n\r\nI teach at an amazing elementary school located in a rural community. It houses Pre-K through 5th grade. It is a Title I school, with 80% of students receiving free or reduced priced lunch. The staff at my school creates an environment of community where every individual is important and valued. I teach in a self-contained setting. \r\n\r\nMy students are fabulous! They are in 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades. My students have varying disabilities, but they are not \"disabled.\" They are very capable individuals with a strong desire to learn. They are constantly exploring the world around them and astound me with their insight and curiosity. They participate in all aspects of the school community and contribute to the school through their kind, giving hearts. They are some of the kindest, sweetest individuals you would ever meet and they are so appreciative of anything they receive.
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My students will use the tablet charging station to organize and charge their assigned iPads. Students use the iPads daily to work on math and language arts assignments and apps. They also use the iPads to work on weekly coding lessons. The iPads are great classroom tools that engage students.\r\n\r\nThe problem we have is that there are only three accessible outlets in the classroom, limiting the amount of iPads that can be charged at once.\r\n\r\nMany times, students forget to charge their iPad and are forced to sit near the outlet to use the iPad while it is charging. The tablet charging station would offer a way for students to organize their iPads while also offering a space for multiple iPads to be charged at once.\r\n\r\nDonations to this project will allow my current and future students the opportunity to organize their iPads.\r\n\r\nStudents will have the opportunity to take responsibility for their iPad which will help increase student engagement and self-esteem.
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My students need a tablet charging station to efficiently organize and charge the classroom iPads that they use on a daily basis.
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110,584 |
p197601
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762c302417344c5383d8a30a6021c229
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Ms.
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AZ
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2017-01-12 01:05:07
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Grades PreK-2
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Applied Learning, Literacy & Language
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Character Education, Literature & Writing
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Materials for Growth
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I am a special education kindergarten teacher in a low income area in Arizona. My classroom is cross-categorical, meaning that I have the amazing opportunity to work with children that have all sorts of different needs. Students range from ages 5-6 and come from all different backgrounds. The best thing about the program I teach is the ability to watch each child reach individual goals and watching their face light up when they learn something new. \r\n In my classroom we believe that each child has their own potential, and as educators it is our job to give the skills, the opportunities, and the support to reach their full potential. The focus of the program is to present the general education curriculum in a way that is broken down, in a smaller staff to student ratio, as well as a higher repetition of skills. This program allows students to build a strong foundation in kindergarten and grow at paces that are best for them. Please consider donating and helping my students reach for the stars!
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The materials that are being requested will help my students to engage with curriculum in new ways to help them develop their skills in reading, writing, and social emotional development. Being in a title one school it is challenging to get materials needed to help support student learning. \r\nIn early childhood it is critical that students build a strong foundation. This foundation will carry them through their educational careers and into society. The writing materials will allow for support for students that are developmentally still tracing their letters. The reading materials will allow for students to gain important knowledge to build a strong foundations for their future. The lamination machine will allow me to create materials to help further their growth!
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My students need access to different manipulative and support in writing, reading, math, and social emotional development. These materials will allow for students to access different manipulatives to develop their skills in these areas.
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24,649 |
p064315
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ba3eefe42286b814d00923b6376d726e
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Mrs.
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NH
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2017-01-24 13:56:45
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Grades 3-5
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Literacy & Language, Special Needs
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Literacy, Special Needs
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Eradicating Reluctant Readers
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Every year I see some students who can't wait to dive into their independent reading book, while others will try anything to avoid independent reading.\r\n\r\nI teach in a wonderful, but large school of over 700 students.\r\nFor the last several years, I have had between 28 and 32 students in 4th grade. Our school is one of 14 elementary schools in the largest school district in New Hampshire. Our students come from a variety of economic and ethnic backgrounds. What we share is a love of learning and a strong community, with ever increasing parent involvement. Our students strive to do their best and learn together. Having useful, quality materials for student use is a constant quest, as is money for resources.
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It's independent reading time. Student RR (reluctant reader) suddenly needs a drink of water, or to go to the bathroom, or can't find his or her book. It troubles me to see some students avoid independent, self-selected reading due to embarrassment, and/or lack of interest. Struggling readers in 4th grade cannot always access the books they want to read, due to difficulties decoding, or focusing, or comprehending text. Having 4 iPad minis with cases will provide access to a number of text opportunities through Kindle, Nook, Scholastic ebooks, Bookshare and Google Read and Write. These services provide opportunities for students to select and read text at an appropriate level, as well as have text read to them. Reading for me and for most of my students is such a joy. I need to have all students experience this joy for themselves, not just when I read aloud. iPad minis would allow my struggling readers to have successful experiences with independent reading.\r\n\r\nHaving four iPad minis in my classroom would allow me to show my reluctant readers that they can enjoy reading too!\r\n\r\nI envision that a student who can't seem to get into a book, will look forward to independent reading using an appropriate program on an iPad. I envision that student getting lost in a great book on an iPad, rather than stalling, using the bathroom, or staring blankly at the pages of a book that he or she can't read.
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My students need iPad minis for independent reading as well as for individualized math and reading learning activities.
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77,227 |
p220465
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6006129ed9c5f988b8e28acaca7ddf4b
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Mrs.
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OK
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2016-07-20 17:09:43
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Grades 3-5
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Literacy & Language
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Literacy
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Starting The Year Reading Chapter Books
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Coming into 3rd grade is a big adjustment for some kids. I want their 3rd grade year to be the year they start to love to read. I want them to see that good books can take you places. \r\n\r\nWe have a high poverty rate and all students receive free lunch. The majority of our students are Hispanic and are below grade level. State testing pretty much says, if you are not reading on level, you do not go on. My students need to be be reading more. Reading is not a priority to a lot of the kids. I want to change that.
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I want my students to know the enjoyment reading books can give you. A lot of my students look at the pictures and rarely actually read the books. I know that my students are capable of reading interesting chapter books. Sometimes the thought of reading chapter books becomes overwhelming and they give up before they even begin. These materials will be a guide into what chapter books are like and show them that they can read these types of books. \r\n\r\nI want my kids captivated by reading. With this donation, I will be putting these materials into a listening station for my kids to be at daily. My goal is for students that are below level are still enjoying these books, because they can listen and follow along.
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My students need a listening station. I want my students to see how great chapter books can be. Having chapter books on cd will give students a chance to read books they wouldn't normally read.
| 7 | 0 |
126,330 |
p192154
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d66eff8425842e03cb49317b1fbf5c00
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Ms.
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NC
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2016-08-05 12:25:57
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Grades PreK-2
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Health & Sports
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Gym & Fitness
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Creative Movement for All
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My students are in a title I preschool, many of them have a parent in the military. The children must meet at risk criteria to attend this program. This criteria includes family income, identified disabilities, parent employment, and English proficiency. I provide a creative classroom environment. With materials in the learning centers that is empowering students through art. I also provide science, technology, engineering, and math activities. I believe this will prepare all my students to be successful in kindergarten and beyond.
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My students love to dress-up and pretend to be other people. Our play clothes and pretend materials are old or broken so they had to be thrown out. We do not have a transportation carpet in our blocks center. The children asked me to buy some new clothes and toys. They do not understand there is no room in the budget for replacing these things. The students can use cars to push and pretend to drive on the new carpet. They will be able to dress up and dance to the multicultural music. These materials will promote creative opportunities for developing physical skills. \r\nThe preschool years are considered some of the most active times in an individual’s life. When children lose themselves in play the activities can become very spirited and high energy. I want to be able encourage my students to tumble like clowns or dance like ballerinas which gets them involved in creative physical expression. These types of activities increases their heart rate, and develops their physical abilities.\r\n
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My students need a Community Play Carpet, Giant Soft Building Blocks, We Do The Work Truck Set, Multicultural Clothing Set, and Multicultural Children's Songs.
| 12 | 1 |
177,417 |
p169246
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9e320d91c9a671b706ba94014c9e21fa
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Mrs.
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MO
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2016-11-28 11:26:39
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Grades 3-5
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Literacy & Language
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Literacy
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Horseshoe: The Best Design to Shape Little Minds!
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I'm lucky to teach a diverse group of struggling readers. They are all different ages, races and come from many different economic backgrounds. 9 groups of student come in and out all day so I can help their confidence and give them the skills they need to be life long readers. I see K-5th grade students at Sherwood Elementary, which is about 20 min. South of St. Louis. They deserve the best and I want to give it to them!
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I see 9 groups of little readers each day. I currently have a trapezoid table with one crooked leg. A kind parent welded it on for me about 3 years ago, but it is almost quite literally on it's last leg. A new horseshoe table will get me closer to each reader to hear them read and give them the individual strategies to help grow them as readers. I will also have more room for my tabletop dry erase board/chart holder. Right now it blocks one student from seeing me. This table will help us be more productive each day!
| null | null |
My students need a reading table! Our current table's leg broke and a kind parent welded it on, but it leans to one side. This horseshoe table is what I've dreamed about!
| 0 | 1 |
57,636 |
p173545
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390f579e94bebb64d3a11783d9a60143
|
Mrs.
|
IL
|
2016-09-08 21:17:45
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Grades 6-8
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Literacy & Language, Math & Science
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Literacy, Mathematics
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Connecting Our Classroom Community to Parents!
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are enthusiastic and fun loving middle school kids! My class consist of diverse and English language learners coming from low-income families with challenging backgrounds. Despite their many challenges, they still have an appetite for learning and are very eager to showcase their work. Our inner-city school is 100% free lunch with very little available resources.\r\nThrough this funding, I hope to help my students find their voice while getting parents involved by sharing photos and videos of wonderful classroom moments.
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We are \"Back to school\" and our class is creating and learning amazing new things! My students love sharing their work. This year our class will use ClassDojo. A new way to share student work and activities. These student-led portfolios will give my students an opportunity to share their work with parents from the classroom. This is a great tool to help me build a classroom community where students and parents are involved. Students can show off their classwork by adding photos and videos to their own digital portfolio.\r\n\r\nAll I need is at least one classroom iPad! to help students take pictures and videos of their amazing work to upload to the ClassDojo website.
| null | null |
My students need one 12.9 inch Apple iPad Pro with Wi-Fi.
| 0 | 1 |
162,045 |
p054806
|
a026faabf4fbafe04b3298a30e8a1d56
|
Mrs.
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OK
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2016-09-14 15:05:52
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Grades PreK-2
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Literacy & Language
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Literature & Writing
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Learning Through Listening
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As a 1st grade teacher in a low-income/high poverty school district, my students are faced with several challenges both in and out of the classroom. Despite the many challenges they face, I am looking to keep things simple and provide my students with creative and meaningful learning experiences.\r\nMy students have a wide variety of learning levels so I try to differentiate the lessons that take place in my classroom. It is important to me to have the tools to teach my students. They are eager to learn.
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My students need to have many opportunities to hear lots of different stories. A Listening Center like the one I am asking for would be so beneficial to all of my students. I have many books and cd's, but I just don't have the equipment for my students to listen to the stories. \r\nThe dry erase boards would be a way for my students to write about and illustrate what is going on in the story. They are still learning, but just not always having to put it on paper.\r\nThe dice can be used for many different areas. For example, we could roll and decide who holds the book that day by rolling the highest number.
| null | null |
My students need a variety of activities for a successful Center Time.
| 4 | 1 |
147,064 |
p030987
|
ddf6f9303903ca59b2de1b6a3973ed84
|
Ms.
|
SC
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2016-12-12 10:41:42
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Grades 3-5
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Music & The Arts
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Music
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New Year, New Stuff! \r\nWe need more supplies, please!
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I believe that learning should be hands-on, exciting and FUN! We are a low-income but but diverse K-8 school, and I teach over 700 students a week in the music room, which also doubles as the band room in the afternoon. Most of these students sit all day long in a chair at a desk or table, so it is important to me that our students have plenty of opportunities to move, sing, play instruments, dance, and PLAY when they enter my classroom. \r\nI consider myself very lucky to be able to teach general music education and middle school chorus to an awesome group of very sweet, talented, motivated, and diverse students every day! \r\nWe serve a rural, low-income population, with over 80 percent on free or reduced price lunch. These kids need our love and support now more than ever in the state of the economy and our world today. We love our students and their families, and hope to provide them with the very best opportunities and materials that they so very much want and desire and deserve this school year. Won't you please help us?!
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Nothing says \"Happy New Year\" like new crayons, pencils, and glue sticks! Our classroom needs more (new!) school supplies to get us through to the end of the school year in May! We need your help!\r\nWe have colored, written, cut, and learned so much already, but we are in desperate need of a replenishment of our classroom school supplies, which are shared by over 500 students per week! Thank you so much for your consideration of our project! It is so hard for students to learn, be creative, and integrate different subjects without having much needed supplies for everyone to share!
| null | null |
My students need classroom materials such as pencils, crayons, & tissue to get up through the end of the school year!
| 23 | 0 |
117,285 |
p182606
|
e1a5cda5d1fc0acc55a830ef7e05cf38
|
Ms.
|
OR
|
2016-09-21 20:53:27
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Grades 6-8
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Applied Learning, Health & Sports
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Community Service, Gym & Fitness
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Learning to be a Safe, Confident Bike Rider
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The Valley School of Southern Oregon is a Montessori-based STEM school that focuses on hands-on, project based learning. The students are girls and boys in 6th-8th grade.\r\nWe just started a bike club as part of our weekly Exploratory Time. In this club, students learn about bike maintenance, rules of the road, and we will also be riding our bikes around on our local bike path. \r\n\r\nOur bike club needs some equipment to run properly. We will need \r\nhelmets, tools and repair parts as some of our students are not able to bring their own.
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Our charter middle school has started a bike club that meets one day per week as part of our regular curriculum. \r\n\r\nWe spend each 90 minute meeting getting our bicycles ready to ride, which usually includes fixing flats from goat head thorns, and then taking the bikes out on our nearby Bear Creek Greenway path. Our Bike Club has started strong and has been completely successful so far! \r\n\r\nHelping students on their way to becoming confident riders is important in developing their independence and safety on the road. We do need helmets as many students don't have them or have unsuitable helmets, a floor pump, tools and parts for repairing bicycles as we move into the maintenance portion of the class.
| null | null |
My students need supplies including helmets and repair tools to help us learn to be safe, competent and confident bike riders.
| 0 | 1 |
170,617 |
p155070
|
7246d0234ce1c9866f24495b0cc4cc6a
|
Teacher
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OH
|
2016-06-14 23:13:46
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Grades 3-5
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Literacy & Language
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Literacy, Literature & Writing
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WE WANT TO \"CHOOSE KIND\" ALL YEAR LONG!
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As a teacher in a low-income/high poverty school district, my students are faced with several challenges both in and out of the classroom. Despite the many challenges they face, I am looking to keep things simple and provide my students with creative and meaningful learning experiences.\r\n\r\nMy students are creative, clever and they love to read together!\r\n\r\nThey are motivated by compassion, and lots of positive attention. Many of them are being raised in single parent households and receive a free lunch based on their socioeconomic status. These things may prevent them from getting ahead early in life and may not provide them with the life experiences many of us see as \"typical\". From the minute they walk in the door of my classroom I focus on their potential and growth while they are with me. I may not be able to control their home lives, however, I can certainly control their experience during the school day. By doing this in a creative and positive way, I am hopeful to inspire them to continue on a path of academic excellence.
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This year we want to use the novel Wonder as our anchoring text. We plan to begin the year with it and really capitalize on student interest both academically and socially. This novel contains so many powerful character building lessons. \r\nTo bring this experience full circle we want to end the year with Auggie and Me. Once again taking advantage of student interest in Wonder, giving them something to be excited about to end the year and reinforcing the powerful character building messages found in these novels as we send them on to sixth grade. \r\nDonating to this project will provide my students with an opportunity that will enrich their lives both academically and socially.
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My students need this novel to complete our Wonder experience for their 5th grade year. We begin the year reading Wonder and want to finish the year reading Auggie and Me.
| 0 | 1 |
69,763 |
p013881
|
a190a0579712db05a94bd9835ca0f039
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Mrs.
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SC
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2016-08-06 20:19:50
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Grades PreK-2
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Health & Sports
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Gym & Fitness, Health & Wellness
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Stability Ball Chairs Improve Focus and Strengthen Core Muscles!
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My first grade classroom is a place of challenge and discovery. Students spend this year learning the foundation of knowledge and skills they will need as they move forward in education. \r\nMy school serves many high poverty students in grades K-5. My students are amazing, super sweet children who are eager to learn all they can! My students are never sitting still. They are always moving in their chairs, leaning back, or sitting on their knees. \r\nI want to help my students maintain their love of learning by helping them engage physically while learning difficult material.
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My students love to run, play, climb, play soccer, as well as read and draw. They have to spend way too many hours of their day sitting. Students want and need to move! \r\nMany educators do their best to get children to \"sit still\" so they can focus, but these students cannot focus if their bodies are craving movement. Research suggests that some children are unable to focus at school because of weak core strength, therefore they wiggle and move because they NEED to. Stability ball chairs allow for proper blood flow to the brain through improved posture, and use both the right and left sides of the brain to balance and focus on work.
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My students need stability ball chairs to improve focus, allow for movement, and improve core strength and balance while learning.
| 1 | 1 |
127,191 |
p191781
|
dc7ff66dc473ee5bc21a75e9dafebdaf
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Teacher
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NY
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2016-06-21 15:23:16
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Grades 3-5
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Health & Sports, Special Needs
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Gym & Fitness, Special Needs
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Rug for the Rascals!
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PS 9 on the Upper West Side of New York City is a wonderful community. Everyone who learns, works and participates in the school has a huge heart where students' learning comes first! There are all kinds of learners in each class, each with their special talents and strengths. To encourage creativity and sustain focus, students in each class move constantly throughout the day. \r\n\r\nStudies have proven that keeping kids active helps them learn more and stay happier. Sitting silently in desks and having students working silently all day long is a thing of the past! Students in Class 4-236 at PS 9 transition constantly whether it be from walking in line spots, working independently at their seats, working in small groups in different parts of the classroom, sitting in their rug spots for a mini-lesson/ read aloud or taking brain breaks to gain some energy or do meditation to calm their minds. \r\n
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Since our rug is in the middle of the classroom, it sees A LOT of activity. Students sit on it at least 2-3 hours a day between direct instruction and small group work. It also sees a lot of traffic since this is where students line up to leave and come back in the room at least 5-6 times a day. The BEST part of the day (according to MANY students) is when we take our movement breaks and meditation cool downs. Students do this activity on the rug to have enough space to really stretch and move! \r\nBesides having a comfortable and sturdy rug, our classroom needs a vacuum to help keep that rug clean. Adults in the room (teachers, teaching assistants and paraprofessionals) also sit on the rug with students. We know that we want it kept as clean as possible not just for ourselves, but for everyone in the room! Students deserve to have a clean space where they feel comfortable and work well in, and a vacuum with help the rug stay that way.
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My students need a new rug to work on so they can focus on their learning and a new vacuum to keep it clean!
| 0 | 1 |
1,859 |
p036995
|
9cc902cd7d2b412bf8f7119dd2bc81ec
|
Mrs.
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NC
|
2016-08-23 15:37:31
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Grades PreK-2
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Health & Sports
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Gym & Fitness, Health & Wellness
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Caterpillar Crawl Craze
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My classroom consists of special needs, North Carolina Preschool and typically developed children in an inclusive classroom setting. They range from three to five year olds and participate in North Carolina's Prekindergarten program that seeks to prepare them for when they enter kindergarten. \r\n\r\nMy students are working on developing gross motor skills that will help them with kindergarten readiness. \r\n\r\nThey work on skills both academic including pre-reading skills to physical skills such as hopping on one foot. All of these varied skills help my students thrive when they move on to kindergarten.
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The children requested a Climb-n-Crawl caterpillar and tumbling mat. They love to be active and move about as much as possible. They would like hula hoops and rainbow ribbons to have fun with their friends. \r\n\r\nClimbing and crawling are skills that help my students gross motor skill development which are needed for healthy, while-child development. \r\n\r\nNew toys are always popular and keep children active and help improve their physical fitness. New equipment help to provide more variety in physical activity so that they are engaged for over an hour. Thank you for helping to achieve this goal for my students.
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My students need a Climb-N-Crawl caterpillar so they can climb and crawl their wiggles out!
| 1 | 0 |
137,548 |
p071055
|
67fa9050f4a7e381e0b2e88b0b73ccb5
|
Mrs.
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OH
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2017-04-17 15:09:15
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Grades PreK-2
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Math & Science
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Applied Sciences, Mathematics
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STEM Materials & Flexible Seating Options to Make Learning Fun!
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My students have a wide variety of learning styles and ability levels, ranging from pre-kindergarten to third grade. Some of my students have special needs. I teach a classroom full of energetic first graders in a rural community. \r\n\r\nMy students need hands on experiences with STEM resources and flexible seating options to get their bodies moving throughout the day! Hands-on STEM projects allow students to experience, first-hand, how things work. Sitting still is overrated and research shows that linking activity with education increases student performance and success!
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Sitting still is overrated! My little learners need to get their wiggles out to help them focus and stay on task. Movement is critical to their learning and attention. Research shows that linking activity with education increases student performance and success!\r\n\r\nMy students need STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) materials to enhance problem solving skills, promote exploration, and extend their learning throughout our first grade curriculum. These resources can be seen in action in differentiated centers in my classroom. Hands-on STEM projects allow students to experience, first-hand, how things work. STEM projects also give students the chance to collaborate to complete a task that is engaging. This helps build their science knowledge as well as their self-esteem. For the above reasons, I am requesting, a standing desk, bouncy ball chair, mini bike exercise pedals, science sorting activities, and laminated hundred boards. \r\n\r\n
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My students need hands-on STEM resources and flexible seating options to get their bodies moving during the school day!
| 12 | 1 |
179,475 |
p158334
|
012cef848f65139eae4a4c8fc11bd382
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Ms.
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PA
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2016-07-13 12:28:23
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Grades PreK-2
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Health & Sports, Literacy & Language
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Health & Wellness, Literacy
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Wiggle, Wobble, Wriggle, LEARN!
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I work in an inner-city school. Many of my students are from low-income households and they don't have access to resources that many other children are fortunate enough to have. Despite the daily challenges they face, my Kindergarten students love to work, love to wiggle, love to read, love to build their independence, love to learn new things and LOVE to come to school! They make me smile every day and they inspire me to be the best teacher I can be!
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Kindergarteners have a difficult time keeping their active bodies still for long periods of time. It's even more difficult for students with ADHD, Autism or another learning disability. These Wobble stools will help my students get out their wiggles while also staying focused on the task at hand. The stools will allow students to squirm around and adjust their bodies as needed without being a distraction to their classmates. They will have the opportunity to burn off energy, stimulate their muscles physically and get their blood flowing! As they get their blood flowing, more oxygen can get to their brains which will improve their focus and help them retain more information. \r\n\r\nHaving the opportunity to use one of these stools to complete an assignment, assessment or work station will alleviate the stress some students have about trying to sit still in a chair while completing their work. They can confidently work on a wobble stool knowing they can wobble around and simultaneously get their work finished without distracting themselves or others the way they typically would. \r\n\r\nThese stools will keep my students healthy and engaged which will increase their academic achievement! Thank you so much for considering our project!
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My students need wobble chairs to engage their muscles while also engaging their brains!
| 8 | 1 |
109,820 |
p127160
|
d5a47cb06bb015dbfcf02b7e03ad80ca
|
Mrs.
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LA
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2017-01-12 16:25:51
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Grades 3-5
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Math & Science
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Environmental Science, Mathematics
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Accessorizing Technology
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\"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.\" - Nelson Mandela In today's ever changing technical world, technology should be used to enhance education and aid in the development of skills.\r\n\r\nI have 43 third graders that enjoy learning with technology!\r\n\r\nThey are energetic, passionate, and look forward to working with technology each day to engage in meaningful learning. We are a high poverty school overcoming the barriers and challenges of poverty in education.\r\n
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Having accessories for the already implemented technology in my classroom will allow my students to benefit greatly from the learning programs we use. Having a bluetooth speaker will enable students to listen to learning cds from the tablets and cellphones with clear sound and without the obstruction of cords. They are portable, which allows them to learn while traveling to other place in and outside of the school. Students will use the speaker every day for multiplication practice cds to help them master multiplication strategies, which makes learning cool and fun for students.\r\n\r\nThis technology will provide my students with enhanced learning and focus. Allowing students to have these accessories at their fingertips on a daily basis will allow them to reach their full potential, build student confidence, and improve student learning.
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My students need accessories for their technology to make their learning experience run a little bit smoother.
| 2 | 1 |
21,860 |
p111907
|
8dc39bcac4d279537819b66bc39ddf9e
|
Ms.
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HI
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2016-08-31 21:00:39
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Grades 9-12
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Math & Science
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Environmental Science
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Basic Supplies for Extraordinary, but HOT Maui Students\r\n
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This the most polite group of students, with the least amount of supplies. They are kind and easy going, but they don't often think to ask for things for themselves or stand out and speak up. \r\n The classroom and lab are in stark contrast to the private school and lab that I came from in San Francisco where the lab and classroom were stocked.\r\nI feel that it is my duty to speak out for these young people and ask for just some of the basic supplies and fans that they need to keep the room operating like a real lab and bearable to learn when the temperatures run up to 94 degrees.
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Providing kits and materials will allow the students to do more hands-on exploration. By making models, practicing experiments and problem solving, students will see more than just text about Science. Since over 30% are English Language Learners (ELL), they need the alternate methods to understand material, more than any other group of students. \r\n\r\nLabs with practical applications will help them see how our Natural Resources here and around the world are valuable. \r\n\r\nThey will use shrinkydinks to make models, water and soil testing to illuminate topics of pollution, poster board and cutting tools to build presentations and fans to keep us cool while we work!\r\n
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My students need these supplies for two reasons. First, to stay cool enough to work in our very hot classroom... 90-94 degrees daily! Second, to make our learning hands-on, interesting and enjoyable!
| 0 | 1 |
94,826 |
p200231
|
2b32ad90b394b5eefe71d74df922969e
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Mrs.
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NC
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2016-08-12 13:40:30
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Grades PreK-2
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Literacy & Language
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Literacy
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Company Of A Good Book\r\nIn Your Reading Nook!
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My kindergarten students are happy, energetic, and love to learn something new every day! By creating a safe learning environment and giving positive encouragement, I want my students to believe that they ALL can learn how to read.\r\n Most of my students are already behind the minute they walk into kindergarten because they didn't go to pre-k. I teach at a Title I school in North Carolina where 75% receive free or reduced lunch. Parents are working multiple jobs and many students are being raised by their grandparents. I want to help these children rise above these challenges and become life long learners.
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I love to read and it occurred to me that I never read in a straight back traditional chair, so why ask my kindergarten students to? \r\nAs I am building the foundation for the love of school, I want children to be able to choose where they sit to enjoy a good book, collaborate with their peers, and work on their reading strategies. \r\n\r\nAllowing students to choose where they sit and what they sit on, creates a positive environment empowering them to take ownership of their learning. \r\nSome of the options will be stability balls, bean bag chairs and wobble seats. Children who are expected to remain seated without moving have been found to lead to inattention and disruptive behavior. Alternate seating allows students to move while learning which improves attention. Creating a learning environment that is inviting and engaging is crucial. \r\n\r\nWith alternate seating, my students will have more opportunities to communicate with their peers while working collaboratively. I want to create a hands-on engaging classroom where children can choose to sit where they learn best. My goal is to heighten the learning in my classroom to meet all students’ needs.\r\n
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My students need comfortable alternate seating choices like bean bag chairs, stability balls and wobble seats to enhance their learning experiences.
| 0 | 1 |
99,320 |
p021490
|
de7b97a3a0b45a4919c53e18555b34cf
|
Ms.
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NY
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2017-01-31 22:09:49
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Grades PreK-2
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Literacy & Language
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ESL, Literacy
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A COLOR PRINTER WILL BRIGHTEN UP OUR WORLD
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As a teacher in a low-income school district, my students are faced with many challenges both in and out of the classroom. Being that we spend a big part of the day together one of my goals is to always provide them with authentic, meaningful experiences on a daily basis.\r\n\r\nMy students are inquisitive, curious and very eager to learn.\r\nThey love to learn about new things and especially love hands on activities. Many of my students are being raised in single parent households and receive a free lunch based on their socioeconomic status. Unfortunately, some of these things may prevent them from acquiring the life experiences many of us see as \"typical\". From the minute they walk into my classroom my job is to not only teach them but to make their day a memorable one. I want them to leave my class on a daily basis thinking \"learning is fun\".
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A color printer will go a long way in my classroom. With this resource I will be able to customize learning activities for individual students as well as print differentiated materials to meet the needs of my students who are all on different levels. This will help my students succeed.\r\n I teach students who are mostly new to this country. Technology is not something they are too familiar with. A color printer will help me add so much color to my daily lessons and keep them engaged. Having a color printer in our classroom would be a huge asset. \r\nYour donation will help keep our classroom running smoothly and assist in helping my wonderful students succeed.
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My students need a color printer and ink to help them complete various assignments throughout the year.
| 30 | 1 |
114,421 |
p073077
|
39eaff341ad54f9b91283ad222f65996
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Ms.
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FL
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2016-05-24 08:23:41
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Grades 3-5
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Literacy & Language
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ESL, Literature & Writing
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The \"Game\" Changer
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I teach at a Title I school where 95% of our students are economically disadvantaged and 75% of them come from homes where English isn't spoken, read or even written. My students crave learning in all kinds of hands-on ways. They are smart and ready to learn using a variety of methods. They are optimistic despite facing hardships outside of the classroom. Our school is Title I, meaning our students do not come from any type of wealth where they do not have the opportunity to explore and see things other are able to explore. Some rely on school as their escape, to learn and have some fun while getting a quality education. Their parents are working so hard to provide the basics for their children that they don't have the money to provide them with educational materials. Our students love school and love learning. They are \"Dragon Strong!”
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I do not have many educational games in my classroom to support differentiating instruction that will motivate my students during centers. I choose different reading and writing games to go with our Standards. My students love to be hands-on, and these games are a fun way to learn. The materials I choose will help them with their reading, writing and grammar skills they have already worked on this year. Some of them need a little extra motivation and support so I picked a writing skills game to help develop their writing skills. I also picked several read and revise writing games to support my students with grammar skills. The English language is hard for my students and they need support with grammar and knowing how to speak and writing properly. These games will help give my students the chance to practice and review their reading, writing and grammar skills with games such as correct the sentence, wipe and write practice cards, folders for the writing process, and magnetic writing skills game to support reading strategies.
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My students need educational reading and writing games to support differentiating instruction that will motivate my students during centers.
| 5 | 1 |
158,247 |
p225773
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51aba76446790f63daa78d04d8657d80
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Mrs.
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CA
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2016-10-11 22:56:05
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Grades PreK-2
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Literacy & Language
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Literacy
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Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue!
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As a teacher in a low-income/high poverty school district, my students are faced with several challenges both in and out of the classroom. Despite the many challenges they face, I am looking to keep things simple and provide my students with meaningful learning experiences.\r\n\r\nMy students come to school each day excited to learn and explore the community in which they live. They have limited experiences to draw upon so any positive experiences I can provide are critical to making sure these students are ready for the world we live in.\r\n\r\n
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By working with and playing games with these puzzles, independently or in small groups, the students will increase their reading ability and confidence enabling them to move up in reading level. Since they have limited life experiences to draw upon when learning it is critical they become better readers. Being able to read more difficult books (science and social studies) will open up a new world for them. Students who are confident in their reading abilities will be ready the face the challenges of higher education and the work place. They will also be able to complete a job application.\r\n\r\n
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My students need rhyming and word building puzzles to strength blending skills for reading. The sea life puzzle would expose the students to new ocean animal vocabulary.
| 0 | 1 |
177,428 |
p259934
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b2b0cd482ff7505c1e9eb1fca8d69c10
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Ms.
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KY
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2016-09-23 13:00:08
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Grades 6-8
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Literacy & Language
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Literature & Writing
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Tablet Technology
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The school where I teach serves over 1,000 students, sixth thru eighth grade. I teach 6th grade English Language Arts and 7th Ancient World Civilizations (social studies). Both subjects are my passion and I enjoy passing on my love for learning to my students. My students are hard working, willing to try new things, and put themselves out there. \r\n\r\nOur school seems to grow in number every year, and with this comes an increase the amount of students who qualify for free and reduced lunch. In this large population, many of our students need assistance with basic supplies. Asking for electronic resources, such as tablets, seems impossible. Yet the way students are learning is changing and thus my students need these tablets to access different things in order to learn.\r\n
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I am requesting 10 tablets for my classroom for those students who are unable to have access to an electronic device. Students will be able to use these tablets in class and check them out overnight if needed. These tablets will be benefit both my English Language Arts and World Civilizations classes.\r\n\r\nFor my ELA classes, the tablets will be used to access our textbook website and apps we use in and outside of class. One of these apps is vocabulary.com, which helps students learn new vocabulary words that can help them with their reading and writing. For my World Civilizations class, students can have access to maps and other resources. All of my students would benefit greatly from these tablets.\r\n\r\n
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My students need tablets to work on apps and practice skills to be successful in their education and future.
| 1 | 1 |
31,221 |
p084744
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af5fc4a99d5b85e7f9f543a2ea1a2d52
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Ms.
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GA
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2016-11-04 07:34:29
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Grades 6-8
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Math & Science
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Mathematics
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Focus Notes for Better Mathematicians
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My students attend school in a large suburban area in Georgia. They are very energetic young adults who are excited about learning opportunities that will afford them the opportunity to grow. They are not always excited about school, yet they are truly excited when they enter their math class! As I enter the classroom, they all speak to me and chant \"Happy Monday\", \"Happy Hump Day\" or \"Happy Friday\"! I started this trend very early in the school year and they have continued it. If I forget to speak and just start into the lesson, they will say \"You didn't say good morning/good afternoon\". I LOVE THEM. \r\n\r\nI teach math in a Title I school and my ratio of boys to girls is 2:1. Every student in the school receives free breakfast and lunch. Some of the students come to school everyday without pencils and paper, but they come to class ready for the day. This is a struggle for me as an educator, yet I don't allow it to break my spirit. We push through and persevere. The math is challenging and they are up for the challenge!
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My sixth grade students are beginning learners when we speak of them taking effective notes in class. Unfortunately, many of them do not have dedicated notebooks for each content that is taught. This tends to hinder their learning abilities, as well as limits their organizational skills. Both of these play a vital role in the success of their academics. \r\n\r\nThrough the use of Focus Notes notebooks, each paper is sectioned for key content, purpose (which aligns to daily learning targets), summary, and date, which will teach students how to place key information in its proper pace. As a teacher, I often return to previous notes for my students to find pertinent information. When my students have these notebooks, it will make this process much smoother for recollection of information. Also, this allows them to have dedicated notebooks for math. \r\n\r\nAs with any other component in life, if you do not have the necessary materials, the outcome is not the best. How can we bake a cake if we don't have flour-particularly self-rising flour? The same is said for the right school supplies/materials. When we don't have the right ingredients, how can expect our students to rise to their full potential?
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My students need Focus Notes notebooks to help them take effective notes to enhance their learning abilities in and outside of the classroom.
| 0 | 1 |
97,837 |
p219105
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ac8b53a310702b4a0a084898460224ef
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Ms.
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AL
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2016-07-02 22:24:58
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Grades 3-5
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Math & Science
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Applied Sciences, Mathematics
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Coding With Kindles
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My students are typical 10-year-olds--they love music, fashion, and to laugh. These kids are amazing and they have my heart. If I could give my students just one thing over the year, I would give them a purpose. A future. Hope. You see, our school is in a neighborhood that people cringe when they hear where we are. They ask, \"Is it safe for you to drive through there?\" and they wonder why I am there. But I know why I am there--my heart is there so where else could I be?\r\n\r\nMy students need people to believe in them--they need to know that they can invest in their future and that it doesn't have to include drugs, violence, and poverty. They need to know that their interests can lead to good jobs and a hopeful future. My students love technology--but what ten-year-olds don't?! They are intrigued by the mechanics of how things work. They are very tactile and very good with STEM projects. My students crave stability, security, and consistency. As their teacher, I am the primary provider of all those things. And I want to provide so much more--opportunity, hope, and a sense of purpose.
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If you choose to invest in Coding with Kindles, you will be providing my grade 4 students the opportunity to dip their toes into the wonderful world of coding! Because there are expected to be nearly 1 MILLION unfilled technology sector jobs in 10 years, my students need to start now understanding how coding works, and the potential for a future in computer coding/programming. \r\nBecause my students are natural tekkies, there is so much potential for this technology in my classroom--let me share a few ideas with you. \r\n1. You will see students using Kindles before and after school in a Coding Club. My goal is to start a club for students grades 3-5 so the students who are interested in learning more about coding to work on those skills uninterrupted. Because the Kindle Fire is wifi ready, we can use websites such as code.org, and codeschool.com to start at the bottom and work our way up the coding structure.\r\n2. You will also see the Kindles being used during STEM and reading centers. Of course, Kindles lend naturally to reading, so I would use them for students to listen to reading to work on fluency and expression as well as accessing our digital curriculum content. During STEM the students will use the Kindles to gather data, do research, and conduct virtual experiments in the classroom. \r\n3. During \"Make it Mondays,\" and/or \"Fix-it Fridays,\" the Kindles will be available for students to work at their own pace on coding skills. Because this is the primary purpose for having the Kindles in the classroom they will be available throughout the week for students when they are done with the task at hand or when they simply need a break. \r\nAnd this is just the tip of the iceberg!
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My students need the chance to explore the world of coding with reliable, high-quality technology.
| 0 | 0 |
69,551 |
p060011
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6c0f2a7c28132554d4c7f2671ca20689
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Ms.
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NY
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2016-09-04 14:43:32
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Grades PreK-2
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Literacy & Language
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Literacy, Literature & Writing
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Our Favorite Books Deserve To Be Displayed!!!
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Do you remember what it was like to start a new school year and be excited to start learning? Do you remember learning how to read? My students have just started to learn how to read and are loving every minute of it.\r\n\r\nThis year is my 6th year as an educator at my school.\r\nI teach approximately 20 kindergarten students in a general education classroom at a low-income school. I have spent a lot of time and energy in making our classroom a place to learn and thrive in. \r\n\r\n\r\n
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My students deserve to learn in a classroom where reading is not just important, but fun as well.\r\nFor many of the students in my class, it is difficult to set up strong independent reading habits at home, due to circumstances beyond their control. They would love an inviting place at school to get to dive into rich literature.\r\n\r\nResearch has shown that children who read for pleasure are likely to do significantly better in school than their peers who rarely read.\r\n\r\nWe have a great library space with tons of comfy places to read, what we are missing is a great way to display all the fabulous books that we are reading. We are asking for a table top book display and crayons to help create a more inviting and appealing space. We will be able to show off our favorite titles and books that we are currently reading. \r\n
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My students need book display and crayons to help make posters for our book display.
| 84 | 1 |
31,603 |
p259418
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7efa5d726d115deecd3f653719c4ff67
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Ms.
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TX
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2016-10-05 14:25:11
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Grades PreK-2
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Literacy & Language
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Literacy
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Library and Listening Center
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I teach three classes of English Language Arts/Reading with 67 students. My students are low-income students from the inner city. I have one student in a wheel-chair and several who would benefit from any assistance as possible. Many do not have books at home or supplies for school. \r\n\r\nMany students are coping with ADHD and other emotional issues on a day to day basis. Every morning, we meditate and use visualization techniques to distress before our day begins. \r\n\r\nI have been teaching them about the power of positive thinking and doing good for others. After 6 weeks of school, I am starting to witness their paradigm shift in thinking.
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My students will be able to check out books to read at home and to have Scholastic readers to tie in science and social studies. The Scholastic magazines would be educational and enjoyable to help them gain a love of reading. \r\n\r\nI know my students' faces will light up every time they receive a new reader. Many do not have any reading materials at home or have the ability to get to an from the public library. These readers would help bridge the gap from school to home. Adding the cross-curricular dimension would also help give more text-to-text and text-to-world connections.
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My students need reading materials for a library center and a listening center.
| 0 | 1 |
142,974 |
p035990
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40e3ce89a79f0c04e080a0213339d289
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Mr.
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MA
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2017-02-07 13:15:22
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Grades 6-8
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Health & Sports
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Gym & Fitness, Team Sports
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AFTER SCHOOL DODGE BALL LEGUE
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My classroom is located in a middle school in a very low-income area of our city. My kids usually have a difficult time acquiring even the most basic of educational supplies such as paper and pencils, never mind creative supplies such as calculators, paper, markers, and colored pencils.\r\n\r\nThey are great kids that can really benefit from extra school supplies at their disposal. Each day our kids come to school and are usually unprepared for the day. Whenever a teacher can provide missing resources, it is a win for them.
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My school is starting a team volleyball league that will take place after school. this league will provide hundreds of kids with a safe and supervised activity. To get this league started we will need dodge balls and pinnies for the teams. We will use these items several days a week. These items will help provide our kids with a great opportunity to play on a team and in a league. there will be weekly standings and prizes the kids can earn for winning and attendance.\r\nProviding these items to our students will really make a difference in the physical and social well being.
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My students need dodge balls and pinnies for an after school league
| 108 | 1 |
16,753 |
p195514
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82671adbf339eea1e634e1659664591c
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Mrs.
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NM
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2017-02-13 00:34:02
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Grades 6-8
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Math & Science
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Environmental Science, Health & Life Science
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Interactive Science Notebooks
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My students come to class each day ready to learn a new concept. They have not had much exposure to science in elementary school, so they are eager to learn in my classroom.\r\n\r\nI teach at a Title I middle school where every student receives free breakfast and lunch. The majority of careers my students have expressed interest in require them to have a good foundation in science. I want to provide them the foundation they need to be successful.
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My students learn best by doing. By implementing an interactive notebook in my teaching, I know my students will be able to have the required standards and concepts they will need all in one place.\r\n\r\nYour generation donation to our interactive notebooks will give my students a resource they create and are able to carry with them to study. It will make their learning more meaningful to them because they able to put their personal touch on the information being taught. Interactive notebooks are an excellent way for students to have the content for each topic in one organized notebook.\r\n\r\n
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My students need supplies to create interactive notebooks for optimal learning.
| 0 | 1 |
17,337 |
p256259
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40b17ffde813bc8bcc4fd67c39bfbd6e
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Ms.
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NJ
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2017-03-22 11:29:46
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Grades 3-5
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Literacy & Language
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ESL, Literacy
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English Language Learners need literature!
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My students come from different countries in South America. They are bilingual children that are growing up in a high poverty and crime area. They are mastering the English language and are very enthusiastic about learning. Unfortunately, our school district is lacking funding. My kids are anxious to learn and explore, but I don't have many materials for them to use. My students receive 100 percent free lunch. Many of their parents work several jobs and are still below the poverty level. \r\n\r\nThese students have come here to the United States to gain a better life! They are excited about learning new things. When they learn new things, they are glowing with excitement. They want to share what they have learned with anyone that will listen. They make me want to be a better teacher and provide them with all the opportunities that I can afford.
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My English Language Learner students have a hard time finding books on their reading comprehension level that are not just picture books. The books need to look like chapter books, otherwise fourth graders consider them \"baby books.\" However, since my students are still learning the English language and speak Spanish at home, they are at a lower reading comprehension level. My students need more lower level books that aren't just picture books. It is challenging to find books at these lower levels that have some type of story/plot line to practice various reading strategies. My students will use these books to practice retelling or summarizing the story. They will also practice identifying various characters and how they interact with other characters in the story. Eventually, my students will be able to point out the most important event in the story and explain why it was important.
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My students need more lower level books that aren't just picture books.
| 4 | 1 |
56,073 |
p180002
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912b2c42c67fce6b807a50d6c36bb2bc
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Ms.
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NC
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2016-05-06 14:36:04
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Grades 3-5
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Literacy & Language
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Literacy
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Flexible Seating for Added Focus!
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My classroom is as flexible as possible. Students are able to exercise their right to choose as often as possible. Flexible seating is one of the most simple and convenient choices students can be afforded.
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I have approximately 20 - 25 3rd grade students in my class each year. They are bright, hard working and FULL of energy. At a Title I school in a high poverty area, our students are not taught by the world that they have the ability to succeed. Our students are athletes, scholars, brothers and sisters, aunts and uncles, and they are some of the most enlightening, caring, hard working people on the planet.
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My students will use wobble stools during guided reading groups, in addition to having them as a choice at their desk during the regular school day. They will be able to sit on the stool, and as their body uses excess energy to balance themselves, their brains will function faster, more effectively, and in a calmer, more focused manner.
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The donation of wobble stools will not only improve my classroom's community feeling of choice & familiarity. By increasing their ability to focus during guided reading groups, they will increase their reading ability, which, in third grade, directly correlates to their likelihood of graduating from high school.
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My students need wobble stools to maintain and improve focus. 7 stools will provide seating for 2 reading groups.
| 0 | 1 |
79,177 |
p054994
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3f8ac99b23f3728b8d092518f148fd40
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Teacher
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FL
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2017-04-17 21:24:01
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Grades PreK-2
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Literacy & Language
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Literacy
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Community Helpers in NEED
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My community school is located in the Allapattah area of Miami Dade county. The community serves children who are all on reduced or free lunch. This is a low income school that tries to provide the best early start for children. \r\n\r\nMy class is a Voluntary Pre Kindergarten class that serves 19 students which of whom more than 50% are English Language Learners. The students in this classroom are special because they are my children and I take pride in putting my maximum effort for the advancement of their learning. \r\n\r\nI have students who have been in a day care setting and are more prepared for the demands of my classroom. Unlike other students who this will be their first school experience. I try to teach them routine so they know what is to be expected when they enter Kindergarten. I follow a strict routine that consists of about 18 different activities in one day. I try to make each one feel loved, appreciated and hold them to very high expectations. I believe they can all learn and be great at whatever they choose to do.
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These materials will make a difference in my students learning because it will allow them to build on new vocabulary. Having these materials in our blocks and building area will allow them to experience community helpers by doing something that they enjoy rather than just listening to the teacher. It will also allow those ELL children to experience the vocabulary by actively engaging in block play with the materials.\r\n By experiencing these materials first hand it will internalize the information and vocabulary we talk about in our theme My Community. This will allow them to engage in play and learn new words or phrases that will make them successful in school and home.
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My students need blocks and building materials that reflect community helpers in their neighborhood.
| 1 | 0 |
21,455 |
p233121
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571d63b146b2464a3f130d8a4d30a3f5
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Ms.
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FL
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2016-04-28 22:26:14
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Grades 3-5
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Music & The Arts
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Music, Performing Arts
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Mallet Madness Is Taking Over!
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Can you imagine a kid who wakes their parents up, already dressed and ready to get to school an hour early EVERY week? This is exactly what my percussion students do. They arrive early and work hard.
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My kids are elementary aged, so excited about being budding percussionists and loving every step of their journey. In our first year of having a percussion ensemble our membership has exploded. Kids arrive early and beg for instruments to borrow so they can practice at home.
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We rock the classics, take on Latin with flair and play contemporary pieces with our own special twist. It's amazing to see how versatile my students are. They grow every day, both in musicianship and rhythmic expression. We currently share instruments so that everyone can take turns. How wonderful it would be to have everyone play together.
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Inspiration, a sense of teamwork, equality and musicality are just some of the ways these instruments will strengthen our classroom. These students are from every part of our school- gifted students, kids with learning challenges and kids who are average on paper but extraordinary on stage. They have a sense of community in our ensemble and the group keeps growing. We welcome every student and I'll do whatever I can to make sure every kid that wants to play, can.
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My students need two alto diatonic xylophones and a stand for each of them.
| 2 | 1 |
176,231 |
p168299
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d87523f2a9e6e57945d7a4405d153b5a
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Ms.
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NC
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2016-07-14 10:58:10
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Grades PreK-2
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Applied Learning, Health & Sports
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Early Development, Health & Wellness
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Moving and Grooving the Kindergarten Way
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I am a new teacher at a Title One school. I teach Kindergarten literacy to forty amazing, challenging, intelligent, deserving students. These scholars receive breakfast, lunch, and sometimes dinner at school. Our school is a stable, supportive, house of learning in what can be an often violent and unstable neighborhood. \r\nOur school community truly comes together to support the development of the whole child. We believe each child has enormous potential and deserves the world. Our curriculum is rigorous but the students are up to the challenge and set high goals for themselves. The pride they take in their successes is amazing to see.
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Kindergarten in 2016 is no joke- my students have high goals and expectations set for them. By the end of the year they are expected to be proficient fluent readers and able to add and subtract. This is big kid stuff we are working with! However, these are little bodies who still need lots of movement while they grown and learn. I am asking for exercise balls to be placed in milk cartons to serve as bouncy wiggle chairs for my scholars that will replace traditional chairs at their tables. This will provide a safe (no more leaning back in chairs!!!), productive, developmentally appropriate work space for each student. Students learn in unique ways, please help me meet the needs of my wigggly, creative, amazing, deserving scholars.
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My students need exercise balls as an fun kinesthetic learning alternative to a chair.
| 21 | 1 |
1,249 |
p108089
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ef1a25e522a3cdc6fb585781324f45c7
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Mrs.
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NM
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2017-02-15 18:08:12
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Grades 9-12
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Literacy & Language
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Literature & Writing
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New Classroom Library Needed
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My students are not they typical college prep school students. Many of my students are English language learners and have immigrated to the States. A lot of my students are raised in a single parent household, or don't live with their parents at all. I have students who are homeless and if it weren't for the long school hours and three meals provided here, would not have anything to eat. A lot of my students will be first generation high school graduates. The majority will be the first generation to go college. My kids are students who have been written off, not because they are not capable, but because they're the ones who are often marginalized in our society. \r\n\r\nMy students are loving, hardworking, responsible, and goal-driven young men and women who never cease to amaze me with their tenacity and drive. Even with the deck stacked against them, they continue to fight in order to beat the odds. They are the reason I became a teacher. My students are the future and in watching them blossom and grown, I am confident that the future is bright.
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I serve very underprivileged students who do not typically have access to any books, let alone ones they like. Often times, I have to go to the library and check out books for my kiddos just so that they can read something they will really enjoy. \r\n\r\nMany of my students have very low reading levels. The best way to bring them up is to have them read, read, and read some more. I would love to have books in my class that my students can enjoy. I want them to have access to the same books that students in more affluent schools and neighborhoods do. \r\n
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My students need qualitiy books. They love to read, but my classroom library is very limited. It would be amazing if I could provide them with more current and interesting books.
| 0 | 1 |
157,134 |
p093386
|
d9bc509b77b141277b64eac7ccb682ed
|
Ms.
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PA
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2016-06-22 11:47:07
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Grades PreK-2
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Literacy & Language, Special Needs
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ESL, Special Needs
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Supplies Needed!
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The students I work with are fortunate enough to be enrolled in a wonderful elementary school that has a sense of community and makes education and life success it's main goal for all students. However, the district is also in a budget crisis making it difficult to supply children with the essential tools they need to enhance their learning. Unfortunately, in addition to the lack of supplies provided by the district, the school is in a neighborhood that is extreme low poverty. Therefore, my students are unable to come to school with the supplies they need for the beginning of the school year due to financial restraints. \r\n \r\nMy class is beautifully diverse with both English Language Learners from all backgrounds as well as students with special needs. The group is eager to succeed and has a passion for learning. Each student deserves the opportunity to succeed. Help us learn and start our journey to success with the appropriate supplies needed to do so! We appreciate all your help!
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The students that this project will support, need classroom supplies. Being a first year classroom teacher in a district dealing with a budget crisis, there is a need for supplies to help organize our classroom and learning centers. The students will benefit from bins to organize our work; basic classroom essentials such as scissors to help complete projects; as well as laminating pouches to assist in creating reading learning centers.\r\n The students in my class are of all learning styles. The class make-up consists of ESOL students from all around the world, as well as students with special needs. Many students in this class have been primarily diagnosed with ADHD and Autism. Therefore, these students will benefit from individualized instruction that go along both reading and math centers to help them practice skills individualized for each of their unique needs. \r\nMy students will be overjoyed with the supplies received and will not wait to start making fantastic academic gains!
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My students need these items to have a classroom that promotes learning through interactive learning centers. The items included in this project will be used to create an inviting, organized, and safe learning environment.
| 1 | 1 |
101,154 |
p158339
|
34c448ae3464bb65276bd44750581807
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Ms.
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TN
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2017-02-28 10:24:37
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Grades PreK-2
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Literacy & Language
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ESL
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Flash Cards for Family Involvement
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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. \r\nThey 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 better lives for themselves and their families.\r\n
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Since parent involvement is the key to success for any student, it's important to get parents involved. Kids need to know that someone at home is on their side at home and is supportive of their educational endeavors. My project is simple: have a To/From folder for students to take to and from school with flash cards in the folder for parents to review with their child. On the left side of the pocket folder will be the papers going to home. Once a parent has reviewed the sight words with the student, they will sign on the right side of the folder. The rings will be used to hold the flash cards together. Thank you so much for any consideration towards this project.
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My students need blank flash cards to write sight words on and send home so they can practice with their parents.
| 139 | 1 |
73,118 |
p120155
|
75d06089fc6a07a78c42a96a7570891d
|
Mr.
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CA
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2016-08-04 03:02:15
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Grades 9-12
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Health & Sports, Math & Science
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Health & Wellness, Mathematics
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On Target with Staying Active
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My students are an awesome group of ninth-graders, who are eager to learn, and put forth great effort in my class. They are determine to persevere and give their best by paying attention during my lessons and keep asking questions on topics until they fully understand them. I work with a large culturally and linguistically diverse group of learners. My students attend a high school, where 17% of our students are English Language Learners, and 97% of our students receive free or reduced priced lunch.
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I asked my students to come with some ideas to become more active. As I went around the room, they came up with the perfect \"kid-inspired\" answer to remaining on task and burning some energy - a stool, GoPro camera, and whiteboard markers.\n\nMy students will use the GoPro camera to record their adventures and document their progress. Each students will have an opportunity to record an activity they did for a specific day. Then my students will have a chance to combine their videos to create a promotional video that will inspire others to walk, eat healthy, and get fit. \n\nThe markers will be use to engage every student in every single lesson. Minute by minute, I’ll know exactly who’s grasping the concepts and who’s not. Students love suing them because they’re fun. Mistakes made during guided practice can be easily brushed away. These markers can be used in whole group instruction and small groups. Best of all by using markers we will save paper and my students will be doing a lot of walking as they solve problems on the board.\n\nThis stool is ergonomic and they transform stationary sitting into an activity, ideal for brainstorming sessions and other active sitting environments. They will be moving, even when they seem to be sitting still. The convex base allows for movement in all directions, which is critical to student development as physical movement both increases well-being and encourages the physical and intellectual maturing process. These items are the perfect answer to helping my students learn and remain active for more than 60 minutes a day. \n\n
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My students need a GoPro bundle, a Hokki stool, and a variety of whiteboard markers to help them keep active and focus throughout the school day.
| 5 | 1 |
84,025 |
p080243
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00a1f1737197ca619cba14f6de8e61f6
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Ms.
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NC
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2017-03-15 12:40:47
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Grades PreK-2
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Health & Sports
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Team Sports
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Down, Set, Hike! Eastway Co-Ed Flag Football: Sports Matter
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Our Elementary school is home to approximately 620 Pre-K through Fifth grade students from many diverse cultural backgrounds! We celebrate our differences and use our cultural diversity as a springboard for enjoying and appreciating our cultural distinctions! Our school is \"home away from home\" for our students where learning is fun and everyone is accepted, appreciated and celebrated!\r\n\r\n\"It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up\". The great Vince Lombardi stated these words. One huge challenge is just a safe space to play, be a child and learn skills. This donation will enable us to offer a positive solution to this challenge.\r\nWe are mostly African American and Latino. My students are always asking if they can come early or seeking experiences and activities after-school that will satisfy their needs to be with positive adults, practice skills and play team sports.
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The arts, and PE are being cut from our school systems at an alarming rate and we need your help! My students need more movement, not less! I am requesting these materials in order for students to have movement opportunities outside of the normal school day. The size of these balls will assist our students developmentally because youth sized footballs are a bit smaller and maker it easier for students gain proficient catching and throwing skills needed in flag football. We are also in need of these other material (field markers, flags, gloves and field markers) to be in compliance with the rules of the football league. Our co-ed football team will encourage our students to work together on common goals to increase movement and teamwork.
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My students need these materials and equipment to successfully compete in a flag football league.
| 5 | 1 |
177,564 |
p082177
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1ab91e16e7897cb67bedf54a9eb6d302
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Ms.
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MI
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2016-08-09 16:31:25
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Grades PreK-2
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Literacy & Language
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Literacy
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Book Bins for My Bookworms!
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My students come from a low-income neighborhood on the west side of Detroit. We are working hard to raise the academic achievement of our students. Some of my students come to me ready to learn; others do not. I have students who haven't had breakfast at home, so we provide it at school. There are students who come to me without proper coats for the cold; so as a staff, we provide what we can. \r\n\r\nSo many of my kids who come to me face challenges every day that they shouldn't have to face, but they show up and want to learn. It's my job to teach them the best I can. My students come to me with a wide range of abilities. Some students are still learning their letters and sounds, while others are reading from the first grade word list and can read beginner books. They all love to learn.
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My first graders are in need of sturdy bins to organize their books, journals, and other materials. In the past I have used cardboard magazine holders--but they quickly tear, get bent up and need to be replaced by Christmas. \r\n\r\nThis year I am using alternative seating where kids can choose where to work. They need to have something strong that they can carry around the room. They will be carrying their personal reading books, group reading books, writing journals, and folders. They will take them to group, take them to their chosen work area...They will take it here, they will take it there, they will take it everywhere! \r\n\r\nI promote reading in my room by providing a large classroom library. My first graders quickly turn into bookworms :) I want them to have something to store their beloved books. Thank you!
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My students need book bins to store their books and materials.
| 19 | 1 |
162,176 |
p257679
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707a9606cd79f9115cfca32171728676
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Ms.
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UT
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2016-09-23 17:24:22
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Grades 9-12
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Literacy & Language, Special Needs
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Literature & Writing, Special Needs
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Don't Let Anything Dull Your Chrome
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Our classes serve high school students with a range of disabilities, including emotional disturbance, autism spectrum disorder and specific learning disabilities. Many experienced trauma in their lives and all of them face difficulties that I myself couldn't handle. But day after day they come to school regardless of their setbacks, determined to get that diploma. The typical student in our class reads at a six grade level and many struggle with basic math facts. Our students have such basic needs such as writing a five word sentence and learning appropriate social skills.\r\n\r\n\r\n The amazing thing about these kiddos is that they are so determined to succeed. Nothing deters them from their goals. These students are an inspiration to me everyday. They bring a positive vibe to our classroom and are so much fun to be around. I wish I could do more for them. \r\n
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Having laptops will enable our students to complete assignments they could never do on their own. Using Google Read&Write on laptops will allow them to read and write independently, giving them opportunities to not only access the general curriculum but also the self esteem they'll acquire from completing their assignment on their own. \r\n\r\nThese laptops will provide our students with the tools they need to not only succeed but gain valuable self assurance and confidence they deserve to be able to overcome the many obstacles they'll face in life because of their disabilities. Teaching them to use technology to self help is a life skill they require well beyond their school years. \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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My students need the benefits of technology to advance in their curriculum.
| 0 | 1 |
46,042 |
p116981
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be251cea0a607510f64a0590a12e4c15
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Ms.
|
KS
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2017-03-03 19:46:17
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Grades 3-5
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Math & Science
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Applied Sciences, Mathematics
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STEAMing Up the Classroom!
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As a teacher in a low-income/high poverty school district, my students are faced with several challenges both in and out of the classroom. Despite the many challenges they face, I am looking to keep things simple and provide my students with creative and meaningful learning experiences.\r\n\r\nMy students are creative, clever, and very spontaneous. They like to move, they love to read, and love lots of positive attention. Many of them are being raised in single parent households and receive a free lunch based on their socioeconomic status. These things may prevent them from getting ahead early in life and may not provide them with the life experiences many of us see as \"typical\". \r\n\r\nFrom the minute they walk in the door of my classroom I focus on their potential and growth while they are with me. I may not be able to control their home lives; however, I can certainly control their experience during the school day. By doing this in a creative and positive way, I am hopeful to inspire even our earliest learners to continue on a path of academic excellence.
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Students will be using the Lego Chain Reactions and robot kits to give life to their engineering skills of trial and error to see what works and what does not. They need these materials to give them additional hands-on experiences with building and experiencing the process an engineer may go through. In addition to the Lego Chain Reactions my students have a thirst for coding technology in all it's forms! They would love to code the Wonder Workshop Dash robots,an Ollie, and the Code & Go Mouse! These devices will give them the added opportunity of moving objects with the robots alongside the task of coding the devices to move through obstacles.\r\n
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My students need STEAM materials that are hands-on to broaden their experiences with different content areas.
| 5 | 1 |
101,359 |
p232691
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ee254a9c6c73349fde0346b4b72229a8
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Mrs.
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AZ
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2017-01-10 14:42:39
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Grades 3-5
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Literacy & Language, Math & Science
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Literature & Writing, Mathematics
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Involve Us More and We Will Learn More!!
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Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. --Benjamin Franklin\r\nMy classroom is filled with 25 bright third graders who come in each morning eager to learn. We are a Title 1 school in Arizona. My students come from a wide variety of backgrounds and each have different learning needs and abilities. The one thing they all have in common, however, is that they are motivated by engaging and interactive technology. We do have some amazing technology in our classroom, but having Chromebooks would allow more individual daily hands-on access. They will help me create a learning environment that fosters individual student growth as well as teamwork.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Our classroom recently received 4 Chromebooks through wonderful donors like you and DonorsChoose donation matching. They have truly become an integral part of our day. Students use them to write stories, take AR tests, do research, play educational games, read non-fiction news articles to boost their understanding of this difficult genre, and have access to activities in my Google classroom. \r\nAdding 2 more Chromebooks would mean a faster turn around time and quicker access for my students. This technology has truly allowed me to take learning to a higher level, and I've only just begun. I am still learning and developing new ways to use these amazing tools to make my students have a higher depth of knowledge in all subject areas.
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My students need these Chromebooks and licenses so more of them can have daily hands-on access to technology at the same time.
| 1 | 1 |
151,931 |
p078783
|
5325e4a90fed648373c7248a7ea625e5
|
Mrs.
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MA
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2016-08-10 20:41:29
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Grades PreK-2
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Literacy & Language, Math & Science
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Literacy, Mathematics
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3..2..1, 1..2..3, Education is the Key
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My students come from an urban population in Boston, MA. Our school is a high poverty school with a high percentage of the students qualifying for free and reduced lunch. Many of my students are facing family disruptions, absentee parents, or homelessness. \r\nAlthough these factors have had a hand in the decline of test scores in core subjects, my students' willingness to try their best and work hard is a sight to witness.\r\nOur school was designated a level 4 turnaround school 3 years ago. It is my hope that the determination of my students will help them succeed and make progress.
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I would like my students to have access to as many books as possible. With the leveled reader library, my students will be able to easily choose a book that correlates to his or her reading level.\r\nBeing able to accommodate the the range of readers in my class will help the students feel more confident in their reading. It will also be great for the students to know that each book has a designated bin that it belongs to as it correlates with the reading level. This will make for easy use of the books in the library.\r\nTo make sure that all students have access to the books in the classroom it it important that those who need the extra help when it comes to reading and literacy, receive it. The wireless headphones are a great way to make sure that my readers who struggle with the grade level text have a way to approach it. Using the wireless headphone will allow these students to listen to a story comfortably and in his or her own space to better understand the text.\r\nHave you ever heard a student count to 100 and then all of a sudden draw a blank?? Well with the count to 120 chart, the students in my class won't have that problem. The chart will not only serve as a reminder to students of how we count when we are past 100, but it will help students with adding 2-digit numbers as well as counting by 2s, 5s and 10s.
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My students need a leveled library to accommodate the various reading levels in my classroom.
| 2 | 1 |
163,589 |
p148076
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61685d238fb4622bd58763afec36c1ea
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Ms.
|
NY
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2016-07-22 08:24:29
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Grades 9-12
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Literacy & Language, Music & The Arts
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ESL, Visual Arts
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Humans of Brooklyn
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Our school is a diverse, Title I high school located in New York, housed within a campus of many other schools. My students come from over 30 countries around the world -- Yemen, Honduras, the Dominican Republic, China, the Ivory Coast, and Haiti, to name a few. They also speak well over 30 different languages and they are at different levels of English language proficiency. Students learn English through their content area classes, and there is a strong sense of mentorship with combined 9th and 10th grades.
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My students will complete a community project in their English class, called \"Humans of Brooklyn,\" inspired by Brandon Stanton's \"Humans of New York.\" All 100 of my high school students are English language learners, and in the beginning of the school year we will learn about writing captions for a visual, graphic novel they will read in class. At the end of the unit, we will study Stanton's \"Humans of New York,\" and everyone will create their own post by choosing someone to interview and photograph. Students may interview one another, a family member, or someone else important or interesting to them. These photos and captions will be displayed in our school. \"Humans of Brooklyn\" exists t the intersection of journalism and literacy development. This project will help my English language learners practice many skills: interviewing, transcribing, writing, photography, and storytelling. Everyone has a story to tell, help my students to tell theirs.
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My students need five copies of Brandon Stanton's Humans of New York, polaroid cameras, and polaroid film to complete a Humans of Brooklyn class project.
| 5 | 0 |
33,576 |
p064460
|
6f254187ddd98debb562317373913a7d
|
Mr.
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UT
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2016-09-10 13:49:26
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Grades 3-5
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Literacy & Language
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Literacy
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Books to Inspire a Love for Reading
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I teach 28 amazing students in a 5th grade classroom. My students have a variety of backgrounds and cultures that they bring into the classroom. I love the diversity and uniqueness that each student shares with the rest of the class. My students have an enthusiasm and excitement for learning, which makes our classroom very high energy. They love hands-on activities and experiments, and they need those extra experiences to be successful. \r\n\r\nMy School is a Title I school, so the majority of my students come from low-income families with special needs: Over 90% of the students are on free or reduced lunch. My goal as an educator is to give students the tools they need to be successful in the world they will be entering into.
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I have read Gregor the Overlander with 5th grade students in the past while I was student teaching, and the gains were tremendous! Now that I have my own classroom I would love a class set for my students. The book is a highly entertaining mystery that follows a group of kids. The characters are easy to relate to, and the story is riveting. My students were much more engaged and looked forward to reading every day. \r\n\r\nStudents need books that will inspire a love for reading, and make them want to improve their skills. The stories in the basal units we use just don't give students that desire and hunger to read, so I supplement those materials with novels.
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My students need books that will inspire a life-long love for reading. I have read Gregor the Overlander with students in the past and the gains were tremendous!
| 1 | 1 |
70,876 |
p156694
|
b5ecd7c91ee6eafff3809f9c5f73942c
|
Teacher
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TX
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2016-10-02 15:20:46
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Grades 3-5
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Math & Science
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Mathematics
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Eye Candy in the Classroom
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We are a hard working group of 5th grade mathematicians. Often we are at our desks working through the mathematical process. The math's not the hard part. Its sitting in one place for more than a minute. I would love to give my very active 10-12 yr old students a chance to move while they work.\r\nEveryday we start the day with a fist bump, elbow touch, or more recently the \"Dab\" and a smile upon entering the classroom. Once everyone has been greeted, we start class with a chant. \"Hocus Pocus\" Teacher says. Students reply, \"Everybody Focus!\"The students in my classroom are kids who come in with an eagerness to share their knowledge. No one student thinks exactly the same way which is what makes them so great. \r\nWith all their different ideas and knowledge, they all have one thing in common: they love moving around the classroom. At our school, our administration works hard to try and give teachers accesses to some flexible seating options. The students love it, but their is just not enough to go around. Currently my students have two stability balls and one seat disk, hopefully \"Eye Candy in the Classroom\" will change that.
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Times have been changing especially when it comes to how classrooms look and what makes students feel comfortable. For many, this means creating eye candy for the classroom. Students these days learn best when they are comfortable and truly enjoy the classroom environment. A flexible seating environment gives students a choice in what kind of learning space works best for them, and helps them to work together, communicate, and participate in critical thinking. \r\nFlexible seating (aka “Eye Candy for the classroom”) is a choice provided to students that allows them to work around the room comfortably and focused. It provides students the environment they need to be the best student possible. Flexible seating arrangements can look different from room to room, and execution can too! Every year we have students who do their best when they can get their wiggles out, students who do their best standing, kneeling, or in different positions that their bodies find comfy. Students do their best when they are comfortable. Heck, adults do their best work when they are comfortable. So it only makes sense to provide students with a comfortable and inviting environment that has an endless number of advantages. \r\nFutons will allow those students who normally do their homework and studying at home while sitting on the couch feel like they are at home getting their work done. High back bean bags will allow those student who prefer sitting on the floor to get work done with a cushioned and back supporting option.
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My students need two futons and 5 high back bean bag chairs so that they can continue to focus on their learning by being comfortable in the classroom.
| 5 | 1 |
151,915 |
p220829
|
7a1b2ae33812ee27cfe052f65957141a
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Mrs.
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MN
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2017-03-30 11:56:19
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Grades PreK-2
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Special Needs
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Special Needs
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Hokki Stools for Flexible Seating!
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Our students come from a variety of different economic backgrounds and 100% of our students receive free lunch. My students speak a multitude of languages including English, Spanish, Hindi, and Arabic. As diverse as our students are economically and culturally, they are diverse in their academics. \r\nDespite so many hardships, my students are eager to learn and do their best. They want to be in school because they want to learn all they can so they can be successful one day.
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My students love to move around in the classroom and work in different spots. Hokki stools will give students another alternative seating options that will let them sit, but still move. Students are able to rock, twist, and turn while still focusing on their work. Alternative seating options give many different ways for students to get out their energy while focusing on learning in the classroom. By having these Hokki stools as another option for seating in my classroom, it will give all types of learners the opportunity to move, while staying focused on the topic at hand. I want to be able to provide my students with anything that will help them achieve their goals.
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My students need 4 hokki stools to create another flexible seating table for the classroom.
| 6 | 1 |
93,808 |
p034152
|
e40dba1cf3702c61c1cf736eea558eed
|
Mrs.
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IN
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2016-10-14 12:11:09
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Grades 3-5
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Health & Sports
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Gym & Fitness
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Field Day Fun
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My students are in grades K-5. I have approximately 500 students that attend PE class once a week for 45 minutes. The school is located in a small rural town. This is my sixth year teaching and this is my second time writing for a Donor's Choose Grant. The equipment at this school has not been updated in years. I plan on writing numerous grants in order to purchase some much needed equipment. I have great students that love creative lessons. My students are energetic, enthusiastic, and eager for PE class. I love to watch their reactions as they walk into the gym and see what we are doing for the day. I know the lesson is a success if they are tired and still want to repeat the same lesson again in their next PE class. The requested equipment will be used to build a more entertaining field day.
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Every school usually puts on a field day at the end the year. I am in charge of coming up with the ideas and organizing the days events. On our field day the students will be spending the majority of the day competing in a variety of fun and exciting activities. It's a fun filled day with many activities and equipment is needed in order for students to have a successful field day. \r\n\r\nThe following materials will allow my students to have a fantastic field day- The eggs and spoons along with the three legged race bands will be used in a fun relay race. The scoops will be used at a scoop station where students will practice their hand eye coordination by catching balls into hand held scoops. The domes will be used to mark off boundary areas to keep our students safe from not crossing into the street. The water balloons will be used for teachers to practice their hand eye coordination skills while the students watch their teachers get drenched. \r\n \r\nOur students always look forward to field day and I am hoping that with your support we can make this field day one to remember!
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My students need a variety of equipment to ensure a fantastic field day. The equipment ranges from scoops, three legged race bands, water balloons, poly spots, and egg and spoon sets.
| 1 | 1 |
63,250 |
p064990
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7398af6b23e3aec0383c6f4728c42bcf
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Mrs.
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FL
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2016-06-22 03:59:22
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Grades 6-8
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History & Civics, Literacy & Language
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History & Geography, Literature & Writing
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A Student-Appropriate Holocaust Resource for the Classroom
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My students come from varied backgrounds, economic statuses, and ethnicities; yet they all share a love and skill in a STEMM subject. Students at the Okaloosa STEMM Academy are invited to attend based on high achievement levels on state tests. Students are asked to participate and perform at STEMM in a collaborative, creative environment within classes designed to prepare students for an STEMM-related field.\r\n\r\nAlthough STEMM Students excel in courses related to STEMM subjects, students must also perform at advanced levels in the Language Arts classroom. Most of the school's focus and fundraising support goes to the STEMM subjects with good reason; however, data proves that engagement occurs with rich, colorful, high-quality resources to engage students. The Holocaust magazine from Scholastic is not only informational and safe but engaging: a perfect solution to my teaching dilemma.
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Teaching new generations about The Holocaust is both a huge responsibility and a difficult one. This past year, I searched painstakingly for resources that would provide an accurate picture of the horrors and travesties of prejudice without becoming unsafe and inappropriate for middle school students. Although I prefer student-led research in most cases, The Holocaust simply has too many horrific images to set my middle school students free on the internet. Although there are many fantastic sites and museums to visit virtually, our textbook only offers a minuscule and shallow background before beginning the excerpt from \"The Diary of Anne Frank.\" Having this beautifully crafted resource would connect my students to this riveting and tragic part of our history.
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My students need a safe and compelling resource to learn about The Holocaust. As my students read Holocaust literature, I desire to provide a historical reference that is both engaging and student-appropriate.
| 8 | 1 |
23,486 |
p020212
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9a4d6a085f6c87226c7d9f39fa919d57
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Mrs.
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IL
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2016-09-29 19:19:55
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Grades PreK-2
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Literacy & Language, Special Needs
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Literacy, Special Needs
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Protecting Our Technology
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This is my first year teaching in a team taught kindergarten classroom! I have 25 students who come from all walks of life. Each one of my students brings a different view to our classroom and I love it! The students are active, fun, sweet, and are eager to learn. It is a wonderful but yet challenging position.\r\n The absolute best thing about teaching Kindergarten is their love for EVERYTHING!! They get so excited about every new learning that we do.\r\n\r\n
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My students need 6 Ipad cases to protect our technology in our classroom. I have 5 & 6 year old students and sometimes, they get very excited about their learning and accidents happen. We only received 6 Ipads for our classroom, so I want to protect them as best as I can!\r\n Due to the fact that I have 6 Ipads, I am able to integrate technology into my small groups on a daily basis. BUT we want to make sure that they are safe in a case :) \r\n I am also asking for chargers and a docking station so that our Ipads stay charged daily. We were only given 3 chargers, so it is a challenge to keep our technology fully charged.
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My students need Ipad cases to protect the technology in our classroom.
| 0 | 1 |
41,357 |
p145979
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3cbd43cbada3b2214c6abb4399f81eaf
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Mrs.
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MD
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2016-05-12 09:15:53
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Grades 3-5
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Math & Science
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Mathematics
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iPad Charging Station
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The biggest start-up successes -from Henry Ford to Bill Gates to Mark Zuckerberg -were pioneered by people from solidly middle-class backgrounds. These founders were not wealthy when they began. They were hungry for success, but knew they had a solid support system to fall back on if they failed.\"\r\n\r\n
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My school is a unique environment where we always put the needs of the children first.\r\nThe school motto is \" Kids Go to College.\" Each week the staff and students wear their college's colors to promote the belief that education is important. Our students are taught from the beginning of their schooling experience how vital education has become in today's society. My school is primarily composed of middle class families who do not have the benefit from government funded technology initiatives that many schools in the area utilize. We have worked very hard this year to expose the children to 21st Century technology in order for them to be college and career ready. My students enjoy expressing themselves in a variety of modalities. These iPads we have previously have been awarded will allow their creativity to soar! We are now in need of a way to ensure their longevity.
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In a previous Donor's Choose project, we were awarded 3 wonderful iPad for us to utilize in our classroom. We were also awarded the covers to keep them safe. After many hours of use, we realized that having a central location for them to be charged would be a wonderful addition to our classroom.\r\n \r\nThe iPad combination of cases and charging will allow students who are less engaged with textbooks and paper/pencil activities to show off their skills without the worry of destroying the technology. Having safe access to this kind of technology will allow students to remain on the forefront of advances in the classroom
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.\r\nThey will transition smoothly through school and eventually their career. I would like to create a classroom of inquisitive thinkers and problem solvers. Technology is one of our best options for this.
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My students need a way to charge our recently donated iPads. We have also included the various types of cables to insure safe charging during storms.
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136,546 |
p251724
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3d6aa3f9d6784e1fbe350e306b9d29b3
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Mrs.
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IN
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2016-08-20 17:35:31
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Grades 3-5
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Health & Sports
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Health & Wellness
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Miracle-Gro For Brains
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My students are so excited to learn and are a bundle of energy when they enter the classroom. They love to engage their bodies and minds into every part of their day. They amaze me with their thirst for knowledge! They need all the extra experiences and opportunities that we can give them. They soak up every moment in the classroom because they often times are not able to participate in plays or dramas in outside theaters.\r\nThe connection between learning and movement is especially powerful in elementary school. \r\nI want to be able to provide my energetic learns with the movement they need while they are focusing on our skills, standards, and strategies. I believe that by infusing drama and theater in the classroom that includes our core curriculum, students will connect their learning with movement in new and exciting ways. Learning will once again be fun!
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My students love to act! They are animated characters who love to tell stories by acting them out. My students have requested that we perform more drama and plays in our classroom because they think acting is fun and the bonus is how much learning they will achieve in the process! Through performance of plays, the students will increase fluency, extend their vocabulary, read with expression, and gain knowledge in Language Arts, Science, or Social Studies. The plays will be used during classroom time as Reader's Theater and as practice for performances for other grades. My students also wanted the opportunity to have an after school Drama Club and these resources will make that dream a reality! \r\nDrama involves the participant the most fully: intellectually, emotionally, physically, verbally, and socially.- Nellie McCaslin \r\n\r\nMy students will expand their creativity as they take on a character's feelings and emotions, they will become more compassionate towards others as they take on dramatic roles, and they will work cooperatively to creative a cohesive performance. Students will achieve their daily 60 minute movement goal during the reading block rehearsing their parts. The snacks will offer them a needed energy boost as they are busily engaging every part of their bodies!
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My students need Plays and Reader's Theater scripts to enhance our Language Arts and Content curriculum to keep them moving and healthy snacks like ZBars and Nutri Grain to keep their bodies ready for action.
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123,469 |
p138781
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c46f7e9e380a2f824541f8c950a852cd
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Mrs.
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WI
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2016-09-29 17:23:45
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Grades 6-8
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Health & Sports, Special Needs
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Health & Wellness, Special Needs
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Growing Pains Find Some Much Needed \"Seat\" Relief!
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Our middle school qualifies as a Schoolwide Title 1 school as a result of over 35% of our students receiving free and reduced lunch. The students I work with are behind their peers in reading or math. We meet on a daily basis to work at meeting our goals of reaching grade level standards so that they will be successful with their education. \r\n\r\nThe students I have the pleasure of working with here at Menomonie's Middle School are energetic, fun, and hard-working. \r\n\r\nSeeing the students I work with master skills that will help them achieve their goals makes everyday worth all our hard work. These students have awesome potential!
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Middle school students are physically moving and literally growing all day long. I really do think they have what some refer to as “growing pains”. Others just have the “need” to physically move in some way to stay focused on the task at hand. My students come to my classroom every day to improve their math or reading comprehension skills and they work very hard to participate fully in their education. Sometimes they just need a change in the learning environment. \r\n\r\nThank goodness I purchased two flexible, weighted therapy balls last year to use as chairs to see if these helped my “fidgety” students to focus. What a difference! These students found that being able to bounce lightly, or wiggle from side to side, helped them keep working as they allowed their bodies to fidget. They’ve told me they feel less distracted by their need to move when they are on the balls.\r\n\r\nYour donation will enable more students who feel the need to physically move as they learn to do so. These comfortable alternatives to the “student” seat will enable “fidgety” students to wiggle as they reach for their awesome potential, allowing them to be more successful in the classroom. \r\n
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My students need a comfortable and flexible place to sit that allows them to move while they participate in math and reading activities.
| 0 | 1 |
62,612 |
p209246
|
6af1e71de0122c5d375a3fcd2bd4454d
|
Ms.
|
IN
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2017-04-13 15:27:37
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Grades 6-8
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Literacy & Language, Special Needs
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Literature & Writing, Special Needs
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Rules and Mockingbird, Let's Read!
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My students attend an urban Indiana middle school. More than sixty percent of my students qualify for free or reduced price lunch. They are reading significantly below grade level and struggle with reading comprehension skills such as main idea, characterization, making inferences about the text, and supporting details.\r\n\r\nI teach several classes a day which range from self-contained, adapted language arts to co-teach history reading and my students are struggling with becoming better readers. I am the resource teacher but I work with all of our students, including low level reading general education students.
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We need 25 copies of Rules and 25 copies of Mockingbird. My students need copies of these books in order to increase our reading level and increase our knowledges of differences. We will use these books to move up our reading levels and literacy skills.\r\nOur class has many different disabilities and reading books about the different types of disorders will help us learn about each other. My kids are always asking about differences in each other and love learning about how each other works. By having these books in our classroom to read together, my students will be able to learn to celebrate our differences, rather than look at each other differently.
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My students need 25 copies of Rules and 25 copies Mockingbird!
| 24 | 1 |
171,541 |
p234616
|
0069179cc8be12856c6ac17f098669fd
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Mrs.
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OK
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2017-01-26 14:12:20
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Grades 3-5
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Math & Science
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Environmental Science, Health & Life Science
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Stellar Supplies for Star Students!
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\"Check this out!\" \"It worked!\" \"That is amazing!\" These are phrases I love to hear from students as we discover things in science. My students are very curious and always wondering why things happen. I love how inquisitive they are. These kiddos deserve the chance to explore and learn all the amazing things this world contains! We are a low income district with most students on free and reduced lunches. The community of Luther is very close and everyone works to make things better. I couldn't ask to work in a better school district and community!
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My students are in need of some supplies for their interactive notebooking. We use interactive notebooks in Science and Social studies to further their impact in learning. I find that my student's retention of the material is a lot better when we use the notebooks. To make interactive notebooking easier, we need the caddies for their group tables, scissors, tape and other materials for adding the input material. I have noticed that the students put out more effort when it isn't just all handwriting everything down. We add fold ups and pictures to our notebooks to make them more interesting.
| null | null |
My students need supplies to aid them in filling in their interactive notebooks.
| 1 | 1 |
145,103 |
p259510
|
f6ff41fe90c1414095512740e2cd6ddc
|
Mrs.
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CA
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2016-08-25 19:45:40
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Grades PreK-2
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Applied Learning
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Early Development, Other
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Help Little Learners with a New Set of Classroom Chairs
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Our school is located in an urban setting and is very diverse. From ethnic to family to economic diversity, we celebrate everyone! Our school is an inclusive school which means every class has students with special needs. We teach a peaceful approach to learning together. I teach lovely little learners. The first graders I teach are so full of love. Working at our school for close to two decades has been a gift. Our school community is full of love and support.
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About 17 years ago the school district sent our school new chairs. They are metal and so heavy. I mean, it is a struggle to lift them up and they fall when the kids try to put their chairs up at the end of the day. \r\nThe children sit at their desks for part of their learning day and they need lightweight, plastic chairs. We are asking for 24 plastic, lightweight, powder coated chairs. Each table will have a different rainbow color. The children will sit comfortably in their chairs while working at their desk during math time, while reading together for partner reading, and while creating craft projects.
| null | null |
My students need 24 multi-colored, plastic classroom chairs for their desks.
| 91 | 1 |
87,265 |
p081424
|
876e49bbd696b34aeca87a62d99d5d79
|
Ms.
|
NC
|
2017-03-13 21:21:23
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Grades 6-8
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Literacy & Language, Special Needs
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Literacy, Special Needs
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Reading Isn't in the Funnies, But Comics Make It Fun!
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\"We struggle, not because we are lazy, stupid, or unable to learn. We struggle because we are taught in a way that is not meant for our brains. We struggle because we are taught through lecture. We cannot move. We are taught for a world of piece work and assembly line labor. That's not the world that we are going to work in and that's not the world that we live in now.\" These are my students. They may not write or state how they feel like this, but they tell me every day. They struggle because their teachers teach in a way that they cannot learn.\r\n\r\nMy students want to do well, they need to be taught in a way that helps them by providing movement, engagement in the lesson, and that helps them to visualize what they are learning. \r\n\r\nI teach a middle school class that I see in both English Language Arts and in mathematics. These students are in co-teaching class or a resource class. They may have a learning disability, ADHD, or a variety of other conditions that need support, re-teaching, and structure. We need to give them back the fun and enjoyment of learning.
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\"Reading isn't fun?\" I hear this all of the time, but I work hard to make reading fun again. The best way to do that is to get my kids interested in what they are reading. Each time we go to the library, I hear my eighth graders grumble and complain. Why? Novels and nonfiction books seem to be too overwhelming because we struggle with our reading. The books I have picked out for this project are classic novels, contemporary fiction, and nonfiction books, all in comic or graphic novel form. These graphic novels will help my students feel less hindered by their reading difficulties. \r\n\r\n\"Our hope is that with the elementary reading of comics will lead to the joy of reading good books.\" -Nelson Mandela
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My students need to love reading again! If I can get them to read graphic novels/comic books, then they will learn that reading is fun again!
| 14 | 1 |
157,921 |
p173358
|
a4df90b3a48aba7c75ec859bfada9f94
|
Mrs.
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TN
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2016-11-22 11:10:36
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Grades 3-5
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Applied Learning, Literacy & Language
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Character Education, Literature & Writing
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Needed Supplies for Students in Need
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Our school represents a large variety of students from various countries all over the world. One hundred percent of the students at my school receive free or reduced price lunch, and we are a school-wide recipient of Title I funds.\r\nWant to know one of my FAVORITE parts of my job?!\r\nI love seeing the change that students undergo over the course of the year. I am fortunate enough to see kids develop ways to express kindness each and every day. They use manners that weren't present in August. I have seen students who loathe reading turn in to book lovers. Few things make me smile like seeing my kids pull out a book when they have an extra few minutes. My classroom is full of faces and personalities that WILL impact our future world. As a teacher, I believe it is my job to do everything I can to make sure that impact will be a positive impact!
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Remember creating your first school project that you were truly proud of? What if this amazing feeling couldn't happen because there was no one to ensure that every child is prepared to learn and succeed by providing basic school supplies to students most in need?\r\n\r\nMy fourth graders are so alive!\r\n\r\nFor good or bad, they care deeply about everything that surrounds them from the moment they walk in my door until far after they leave. Our classroom is joyful and rigorous. What my students lack in supplies, they most certainly make up for in spunk and eagerness to learn!
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My students need what most people would consider standard school supplies- pencils, markers, scissors...they aren't so standard for my students.
| 15 | 0 |
172,479 |
p181182
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cbde34a549136393206cc91072214504
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Mrs.
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FL
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2016-09-23 09:10:33
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Grades PreK-2
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Health & Sports
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Gym & Fitness, Health & Wellness
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\"Targeting\" Our Indoor Workouts!
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I have a unique and beautiful mixture of students. My class is made up of Asian, Hispanic, Caucasian, Black, and Multiracial students. I also have ELL and gifted students as well. My students may all come from different backgrounds, but they are becoming a family and this family loves to be active!\r\nI have an eager group of students who love to learn and love to be active! We are learning healthy ways to stay active and how to incorporate that into everyday learning activities.
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My students LOVE to be active, but since we live in Florida and it rains A LOT we aren't always able to go outside. We have been doing a lot of activities indoors lately. They have fallen in love with GoNoodle and the activities they can do to stay active, but they don't always all want to do the same activities and it becomes an argument of which one we will choose.\r\nMy students came up with the idea to get tablets and set them up in centers with varies exercise activities on them. They said that they would then be able to rotate through four different activities in groups, during our 30 minutes of teacher directed PE time. This would allow them to be active for a full 30 minutes, plus their 30 minutes of regular PE time, which will equal 60 minutes! They would get to try a variety of activities this way as well.\r\nMy students also asked for some Fitbits to be able to track their steps as they rotate through the exercise centers. They will then keep a log of their steps and compete with each other for a little healthy competition.
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My students need Fitbit step and heart rate trackers as well as Kindle Fires to rotate through fitness centers and keep track of their steps while doing so!
| 4 | 1 |
43,138 |
p107265
|
0c587340656d66ddae5a45feb93bb361
|
Ms.
|
FL
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2017-02-14 22:18:57
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Grades 3-5
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Applied Learning, Special Needs
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Parent Involvement, Special Needs
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Bridge The Summer With Learning
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These students hail from all parts of the Caribbean and Latin America. Very often their parents hold down multiple jobs and the grandparents are active in the raising of the children. These families want what America has to offer and aren't afraid to work hard to achieve their goal. They may not have much money, but they are active in the school and value education. They are in third grade and third grade is a transition grade. It is the last year for \"learning to read\" as they transition into \"reading to learn\". \r\n\r\n My students could be called \"fragile\", every one of them has some barrier to learning, and yet they are excited by what they have been achieving. Since their teacher (that's me) is passionate about science, they have fallen in love with the excitement of discovery that science provides. We have fun and we are creative, AND we do not lose sight of the goal of educational progress.
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My students have really worked hard at their learning this year, and it shows in their progress. They are reading, analyzing, figuring, and writing their hearts out. I am really proud of their progress, especially since it has been a challenging journey for them. They are all on free or reduced lunch and they all have something else that challenges their learning. Some of them are autistic, some are learning disabled, others are ADHD, some don't know the language, and others have multiple barriers to learning. These workbooks will help them during the summer months when school is not open. They will have short lessons that they can complete with their parents and maintain their skills. \r\n\r\nThese workbooks are great for keeping kids minds working throughout the summer. The idea is to only complete two 2 pages a day but the content covered includes a variety of subjects- reading, writing, grammar, math, science, and it also includes a physical fitness portion too! There are flashcards in the back that can be cut out to practice with and a nice certificate of completion. Another good point is the bonus pages (science experiments and other projects they can try out with their family) which are interesting and fun. There is even a sticker for the parent to give to the child every day to chart his progress! The activities are all based on reviewing the skills they learned in the 3rd grade and then gradually easing them into some of the beginning skills of 4th grade, so that they are better prepared and hopefully minimize that back to school fog where they forget so much over the summer.
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My students need summer learning workbooks to help them retain learning all year long.
| 20 | 1 |
139,980 |
p165857
|
c50bfe62d50fdb9dc30d5bfa107e4c5a
|
Ms.
|
PA
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2017-03-15 13:51:31
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Grades 6-8
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Warmth, Care & Hunger
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Warmth, Care & Hunger
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Freshen It Up
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I teach two groups of 6th grade Math and Social Studies students. Our school is located in a low-income/high-crime area. I see that my students are faced with several challenges, both inside and outside the classroom. However, I do all that I can to provide an environment that is consistent, fun and engaging so they can get the most out of their days in my room.\r\n\r\nMy students are creative, clever, and very unique. They like to move and they love to receive lots of positive attention. Many of them are being raised in single-parent households, some from non English speaking families. They all receive a free breakfast and lunch based on their socioeconomic status. \r\n\r\n
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The middle school years is one of the hardest years a young adult must go through. Many of my students go without some of the basic hygiene necessities most of us take for granted.\r\nI hope to make these years the best for my students.\r\nI am asking for basic first aid supplies such as band aids, Neosporin, and ice packs to treat minor injuries in the classroom. Lotions and Chap stick will keeps their skins and lips moisturized during the day. Baby wipes are the perfect solution for a quick wipe after recess and gym class, Sanitary napkins are always appreciated and needed for my female students who come to school without the necessary materials.
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My students need hygiene items and first aid supplies for the classroom
| 29 | 1 |
130,077 |
p122214
|
91f15de1e12137372d24c05b30aae4f8
|
Mrs.
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LA
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2016-08-20 11:39:27
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Grades 3-5
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Literacy & Language, Math & Science
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Literature & Writing, Mathematics
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Technology Organization and Peace
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My students are very sweet, loving, and helpful children in the classroom. They come from a very low income government assisted neighborhood. Most of them do not leave the town. Most of the children come to school because it is their safe zone environment. \r\n\r\nMy students enjoy learning, and I want them to get the most out of each and every lesson. They do not have a very large exposure to the rest of the world outside of our little town.
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With the Headphones and hanging chart, my students will be able to use the them during computer time and intervention time. They will be able to work on different educational websites with the ability to hear everything without disturbing their neighbor. The hanging chart will allow them to save them and take care of our belongings. \r\n\r\nWith the charging stations, my students will be able to use the tablets without worry of a low battery. They will have a place to save and charge them in an organized manner. This will help keep all of the wires off of the floors. \r\n
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My students need Headphones for computer time, an over the door hanger to store our headphones, a charging station for our tablets, and Cables for the chanrging station.
| 5 | 1 |
177,504 |
p187025
|
7d3ec21d7ab78963688df8fe36fc1621
|
Mrs.
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NC
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2016-08-20 21:11:38
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Grades 3-5
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Health & Sports
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Gym & Fitness, Nutrition Education
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Making Healthy FUN!
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My students attend a Title 1 school in the outskirts of a big city. Approximately 71% of my students receive a free or reduced price lunch. My students are very diverse, creating an interest in many physical activities. \r\n\r\nAs a teacher, it is exciting to walk into a classroom where students are eager to learn any sport, lifetime activities, and physical fitness concepts. I want to teach activities that come from my students diverse cultures to create a culturally diverse learning environment. \r\n
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My students want to learn new fitness and nutrition concepts, but not if it is boring! My students have a fit lab lesson one day out of a seven day rotation. Fit lab is an empty regular classroom for teaching students about how to achieve a healthy life. Being that fit lab is in the classroom, we are limited to what type of activities we can teach. \r\nI asked my students, \"How can I make learning fitness and nutrition more fun in fit lab?\" A new student mentioned last year that fit lab would be really fun if we had the fitness board game called skillastics. After some research, I realized that he was right. It would be fun to play a board game in fit lab to learn nutrition concepts and develop my student's knowledge of exercise. Students need to be exposed to a variety of exercises, so that they have a library bank of exercises to do at home. Nutrition needs to be an everyday conversation and integrated into many lessons throughout the year. \r\nSkillastics games are a huge game board placed in the middle of the play space that gets 2-100 students active, learning, and having fun. Each team will have a marker and start in the beginning of the board. One player will go to the big board and roll the dice and move the marker. The player will then go back to the group to show the students the exercise needed to complete. The team will see how many times they can make it around the board. Skillastics makes fitness and nutrition knowledge fun and exciting!
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My students need halfpint skillastics, game BFIT4 winter skillastics, skillastics nutrition cards, and fitness skillastics to develop a library bank of fitness skills and nutrition knowledge to achieve a healthier life.
| 19 | 1 |
77,092 |
p001389
|
8b4ca9b685750e5224287c62ff15eac5
|
Ms.
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NY
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2016-08-03 14:43:53
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Grades 3-5
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Literacy & Language, Special Needs
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Literacy, Special Needs
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Copy Cats
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I have very special, needy students in my Integrated Co-Teaching class. We are a Title 1 funded school. The disabilities affecting my students range from speech and language to autism. They just don't have the resources available that they need. I have a wonderful class. They are learning to work together, be more creative, be more independent, and have a more positive outlook on life. My amazing students come in to school everyday with an eagerness to learn something new. They are curious, funny, charming, and hard working. They motivate me to be a better teacher and I always want to make sure they have everything they need to make learning fun. To keep my students inspired I want them to have a color printer to bring their amazing projects to life. Every year they produce graphic novels and a color printer will make all the difference.\r\n
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My students need a copier/scanner and 4 ink cartridges. This will help my students because they can quickly copy papers they need. A copier is also a great way for me to make last minute changes to any lesson plans. Students can copy work from their notebooks to display on bulletin boards. Students will be able to scan their work and post it on the SmartBoard for their classmates to see. The scanner will also let me incorporate resources from educational books. I can scan pages from read alouds so students can help me highlight important areas that pertain to the lesson.
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My students need Help! It takes days and weeks, which feel like months and years, to get copies made for our classroom!
| 1 | 1 |
1,417 |
p197141
|
d189f8fb2cbb89a8c8d55a8032c236bd
|
Ms.
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NM
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2016-05-14 17:43:25
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Grades 3-5
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Literacy & Language, Math & Science
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Literacy, Mathematics
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Sensory Seating Opportunities
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Some of my students have a difficult time staying on task during small groups, especially at guided reading and math. These Wobble chairs might be the key to unlocking that energy, wiggle release that would allow them to move and focus.
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I work in a small, inclusive, charter school that has a small playground and virtually no fields to run! I work at using movement in my classroom to allow students a bit more energy release. My school allows for a lot of creative vision so I hope to expand on this in my classroom by creating different types of learning stations. The Wobble chairs would add a kinesthetic element to our guided reading and math.
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My guided reading and math station need to be reenergized. I think the Wobble chairs will help me build more reading stamina and better focus because 3rd graders have endless energy. A recess isn't enough time to release the amount of energy students come to class with. I think with this small, limited amount of movement, I will see both an increase in focus and interest but also in math and reading acquisition. They won't dread the guided reading and/or guided math station any longer!
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I think a donation of 6 Wobble chairs will help my students acquire the necessary math and reading skills through an increase in focus, stamina, and interest. My classroom is all about a sensory experience. My students need to anticipate a station where movement is not only allowed, but invited. Wobble chairs would be a great focal point for the classroom.
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My students need 6 Wobble Chairs in increase movement during guided reading and guided math.
| 0 | 1 |
54,220 |
p124070
|
1ca7b89d01fdbf724c34ed6409a45583
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Mr.
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NY
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2016-05-14 12:26:14
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Grades 9-12
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Math & Science
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Applied Sciences, Health & Life Science
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Genetics and Multiculturalism- a Statistical Analysis.
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Can you taste that? Or are you tasteless? PTC is a chemical that can taste really bad, but only for some. Others cannot taste it at all. The question is why?
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Our school is located on the water's edge. It is a small Title I high school located in the Flatbush area of Brooklyn.\r\nWe are sandwiched between two major urban bridges - The Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges. All of my students are English Language Learners (ELL's). They come from every part of the globe seeking a new life of opportunity and freedom here in the United States. They come with the hope that education will allow them to meet their full potential. As a discipline, science is ever-changing, and offers hands-on learning opportunities that work best with ELL's. Having access to biotechnology can offer a means to better understand the latest discoveries in this field of research. I would like my students to have access to biotechnology while they are still in high school. If I can generate interest in this field, it might inspire my students to seek out such educational opportunities on their own.
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One of our units is the study of genetics and specifically the PTC gene. We will do a phenotype/genotype research project to test an individual's ability to taste the chemical PTC. This is a well-studied trait that may provide some evolutionary advantage to those who possess it. Our research project is based on an analysis of heredity and genetic expression of the PTC gene as a function of cultural diversity. Although there may be regional differences, ultimately, we are more similar than we are different. Unfortunately, such projects are expensive. To conduct such a research project, we need the PTC extraction and amplification kits, and additional PCR primers , Hae III restriction enzymes and DNA markers. Obtaining the kits and chemical reagents is beyond the scope of my public school. We will not be able to carry out our research without the support of caring individuals like you.
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Our school has conducted this research project for the past 4 years and hopes to build on the accumulated data of former students. Please help me continue this project with my future students.\r\n\r\nMy job is to do everything in my power to help my students graduate high school and advance to college. As a science teacher, my goal is to unleash my students' natural curiosity about the world around us.\r\n\r\nI cannot show my students the latest advances in the field of biotechnology without your help.
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My students need multiple sets of the PTC Extraction and Amplifications kits, as well as additional primer and Hae III sets.
| 269 | 1 |
142,737 |
p007614
|
a2dcb7e5b15cc1f14a8e2019e29c4719
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Ms.
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SC
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2016-08-31 21:42:14
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Grades PreK-2
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Literacy & Language, Math & Science
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Literature & Writing, Mathematics
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Supplies for Success in Second Grade
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My second grade classroom is made up of 16 boys that have an excitement and enthusiasm for learning. Our classroom is a single gender classroom of just little boys in a Title 1 school. My students face many extra challenges in their young lives that most people don't face in their entire lives because of where they live. However, these young gentlemen have an incredible desire to learn, and they deserve all the resources possible to achieve that learning. \r\n\r\nMy young men deserve the chance at the best education possible despite the circumstances they may face in their lives. They are truly a special group of young men that I am proud to teach and more importantly know.
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These materials will be used on a daily basis in our second grade classroom. The easel will be used for shared reading, creating class anchor charts, number talks, and a variety of other classroom lessons. The reusable dry erase pockets will be used during math lessons, morning work, and word work lessons. The hundreds chart will be used for number talks and a variety of math lessons. The clipboards will be used so that the boys can continue flexible seating and have something to take ownership of during that time. The books bins will be used to spruce up our classroom library with bins that are easily accessible, appealing to the eye, and easy to select books from. \r\n\r\nAll of these items will help my students grow as learners and have success in our second grade classroom. These resources will cover all content areas and will be great tools to helping my boys reach the success they need in second grade and many years after.
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My students need an easel to use for creating anchor charts and shared reading, storage clipboards, reusable dry erase pockets, a hundreds chart, and new book baskets for our classroom library.
| 6 | 1 |
7,255 |
p001975
|
704a72562f870ea5d308e3e16ccd815a
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Mrs.
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OK
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2016-09-05 21:39:12
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Grades PreK-2
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Math & Science
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Applied Sciences, Mathematics
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Getting Techie in First Grade
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My students are excited and full of life as well as energy. They love school and are very social when it comes to learning. My kids are always thrilled when they are working in groups and using hands on manipulatives. They also enjoy group reading projects as well. \r\n We are a Title 1 school, all of my students receive free breakfast and lunch daily. Several of my kids receive a backpack with food in it for the weekend. Some of my students are being raised in single parent homes or by grandparents. This can make learning a bit difficult at times, which is why I am determined to give them the best start I possibly can.
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These Beebots will be the perfect addition to our classroom. It is hard to find a robot that works on a first grade level. When my students are \"playing\" with these Beebots they will be learning so much more than how to make it go. The's Beebots will help with sequencing, critical thinking, basic coding skills, and so much more. These Beebots will bring fun and excitement in my classroom. Technology is a huge part of our world and by introducing my students to basic programing skills I am hoping they have a more concrete understanding and a passion for technology.
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My students need a starter robot to help with basic sequence and programming skills.
| 10 | 1 |
110,408 |
p033225
|
67e9480339691b0500380a0dfbfddf17
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Ms.
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NC
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2017-02-20 21:16:02
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Grades PreK-2
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Literacy & Language, Math & Science
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Literacy, Mathematics
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Chromebooks: Enhancing learning & fun in all subjects areas.
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I teach at a Title 1 school in North Carolina. This means a majority of my students come from low-income families and receive free breakfast and lunch. Students at my school come from many diverse backgrounds and cultures but are all eager to learn.\r\n\r\nIn my classroom I have English Language Learners & students with special needs. Some of my students come from homes where Spanish is their primary language. All of my ESL students come in excited everyday to learn and benefit the most from high quality vocabulary instruction. Some students in my classroom have identified learning disabilities and identified attention disorders. Altogether, we make up a very diverse classroom and have spent a lot of time learning to respect each others differences.
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Having a set of five Chromebooks will aid my classroom in a number of ways, each and every day. My school uses an online reading program called Lexia which is research proven to improve reading skills. However, my classroom currently only has 5 chromebooks. This means my students have to rotate each day with who can get on the reading program. With 5 more chromebooks, students would have more access time to this online reading program, thus improving their reading skills. This is also a great benefit for the many ESL (English as a Second Language) students I teach, as the computer program will read a loud to them.\r\n\r\nIn math, I like to have 3 small groups that go through rotations each day. Currently, I do not have enough computers for technology to be a choice of a station during math rotations, as each group would need 7 computers. With more Chromebooks, students can practice math facts everyday in a fun and exciting way.\r\n\r\nFinally, having more Chromebooks will allow me to teach small group reading time with fewer interruptions. This is so huge in a title one school in which students are very weak in their reading skills and have a very hard time working independently. With 5 more Chromebooks, more students would be engaged by reading online and therefore, reduce the behavior interruptions I often deal with during small group time. This project would allow for students to either be on a computer reading program or working in small group instruction with me.
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My students need Chromebooks to support small group reading and math instruction.
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