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124,670 |
p251914
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4b17e788d2f20ecd1cca988d9873f16d
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Ms.
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CT
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2017-04-30 15:59:02
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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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Privacy Folders
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I am the teacher of 24 amazing first graders! I love coming to work every day and spending countless hours with them because they put a smile on my face and warmth in my heart. I try my best to give them everything they need everyday academically but sometimes my resources come up short. Please help me to help my students because they are still young enough to enjoy learning and I would love to keep their interest alive. \r\n\r\nMy students need love, support, guidance, and a leader and our year together can be brighter with your help. Please help us get the tools we need to enhance our learning and strengthen our knowledge.
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My students needs privacy folders for our daily routine. Each and every school day we complete work that tests their knowledge and everything that we have worked on in each unit. With little ones, wondering eyes are bound to happen. If we have privacy folders their work will be more accurate of their knowledge. \r\n\r\nPrivacy folders keep student's work private and their assessments accurate. Please help my classes assessments run smoother and more accurately. I really appreciate any help with assessments and my students will enjoy having their personal space uninvaded. Personal space in important to them because they want their work to shine on it's own.
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My students need privacy folders to successfully complete work independently. Privacy folders prevent wondering eyes during work that needs to test their independency and formal assessments.
| 4 | 1 |
119,812 |
p195120
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73689c2918e367b706298967eb3aa797
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Mrs.
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CA
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2017-01-10 18:49:31
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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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Third Graders Love Technology!
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My third graders come from a multitude of backgrounds, cultures, and families. They also come with a wide range of strengths and abilities. They are bright, fun, and love learning. \r\n\r\nOne thing they all share is a love of technology! Each one enjoys listening to books during reading, typing their stories, and being able to add pictures to their writing. In addition, learning the basics of coding is engaging and fun, while it teaches them logic and prepares them for future careers.
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\r\nThird grade is a fabulous time to learn to use the computer in a variety of ways. Having Chromebooks in the classroom allows the students to become proficient, and comfortable, with using computers to research information, type stories and reports, and take math and reading quizzes. They will also be used to access on-line reading programs, such as Tumblebooks, which give them the opportunity to choose from, and read, thousands of titles.\r\n\r\nEasily accessible Chromebooks are also very helpful for developing keyboarding skills which are important for today's online testing formats, and will be crucial for success with the work load in high school and college.\r\n
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My students need Chromebooks to use for Readers and Writers Workshop, math centers, AM, and AR.
| 6 | 0 |
68,202 |
p086078
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aab55f462c5d5b14a937d20aa18837d0
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Ms.
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CA
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2017-03-22 12:32:13
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Grades 3-5
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Literacy & Language
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Literacy
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Tales of a Fourth Grade...SOMETHING!
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The world can be a confusing place for a child. Living and learning in an inner-city 'concrete jungle' is not always easy. However, my students have never let it stop them from rising to the challenge and being the best learners they can possibly be.\r\n The students in my classroom are English language learners who live in a high poverty neighborhood. School is often a way for them to escape their stressful and challenging lives and dive into a world limited only by their imagination and curiosity. \r\n Many of my students visit the campus on Saturdays to play on the yard and participate in extracurricular activities. They are safe and respected here. I am happy to be part of a school that cares for the whole child, not just the student.
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\"THIS IS THE BEST DAY EVER!\" It wasn't a field trip day or a holiday celebration. It was a day that I had set aside to get us caught up on our Core Literature reading. We were halfway into The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and I, as a typical harried teacher, needed to finish specific chapters before we left for winter break. Unbeknownst to me, it would be a changing day in room 14.\r\n The students in my classroom have faced many challenges in their young lives. Reading has become a way for them to dive into a world limited only by their imagination and curiosity. \r\n The \"BEST DAY EVER\" exclamation led to what we call a 'family meeting.' My students talked. I listened. They spoke of our Core Literature time as the part of the day they most look forward to. They explained to me that our daily post-reading discussions have helped them with comprehension in other subject areas. They said they were learning to escape into a book. What more could a teacher want!\r\n
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My students need class sets of Core Literature books that will facilitate our daily shared reading.
| 0 | 1 |
46,878 |
p090036
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0267eb9953fc479a11bfaf9c2fa040a5
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Mrs.
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TX
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2016-08-23 19:53:08
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Grades 6-8
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Literacy & Language
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Literacy
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Reading and Lounge
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My students are all from a small West Texas town. My students are eager to read and they are also ready to become a more active reader. We have been doing student interest surveys and the majority of them will tell you they do the majority of reading at school. When they were asked what are some things I could do to make you more comfortable reading they said they didn't like to read in a desk and that the floor was to hard. They also gave me different ideas of their reading interest and how they would like some other reading material. I even had one ask if I could get him audio versions for him.
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Students need books in the classroom that are interesting and engaging. The number one thing that they all said was they would like to be comfortable while they are reading. First of all this is why I am needing to have a library in my room so students have it when needed and not disrupting class to go to the library. Students hate to read in desk and my classroom is concrete. Due to this it makes it even uncomfortable to sit on the floor to read. I have started the transformation to make it more comfortable but still have a ways to go!
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My students need a classroom set of books and also comfortable chairs.
| 0 | 1 |
67,306 |
p075492
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96bfd01cd8de482724fdcfff2d791297
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Mr.
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NC
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2016-08-26 11:59:13
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Grades 6-8
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Music & The Arts
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Music, Performing Arts
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Hitting it Hard! \r\nA Percussionist's Instruments
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My students come from all kinds of background and are all dedicated to being better musicians. They work very hard on their instrument and work well with each as an ensemble and a team. These are all students that have been playing their respective instruments for less then three years. \r\n\r\nThis is our third year as a band program, and we have participated in off-campus band performances and competitions, taking 2nd place at our first pep band competition. We enjoy playing movie music such as \"Transformers\", \"How to Train Your Dragon\", and \"Star Wars\".
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We have some very talented percussionist in our band program with very few instruments for them to play. We currently have a marimba that was donated to our school as well as a set of crash cymbals. \r\n\r\nWe are in need of building our percussion section because it is responsible for providing rhythmic accuracy and support to the rest of the ensemble. Our percussionists will be busy during our next performance as they will each be playing more than four different instruments. Having instrument stands for their cymbals and other instruments will allow them to move back and forth more reliably. \r\n\r\nA more furnished percussion section would enable our performances to sound more complete with fewer parts missing. Most importantly, it would provide a feeling of fulfillment for all of our percussionists and wind players.
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My students need some percussion equipment. Having a variety of percussion equipment, especially a gong, is essential for a good band program.
| 1 | 1 |
138,880 |
p190831
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5c57ca197966faa9daf958ce52f138d4
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Mrs.
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OH
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2017-03-29 09:30:28
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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 My Kindergarten Students
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Every day in Kindergarten the children work in learning centers - Math, Reading, iPads, Books, Blocks and Play, Art , and Writing. Working with technology helps keep the excitement level up and student learning moving in the right direction. The students in my small rural district are so excited to learn, but unfortunately many of them come to Kindergarten without exposure to skills such as letter, sight word or number recognition.\r\n\r\nI am constantly searching for new and exciting materials to motivate all of my students to be as successful as possible.\r\nI love seeing their eyes light up when they learn something new while playing with technology.\r\n\r\nI think these new and up to date technology materials will delight and challenge all students!
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My goal is to help my beginning and at-risk students improve their Reading, Math and Writing skills so they can perform at grade level or higher while challenging my advanced students to move even more. They will all greatly benefit from the critical thinking and cooperative learning inherently required by technology.\r\n\r\nThe iPad Pro will give my students the opportunity to learn academic skills using apps while interacting with each other.\r\n\r\nThe iPad Pro offers a unique, hands-on interactive learning experience to my students. iPads easily allow for differentiation and give the immediate feedback that Kindergartners need. The students will receive differentiated opportunities via apps - to learn basic academic skills while having fun.\r\n\r\nThis technology is developmentally appropriate while being fun, exciting and challenging for my young students. I can't wait to add the iPad Pro to our Learning Centers so that students can use them either individually or with a partner.\r\n\r\nBesides academic gains, I hope to see dramatic improvements with critical thinking skills and cooperative learning. It will be so exciting to provide my students with access to this advanced technology!
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My students need new and up to date technology like the iPad pro and keyboards to explore reading, math and writing.
| 9 | 1 |
159,738 |
p146492
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f2b1b669bce44f2ab6325e46031dbf1f
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Mrs.
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RI
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2016-08-25 16:11:49
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Grades 6-8
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Literacy & Language, History & Civics
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ESL, History & Geography
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Charging Up for 21st Century Learning!
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My classroom is located in a large urban district. The students in my classroom come from high-poverty homes, yet they do not let that stop them from being successful. They come into school each day eager and ready to learn. They are able to leave what is happening at home at the door and put their best foot forward in order to better their future! \r\n\r\nSitting in front of me each day are ESL, Special Education, and Regular Education students. All of these students have a variety of learning levels and abilities and as a result, I am always looking for new and innovative ways that allow my students to work at their personal level and pace. \r\n\r\nAlong with having a variety of learning levels, my students come from various parts of the world. Their life experiences play a huge part in our classroom environment and each student brings something different to the classroom community. We work hard daily to create a classroom community that is safe and allows students to take academic risks.
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Technology is becoming a huge part of learning in schools. In my classroom we are lucky enough to have new HP Stream Notebooks, but now we need a safe organized place to store them while not being used by students. The charing station will allow students to put away the laptops in a secure place when they are done using them for the day. \r\n\r\nMost importantly, this charging station will allow the computers to be plugged in while they are not in use. This will insure that whenever a student needs a computer it will be fully charged and ready to go!
| null | null |
My students need a charging station for their HP Stream Notebooks.
| 5 | 1 |
2,021 |
p019606
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5293ea1ec460b8bf4ef9dfdbd7f53a75
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Mrs.
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PA
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2016-06-29 08:45:22
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Grades 3-5
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Literacy & Language
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Literacy
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Help Support Individualized Daily Reading in Room 107!
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It is a typical, Monday morning in Room 107. My students walk into the classroom positive, energized, and eager to learn. They complete their assigned morning work and immediately pull out a book. The students have been taught to choose on level books to read. Any minute of downtime is spent reading.\r\nThe culture of reading in Room 107 is present, essential, and evident. My students love to read and value reading. My fourth graders need storage sacks to keep at their desks so that they can keep their books in a secure and easily accessible place.
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Balanced literacy is essential in the elementary classroom. Balanced literacy calls for a variety of modalities of reading in the classroom. Most classrooms value shared reading and guided reading but independent reading is often lost. Independent reading is necessary to make students life-long readers and learners. According to the Center for the Collaborative Classroom, \"Anderson, Wilson, and Fielding (1988) led one of the most extensive studies of independent reading in which they investigated the relationship of reading time to reading achievement. The study found that the amount of time students spent reading independently was the best predictor of vocabulary development and reading achievement gains.\" The data is undeniable. Independent reading leads to vocabulary acquisition and reading achievement.\r\nIndividualized Daily Reading is an independent reading block where students read independently and respond to reading related tasks for 45 minutes. The students choose \"just right\" books, on their level, and simply read.\r\nLast year was my first year implementing this program. My students reading levels soared. Their reading fluency increased, their reading comprehension increased, and their love and interest in reading increased. The only downside was where to keep their books. The books were all over their desks, hanging out of their desks, and sitting in ripped and tattered bags attached to their chairs. In order for this to work smoothly, the students need a secure place to keep their books. These storage sacks will allow my students to put their books in a secure and easily accessible place.\r\nI hope that you will consider donating to my project and help keep reading alive in Room 107!
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My students need at your seat storage sacks to hold their books for Individualized Daily Reading. The students choose books to keep at their desks. The storage sacks will keep their books secure and easily accessible.
| 4 | 1 |
66,550 |
p114468
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e70f1a14b45423eeee5628530f8ac7b7
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Ms.
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CA
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2016-07-13 13:36:12
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Grades PreK-2
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Math & Science, Special Needs
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Applied Sciences, Special Needs
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Special Education Classroom!
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My classroom is full of energy and fun activities. My students are typically low functioning with Autism and love to move and use their hands. My students also respond unbelievably well to technology. They love songs and videos and learning new fun things!\r\n\r\nMy students really enjoy sensory activities as well as activities that involve music and videos.\r\nMy students are kindergarten through second graders who love to be engaged in fun age appropriate activities and typically thrive when technology and visuals are used. We do a lot of imaginary play, reading stories, learning about themes, basic academics and functional skill academics.
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My students will use these materials to enhance their learning and become more engaged in academics. The STEM science materials will allow my students to access science based curriculum and learn more about science concepts. The iPad will be used to work on academics and functional skills using different apps. Students can use an iPad to watch educational videos as well as work on goal specific tasks while being engaged in academics. The remaining materials will be used to supplement learning objectives and help students to achieve their goals.\r\nThese donations will help to enhance my students learning and engage them more into academics and sensory needs.\r\n
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My students need activities that enhance their education in new, fun, and exciting ways! Many of these activities will improve student ability to read, write and access classroom curriculum!
| 1 | 1 |
42,005 |
p203381
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178e1b8791babb2e93d29ebf84731925
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Ms.
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NY
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2017-03-06 21:19:49
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Grades PreK-2
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Applied Learning
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Early Development, Other
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Playing With Purpose; Discovering the World Through Play
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Our second grade community is home to 29 active and ambitious learners! We take pride in knowing that we come from various backgrounds and all learn in different ways. As a class, we enjoy choice time as an opportunity to work with different partners and groups and share our ideas. Play is an important part of our day, teaching us how to work together and share ideas to grow socially and developmentally.\r\n\r\nSet in a high poverty urban area, our classroom provides an escape for our students to engage in fun, exciting learning experiences.\r\n\r\nMy co-teacher and I have worked together, over the last 3 years, to set up a classroom that fosters a love of learning among all of our students. Our classroom environment helps them feel safe and excited to learn more and work hard to achieve their individual goals as learners and develop meaningful relationships.
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Every day, our instructional math and literacy periods follow the interactive, workshop model. These instructional periods challenge kids to work together and interact constantly to share their ideas regarding content. \r\n\r\nIt is our goal to provide adequate resources for our students, with which they can explore, create, share, interact, and learn with. Through play, students develop important social emotional skills, such as empathy, which helps them develop meaningful relationships with classmates. \r\n\r\nMagnetic tiles, students can work with shapes in an innovative way to design and create whatever they can imagine! We have been studying communities during our social studies units and our students love to create their own during choice time. It is our hope that with the use of community figurines, the students can add community helpers into their community design with wood blocks. Using fake money and a cash register, our students can use their knowledge of money from our math units to create stores and restaurants through dramatic play. \r\n\r\nWith a wide variety of materials interact with during play, students are encouraged to create, share ideas, and take chances as part of a learning community. These opportunities are essential to a students growth socially and academically.
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My students need purposeful play materials to work with cooperatively and make open-ended discoveries with during choice time.
| 4 | 1 |
109,699 |
p182882
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3e6202eb6cfdac00e49851d888059cb8
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Ms.
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WV
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2017-02-05 09:50:28
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Grades PreK-2
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Applied Learning, Literacy & Language
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Character Education, Literacy
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Making Reading Matter: Building a High Quality Classroom Library
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I teach at a Title I school, where a large percentage of the student body lives at or below the poverty line. Many of them deal with circumstances that most adults would not be able to deal with, yet they do, all the while they are trying to learn. They are learning the skills they need to be successful in life.\r\n\r\nMy students are hard working, energetic children, who give it their all. They have habits that include perseverance, craftsmanship, trustworthiness, collaboration, compassion and cooperation. These kids embody these character traits and I see it in them every day.
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When it comes to books quality matters maybe more than quantity. Students need books that send powerful messages in ways children can understand. We are not just teaching children to read, write, add and subtract. We are helping them become caring, productive members of society.\r\nEmpathy must be taught and developed, it is not something we are born with. One way we can do that as teachers is by using books kids love to teach them to put themselves in another's shoes.\r\nThe messages in these books, along with the rich vocabulary and beautiful illustrations will give my students a high quality classroom library to choose from. The Mercer Meyer books can be read independently while the others will make wonderful read aloud books.\r\nThe magnetic words will allow students to play with words while learning to read and write independently. This will give them a fun, new way to do word work. In order for kids to learn we have to make it fun and this will help me make word work fun.\r\n
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My students need high quality literature by authors like Neil Gaiman, Mercer Meyer, Patricia Polacco and other writers, as well as magnetic words to use in reading stations.
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116,830 |
p110659
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efc7c796150f4f0a21b75b3444a42aa1
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Ms.
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CA
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2016-09-01 23:32:13
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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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Carpets and Storage and Pocket Charts, Oh My!
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The school year is off to a bang! My new group of small scholars have been lovely to get to know. Every child has a strong, unique personality. Every student is unexpectedly at a different level academically. Most are Latino, and first or second generation Americans. They receive free breakfast and lunch every day. \r\nDespite cultural and financial challenges, I know that my students can have the same growth mindset and executive functioning skill sets as their wealthier peers across the bay. I am reminded of this when they tell me they love school and love learning. Students from this community are more than capable of achieving greatness, and I am excited to foster it!
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My students love to dance and move to educational songs. They love to play and learn. A calming carpet with spaces built in allows students to know how much space they have to wiggle. The pocket charts allow us to practice early reading skills and number concepts. The storage will be used for student supplies like scissors and crayons. When my students have the space to move, charts to learn, and heavy duty storage for supplies, we will be able to increase the quality of our time together! I am hopeful that my students get everything they deserve this year and beyond!
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My students need some random things: an area rug to learn and move on, toys, pocket charts, and storage.
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177,352 |
p218821
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fc8cd57b69b5994fa202fb8d9994b3a8
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Mrs.
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CA
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2016-11-01 16:21:34
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Grades 9-12
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Math & Science
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Environmental Science
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Growing plants in biology
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John Steinbeck, a famous alumnus from our school, often wrote about the intertwining relationships of many groups of people coming together in a single community. The population of our high school is similarly diverse, with many of our students from families that work in agriculture. \r\nWe have students of many races and a range of socioeconomic backgrounds and personal experience. Some students are susceptible to the violent gangs of our city while others are highly involved in the school and community and turn their goals toward college and future careers.
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I am requesting an 8 tray plant stand in order to facilitate growing plants in biology class. These plants will be used to support scientific inquiry projects. My classroom is on the second floor with only one window. This makes growing plants difficult. \r\n\r\nThis plant stand will allow room and storage for my students to create experiments to test variables that affect plant growth . It is very difficult to find room to fit the investigations of 150 students in my small classroom. This stand will help with the efficiency and cleanliness of running plant experiments. These experiments will support the NGSS science standards for inquiry-based science.
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My students need an 8 tray plant stand in order to support experiments with plant growth in biology class.
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52,050 |
p098169
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2361a1a910c34e139957cc6e160cc3c2
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Mrs.
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NV
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2016-08-14 18:17:37
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Grades 3-5
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Special Needs
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Special Needs
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Comfort Zone
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I teach 4th and 5th grade English language arts in Las Vegas, NV. My students come from all different backgrounds and have a variety of learning styles. I teach in an inclusion setting so we have a wide range of abilities and needs in our classroom. \r\nMy students are caring and always trying to help their peers succeed in the classroom. It is important that we have tools and accommodations available to help all of our students succeed both in and out of the classroom. \r\n
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The fluorescent light covers and wobble chairs will help provide my students with accommodations needed to be successful. The lighting in the classroom is too bright, but turning off some of the lights is not effective either. The light covers will soften the harsh fluorescent lights. The wobble chair will help my student s that need to move around do so without bringing unwanted attention to themselves. \r\nBeing able to provide these materials will create a comfortable learning environment for all students. This comfortable environment will make it easier for the students to do their best and succeed in class.
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My students need various light covers help calm the brightness from the florescent lights. We also need Kids Core Wobble chairs to provide alternate seating. Both of these items will help them be successful in class.
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41,551 |
p059601
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04291dbd09888bac9e371de02f111049
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Mrs.
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CA
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2016-07-15 14:52:30
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Grades 3-5
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Literacy & Language
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Literacy
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Support Instruction, Raise Achievement , and Inspire Learning!
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I have a diverse group of students with special needs and unique interests. My 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade special needs students range in abilities levels. Teaching social skills, proper classroom etiquette, and kindness will be included in all areas of the common core curriculum. Since I have been a teacher I have hoped to share real world events, current news, and social awareness in a way that provides students the opportunity to experience new and exciting things. \r\n\r\nStudents will make connections as they read and learn about real life adventures from the world they live in! This project will provide nonfiction reading for all students with diverse needs and abilities by engaging and inspiring them. Students will be able to share their new learned knowledge with their friends and families.\r\n
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This donation will inspire, teach, and touch the lives of each student in some capacity. This weekly nonfiction magazine will make connections to students lives, open their minds, awaken their hearts, inspire them to dream, challenge them to think critically, and help them develop self-autonomy. Students will engage weekly in reading about current topics and events while they develop their reading, listening, and communication skills.\r\nScholastic News is a standards-based, curriculum connected, nonfiction magazine that will ensure all students have a fair, equal, and significant opportunity to obtain high quality reading materials that support instruction through various learning styles, while increasing motivation and raising achievement. \r\n
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My students need to read and explore real life/world events with Scholastic News weekly, as they become engaged in their own learning, while building a desire to learn and read more!
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166,739 |
p089665
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08b6d70d3e5663c48cc01476922889a6
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Mrs.
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AZ
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2016-09-28 12:53:24
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Grades 6-8
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Music & The Arts
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Performing Arts
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Mindful Bodies Succeed
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My students come from a variety of backgrounds and neighborhoods ranging from wealthy to less affluent. Because of this, students bring a variety of experiences into the classroom on a daily basis. While expectations are always set high, it is challenging for our Title One students who experience stresses outside of school in addition to academic stresses placed on them day to day in school. \r\nResearch has shown that mindfulness in education increases student confidence and self-efficacy, focus and attention, test scores, and eases anxiety and stress. Regardless of a students background or experience, all students deserve the opportunity to perform their best in school. Mindfulness activities, such as yoga, can be very expensive and are often not available to students because of their age. As a result, they are missing out on a valuable socio-emotional opportunity that can help them be successful. \r\nMy students love to move and create! They provide feedback to each other and are always eager to present their work (be that plays, choreography, theatrical designs, etc...) My students are truly wonderful young individuals!\r\n
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Without a doubt, state testing is a stressful time for students. Research has shown that providing space and time for mindful activities, such as yoga or meditation, can increase students performance and lower incident of negative behavior. Stresses and anxiety increase as the demand to perform are stacked on top of high expectations for behavior, focus, and academic achievement. “It’s at the most stressful times of the school year — like during exam periods — that strategies to relieve academic pressure mean the most” says Carolyn Gregoire of the Huffington Post in her article School Mindfulness Programs May Reduce Stress — And Make Teens Happier, Study Finds. A study in the British Journal of Psychiatry found that, “mindfulness programs could reduce stress … among secondary students” (Gregoire). A study at the University of California also found mindfulness programs reduced mind wandering, improved working memory, and even reading comprehension scores on college undergrad’s GRE (Gregoire). I want to offer up this space and time in two ways: Mindful Mondays and Yoga during state testing week.\r\nThe opportunity for students to unwind before they arrive at their first period class will set students up for success for the rest of the day. Mindful Monday would meet on assigned Monday mornings before school. Students would meet in the dance room and have the option of following a guided yoga sequence or guided/self meditation. Yoga during state testing would occur within class for students in Dance and Theatre. Students would use the yoga mats during class to participate in a mindful blend of yoga sequences.\r\n\r\nGregoire, C. (n.d.). School Mindfulness Programs May Reduce Stress — And Make Teens Happier, Study Finds. Huffington Post. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
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My students need yoga mats so they can participate in mindful yoga during state testing and during Mindful Monday's. Practicing mindfulness and yoga have been shown to reduce stress and increase academic achievement.
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151,194 |
p121896
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50d9858aadf2021af65758200459e8dd
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Mrs.
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CA
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2016-11-29 18:59:07
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Grades PreK-2
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Health & Sports
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Gym & Fitness
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Let the Fun Begin
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My class has 24 wonderful first graders. They love to learn, work together, and help one another. A majority of my students are English Language Learners from hard working families. My school is a Title I school in East San Jose. Eighty percent of the students at my school receive free or reduced priced lunch. However, this doesn't stop them from coming to school every day with a motivation to learn and do their best. They are hard workers and eager learners.
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If you ask my students what they like best about school, they would say going outside for P.E. My students are active first graders who love to move around whenever they have a chance. They get happy and excited when they get to learn new skills. If we're funded, I would like to use these equipment to help them improve their gross motor skills by jump roping, tossing and catching a ball, and doing fun tricks with hula hoops. During physical education activities, students will have fun, be engaged, and most importantly increase their heart rate which helps them stay fit and healthy. Having fun and staying active will allow them to focus and concentrate during academic instructional time. Thank you for your support and generous donations!
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My students need short jump ropes, scoops with balls, and hula hoops to improve their gross motor skills.
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121,424 |
p139682
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ee3b33043e6c06ca511eb87b43884504
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Ms.
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CA
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2016-05-24 21:38:31
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Grades PreK-2
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Literacy & Language
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ESL, Literacy
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Hear a book a day, we will read right away!
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\"They got this for US?!\" exclaimed one of my students as he helped me unpack some newly donated classroom materials. The shock and gratitude covered his face, it was a magical moment to see his excitement over new classroom supplies- as it is not very common. I am a first-year teacher at a Title I school with limited resources and many of my students come from a variety of economic backgrounds with about 60% of students receiving free or reduced lunch. As a result, my students do not always get the resources they deserve. My school is also extremely ethnically diverse, where students speak a multitude of languages at home. This year in my classroom my students speak Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, Tagalog, Korean, Portuguese, and Marquesan at home. That doesn't even include the rest of the school! I am proud to be teaching at a school which values cultural diversity and hope to build their knowledge of multiculturalism.
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Reading is the foundation of 1st grade and I am very excited to dive right in with my new 1st grade students in the fall. I think everyone can agree that reading is important, that is why I would love to have a listening center for my classroom. Listening to reading is vital for developing fluency. With a listening center, my students will simultaneously listen to reading on a headset and follow along in their own book while sitting in groups of 4. It is a great why to listen to a fluent reader and learn new words. \r\n\r\nThen, what is a listening center without any books?! I want my students to be able to have an assortment of books to choose from. I have added some popular picture books, exciting National Geographic texts, and a few more titles. I know my students will be thrilled to get ahold of these books and sit down to read.
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My students need a listening center with some popular/high-interest fiction and nonfiction books.
| 2 | 1 |
161,589 |
p153270
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67c80b400c6673cda739959b7f8d1482
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Mr.
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FL
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2016-09-01 00:00:08
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Grades 3-5
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Literacy & Language
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ESL
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Bringing the Real World into the Classroom
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We are a Title I school, meaning the majority receive free or reduced lunch located in Miami. I teach 44 students that come from a variety of cultures from all over the world. My wonderful fourth graders are trying their best to understand this big world that we live in. All students love technology and love learning new things. Many of my students have not been exposed to the educational opportunities of some of their peers. Students will be able to make connections to the real world, that otherwise they may never be able to do.\r\n\r\n\"It takes a village to raise a child,\" and with the use of technology, I will be able to expose my students to multiple ways to learn and also incorporate cultures from around the world. We will be using different techniques to enhance their lessons. Using methods like infusing chess into my lessons will stimulate critical thinking and problem solving skills.
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My students need to connect lessons I teach to real world situations.With these supplies, students will be able to experience learning lessons that will be relevant to our global society of today. Throughout the year my students will use chess to increase their higher order thinking skills. They will take this information along with the textbook information and use their critical thinking skills to increase their ability to make a connection from the classroom into the real world. \r\nStudents will be challenged to come up with ways they can improve their critical thinking skills by making the topic relative today. Incorporating relative topics, technology, and students' cultures into the curriculum will peek the interest of the students and keep them focused on learning. By the end of the project, students will not only be able to play chess but their critical thinking skills will help them in improve all subject areas
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My students need resources like comprehension cubes, \"Hot Dot\" reading card sets, and chess workbooks to improve reading and critical thinking skills.
| 2 | 1 |
9,483 |
p034272
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6c05cefb8c334ce126e60129fc1b286f
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Ms.
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IL
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2016-10-26 13:14:42
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Grades PreK-2
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Literacy & Language
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ESL, Literacy
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Read! Read! Read!
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The students in my class are Latino from a low income neighborhood located in Chicago. These students are hardworking and come to school every day eager to learn. Some of them do not have the materials at home to help them be successful in school.\r\n\r\nMost of the students are English Language Learners who are trying to learn English, so they have to work twice as hard! The school has two classes per grade and each classroom has 32 students in it. These materials will be used in both classrooms so they will reach 64 students.
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I am requesting guided reading books. These books come in a set of 7 so they can be used during a small guided reading group. Guided reading is when the teacher works together with the students in a small group, instead of with the whole class. The students need the same book so they can read together and continue working on reading skills. Working in small groups has been proven to be very successful when teaching children to read.\r\n\r\nReading is the most important thing a child learns to do in school. Knowing how to read transfer into every other subject. By donating to this project, you will be helping a child succeed in school and in the future!
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My students need more books for our classroom. I am requesting sets of books so the students can read with the teacher in a small group. These books are at the child's reading level.
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109,478 |
p004446
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cff283db244ff92803ff4e15887d1cbd
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Mrs.
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KS
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2017-03-06 22:54:58
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Grades 3-5
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Applied Learning, Health & Sports
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Early Development, Health & Wellness
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Flexible Seating For Flexible Minds!
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I work at a Title 1 school in a small Kansas town. My students come into school everyday with smiles on their faces and ready to learn. As a first year teacher, they have made my job exciting and enjoyable. Even though our community is extremely small, all of my students come from different backgrounds. They bring different perspectives and personalities to the classroom. \r\n\r\nI strive to give every single student that walks into my classroom a safe, welcoming, and comfortable environment to learn and grow in.
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My students spend a majority of their learning time in groups or working independently. By having flexible seating, they will be able to choose how they are most comfortable learning. Another added benefit is that flexible seating is portable, so students will be free to move around the room.\r\n\r\nFlexible seating will help provide my students with a safe outlet to channel their need for movement while learning. There is a great amount of research that shows flexible seating leads to improved grades, higher participation in classrooms, and happier students. As their teacher, I want to give them every opportunity to succeed.\r\n
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My students need flexible seating options to serve all of their learning needs.
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32,410 |
p221989
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1ae04c240cf69bb774f0129e5faeea18
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Ms.
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SC
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2016-05-30 11:06:09
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Grades PreK-2
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Math & Science
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Mathematics
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Step by Step, Day by Day!!
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Do you need my help? I can hear one of my students asking a peer this question as they master a skill. The students in my class are members of a school that is located in a small, rural community. Our school houses almost 800 students ranging from grades PreK-2. This is a Title 1 school and all students receive free breakfast and lunch.\r\nThe students here are eager and ready learners that seek resources to enhance their daily learning experiences.
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Place value can be a difficult concept for students at this age to grasp. With the materials provided, students will be exposed to not only place value concepts but patterns, calendar skills, multiplication and skip counting, money, and time on a daily basis. The daily repetition will ensure that students have a strong foundation in these areas. These skills will also build on to other math concepts such as addition and subtraction. Using these materials on a daily basis will allow me to model the previously mentioned concepts on a daily basis and allow students to become fluent in all skills covered with the use of these manipulatives.
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My students need calendar materials such as hundreds charts, daily counting pocket charts, and a number line for daily calendar time.
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102,839 |
p155248
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a635f4ce2042cfb7cb146aeb77de7c63
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Mrs.
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OH
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2016-06-16 16:51:24
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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 it up!!
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My kindergarten students are from a low income area in the inner city. Our school houses children in grades kindergarten through sixth. They all qualify for free breakfast and lunch. My class includes kindergarten students who are English Language Learners (ELL) as well as English speaking students. \r\n\r\nMy kindergarten students are excited about every activity we do and every topic we learn about! They come to school with a passion and enthusiasm for learning. They truly enjoy hands-on learning. I feel it is my duty to provide them with exciting materials to help them master the required skills of this grade, while at the same time sparking their interest and excitement about school in general.\r\n
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It is my responsibility to develop daily lessons that are engaging and meaningful that will help the students master the kindergarten common core standards. The materials I am requesting will be utilized as a tool in incorporate science, technology, engineering, and math in a meaningful way. I feel this kit would be a wonderful way to inspire my students and possibly encourage their future careers. STEM activities are a fun and exciting way to keep kindergarten students actively engaged while teaching them specific skills. For example, the Fairy Tales Problem Solving STEM kits would encourage critical thinking while also incorporating language arts.\r\n\r\nDonating to this project will make a difference in the lives of these children because kindergarten is the foundation to their entire education! You can help to make their school experience a fun, exciting, and developmentally appropriate. \r\n
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My students need a STEM kit to readily integrate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics into our curriculum in a fun and engaging manner. This kit includes exciting materials, like the Bee-Bot Programmable Robot.
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85,009 |
p071673
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960a63b77d2e7af93ff344a47d44ec10
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Mrs.
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LA
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2016-11-13 13:30:03
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Grades 9-12
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Applied Learning
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Character Education, Community Service
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Getting Creative in the Sewing Classroom
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The students at H.L. Bourgeois High School are full of spirit and excitement! Sure, it seems that a sewing Class wouldn't be so exciting, but it is to them! Students come to me with varying levels of sewing experience, but most have never touched a needle and thread, much less a sewing machine. They are very eager to learn and they always do their best!! \r\nStudent come from every economic background; some simply cannot provide fees and materials. They want to, but they depend on me for materials for projects.
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Student will be able to create a project for community service using skills they learn in our sewing class. One such project is called \"Fear-Me-Not Monsters\" where students create and hand-sew their own 'monster' which has been given special powers (by the student) to defend children from the dark and things that scare children. The students will give the 'monsters' to children in our local children's home, a battered women's shelter, and a children's hospitals. \r\nThey will also use their sewing skills to create a hand-sewn personalized ornament for their families, PJ pants and a pillow sewn on the sewing machine.
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My students need supplies to complete sewing and home projects in Family and Consumer Science.
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56,361 |
p243904
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c74f4da113534603330ec036b2f0f682
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Teacher
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NC
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2016-09-01 15:01:30
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Grades PreK-2
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Literacy & Language
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Literacy
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Stimulating Little Minds with Nonfiction Texts
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The students that will be served with your help are little ones between the ages of 5 and 7. Many of these children are living in poverty or in dual-working families and only experience reading or being read to in the school setting. They have very little access to age appropriate non-fiction texts. \r\n Last year's test scores put our school at a low-performing status. Students in grade K-2 are assessed on comprehension in both fiction and non-fiction texts. I would LOVE to be able to provide the students in our school with opportunities to read and experience more non-fiction texts.
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I decided to change things up in our media center this year. Since the students in our district are being assessed on non-fiction texts, I chose to pull the lower level non-fiction texts (K-2) and place them in their own section for the younger students to check out. I was surprised to find that our media center had only 216 non-fiction books for 395 students. \r\nEvidence supports that reading informational texts increases reading achievement in higher grades. Students who read and comprehend non-fiction text in the lower grades will have much better success in the higher, standardized test taking grades.
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My students need a larger selection of non-fiction texts that are age appropriate and on their reading levels.
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36,105 |
p186628
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fb42cd20bd38bee02922739ba1099eb5
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Mrs.
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FL
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2016-09-18 09:32:57
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Grades 3-5
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Literacy & Language
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Literacy
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Helping Students Learn To Love Reading!
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My students are amazing. They all work so hard and have come a long way. Most of them speak Spanish at home and English at school Many of their parents work very hard in the fields to give them a chance at a better life and a decent education. \r\n\r\nMost of my kids struggle with English being their second language and have learning disabilities. They work very hard to make gains. My kids are below level in reading and math and I work with them for both subjects. My job is to provide them with the support they need to be successful. I want to make sure my kids get the best education possible with all the support I can give them.
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Most of my kids have no access to books at home and my kids are all below level in Reading. I don't have many books below a fourth grade level and my kids are all reading on a first grade to third grade level.\r\n\r\nGraphic novels are so important for kids because it helps them learn to love Reading! I want to give my kids the opportunity to read books that they want to read on their level.\r\n\r\nI am asking for these graphic novels because they are all books on lower levels, but they are fun books that my kids are asking for. I want them to learn to love reading and the only way I can do that is by putting fun books in to their hands that they want to read.
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My students need graphic novels to help them learn to love reading!
| 2 | 1 |
178,815 |
p052039
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559bf90e53b036a1bbe783fa3074800b
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Mrs.
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MI
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2017-02-03 10:36:17
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Grades 9-12
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Literacy & Language
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Literature & Writing
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Please Help Create A Welcoming, Warm, & Creative Maker´s Space.
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My students live in a rural area in Michigan. We are a high poverty school district with 100% of the students eligible for free breakfast and lunch. While our district recently passed a millage to update the technology in our buildings, there will not be funds available to update classroom furniture and my classroom desperately needs an update. I would love to have an inviting and warm space to help encourage creativity from my students. I want my vibrant teenagers to be proud of their classroom and enjoy walking in the door each day.
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Please help, my classroom is in desperate need of a makeover. After teaching in the same classroom for sixteen years, I feel overwhelmed to breathe new life visually into my room and have it reflect the fresh and unique work that my students craft. As a new stepmom I love stepping into my children´s elementary classrooms and see all the creative decorating ideas splashing forth from the walls and furniture. It is a reminder that in the last decade I have been negligent in making my classroom live up to its potential. \r\n\r\nAs an English teacher I strive to help my students find their voices and create engaging projects that combine visual elements with language, music, and technology. I work hard to create a community of readers and writers where they feel safe to share their work. I want them to be excited about coming to English class and feel warm and welcome. \r\n\r\nI think that this project will help inspire all of us and help my students take pride in their school. Please help us create a vibrant maker´s space.
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My students need fine art prints, curtains, ambient lighting, room deodorizer, tables, bulletin board supplies, and poster frames to create an inviting maker´s space in our classroom
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53,334 |
p019397
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ea1917d3f3cc6ba11ebf8dc8efdd68ec
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Ms.
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NY
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2016-10-31 19:17:27
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Grades 3-5
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Special Needs
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Special Needs
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Unique Seating for Unique Students
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This coming school year will be the third year that I will have spent with this group of students. I began my teaching career with this group when they were in Kindergarten and then got to have them again when they came to Second Grade and, next year, we will be moving up to Third Grade together.\r\n\r\nThis group of students is very special to me. They were my first class and they have grown so much over the past few years. These students come from a low-income area in an urban community. We have a lot of diversity in our classroom including a number of ESL students coming from all over the world. \r\n\r\nThere are a lot of social-emotional, as well as academic, needs among my students but they are incredibly supportive of one another. Our classroom maintains a team spirit and a strong community. My students love to work collaboratively and do best when they are given the opportunity to spread out across the room and find their own private learning space.\r\n\r\nAny support that you could give to my students would be greatly appreciated! Thank you so much for your support.
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This project will make a difference in my students' learning by giving them the option to choose the seating that works best for them. Students are more engaged when they are able to be in a space that works best for them. My student love to find non-traditional spaces around the room to work; whether it be a quiet spot for individual contemplation and focus or a larger space for collaboration and teamwork. The Hokki stools, balance balls and bean bags that are requested will be used to give students choices about where to sit and what type of seat is best for them. They will be given an opportunity if they do best on a traditional chair, or just need an extra cushion, or if they are better off on a non-traditional seat where they can move around as they work to try to stay focused.\r\n\r\nHaving varying seating options allows students to spread out, move and get their wiggles out, or sink into a comfortable chair as they explore and find what suits them.\r\n\r\nNo two students are exactly the same and no two students learn the same; so why should they all be forced to sit in the same way?
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My students need f flexible seating options to help keep themselves focused and attentive.
| 1 | 1 |
135,200 |
p071768
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1b5f55380aad6efe7b32a7eb6a38cf5f
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Mrs.
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LA
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2016-08-25 22:37:41
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Grades 6-8
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Math & Science
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Mathematics
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Back to the Basics
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My students started this year with no idea what our state, and more specifically, our community, would be facing just a few short days into the new year. We were hit hard by recent flooding. We had no time to prepare for the devastation we were about to face and now we are having to start our school year over with nothing but an empty classroom. \r\nWe are starting over, but we are not defeated. We will come back from this stronger than ever. There will be light in the darkness!
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The items listed in this project are the items I need to create a space for my students that is conducive to learning. These items will help me and my students to be organized and productive. \r\nIt is more important now than ever before for the students in this area to have an ideal learning environment. These children have been faced with devastation like they've never seen before. It is my job and my privilege to help them find some calm in this storm. With your help, I will do just that. I am committed to providing them with everything they need to be successful. Together, we can!
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My students need these classroom essentials in order for me to create an organized and inviting environment for them to learn. We need bookshelves, a printer, and much more to replace the items we lost.
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125,720 |
p214072
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d7ec7fbecce85e3fb21d3abb5766ef9e
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Mrs.
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GA
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2016-06-09 21:25:56
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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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Technology for the Class of 2028!
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I teach Kindergarten at Suwanee Elementary School, which is a Gwinnett County Public School, the largest school system in Georgia. Though my students come from various backgrounds, they all love to learn through technology. At times, technology bridges the diversity gaps and is a common learning tool among children. \r\nStudents learn in different ways and as an educator, I have the responsibility to provided a variety of instructional approaches to support their learning. I teach reading, writing, math, science, and social studies to 24 kindergarten students each day. The children learn through small group guidance, partner work, group collaboration, and by setting independent goals. The use of technology encourages children to read, write, complete research, problem solve, create projects, make movies, take pictures, and so much more, which enhances their learning in Kindergarten!
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I am really excited about the possibility to bring technology into the classroom to help prepare my students for their future careers, which will inevitably include the use of wireless technology. Integrating technology into the classroom gives me the ability to reach a diversity in learning styles as well as children the opportunity to interact with their classmates more by encouraging collaboration. \r\nAs our nation becomes increasingly more technology-dependent, it becomes even more necessary that to be successful citizens, students must learn to be tech-savvy. Through the use of iPads, students are able to access the most up-to-date information quicker and easier so they are sure to be interested in learning using the tools they are familiar with and love. Technology helps students take more control over their own learning. They learn how to make their own decisions and think for themselves.
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My students need iPads to increase the use of technology in our Kindergarten classroom. They also need cases to reduce damage to the iPads.
| 0 | 1 |
134,715 |
p078515
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d425bf931f63858403ac04f6fa138813
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Mrs.
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OH
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2016-11-08 09:54:27
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Grades 3-5
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Literacy & Language
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Literacy
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Graphic Novels for Great Readers!
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It is my goal in my classroom, to provide students with a love and tenacity for reading. In order to accomplish that goal, I need to have engaging, great books in my classroom. \r\n\r\n\"A book is a dream that you hold in your hand.\" –Neil Gaiman. When I choose a book to read, it takes me to a different world that I am able to explore. I want my students to feel the same love of reading as I do in life. My goal for them is to be eager to read because they love it! In my classroom, I teach both 3rd and 4th-grade students, so there is a large variety of reading levels. My school is located in a low-income area where almost all the students in our school receive free and reduced-price lunch. Despite some of the hardships they experience, my students are passionate and eager to learn! They want to learn so they can build upon their dreams to make it a reality.
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The best way for students to get better at reading is to read a LOT! We practice this skill daily in our Reader's Workshop, and when students are not having a guided reading lesson, they are reading independently. My classroom has a variety of different learners, with most reading below grade level. Having graphic novels allows students a chance to increase their vocabulary building, using context clues from the pictures.\r\nGraphic novels are a great way to provide engaging, meaningful text to struggling readers. Many of my English language learners can use the pictures to help increase their vocabulary, and identify the meaning of the words they are reading. The visuals help capture the interest of my students, as well as keep them engaged while reading high quality books! \r\nHaving high quality books in our classroom will inspire my students to read more and discuss the books they're reading with their peers! The more that students talk about their books, the deeper their understanding becomes. These books will be available every day in our classroom library, and all students will have the chance to explore and love these graphic novels!
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My students need high interest graphic novels in our classroom that they can read independently!
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133,217 |
p185465
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c67454c27e9acc9a5fb9742128153bf4
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Ms.
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OR
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2016-11-16 22:44:20
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Grades PreK-2
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Literacy & Language, Music & The Arts
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Literature & Writing, Visual Arts
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Drying Artwork to Perfection
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While Coquille Valley Elementary School is considered a high poverty school, we are not lacking in school pride. In Coquille, schools are truly the center of community activity. Our staff takes great pride in this positive school community. \r\n\r\nI teach second grade. My students are energetic, kind, fun loving, and eager to learn new things. Having grown up here, I see a need to open my students minds to what is out there in the world. My goal is to give them the tools they will need to be successful, wherever they will go in their lives.
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My classroom is bustling with activity at all times during the day. I have found that my students love being able to learn through, and show what they know in an artistic way. I am requesting a wall mounted drying rack that will allow my students projects to have a safe place to dry. \r\nOur classroom is very limited on space. Having a drying rack will allow me to integrate art into learning, without having to worry about it taking away from our already limited room area. \r\nI am also requesting four chrome books that I plan to have students use for writing research projects as well as many other activities. Having these will allow me to let students choose a topic they are interested in as opposed to assigning them something. Students will be given a general topic to work from, such as an informational report about an animal. They will choose the animal they want to research. My goal is to increase engagement and give more opportunities for student driven learning.\r\n\r\n
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My students need a drying rack to place their artwork on in the classroom.
| 0 | 1 |
163,713 |
p037018
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f3ba8e43e382ad9ebc5fc6d0b9b6f952
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Mrs.
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MD
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2016-07-08 02:45:32
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Grades PreK-2
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Literacy & Language
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ESL
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Getting Up Close and Personal With Reading and Writing
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My Kindergarten ELL students are learning English at different levels. As an ESOL teacher, my main goal is to teach them basic language literacy in order to give them a solid foundation for learning how to read and write. \r\n\r\nAs English language learners, they are sometimes timid in the classroom, but often come out of their shells when I work with them in small groups. Each child is unique, but they all love to learn and to feel mastery of each new skill.
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I am requesting an all-purpose mobile teaching easel, along with writing and painting supplies that will be used with small groups of Kindergarten ESOL (English as a Second Language) students. I have been using the chalkboard ledge to hold a dry erase board and large story books, but this has been awkward. Kindergarten students love to interact by taking turns writing, spelling with magnetic letters, drawing or reading with the other students in the group. This large mobile easel will make it easier for students to use and easier for me to transport around the room or to the other classes where I teach. \r\n\r\nIt is a joy for me to work with kindergartners and these materials will help them to work on the building blocks of literacy. At the beginning of the year, we focus on phonological awareness, then letters, then words, then sentences. As the year progresses, my students never cease to amaze me as they not only learn to read and write, but also grow by expressing themselves in drawing, writing and speaking.
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My students need a interactive multi-purpose easel that I can use for writing and reading story books. Students can also write with dry erase markers and paint on attached chart paper.
| 0 | 1 |
172,478 |
p038389
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620747eabbca558c4fb7bb3cc7cf1770
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Mrs.
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AR
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2017-01-11 15:01:21
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Grades 3-5
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Literacy & Language
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Literacy, Literature & Writing
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Reading Comfortably
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The students in my classroom come from a wide variety of backgrounds. Sadly, the majority of these backgrounds are low income with little opportunity to witness life outside of our small rural Arkansas community, BUT they are learning that this does not have to define them.\r\nThrough reading a wide variety of books my students are learning that a large amount of famous authors, illustrators, and influential people have been right where they are, AND they have overcome the odds. My students are learning that through hard work and determination THEY are in charge of their learning and future. They are traveling to places that they didn't know existed (and some that don't) through the magic of reading. I am positive that these kiddos (MY kiddos) are on the track to becoming life long readers and writers, which is, above all else, my goal for them.
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My goal as a teacher each year is to help my students become lifelong readers and writers. I want them to enjoy these activities and continue them outside the classroom, and not just to think about them as an assignment to be assessed. To accomplish this I want my students to be able to read and write in a comfortable setting.\r\nI personally do not like to read or write for up to an hour sitting in a cold, hard desk, why would I expect my students to enjoy this?\r\nThis is why I am asking for more comfortable seating in my classroom. I want my students to be excited to pick up a book or pen, find a place where they are comfortable, and let their imagination sore. These bean bags and pillows will be used all around the room, on the floor, in corners, up against the walls, or in chairs (where ever the student desires) to create a cozy and inviting classroom environment.
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My students need comfortable spots around the room where they can sit for extended periods of time while reading and writing.
| 0 | 1 |
129,064 |
p215607
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d31e4eb1054805f1c5359f7d6f8573c4
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Ms.
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FL
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2016-05-09 21:24:35
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Grades PreK-2
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Literacy & Language
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Literacy
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What? I'm Going Teach First Grade?!
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I have been teaching third grade for 16 years and I just found out that I will be teaching first grade next year! I am excited and looking forward to 18 six year olds who are inquisitive and eager to learn and read. Together we are are embarking on a learning adventure!
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Our school has a moderate poverty level, with a number of students living in single parent homes. My class will have 18 eager students who will work hard and will be excited about learning. They will read on a variety of levels and have many different interests. I look forward to getting to know them and nurturing their love of reading.
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Not only is this the first year for me to teach first grade, it is also the first year for the Sunshine State Jr. program. I am very excited to introduce students to this fabulous program. I have used the program in the intermediate grades for years. Students will choose from the 15 books that have been chosen as the best books for children in the state of Florida during the past calendar year. Students will read the books and take Accelerated Reader tests to demonstrate their understanding. In the spring, the State Voter's Administration will deploy a real voting machine to our school and students who have read three of the books will get to vote, using a real ballot. Students will be excited from the moment the books arrive until the last ballot is cast and beyond.
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By donating to this project you will help start my first grade class library. The funds will buy new books, that interest the students and help them to see real results of their reading.
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My students need a set of Sunshine State Young Reader Awards Jr. books.
| 7 | 1 |
10,109 |
p082912
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6fada28ccc1f02bb8bd541208043d73b
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Ms.
|
NJ
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2017-01-17 11:31:17
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Grades PreK-2
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Literacy & Language, Math & Science
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ESL, Mathematics
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Promoting Purposeful Play!
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Meet the first grade and kindergarten English language learners! They are a linguistically and culturally diverse group of students who love reading, sharing, playing and, above all, learning! \r\n\r\nWhile they may have arrived in our school under different, difficult and challenging circumstances, they continue to rise by lifting their peers. The 22 kindergarten and first graders support each other in the English language acquistion process through their nonverbal and verbal interactions. Besides learning English together, they are building a bond of friendship.\r\n\r\nNo matter where they are from, I know that together, we will all go very far academically and socially this school year and beyond. Together, we can!\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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School readiness is more than academics. It also includes children's physical, social, and emotional progress. Engaging in purposeful, intentional play with peers and adults provides opportunities for students to develop and build all areas of school readiness. Having the resources, games, toys and supplies is necessary to making this development possible.\r\n\r\nThe diverse games, blocks, art supplies, crafts, and bins will contribute to the English language learning environment. The students have opportunties for inquiry-based learning, during which they explore answers to their questions through hands-on interaction with materials and games and build their questioning skills. Having authentic learning, practice and communication is the most effective way to acquire the English language. The materials will ensure that second language acquisition, as well as social relationships are achieved and nurtured.
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My students need various math and language arts manipulatives, organization tools and interactive toys to promote purposeful play and develop social and academic language.
| 4 | 1 |
47,904 |
p148699
|
37ba944ea34cc72200475939475b5a27
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Ms.
|
NY
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2016-12-14 10:47:48
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Grades 9-12
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Music & The Arts
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Visual Arts
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Art Therapy through Meditation
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My students are all 9-12th grade students ages ranging from 15-21 years of age at a Alternate Assessed school for students with moderate to severe disabilities. \r\n\r\nMany of us have heard the benefits of art and meditation especially for students with disabilities. Many students have a difficult time expressing their thoughts and feelings and sometimes express themselves in a violent and aggressive way. \r\n\r\nMaking art helps students express their emotions in a healthy and safe way. Art is therapy to cope with depression, trauma and anger for all ages and backgrounds. \r\n\r\nMy students enjoy completing art projects in class and love sharing their work with peers and staff. Many students cannot verbally express themselves and do a great job through their artwork. Additionally, the meditation music assists in calming down the students. The music is very soothing and relaxing! When a student is angry and cannot verbally express how they feel I provide them with art supplies and a welcoming calm environment which includes dim lights and soft playing sounds. \r\n\r\nArt Therapy through mediation has helped my students with mindfulness and has provided them with an alternate safe way to express their feelings.\r\n
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The material in this project will allow my students to participate in the Art Therapy through meditation program I am incorporating in the Life Skills curriculum. The material will allow my students to express themselves freely through art. The material will give my students the opportunity to be creative in expressing their feelings.\r\n\r\nHaving a variety of material such as the items in this project will give my students multiple ways to share their feelings through creativity.\r\n\r\nThe material will make a difference because my students currently are only using construction paper, crayons, color pencils, and markers to express their inner feelings which limits them in so many ways.
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My students need art supplies so they all can have the opportunity to express their thoughts and feelings in the Art Therapy through Meditation program.
| 2 | 0 |
45,053 |
p054095
|
ba6f07f8bb775980647ae2360b60fa73
|
Mrs.
|
TX
|
2016-11-22 16:01:19
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Grades PreK-2
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Warmth, Care & Hunger
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Warmth, Care & Hunger
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It's IN My BACKPACK!
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\"Learning is more effective when it is an active rather than a passive process.\" - Kurt Lewin\r\n\r\nThis is especially true in Kindergarten!\r\n\r\nMy students are energetic five-year-old students zooming around the classroom! My students are just beginning their educational journey and are so eager and excited to learn. Due to economic difficulties, many of my students receive free or reduced-price breakfast and lunch.\r\n\r\nAbout 70% of our students are considered socioeconomically disadvantaged. Due to economically hardships, our school is considered a Title I school. Though their environment may not be conducive to learning, my students have a love for learning! I truly believe that if we provide students with the right support, resources, and opportunities, they can experience success. My students are excited when they arrive at school. They all have an incredible amount of potential but need the materials and opportunities in order to go above and beyond as learners. My heart desires that my students meet their educational goals. Whatever it takes, every day I educate every student who enters my classroom.\r\n\r\n
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\"But I can't carry everything in just my hands.\" Many of my students do not have backpacks to carry their books and folders back and forth between school and home. Some of these students receive bags of food from local food banks and have difficulty carrying the bags of food home. A new backpack would help them be able to take everything home! I am requesting backpacks for each of my students. \r\n\r\nA new backpack would be a treasure for my students. The new backpacks will build responsibility skills and boost students self-esteem. \r\n\r\nI absolutely love my students! I am so proud of how hard they work. My students continue to inspire me through their perseverance to do better for themselves.\r\n\r\n
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My students need backpacks to take their belongings between home and school.
| 43 | 1 |
93,226 |
p255479
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0d13c250a4ed5de8b8f24c9821b66d5c
|
Ms.
|
PA
|
2016-09-29 10:56:47
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Grades 9-12
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History & Civics, Music & The Arts
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History & Geography, Visual Arts
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Legos for History: Displaying movements, scenes, and events with legos.
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Our school is a Title I school in North Philadelphia. We are a charter school that is trying to specialize in the arts. For this reason, I am trying to get more art supplies into my History classroom to make more hands on projects for my students. They are very creative and love history, so I want to give them as many artistic outlets as possible to enhance their learning. Anything will help to get our kids the supplies they deserve.
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I want to have my students create different aspects of history through legos. They have created awesome projects using paper and posters and pipe cleaners but I want to expand their abilities and help them tap into their inner artists through a history lens. \r\n\r\nI have pictures of what my students have created on past projects and I want to see how far we can go with their expressive abilities. I hope to engage more students and have more students love coming to school because they will have multiple outlets to learn and multiple ways that they can express their knowledge in the classroom.
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My students need more ways of expressing their knowledge of history. My students have succeeded in hands on activities and projects so I want to try and have them create different scenes, ideas, and movements.
| 6 | 1 |
38,309 |
p222924
|
1105cb49e369d08169fb55ed8349a61e
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Mrs.
|
CA
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2016-12-16 00:17:58
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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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Personalized Learning Tools
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My 2nd grade students are kind, spunky, risk-takers who love to learn and problem solve. Most students at Bobier come from low socioeconomic backgrounds, receive free breakfast and lunch, and are second language learners, but that doesn't stop them from reaching for the stars! Despite many challenges, they are passionate about science, reading, and math! It's my desire to do everything in my power to help mold them into successful lifelong learners by creating a classroom environment in which they feel safe and have all that they need to succeed.
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Our school is working on creating personalized learning environments that provide students with choice in how and where they work within the classroom and around campus. When students have choice they are more comfortable and engaged in their learning. I have already purchased exercise balls for chairs and made some creative seating areas. The student reaction has been so positive that I'd like to do more to allow more students to have choice about their work space. The clipboards are essential for students to write when working away from their desk. The dry erase pops will be placed around the room so students can collaborate and brainstorm ideas wherever they are. With wobble chairs and peanut chairs, students will have more options about where to work.
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My students need materials to give them more choice and flexibility within our personalized learning environment.
| 0 | 1 |
92,926 |
p008573
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39d99908c9aa9e0fe8a2ce418b703fa7
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Mrs.
|
MS
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2016-07-26 10:47:57
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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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Accelerating with Accelerated Math!
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I teach in a PK - 5th grade elementary school with about 500 students. My school is classified as a low income school and educates many students from housing projects. \r\n\r\nMany of our students lack the opportunity to experience our world outside of their neighborhood, so our teachers and staff try to exposse them to as much as possible during our school day through technology, field trips, books, and guest speakers. Even though our students don't always come with the materials they need to learn, the majority of them come ready and eager to learn!
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The accelerated math program is a great asset to our school. It meets the students at their level. I am able to monitor their progress as they master an objective. I can also see where students are struggling and quickly pull them to clear up any misconceptions about an objective. \r\n\r\nMy students absolutely love working on the Accelerated Math Program! It motivates them to compete with themselves as well as their classmates. The program challenges them to keep up with their own progress and makes learning fun! Every time they walk in the door they always ask, \"Are we going to do AM today?\" I want to continue using this program as much as possible but it takes a tremendous amount of supplies to fund the program. Without the supplies, I am unable to allow them to work on the program as much as they would like.
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My students need materials to help continue our accelerated math program. My 75-80 students use this program daily, so they use a tremendous amount of paper/ink to print their assignments.
| 3 | 0 |
117,467 |
p064802
|
4ceddad7ccc70d29e40a4e06a6616674
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Mrs.
|
VA
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2016-05-03 15:21:42
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Grades PreK-2
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Literacy & Language, Music & The Arts
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Literature & Writing, Music
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Sing It Read It ! Play It Say It!
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\"The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.\"~Dr.Suess I want to infect my students with the desire to read the written \r\nword and put them to music. Song lyrics can make their worlds come alive, giving them new,exciting life experiences.
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My students come from diverse cultures including Latino, African, and Asian. I enjoy bringing world music into our studies as we enjoy each other's heritage while also learning about the world around us.We begin music literacy in our Pre K, Kindergarten,and first grade classes just as they are learning their letters, sight words, and creating their first sentences and stories in their classrooms.Often their experiences are limited to the small city block where they live. Books are magical transporters,giving the students opportunities to learn. Singing attatches the children emotionally to the words,helping to build skills.Most of our students are only read to, or have access to, books at school. Read it Sing it, Play it Say it will charge their creative impulses, make them stronger readers, and clearly better musicians. We will kick up our heels and add instruments and dances to these special stories.Joyful experiences with stories and songs will develop strong readers and musicians.
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My students will learn letters and sight words,while acting out and singing our stories using the new musical story books, Dr. Jean's Sing A-Long, and Kids Make Music. The children will explore COOL CLASSICAL MUSIC and VERDI FOR KIDS with scarf dancing and other movement activies. We will create our own songs,raps, and rhythms to give alternate endings, and create new sequels to Violets's Music and Melodie the Music Fairy.We will Sing and Read our way to literacy, while we Play and Say to become great musicians. The music room will become their adventure zone, living new experiences through the written word, enriching their creative abilities.Teachers believe that all children can learn. I believe that all children can be musicians, learning to read and to play music, creating joyful experiences. How better than to infect them with the desire to read and to write and then perform for friends and family! Bring on Sing IT Read IT Say IT Play IT!!
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These music books, singing games, and music videos will inspire my students to want to read and write. These stories and songs will give them magical experiences that they can act out and can write songs about. They will rap, rhyme, dance and play instruments to our stories. They will have opportunities to perform their families, boosting their confidence both as readers and musicians! They will treasure such books as the First Music, and Verdi For Kids. \r\nLet's SING IT READ IT! SAY IT! PLAY IT!
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My students need musical story books, Dr.Jean's Sing A-Long & Read Pac,Kids Make Music, as well as Arthur's Music Jamboree to blossom into emergent readers and musicians.
| 4 | 1 |
102,541 |
p206074
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ec0e3a607118eb48811dd40c80cd9700
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Mrs.
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PA
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2016-08-06 14:58:22
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Grades 3-5
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Health & Sports
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Health & Wellness
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Choosing a Seat That's Best for Me
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Our school serves students from Kindergarten through sixth grades. The excellent teachers and caring staff provides our students with rigorous academics by means of engaging classroom activities. As a result, we are a top-performing school in the district and state. Our goal is to provide our students meaningful instruction to prepare them for successful lives outside of elementary school. \r\n\r\nOur fifth grade is comprised of 60 active students, coming from a variety of backgrounds. \r\nWhile not all of my students face daily hardships, many of them do. Despite these difficult situations, my students are eager to learn and do their best. They want to be in school because they see the importance of what they are learning.
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Throughout the school year the look on my students faces as they were sitting through long days of learning showed me that they were struggling to stay engaged. When I asked how I could help them through this struggle, they suggested that having alternative seating options throughout the day. I was able to provide my students with pillows for alternate seating on the floor, however they also wanted options for at their desks, at our group table, and in small group meetings. We did some research and decided Hokki stools would be a great fit for our classroom. We are requesting five Hokki stools for our class to use throughout the classroom. These stools are designed with a convex base, so students can move around while they are sitting down. This movement provides both physical and mental benefits to the students. While the students are moving, they are more focused on their work. Students can sway and wiggle while sitting in these stools and not disrupt the other students. This will provide them over five hours of movement opportunity a day!\r\n\r\nThe funding of this project will make a huge difference in my class.\r\nStudents will be able to move while sitting in these stools, which will help to keep them actively engaged in their work. My ultimate goal would be to have a stool for each student in my class. The funding of this initial proposal is the first step towards achieving that goal. Thank you.
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My students need flexible seating options to allow for active engagement in all lessons.
| 0 | 1 |
150,807 |
p033747
|
8984e9b87e684b4290bfe2f762b7adf2
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Mrs.
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WA
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2016-08-23 00:32:16
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Grades PreK-2
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Health & Sports
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Health & Wellness
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We Like to Move It!
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My kindergartners come to school every day eager to learn and happy to be at school. I want to provide as many opportunities as I can for ALL my students. I am so lucky to be their teacher. Many of these 5 and 6 year olds come from homes of poverty. We have a very transitional population, as well. Kindergartners are full of energy and spunk.\r\n\r\nMaking school a safe place students want to go is of utmost importance. I love my job and I want my students to love learning just as much.
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My kindergarten students like to move all throughout the day. It is amazing how much better they can focus when they can choose where and how to sit and work. \r\n\r\nMy students constantly ask if they can work on the floor, on the rug, or in a different location in the classroom. They are often out of their seats, standing, or wiggling while working. This project will enable my students to meet their physical need for moving while engaging them in their learning. Having these different seating options will allow them to actively move throughout our 6 hour day keeping both their bodies and their minds engaged. \r\n\r\nBeing in Washington State, we also often have indoor recess. Having these balance balls, wiggle cushions and glow stools will help meet their physical needs on those days when it is impossible to get outside, as well.
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My students need Glow Stools, Balance Balls, Wobble Chairs and Wiggle Cushions.
| 6 | 1 |
175,252 |
p248801
|
400f8750770107cdbb9bfbcf852a72ea
|
Ms.
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AZ
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2016-10-13 16:19:56
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Grades PreK-2
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Special Needs, Music & The Arts
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Special Needs, Visual Arts
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Painting With a Purpose
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Our students come from a variety of different cultural and economical backgrounds. All of the students receive free meals. The district I work at serves the most diverse students in the community. We have students that come to school from homeless shelters and students who are refugees. The students speak a variety of languages. Despite many of the students hardships, they come to school eager to learn and play with their peers and teachers. The school is located within Phoenix, Arizona. The classroom, I work in is a self contained preschool classroom. The students have a variety of disabilities and needs.
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Art materials are used daily in my classroom. The children love creating and designing their own work. The children in my classroom really loved painting until one day the easel got knocked over and broke. The children haven't been able to paint at the easel because there is too many sharp edges now. Children ask the teachers everyday if they can paint and they have to be reminded that the easel broke. The teachers offer them to paint at the table, but the children like feeling like an artist and creating at the art easel. When the children are painting at the art easel it gives many of them a voice to talk about what they are creating or how they are feeling.
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My students need an art easel and some dot markers for fine motor.
| 3 | 1 |
177,224 |
p116116
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cb70bec4be40e9ec9141b9c5bdd25e30
|
Mrs.
|
MA
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2016-05-19 20:03:36
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Grades 3-5
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Special Needs
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Special Needs
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Interactive technology for interactive students!
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The students in my classroom are AMAZING people! They blow my mind on a daily basis! My classroom is a resource room for children with intensive to moderate special needs. My student have developmental disabilities such as autism spectrum disorder, global developmental delay, cerebral palsy, intellectual impairment as well as some rare diagnoses. These kids are the most loving, caring and happy kids out there. Because most of my students function well below the grade level their general education peers are at, I am constantly creating and purchasing separate curriculum to fit their individual needs. It is important to me to teach my students based on their particular individual needs and individual levels in order to give them as much success as they possibly can achieve. They all have so much potential, they just need to tools to grow! Thank you for your interest in my classroom.
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The students in my classroom benefit so much from the use of technology! We use a lot of manipulatives, and combining them with technology is genius. My students are so interested in using items such as the iPad, that making it more accessible to learning is a must this day and age. We could spend so much more time on learning with tools that keep the students interested and motivated for longer periods of time . \r\n\r\nI would love to use this technology for effective center time. We have a couple of iPads at hand in the classroom. 2 students at a time could take turns using these resources as extra curriculum to reinforce the skills they have already learned or are currently learning.\r\n\r\nIn addition to center and learning activities , it is with hope to me that the students enjoy using these resources so much that they will request to use them as rewards for completing their usual group and written work. Items like this could change the way we teach for the greater good of the students.
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My students need osmo gaming system and tounchtronic letters and numbers. Technology in the classroom is important for learners of all ages and levels.
| 0 | 1 |
121,491 |
p066476
|
bc7ed3b51af83b7dc769aa49105b5734
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Mrs.
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NM
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2016-06-01 21:50:16
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Grades 3-5
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Applied Learning
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Character Education, Extracurricular
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Anchors Away: Independent Logic Learning Activities
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I work at a beautiful school located in downtown Santa Fe, New Mexico. Many of the students are interzoned and their parents work at places in the downtown district. \r\nMy students are amazing! We have a little bit of everything all tied up in each classroom. There are students from all cultures and backgrounds, ELLs, and high/low socioeconomic status; all with various learning styles. Through our many differences, we learn about each other, our community, and the world we live in.
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I've recently read a book titled \"Growth Mindsets in the Classroom\" by Mary Cay Ricci. Among many things that I learned throughout the novel, she mentions having anchor activities, or activities that students can finish when they complete class work. \r\nThese anchor activities will allow students of all levels of learning to have educational activities to complete when they have finished a classroom task. These anchor activities will allow me, as a teacher, to work with small groups or individual students without having to worry about what other students are doing. \r\nI have chosen recommended anchor activities from the above listed novel to help me get started. These activities will help students improve their growth mindset by connecting neurons, and work on logic skills through motivation and perserverance.
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My students need anchor activities, or logic games, that can be used after they have finished their work to allow me to work with small groups and individual students.
| 5 | 1 |
59,428 |
p214987
|
ac6e4cb68434ef8b19b63e94f9cbb4b8
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Ms.
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NC
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2016-09-08 11:08:27
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Grades 6-8
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Math & Science
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Health & Life Science
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Aid...of the Of The Visual Kind
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I serve a fun group of 7th-grade scholars in a Title 1 school near downtown Charlotte. Most of my scholars I teach come from low-income households. Over 90% receive free or reduced lunch. They receive government assistance and some are even homeless. They are lacking the most basic school supplies like paper and pencil. As teachers, we often provide these materials. Many times they pay for these out of their own pockets. These students come to school escaping circumstances many of use could never imagine dealing with as an adult. For many of them, school is a place of solace. A time of peace in a world of chaos.
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Science is a very abstract concept. So much so, that it's often very difficult for students to grasp what they can not see. The use of visual aids that they can interact with will help bridge this gap. \r\nEveryone learns in different ways. Some of us are visual learners who can learn and retain new information after just seeing it. Some people are kinesthetic learners who need movement tied to their learning experience. It has been proven that when information is presented in different ways, students are more likely to grasp and retain the new the new information. The use of visual aids is a great way to accomplish this. I plan a lot of small-group instruction into my lessons. Using aids like the ones I've chosen, that contain not only a visual component but also an interactive one will help students to comprehend these scientific concepts that are so abstract. I love the graphics in the New Path flip charts. They are colorful and large enough to capture my scholars' attention. I've borrowed flip charts like these from another teacher in my building. Having them in the classroom would make this learning accessible 24/7. They can be used a manipulative or formative assessments to see if kids are grasping the concepts.
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My students need visual aids and manipulatives for station or group work and curriculum mastery.
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141,170 |
p135479
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8f878a69e5536fd517c8ababe9c50f2e
|
Mrs.
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PA
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2016-07-08 17:05:48
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Grades PreK-2
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Literacy & Language
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Literacy
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Listen and Learn!
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Where do I begin.....my students at my school are awesome! These students come to school each and every day ready to hit the ground running with their education! They may have struggles but they try their hardest to fight these struggles to become better students.\r\n\r\nMy school is located in a neighborhood that faces many difficulties on a daily basis.It is a poverty stricken neighborhood. My school is a Title 1 school and every student receives free lunches daily. Even though the neighborhood isn't the best for these students and their families, they still make it to school each day. The school is most students safe place where they can be themselves and enjoy learning.
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For this project I am asking for a small amount of materials for our classroom. The materials consist of read along books on cd, colored paper, and ink. All of these materials will be used to support learning in the classroom. \r\n\r\nDonations to this project will allow my students the opportunity to have the materials they need to succeed in the classroom. The read long books will be used in their listening center. These books will enable students to hear a story read to them. This helps them become better readers and listeners.\r\n\r\nThe other materials that I am asking for are colored paper and ink. Both of these materials will allow students to be creative in the classroom. The supplies will allow them to further their learning.
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My students need these materials to expand their learning in the classroom. The books will allow them to listen to it being read to them. The ink and paper will allow them to have supplies!
| 10 | 0 |
66,446 |
p225046
|
d059bcd7da5e116949c49a9eca6ac7f2
|
Mr.
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CA
|
2016-09-04 18:25:04
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Grades 6-8
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Math & Science
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Applied Sciences, Mathematics
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We will dream, design, and MAKE machines based on Arduinos.
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This is my first year teaching computers in addition to my normal math classes. My students have exceptionally varied backgrounds and levels of experience with regards to computers. I have students who have participated in coding projects and mastered at least the basics of Office all the way through students who are still figuring out the basics of web browsing and email.\r\n\r\nLiving in the Bay Area there is almost an expectation that our students will excel with technology. I want to ensure that my students are exposed to technology regardless of their economic advantages or disadvantages. At our junior high school we have students relatively wealthy families all the way through those struggling to get by. How great would it be to see all of them designing their own projects.
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I want to be able to provide components for students so that they can dream up a device that they can assemble and write their own custom code to run. I am trying to avoid giving them a strictly prepackaged project in the hope that this will inspire their creativity and help them see that the sky is the limit. That said, this Donors Choose project includes components that could be used for making automated weather stations, self driving vehicles, adjustable lighting projects, or self watering pots and these are just the uses that I have thought of for these parts.\r\n\r\nStudents need to have projects that they can try and possibly fail at so that they can learn to recover from failure, troubleshoot, refine and succeed. Students learn as much or more from failing and then finding/fixing their mistakes than they do from being successful right out of the gate.
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My students need books for ideas on how to utilize an Arduino board as well as sensors, motors, and other materials necessary for creating their designs.
| 9 | 0 |
23,190 |
p094888
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d9c49292b4a7aa8733fe25cafa5a600c
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Ms.
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FL
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2017-04-06 14:53:49
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Grades 6-8
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History & Civics, Music & The Arts
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History & Geography, Visual Arts
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Three Dimensional Stories
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Students at our school come from a range of backgrounds. Located in central Florida, our community is home to a very diverse population with many students who are bilingual. SCP is a new, public charter school, that is growing quickly. The students here are eager to learn and explore. \r\n\r\nOur school aims to provide a safe and welcoming learning environment for students in grades K-8. Next year we plan to expand and offer grades K-12. Our school is a high performing school and has many gifted students.
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To truly understand the art making process of the Ancient Greeks, students must be able to complete the pottery building process on their own. Creating a three-dimensional work of art will bring a new element of excitement to the art room.The past couple weeks my students have been studying Ancient Greek art and history. We have learned about Greek architecture, pottery, and myths. Students have created paper drawings of Greek myths and learned about the way the Ancient Greeks preserved stories on pots. Students have been working in two-dimensional mediums all year.\r\n\r\nStudents will learn patience, sequencing, and new art making techniques through the use of oven bake clay. This project and materials will help prepare them for future art projects by teaching them the basics of clay sculpting. \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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My students need oven bake clay to finish out their unit on Ancient Greek Art. We have learned all about mythology, greek pottery, and the gods and goddesses of Ancient Greece.
| 2 | 1 |
125,322 |
p213109
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5ea531c894bc58ca7e289bb56b15ea56
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Mrs.
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OK
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2017-03-01 22:03:26
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Grades 6-8
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Health & Sports
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Team Sports
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First Archery Team
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100% of the students are on the Free/Reduced program in a Title I school. The school contains a little over 500 students enrolled, with a large number of students living in a rural area. Unless you are an athlete, there are no after school activities for students. Archery is a life long sport and is also an activity that all students would be able to participate. Archery will be able to be offered both during and after the school day.\r\n
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National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) offered all over the United States. NASP is growing and becoming very popular in our area. Participating students learn a life long physical activity. \r\nArchery increases strength, endurance, balance, coordination and teaches students to slow down and focus. Learning to focus will help not only with archery, but in the classroom as well. \r\nArchery can also help with self-confidence and social skills. Students will have to learn to work with one another. The importance of safety is also a huge part of Archery. A very important skill which be used within the community. \r\n\r\n
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My students need bows to start the schools first archery team.
| 3 | 1 |
151,978 |
p241798
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42caf4f291ef612af64fd52c9eadae3c
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Ms.
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AL
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2016-08-07 01:33:13
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Grades 3-5
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Health & Sports
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Gym & Fitness
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Ants in Your Pants; the Solution: Target!
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I loop with my classes and we form a special bond being together for two years. We are more like family. My students live in a rural area where approximately 64% of students receive free or reduced lunch. Students are very intreagued by any type of technology, as several do not have technology or even Internet at home. Although the community as a whole is poor, it doesn't stop the support we receive from parents, community leaders, churches, businesses, individuals, and others. Education is TREASURED by all stakeholders.
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I have 5 hokki stools for students with \"ants in their pants\". My other students ask to create a new project to get more hokki stools, because as it turns out, they are pretty popular and help all kids. They wanted enough where all students have one, so I am trying to help! No one enjoys sitting still at a desk all day, so this would really help! I had a student in the past use it so well--- that his parents wanted to buy it! The hokki stools are definitely a big help for students to focus and be active at the same time. It's every students' \"seat come true\".
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My students need hokki stools to move while sitting. It is ultimately the students' and my goal to eventually have enough for everyone.
| 14 | 1 |
165,630 |
p095655
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2f35f8af036bed130d1983a4881cfbff
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Mrs.
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IL
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2016-07-27 12:19:46
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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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Flexible Learning to Suit All!
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21st Century learning allows for an open environment of kids solving problems, guiding their own instruction and having the freedom to explore and find answers in multiple ways. Who enjoys sitting in a desk all day listening to an adult talk? I want more for my students. One way is to offer flexible seating. Flexible seating would allow each student to work in an environment that is conducive to his/her own learning style. Whether is may be sitting at a desk, standing at a table, sitting on a bouncy ball... All individuals learn and work differently. \r\n\r\nMy students come from homes in need, of different learning abilities, where English is most often their second language.\r\n\r\nOur classroom operates as a \"family\". We support one another, show respect, responsibility and kindness. A mistake is just an invitation to try again. Flexible seating would allow my students to show \"The Johnson Way\" and would allow a relaxed and stress-free environment.
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Children love to work together. Research shows that children who are allowed movement and choice in their learning are more success at school. Children have energy that can be positively spent. I plan to use this donation to help complete my vision for flexible seating is children engaged and learning in the best, most authentic ways. Some children prefer sitting in a desk, some standing at a table, some laying on the carpet. \r\n\r\nI would love to give my students the opportunity to learn in the best environment for themselves.\r\n\r\nPlease help support my children and their 21st Century learning. Please help to make learning fun and exciting for our children.
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My students need the supplies to allow flexible seating to be a success. Bean bag chairs, lap desks, carpet squares....
| 0 | 1 |
49,219 |
p015573
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0d407857fa1733c67fbfa41b7e4268fb
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Ms.
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AZ
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2016-11-29 10:26:58
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Grades 3-5
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Special Needs
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Special Needs
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Technology in the Resource Room
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I service a diverse group of special education students in grades 3rd-6th. A majority of my students come from single parent homes below the poverty level. We are a Title 1 school and more than 56% of students receive free or reduced lunch. Our special education students have various disabilities and are serviced through both a pull-out (resource) and push-in (inclusion) model. A majority of the students have a specific learning disability in one of the three core academic subjects (reading, written expression, mathematics).
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This IPAD mini will be used for students to gain independent practice. Students will be able to practice reading, writing and math through educational apps. The use of this technology will entice students to want to practice because students will be excited to interact with the tablet. This type of learning will engage the students because they will think it is more fun. Students who are excited to learn will retain more information. This alternative practice allows us to differentiate the instruction for students individual needs as well as document individual data and progress. Students will be able to use the device both individually and in small groups.
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My students need an IPAD mini that we can use for independent practice.
| 6 | 1 |
111,908 |
p226241
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0d6b7fefef0c6ce1ee5e9110c45438a9
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Mrs.
|
UT
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2016-10-17 21:49:25
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Grades 6-8
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History & Civics, Special Needs
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History & Geography, Special Needs
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Listen Up! We Need Headphones!
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My 6th grade students are entering middle school - one of the only Districts in the state with a 6-8th grade model. These students are making tough transitions, working on organizational skills, and learning to use technology in a way that is enhancing their learning. \r\n\r\nBecause we are NOT a Title I school, we do not have the needed funding to support the growing need for technology in the classroom.\r\n\r\nWe also have several students with specific learning disabilities who are not able to receive the one-on-one instruction that they really need.
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What my classroom is missing is a class set of headphones that would allow students work at their own pace and receive the accommodations they need to be successful. Several students in my regular ed World History classroom have specific learning disabilities and benefit from being able to have test questions read to them. Without the ability to have an instructional aide to help them with testing, these students fall behind. \r\n\r\nAll of my students benefit from the removal of distractions during independent work on computers or Chromebooks. They would be able to achieve so much more if they had the ability to complete independent tasks at own level.
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My students need a class set of headphones for audio/visual learning.
| 0 | 1 |
83,595 |
p204434
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80ba583c542dea6cf9b473a8b7ef63f2
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Mr.
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OK
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2017-04-11 13:01:14
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Grades 9-12
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Health & Sports
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Gym & Fitness, Team Sports
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Soccer Gear for the Year
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We have 50 boys on our soccer team, this year, that are committed to excelling on and off the field! They show up to practice full of energy, passion, and a willingness to learn. Our goal is to get back the State Championship this year!\r\n\r\nThe boys on our soccer team are from ninth through twelfth grades, and come to me from some of the lowest income areas of the city.\r\nMost are on free and reduced lunch, and many can barely afford the right equipment to play sports. Despite their setbacks, these boys show up on time and work very hard. My dedicated team enjoys practice, and has a strong desire to get better, while also building a brotherhood with their teammates. Their love for the game and each other is inspiring.
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I want our players to know that they matter to our school and community. By making sure our players have the best equipment possible, they begin to realize that we care for them and want the best for them. This leads to an incredible feeling of self-worth. The coaching sticks will build agility and be used to reinforce position on the field. The water bottles will make sure we are hydrated properly. The straps and bags will allow us to carry these items to and from practice easily. These items will allow us to take our training sessions to the next level, which will take our players' confidence in themselves to the next level as well.\r\n\r\nI have seen first-hand what an impact playing soccer can have on our kids' lives. Our students feel more connected with our school, which leads to better grades and behavior in their classes. They also have a system of accountability that motivates them to strive for success. Athletics develop character traits in students that are far more challenging to teach in a traditional classroom.
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My students need ball bags, water bottles, and agility poles for their practices.
| 22 | 1 |
12,039 |
p155251
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f20010db435ab9208fb036afb1028b93
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Mrs.
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WI
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2016-07-01 00:06:56
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Grades 9-12
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Literacy & Language
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Foreign Languages
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¡We Can Read en Español!
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The students benefiting from this project are in grades 9-12, enrolled in Spanish levels 1 through four. I have gotten to know all of the students really well through having them for up to four consecutive years. The students are truly a joy to work with. \r\n\r\nThe students are diving head first into learning Spanish and have been enthusiastic learners! They are quick to participate in class, which makes learning fun (and effective too!). They are really into learning Spanish. I even catch them using it outside of class with their friends!\r\n\r\n
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These classroom magazines will give my students access to relevant articles written en español. The magazines have activities that engage students in reading. They make current events and cultural information accessible to Spanish learners. \r\n\r\nThrough reading the articles, students will connect with the world outside of our rural Wisconsin town. I am requesting a classroom set of magazines for each of the levels I teach. Scholastic publishes the magazines in three different levels, which is perfect for reaching all of my students.\r\n\r\n I don't use a textbook and create my own curriculum each year, so these magazines with be incredibly helpful in providing engaging and informative articles. I plan to build upon the articles presented in the magazines in order to provide students with relevant lessons.
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My students need to practice reading in Spanish by reading current culturally relevant articles!
| 0 | 1 |
23,664 |
p244988
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d9248a8ddf60292b61290939af859be7
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Mr.
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OH
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2016-09-19 08:26:06
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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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Cricut to Support Creativity!\r\n
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I have a class of 22 eager and energetic students. These students overcome adversity everyday when they simply walk through my classroom doors. They come from an impoverished area, where opportunities are limited. I love helping my students reach their full potential. My classroom is a place when barriers and walls can come down and my students can flourish because they know I only want them to be great. We learn lessons that go beyond standards. Lessons that are useful for growth throughout life. I have never seen such a caring and loving bunch of kids. They are always eager to please their teacher. It seems like pleasing me in return makes them happy.\r\n\r\n
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\"Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun.” – Mary Lou Cook.\r\n\r\nI teach for a Title 1 school in a low income community.\r\nIn my classroom, I have 22 energetic, fifth graders with a passion for hands-on activities. This year my students will be working in groups to create things for the classroom, such as visual aids/anchor charts and math games. Students love hands on projects and this will allow them to work together.\r\n\r\nMy students come from a variety of backgrounds and situations, yet each and every day they come to school with a smile on their faces and joy in their hearts.\r\n\r\nUsing the circuit with my class will allow us to create visual aids and anchor charts together to hang around the room. Students will be able to actively participate in learning how to use the circuit, but how to design charts, and games that will be used in the classroom to reinforce skills we have learned in class.\r\n\r\nThe Cricut can be used to create individualized flash cards, writing prompts, bulletin boards, labels, math stories, manipulatives, and creative projects. I would use this machine to create center activities for all subject areas.\r\n\r\nWith limited resources in our school most worksheets and center activities are made by hand. While I plan on continuing with these practices as needed, the use of a Cricut Explore machine would greatly decrease the amount of time spent prepping and allow me to focus on teaching, more parent meetings, small group and one-on-one instruction, and meeting student needs.
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My students need a Cricut Explore Air wireless cutting machine and paper to help expand their crafting abilities.
| 10 | 1 |
152,908 |
p223604
|
ab1dc187a50bd71ac0dd9b488321d0db
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Mrs.
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MA
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2016-07-11 21:26:00
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Grades 3-5
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Literacy & Language
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Literacy
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Reading Every Day Counts!
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My classroom is comprised of 25 students that are the future leaders, thinkers, and dreamers of our world. The majority of my students can be considered minority and come from low income homes in our community. Many of my students are English Language Language Learners as well as Special Education students, which creates an academically diverse learning environment. The majority of the students at my school receive free or reduced lunch and have little resources to support their education at home. However, their families are incredibly supportive of our school and want their children to have the best educational opportunities possible.\r\n\r\nDespite the challenges many of my students face, they come to school excited to learn and try their best each day. My students demonstrate perseverance and the willingness to put in the extra effort to achieve at high levels. Many of my students have set high goals and expectations for themselves and as their teacher I want ensure that they are successful students as well as members of society.
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Learning to gain meaning from the information that we read is an essential concept that students must master in order to become good readers. It is important for third graders to learn how to easily apply reading skills and strategies as they read a variety of types of text. Using daily reading activities allows students to strengthen their fluency and comprehension skills with meaningful practice that directly corresponds with Common Core Standards. \r\n\r\nI want my students to have these reading journals so they have an opportunity to think deeply about a text as they utilize a variety of reading strategies in order to become better readers. Students will utilize these journal each day at the beginning of our literacy block. These journal will help students to warm-up and practice the skills and strategies that good readers use as they work to comprehend a text. These journals will be reviewed daily to provide students with immediate feedback on their application of a variety of reading strategies. Students will have the opportunity to share their thinking as well as listen to their peers ideas to build stronger reading comprehension skills. This will ensure that the work in these journals will be meaningful to each child in our classroom as they work to develop stronger literacy skills.
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My students need Daily Comprehension Common Core Practice Journals to regularly practice the skills necessary to be a successful reader.
| 0 | 1 |
39,894 |
p174943
|
0359d21607dbcd49a31d061ad66f5fd5
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Mr.
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MS
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2016-09-03 19:58:36
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Grades 9-12
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Math & Science, Health & Sports
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Applied Sciences, Team Sports
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The Key You See Will Be 3D!
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Remember purchasing your first living room set? You remembered the big ticket items like the sofa, love seat, and the end tables, but forgot to purchase other things like lamps, pictures for the wall, and little figurines to place on the mantle of the fireplace. My students and I understand how you feel! We started a brand new S.T.E.M. program in 2015. The new S.T.E.M. program is called Robotics Engineering. We secured funding to purchase the big tickets items like computers, software, furniture, and robots. \r\n\r\nDue to the lack of funding, we could not purchase all of the resources necessary to bring STEM-related concepts to life for our students. During this class, students will explore a broad range of STEM-related topics, including robotics, mechanisms, the strength of structures and materials, and automation. As a result of taking this class, students will develop critical skills in problem solving, research, and design while learning strategies for design process documentation, collaboration, and presentation.
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Our students would use the resources that we are requesting to participate fully in the Robotics Engineering program and the STEM Team. We have a brand new 3D printer, but the extruder keeps getting jammed. Our students will use the 3D printing tools to fix the extruder. The STEM Team will use the wi-fi and the blue tooth adapters to program robots with the PC workstations in the classroom. However, they will use the laptop to control the robots during competitions. At the end of each school day, our students will use the cleaning supplied to clean the classroom. The hardware will be used to repair students desks. These are just a few of the many ways our students will use the resources requested.\r\n\r\nThis project will change our students' lives for the better by providing an opportunity for our students to participate fully and to operate efficiently in the Robotics Engineering program and the STEM Team.
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My students need a laptop, 3D printer supplies, cleaning supplies, hardware, and glue to participate fully in the brand new Robotics Engineering program.
| 32 | 1 |
157,743 |
p022442
|
5e24f5bf0c85e651a035fce99b348fbd
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Mrs.
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NC
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2017-03-20 14:57:20
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Grades 6-8
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Literacy & Language
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Literature & Writing
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Life Lines:Poetry for Teens
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I teach in an alternative Title I school. Our students come from a variety of backgrounds. I want to foster a culture of tolerance for all of my students. I know that students have stories to share. Students can understand how poetry can be a useful medium for expression for their lives.Poetry has been used for self-expression throughout time. I want to share how famous poets have used this medium to enrich their own lives an\r\n provide an outlet for understanding and coping with life's ups and downs.\r\n
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My students will read and research various examples of contemporary poetry as well as the great poets.They will become aware that poetry can be a valuable medium for self-expression. They will use these resources to inspire their own poetry writing. \r\nStudent poetry will be presented in a Poetry Slam competition crossing grade levels.Prizes will be awarded at each grade level. with a school winner selected. Student poetry will be featured in our school newsletter.It is our goal to foster a more tolerant and inclusive environment in our school.These poetry resources together with the promotional materials for the Poetry Slam will provide the vehicle for a successful and motivating project for my students.
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My students need resources and promotional material for a celebratory Poetry Slam which will cross all 3 grade levels in our school.
| 1 | 0 |
72,965 |
p201208
|
81ed0c4cef046d6c706999e06c3094d0
|
Mr.
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MA
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2016-09-09 13:35:24
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Grades 9-12
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Literacy & Language, Special Needs
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Literacy, Special Needs
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On The Same Page, literally.
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Many of my students are on the autism spectrum, some stutter, others have mild to moderate cognitive challenges, but all have some form of language-based disability. It can be tough for them to navigate their education. They need special strategies and resources. \r\nMy students are bright, funny, sweet, technology-loving children. They need extra help to develop their language, social interaction, and life skills. My goal is to target authentic language and give them strategies so they can work around their disabilities – for learning and for happy, successful lives.\r\n
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Some people like to hold an actual piece of paper when they read. I'm like that. I don't enjoy reading from a computer screen. For me, this is just a preference. For my students, it's a different story.\r\n\"Mark it up!\" That's what we teach and just what they do. My students learn strategies to unlock long texts. We write synonyms above tough words, add bullet points in the margins, highlight key ideas. These are strategies that work – on paper. \r\nWe're lucky to have a classroom printer dedicated just to those children with speech and language disabilities. It means I can give them support materials to take with them to their classes. They can print out their work to go over with me one-on-one. It's an essential part of our classroom and how we function. The toner cartridges last for a good, long time. But they are expensive. We need help to keep our classroom up and running.\r\nThank you for reading about our classroom and project. We hope you'll consider supporting our work. We look forward to sharing the results with you!
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My students need to be able to print materials and resources. We need two toner cartridges for printing our instructional materials.
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3,069 |
p115541
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eeaf46366890199e9217802095a93a6e
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Mrs.
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TX
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2016-08-25 22:43:13
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Grades 3-5
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Health & Sports
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Health & Wellness
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Let's target health and wellness with Hokki
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\"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.\" Benjamin Franklin \r\nI have a great group of students that are excited everyday to come to school to learn something new. They are funny, curious and very energetic. My students love to ask a lot of questions and love to have fun while learning in the classroom. Many of my students have a hard time sitting still in their hard chairs, especially for long periods of time.
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Hokki stools would be a great tool in our 5th grade class. Incorporating Hokki stools into the classroom will help increase student engagement. They will be able to \"wiggle\" without being a distraction to other classmates. The Hokki stools will help my students with focusing and learning at the same time.\r\nHokki stools can help my students with a variety of learning opportunities. They can learn how to share, wait their turn and learn how to work together to problem solve how everyone can have a turn.\r\nSitting in a hard chair for long periods of time is not an easy task for my students. The design of the stools provides both physical and mental benefits to the students. Providing a safe and comfortable seat will help create a positive and engaging learning environment. \r\nWe would be able to use them in our small group table or when watching a video or lesson on the white board. \r\n
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My students need 4 Hokki stools to keep them engaged in their learning.
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103,226 |
p096236
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65a3689f58e88669b213c0834584133b
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Mr.
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IL
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2016-05-26 22:54:15
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Grades 6-8
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Math & Science
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Environmental Science
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Solar Power Toward Environmental Sustainability
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Most of our students are low income students who get reduced and free lunches. They are a great mix of ethnic backgrounds from African-American, Indian, Middle Eastern, Asian, and Caucasians. They are in 7th and 8th grade learning middle school science, language arts, reading, and social studies. They are a wonderful group of kids who have potential to be great with high aspirations. With the proper guidance and assistance, they can make achievements and bound higher than before. They have aspirations to attend selective enrollment high schools in the city and strive to discover their full potential.
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Students learn about solar power but need concrete methods of developing their own way of harnessing solar power for their own personal use so that they can rely less on the grid and non-renewable energy. Our electrical company relies mainly on coal, nuclear energy, and natural gas for their electrical supply which are non-renewable sources of energy and produce pollution for the environment. The goal of this project is to teach students how to connect a solar generator and understand how it creates a flow of electrons that can be turned into useful electricity. By setting this system up in the classroom at the beginning of the school year each year, students will practice setting up the system, learning how it works so in the future, they will be able to set the system up for themselves thus placing less of a reliance on the electrical grid and fossil fuels.
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My students need a solar power generator system to teach students about environmental sustainability. Students will take the parts and learn to create their own solar power generator.
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91,939 |
p045046
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ae67d8bbc64ec3bf7fd2db1297721160
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Mrs.
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NC
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2016-10-04 14:38:46
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Grades 3-5
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Health & Sports
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Team Sports
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WIPED OUT
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I work with the entire student body and see varying degrees of emotional, physical, and academic achievements. Each student is unique, beautiful, and bold in their own way. I serve LGBTQ students who are learning to love themselves. We are located in a rural area, with farmland and trees as far as the eyes can see. My students are creative in ways that are soul-defying, especially when considering some of their poverty level realities in our Title l school. Sixty percent of my students receive free and reduced-price lunches. Every day, I see magnificent progress that can't be measured by a standardized test or determined by a letter grade.
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Good teams sweat. With drills, laps and plays to be learned, sweating is inevitable. Simple resources such as sports towels are needed for beginning to veteran players. We are not a big ivy league school but our hearts and desire to win are as big as the city's best. When playing, basic necessities are often lacking due to budgetary restrictions. You just can't play ball with sweat in your eyes! We need towels for time outs and half time. The only thing we want dripping on the court are those wet jump shots!! Please help us \"wipe\" out the competition!
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My students need absorbent towels for practicing basketball and playing games.
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119,584 |
p212657
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41d627773f23b750e4e6ea8685fca8cc
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Mrs.
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IL
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2016-05-30 18:40:51
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Grades PreK-2
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Literacy & Language
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Literacy
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WANTED!! \r\n New classroom library!!
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My students are creative, clever and very spontaneous.\r\nThey like to move, they love to read in an organized station and love lots of positive reinforcement and attention. Many of them are being raised in single parent households. \r\n\r\n 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. Our students come from a variety of different economic backgrounds with over 65% of our students receiving free lunch. Despite the many challenges they face, I am looking to keep things simple. I want to provide my students with a creative and meaningful learning experiences. From the minute they walk in my classroom I focus on their potential and growth while they are with me. I may not be able to control their home lives, but 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!!
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My students LOVE to read!! I love seeing their faces light up with excitement when they have read a book that intrigues them. Whether it be a great non-fiction selection that teaches them something or a fiction book that tells a funny story or has them asking questions about each character. This project will help my students have a more inviting place to go to sit and READ!! It will give them the opportunity to find books with ease and keep them organized to find those books for our writing projects and SO MUCH MORE!!\r\n\r\nYour generous donation will allow just this!! It will allow my students to be more proactive on their reading journey! \r\nWe won't have the constant battle of trying to find our big books that are stacked on a counter or trying to find our themed books that are thrown on a shelf instead of on display.
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My students need the carpet and book organizers for a more inviting reading station with their peers.
| 1 | 1 |
142,178 |
p095494
|
b0ea1f296c53dc38383ca9ed0c71b911
|
Ms.
|
CA
|
2016-05-03 22:23:22
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Grades 6-8
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Health & Sports, Music & The Arts
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Gym & Fitness, Performing Arts
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Bringing Art to Life in Physical Education
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“Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.”\r\n― Edgar Degas. Incorporating art into physical education will allow our students to express themselves and their ideas in different ways.
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As an educator, it's important to recognize that there are many different types of learners. I love teaching physical education because there is so much kinesthetic learning that takes place. At the same time, a physical education class can also be a fantastic environment to reach our artistic scholars. Through this project, we are empowering students through art.
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The resources requested in this project will be used to incorporate art into physical education. First, we will use applications on the iPad which our scholars will be able to draw out and diagram various aspects of games/activities, such as offensive and defensive strategies. Secondly, we will use the iPad to display pictures and artwork that tie into our unit of study. Students will then be given opportunities to discuss and find meaning in the various pieces of artwork. Lastly, the iPad will be used as a tool for performing arts to record student presentations, commercials, and broadcasts. We will use the screen to display all of our creations. The whiteboards and markers will also provide opportunities for students to respond to questions in an artistic way (Draw an example of an aerobic activity). The speakers will create an inviting atmosphere for learning and being active. The wall art displays inspirational phrases and pictures to discuss and encourage scholars.
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Just imagine that you are an artistic learner. So much of the educational system is based on auditory learning. As we work to improve 21st century skills, we must aim to incorporate different styles of teaching and learning. By incorporating art, music, and digital media, we are reaching an entire group of scholars who are often overlooked. This project has the potential to inspire and excite our scholars in a way that is not often explored.
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My students need an iPad, protective case, dongle adapter, tripod, microphone, remote control, lighting kit, screen, speakers, whiteboards, markers, and wall art.
| 10 | 1 |
77,869 |
p001635
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f8aab7152e187e74aed5a6e18266c151
|
Ms.
|
MS
|
2016-07-13 23:00:16
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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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iLearn with iPads!
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My students reside in one of the highest poverty areas in the state with the highest poverty level. So many of their stories will truly break your heart. However, despite the unfair disadvantage my students were born into, I am passionately determined to help them learn, grow, and achieve to the fullest potential. \r\n\r\nMy students are bright, clever, kind, and display an eagerness to learn that is humbling. They are always present and engaged, so thirsty for knowledge and acknowledgement. I am continuously amazed by their resilience and their capacity for hope. They have given me far more than I could ever give them, but it is my deepest desire to make a difference in their lives as they have done in mine.
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I would like to purchase 3 iPads for a learning center in my classroom. Almost none of my students have access to technology at home, and the technology available in our school is greatly lacking. \r\n\r\nThere are a multitude of learning applications available for ipads I would love to be able to provide for students. From phonics to mathematics to audio books, the possibilities are nearly endless. With 3 iPads, I would be able to set up a learning center all of my students could rotate through each day so that each student would have access to the learning applications and also be exposed to technology many have never seen before. These are skills my students will need to be competitive in the 21 Century workforce.
| null | null |
My students need iPads to access the multitude of learning applications available for students to enhance their learning experience.
| 0 | 1 |
153,970 |
p117048
|
ee6677d794064112ced3f950be2bee6f
|
Ms.
|
NC
|
2016-11-05 21:15:05
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Grades 3-5
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Literacy & Language, Music & The Arts
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Literacy, Visual Arts
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Charcoal, Acrylic, Watercolors and Books, OH MY!
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Our school is located in the center of very high poverty. Our school receives free lunch and breakfast. However we are hard working and trying to make up the gap in our reading. This year we have hefty goal of raising our reading points 10%. We have been working on individualizing student learning and not looking at them as numbers. We try to reach every student and accommodate for their needs while competing in the Common Core. \r\n\r\nHelp us reach our goals!
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My students will use charcoal, watercolors, and acrylics to bring literacy to life. These students will have a chance to walk in artists shoes and face some of the same trials artists have faced. They will use numerous types of mediums to create works of art of their own.\r\nBy bring together art and literacy our students will have the chance read about artists experiences and grow with some of their own experiences as they try on their artist hats. These supplies will bring books into every students hands and art mediums to their tables. This should be an experience they will never forget.
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My students need paints, charcoal pencils and a bunch of non-fiction books on artist to explore artist in literature and in the mediums of acrylic, watercolor and charcoal.
| 10 | 0 |
149,926 |
p119012
|
9349fd9c2eab60492f99e071cd041c56
|
Mrs.
|
OR
|
2016-12-31 00:29:46
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Grades 6-8
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Math & Science, Special Needs
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Applied Sciences, Special Needs
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MakerSpace + Creativity - Oh My!
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Our school library serves a very culturally and economically diverse community. Students visit the library for many reasons throughout the day especially during lunch recess. Providing engaging and challenging opportunities in the library's evolving makerspace is a goal this school year\r\n\r\nOur students are creative, diverse, energetic, thoughtful and willing to take risks. Our students grow from opportunities to explore their imagination and creativity.\r\n\r\n The high poverty rate makes if difficult for our students to have all their needs met. There are few STEM opportunities for our students outside of the school day therefore I am want to provide STEM opportunities in a library makerspace and team with science and math teachers to support projects in the classroom.\r\n
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These supplies will provide opportunities for all the students in our school. The Perler beads will be used to set up a Perler station for students to create projects. Students can create their own design or get some inspiration from books or online. \r\nThe Bloxels will be used in the MakerSpace and in the classrooms to help students create their own video games. The beauty of Bloxels is the it allows students to use hands on to create their game and then use technology to bring their creation to life. There is problem solving, creativity and engineering that can be enjoyed by all students.\r\nMagnaTiles are also on the supply list and these will provide opportunities for students to just build using these unique tiles. This request is specifically for some of special education students that like to spend time in the library playing game during lunch recess.
| null | null |
My students need Perler bead supplies, Bloxels and Magna Tiles to explore engineering and creativity.
| 0 | 1 |
108,854 |
p229039
|
b43c57d0607ac02ce85e6dc54b437c51
|
Mrs.
|
MO
|
2016-08-01 18:25:58
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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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Come Find a Seat and Sit for a Spell!
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As a teacher in a University town, my school has many multi-cultural students as well as hometown students who have grown up here. We have rural students, city students, and high mobility students. Cultivating a learning environment in which all students can succeed with their particular learning style is key, especially since our learning time within the school day is so precious.\r\n\r\nMy students come into class with a vast difference in the amount of prior knowledge and experience. Some students have experienced traveling, museums, and field trips. Other students have had only what the school is able to provide them during the school year. In my experience...All students benefit from a variety of teaching and learning opportunities within the classroom if given those opportunities.
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Donations towards this project will accentuate the variety of learning styles of my students. Some students can sit, read, and learn at a normal student classroom desk and chair. Others students are more successful when lying on a carpet, sitting in a different type of seating arrangement, or curled up with a book, away from distractions. It is not uncommon to see my students sitting on the floor working on projects or reading books. With a tile floor in my classroom, it is a hard surface and uncomfortable to sit for long. It would be more conducive and efficient for my students if they had a few more creative, exciting and comfortable choices in which to complete work while in my classroom. \r\nWith several years of teaching experience I have learned that students can be more creative, and become better \"out of the box\" thinkers when they are given the opportunity to choose a learning style which accommodates their needs!
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My students need Ventura and Oniva seats as well as lap trays to provide successful learning style opportunities while reading and learning in my classroom.
| 0 | 1 |
136,848 |
p036041
|
f89879c9b071e500931adb38299bc4b6
|
Mrs.
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MN
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2017-03-05 21:24:31
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Grades PreK-2
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Special Needs
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Special Needs
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Wiggle and Wobble: An Alternative Seating Project!
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I have a diverse class of 21 students in a K-2 school of around 500+ students. Our school is a Title I school where 40%+ of our students receive free or reduced-price lunch. In my years with the district my class size seems to only get larger and my classroom budget gets smaller. \r\n\r\nMy students amaze me each and every day within the classroom while they are learning, I just want to be the best teacher I can be and provide my students with the best. \r\n\r\nOur school is a PBIS school, promoting a Positive Behavioral Intervention System by teaching our students the school's core rules: Be Respectful, Responsible and Safe. We also follow the Responsive Classroom model to help provide a positive community within our classrooms.
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Sitting in a hard chair all day can make it hard for anyone to learn and pay attention. I want to improve and make my classroom the best learning environment I can. I want to add a variety of seating options for my 2nd graders to use through out the day. Right now I have students that stand up, wiggle, and tilt their chairs back and forth (sometimes even falling over). I want my students to have options that are safe. Many studies show that students who have a choice and flexibility in their seating tend to have increased awareness and engagement. \r\n\r\nGiving students the option of how they sit during the day can add huge benefits to student engagement and learning. These alternative seating options will give my students a different type of seating that allows their little bodies to move. I want my students to be comfortable and free to move during the day without distracting others around them. \r\n\r\n
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My students need 4 balance ball chairs and 4 wobble chairs as alternatives to their regular chairs.
| 5 | 1 |
111,888 |
p169541
|
5154ab06ebb535192d7303ad5f7d53ee
|
Mrs.
|
CA
|
2016-07-26 15:18:37
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Grades PreK-2
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Applied Learning
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Early Development
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Apple TV for Kinders to See!
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My Kindergarteners are very special. They come to school with a new and willing attitude to learn something new. Their inquisitive minds are a joy. I'm thrilled to be their teacher.\r\n\r\nThey are eager learners, engaged in content and looking to make connections to their world. We are in a charter school with lots of school spirit and caring community of staff.\r\n\r\nThis program affects student learning directly. Thank you in advance for your support and dedication to early childhood education.
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This project is very important for my little eyes. When I'm teaching from my iPad, only a few kiddos get to see at a time. Wouldn't it be great for the entire class to see at once? Can you imagine the better interactions we'll have if I don't have to pass around the iPad to every table? \r\nStudents can all be engaged and interact with content! The impact of this project is huge. Kinders are eager and inquisitive and typically don't want to wait to see the vivid, digital content that will help them learn to read, write, and do math! Thank you!
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My students need to see what is on my iPad for instruction. An Apple TV and its accessories will allow everyone to see at once.
| 0 | 1 |
127,595 |
p177493
|
62fa0dcd1aa56cb597d799a1d176d133
|
Mrs.
|
CA
|
2016-09-05 20:58:28
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Grades PreK-2
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Math & Science
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Mathematics
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Exciting Math Centers
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My classroom is made up of a diverse group of learners from a variety of ethnic backgrounds. I believe all students can achieve academic excellence through effective instruction and engaging classroom activities. My first graders are excited to learn through games which are included in my project. I want to allow my eager learners the opportunity to explore a variety of interactive learning games all year as I introduce new skills and standards. First grade is when students learn to add, subtract and number concepts to 120. I want to provide the resources necessary for them to thrive!
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Learning math concepts through math centers is not only fun for the students, but it gives ME the opportunity to differentiate their learning. I can provide opportunities for students to challenge themselves, and I can also work with students that need a little more support on a certain skill. I am always amazed by the learning that happens while a student is playing a math game, and learning their numbers to 120 or addition facts. Making math exciting through centers is an integral part of teaching.\r\nI am constantly trying to invent new games for my math centers, and this is not an easy task. I am asking for some help to provide resources for my students so I am teach my students how to add, subtract, and numbers to 120 in a fun way.
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My students need math games so they can learn math concepts through math centers!
| 4 | 0 |
171,538 |
p025449
|
4ba7f97b0bcec24284727237dc7cb69d
|
Ms.
|
CA
|
2016-11-25 00:03:58
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Grades PreK-2
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Applied Learning, Literacy & Language
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College & Career Prep, Literacy
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Technolo-Teach! Using Technology to Learn in the Modern World!
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My students are a group of excited and active little learners. While they enter the class with a nervous tears and timid voices, it only takes a week for their inquisitiveness and talkative natures to show through. From then on, the students and I are off on a learning adventure filled with, not only reading and math, but with social skills, physical education, conflict resolution, and much more. \r\n\r\nLiving and learning in the inner-city presents its own set of challenges for young minds. Many students' first exposure to school is in Kindergarten where they must learn to socialize as well as to adapt to the routines of school. Unlike their middle and upper-class peers, some students have no internet access at home, and due to gang-related safety concerns they may not be able to play outside the house. Thus students and their families look to our school to provide meaningful academic learning, sports training, after school childcare, and seasonal community events. As a first grade teacher, my goal is to create a safe, fun, and engaging learning environment that fits the needs of all my learners, challenging them academically while providing emotional and structural support.
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When it comes to teaching in 2016, part of my job is to prepare my studies for college and future careers. Embedded within this mission is the belief that my students need access to modern technology. While middle and upper-class students often have access to tablets, laptops, and other technology before they start school, many of my students do not have internet or technology access at home. With 7 hours of their day spent at school, I want to ensure that students have access to modern technology and can learn how to type, practice reading online, and become multi-media masters. Having two additional computers in my class will give students their own screen for typing and reading practice. Learning how to type and navigate technology will expand my students' ability to learn, will increase their confidence as computers and tablets are used more often throughout school, and will help prepare them for college and beyond!
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My students need computers to help them learn technology skills and gain access to online literacy, math, and social studies materials.
| 3 | 0 |
149,870 |
p024252
|
fadd895963933ce683ba61d41243fe4d
|
Ms.
|
NY
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2016-07-10 15:05:21
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Grades PreK-2
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Literacy & Language, Math & Science
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ESL, Mathematics
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Technology Times Two... Oh The Learning We Will Do!
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Hello, I teach Kindergarten and have been for the past 7 years. I have some of the most wonderful students and families who are so full of life and eager to learn. \r\nMy students range from 4 years old to 6 years old and come from various backgrounds both socioeconomically as well as culturally. In any given year I have between 9-12/25 students who receive free or reduced lunch as well as a handful of students who are homeless due to a low socioeconomic status. Culturally I have students from various backgrounds including but not limited to; Hispanic, Albanian, Turkish, Russian, Egyptian, as well as Middle Eastern. Academically students in my class range from readers to completely non-english speakers. This diverse make up allows for a vibrant cultural community where all students can be celebrated and encouraged to understand and develop awareness for others. \r\nIt is my goal to help empower my students to become educated citizens in our community. \r\n
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The two I-pads will be formatted into everyday learning through the use of center time. During this time students will use various applications and websites to help reinforce previous learning and help develop and foster 21st century skills. The ipads will also allow students to enhance their exposure to books by having access to the application RazKids. Currently, for my class to use this program they have to have a device at home (which many do not), go to the community library, or I book time in the school's computer lab. The ipads will give my students immediate, everyday access to this fantastic reading program. \r\nAlso, the ipads will serve as an alternative learning structure for those students who are not yet fluent english speakers.
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My students need two i-pads to help enhance and support learning across curricular areas as well as foster 21st century learning through the use of current technology.
| 0 | 1 |
127,202 |
p051571
|
5befac74d01c4980e45d54788de41bd1
|
Mrs.
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CA
|
2017-02-06 20:58:56
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Grades PreK-2
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History & Civics, Math & Science
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Civics & Government, Environmental Science
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Read About Current Events With Scholastic News And Science Spin!
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I teach 27 eager first grade students who enjoy learning how to read, write, and do math. Our wonderful school is located in Southern California. We have won many prestigious academic awards and we are a Nationally Recognized School Of Excellence. Since we are not a Title I school, funding extra projects is very difficult. I have students that range from below grade level to advanced. My students love to read books. However, reading magazines will allow my students to learn about different cultures and current world events not found in books.
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Scholastic News Magazines will help my students understand current events that happen outside our classroom. Scholastic News Magazine is specifically written for 1st grade readers. The topics and pictures are interesting! My students will learn about current news such as presidential elections, hibernating animals, dentists, and space news just to name a few topics. Every month each student in my class will get 4 opportunities to read about science and current events from around the globe. When we finish reading the magazines in class, each student will take it home to read with their families. This will promote more reading opportunities for my students. I am also requesting a subscription to Science Spin Magazine to help my students understand current science topics. From past experience I know that students enjoy reading about current events. Scholastic News and Science Spin Magazines will promote literacy in a fun and different way! Please help my students learn about interesting topics found around the world. Reading these interesting magazines may inspire a life long love for science and social studies! Thank you for considering our project!
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My students need a monthly class subscription to Scholastic News Magazine and Science Spin Magazines to learn about current events and science topics.
| 113 | 1 |
155,711 |
p231124
|
70dea7ba3d05de80009f8ced16d06adb
|
Mrs.
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SC
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2016-05-11 21:38:11
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Grades PreK-2
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Math & Science
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Applied Sciences
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First Graders Can Code Too !
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A Typical day in my classroom starts with a wonder of the day. We are always creating wondering charts and charting what we notice before we begin something new.
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I have a classroom full of 7 year olds wanting to learn and explore the world around them. They are growing up in a world where technology is taking over and they love it! they love getting to use the ipads and tablets. They love to help me solve problems when something goes wrong with the ipad or computer. I would use these robots in my classroom but I will also use these robots to for a coding and robotics club for first grade.
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My students would be able to explore, collaborate and problem solve with the robots and ipad. In First grade we work on problem solving and working together and what's a better way to teach those skills than through coding and robotics? They think they are just playing but really they are working on life skills. I also envision using these resources with other first graders outside my classroom by hosting a coding and robotics club.
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I believe these resources will improve our classroom by helping my students learn how to collaborate and problem solve through exploring the world of coding and robotics. I believe these resources will help my students explore a new world of technology. Teaching my students about coding and robotics will open up a whole new world and possibly lead to a career opportunity in their future. While teaching coding and robotics I'll be able to teach life skills.
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My students need the Dash and Dot robots, Dash and Dot accessories as well as an Ipad to control Dash and Dot.
| 5 | 1 |
103,586 |
p100022
|
3eb04dab357ccd086b0d2b7de4a39a69
|
Mrs.
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HI
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2017-02-27 02:10:34
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Grades 3-5
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Literacy & Language, Applied Learning
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Literacy, Other
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Promoting amazing classroom discussions!
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Our students are amazing! They come to class and light up when we use engaging activities like science experiments, hands on projects, and music in ANY form. We strive as a team to provide learning environments that suit what every individual child needs. \r\nMost of our students are from all over the Pacific Islands, and many are first generation Americans and have just learned english in the past few years, or are currently in the process of doing so. We have a dire need to provide our students with cultural experiences, and language activities that promote a growth mindset at home and at school.
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In our classroom, we use discussion to further our learning everyday. Right now, we do our talking while sitting on the linoleum. It's not comfortable, and everyone gets a little dirty. If the rug is donated to our classroom, the students will have plenty of space to sit, and be able to stay a little cleaner! (Well, as clean as fourth graders can be!) \r\n In our school, we rotate classes between three teachers. In my class, the whole fourth grade learns science. We do many hands-on experiments and activities on the floor as a whole group. We would be able to all sit comfortably in a circle and do projects together much easier. \r\n By donating this rug, you will be allowing this teacher a much needed space to create lasting learning and engaging conversations for years to come.
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My students need a place to discuss the lesson on the ground comfortably while learning.
| 0 | 1 |
38,995 |
p029426
|
4416745560343f14a74dedcda4ec03b0
|
Ms.
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PA
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2016-05-28 18:11:16
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Grades PreK-2
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Math & Science, History & Civics
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Environmental Science, History & Geography
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Books! Books! Books!
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Lively, energetic, and kind or three words I would use describe my young learners. Every day they do their best to achieve all they can achieve. They want to be actively involved in what they do in the classroom. \r\n\r\nLiving in a large city can be difficult for many young children. My young learners live close to the downtown area in our city. They go to a title I school where they receive free breakfast and free lunch daily. Their basic food eat is taken care of except for dinner, but now they need something to sustain their minds.
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Children are very curious beings. Interest levels must be concurrent with curiosity levels. Therefore, a plethora of books are needed in a classroom setting.\r\n\r\nInspired learning happens when children are truly engaged! When this happens, their eyes light up and we can \"SEE\" the learning taking place. The books requested for this project encompass Science and Social Studies skills that children are to learn within a school year. \r\n\r\nWeather, Community, Rocks, Force, Motion, etc. are only a few of the topics to be covered in a year. Children need to embed themselves into the learning and make connections. Reading a variety of books helps to accomplish this task.
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My students need Scholastic Nonfiction Readers on Weather, Sports Talk, Community Helpers, Biographies, and American Symbols. Students also need book libraries on Rocks & Soil, Force & Motion, Weather, Electricity, and Simple Machines.
| 65 | 1 |
96,438 |
p222856
|
d2ecbaa393dfc6af1b713612f61c5386
|
Ms.
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CT
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2016-09-06 06:39:09
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Grades 6-8
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Literacy & Language
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ESL, Literacy
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New Year, New Books! A Library Refresh For Our Classroom.
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Whenever I tell people I teach middle school, the first reaction is usually something like \"How can you stand it?\" or \"Wow, that must be tough!\" with the occasional \"Oh, God bless you\" thrown in. I used to feel the same way, until I met my first group of seventh and eighth graders. They are THE BEST! They are old enough to have serious, in-depth discussions about sensitive topics, but also young enough to delight in little things like stickers, rewards certificates, and dance breaks in the classroom (not that they'd EVER admit to something so uncool!)\r\n\r\nWe serve a very diverse population with students hailing from Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Togo, Somalia, Thailand, and beyond! While my students don't all share the same culture, most share an economic status - 100% of our student body qualifies for free breakfast and lunch. Despite all of the challenges that they face, my students come to school willing and eager to learn. They have great plans, hopes, and dreams for the future. They are funny and bright, and I consider myself lucky to be their teacher.
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These days, when you subscribe to cable packages, your end up with hundreds of channels, but you probably don't even watch a quarter of them. Everyone has the channels that they watch, the shows and programming they enjoy. That seemingly excessive amount a variety ensures that everyone can find something that they like to watch - whether it's round-the-clock sports replays, political pundits discussing the day's news cycle, or chefs making delicious meals they swear you can make easily at home. With the hundreds of options, we all can find just the right show to watch.\r\n\r\nWell, I've tried to make my classroom library like the super-deluxe cable package. I have collected as many genres, levels and interests as I can, and arranged them in a way that is easy for kids to find something they can enjoy reading. For many students who claim they \"hate reading,\" the truth is they just haven't found the right book yet! By keeping my classroom library up to date, it allows my kids to find the perfect book for them.\r\n\r\nWhen kids see reading as a gift, rather than a punishment, they can begin to get better at it. By seventh and eighth grade, many kids have had the fun sucked out of reading by countless tests and mandates designed to \"close the achievement gap.\" But independent reading can help build reading fluency, comprehension, and raise reading levels, too.\r\n\r\nI teach reading not only so my students can use textual evidence to back up inferences or so that they can identify themes, but so that they can build a love of reading, so that they know the feeling of having to read a few more pages before bed, so that they can look at a friend say \"you HAVE to read this!\"
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My students need new novels in a variety of genres to refresh our classroom library and spark the love of reading in my class.
| 9 | 1 |
111,108 |
p102225
|
e0cb0f060a35360f842315a3ef4979e4
|
Ms.
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CA
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2016-11-18 00:48:07
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Grades 9-12
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Math & Science, Music & The Arts
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Environmental Science, Visual Arts
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Good Vibrations! Visualizing Science with Artist Books and \r\n'Zines\r\n
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My students are motivated to become artists and they are the cultural vibrancy of downtown Los Angeles. We are an audition free public arts high school, and our students enjoy a rigorous art and academic education. My students are mainly low-income with over 70% qualifying for free or reduced lunch and making us a Title I school. They enjoy the local museums, ride the Metro, and thrive in the urban environment.\r\n\r\nOur school has a dual mission of arts and academic excellence and students graduate ready for college and also for further study in the arts. Each of our students has as many as 12 art classes during high school, as well as exhibitions, and participation in national and local art contests. We win more Scholastic Art Awards than any high school in the Western United States. The hardworking kids appreciate what they have. You would like them, and you will love their artwork! We have a mission and a mandate to integrate the arts. They are creative, ambitious and certain to make great use of any art supplies that come their way.
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For this unit my Drawing and Design classes will work with art and science to create original handmade books and magazines. We will integrate the art and science in an an original and complex personal project. Students will research, plan, write, and then draw an original magazine and/or illustrated book to communicate and teach about science. Students will become the teachers of their peers by creating clear and fun to read science texts. We will illustrate the books and magazines with drawing, collage, printmaking and writing. \r\n\r\nTo highlight the project, and gain a greater audience, we will have hands on display of the art and science books and magazines in the school library. Individual students and science classes will be able to drop by the library and engage in reading and discussing the books. Students will gain skills in researching, writing, creating metaphors and diagrams to explain scientific ideas, as well as creating original artwork. It will be ART INTEGRATION at it's best, with a dash of STEAM and Common Core thrown in for overall greatness. We are so excited to start off 2017 with this project.
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My students need art supplies to make original artist books and magazines about science. They need pens, papers, ink, markers, and glue to hold it all together.
| 15 | 1 |
55,889 |
p254217
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2d14b46bae13d76f34de7a5aaf3b1979
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Mr.
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HI
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2017-04-06 14:57:29
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Grades 9-12
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Health & Sports
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Team Sports
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Nanakuli Football Offseason Training Part 3
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Our day starts with about 100 student athletes from low income backgrounds; more than half of these students athletes don’t have the basic safety/workout attire, shoes and socks. As a staff, we want our kids to compete at the same level as their peers from other school districts.\r\n\r\nOur student athletes are composed of a majority of Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islanders, who live on Hawaiian Homesteads and low-income rental housing projects. They have a very limited perception of world view, because of a lack of opportunities to travel outside of our small community. They have unique personalities, but they are very loyal and dedicated. No one knows their ability, because they are not portrayed to the public. The only representation of our community, is negative media and below average demographics.
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Lack of equipment prohibits proper training and preparation to compete with other schools with top of the line facilities and equipment. Our school, NHIS, ranks last in the state for academic achievement. However, since we have been in charge of the program, 50% of our football athletes have earned honor roll/principal’s list accolades.\r\nMy student athletes will be able to train like the rest of the teams in our country.\r\nA single piece of equipment will allow each student to take their game to the next level. They will learn how to train their bodies physically to perform the rigorous activities associated with the game of football. They will also learn safety procedures and proper techniques to minimize injuries.\r\nFor this project, we are requesting a SKLZ Sideline Net Pro to work on our kicking. During the offseason, we are not allowed to practice on our field because the track and field team is using it. So we are requesting this Sideline Net Pro to allow us to work on our kicking game anywhere we can. Currently we are training outside of the weight room so we would be able to set up our net right outside. This is just another piece of equipment that would continue to improve our program.
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My students need Sklz Sideline Net Pro, Goalrilla Tackling Dummy, and Mouth Pieces for the upcoming season.
| 10 | 1 |
46,305 |
p098497
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4294669d57873dca20be045c47885325
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Ms.
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MN
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2016-05-31 21:33:53
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Grades 3-5
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Literacy & Language, Music & The Arts
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Literacy, Visual Arts
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Keep us Reading: Graphic Novels!
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We are active learners, full of curiosity and energy.\r\n We love to learn, and we use every moment during our day to learn.\r\n99% of the students at our school qualify for free or reduced lunch. 96% of the students are people of color. Despite the odds, we are working hard to ensure that we are college and career ready. We understand that being college and career ready means that we love to read and create, both in and out of school.
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We read every day. Comic books and graphic novels are becoming two of the most pervasive and influential media forms of popular culture. I am requesting examples of modern and classic stories told through graphic novels to be added to our classroom library. Students will be able to explore the world around them through this popular form of literature. Additionally, literature inspires us to express ourselves to others around us. The basic comic making materials will give us the ability to create our own graphic novels to share. Placed within the context of changing society, comic books and graphic novels entertain and educate, but they have also been instrumental in documenting and interpreting social, historical, and current events.
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My students need graphic novels including Lunch Lady, Zita, and Supergirl.
| 38 | 1 |
44,574 |
p157057
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91431b9d94cb9d567089a1e2cd6e2dd4
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Ms.
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TX
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2017-04-29 12:20:09
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Grades 3-5
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Literacy & Language
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Literacy
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The Book Worm!
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The students at HH are unique in that they come from a small city with a population of 19,000. This creates a feeling of family and unity. The students are more than neighbors they are friends and family. The school has parents who are at school as much as the faculty and the students. They are very involved in the success and growth of their children; which inspires both the students and the teachers. \r\nBuilding an environment rich in literature creates a culture of life long readers. \r\nThe students as individuals are thirsty for new and innovative ways to learn. They are willing to help create and investigate new ways to challenge themselves. In addition to their desire to learn, these kids are ready to step up and assist others to ensure success. This is what helps with the family environment.
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Many students slowly loose their passion to read a book as they move to the upper grades. \r\nLiterature is the foundation of learning all things in life. The enriched vocabulary that is found in literature is not used in our everyday language. \r\nStudents need to recapture their love of diving into a book and becoming part of the stories characters. They need to step away from technology and embrace a page turning book. \r\nI am asking for reading nooks that allow any child to sit in a quiet spot and dive into a book. These will be available to all 4th and 5th grade students. They will have the opportunity to sit on the book shelf or lay on the comfortable carpet and read a good book.
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My students need to embrace a daily love of literature that will in turn become a lifetime enjoyment.
| 3 | 1 |
55,373 |
p256257
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dab89404fecb3c9dfafd64dd46814191
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Mrs.
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LA
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2017-03-08 11:09:11
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Grades PreK-2
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Literacy & Language
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Literacy
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Foundational Fluency Skills are Key for Fluent Readers!
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The students at our school come from a low-income/high-poverty community and school district with all students receiving free lunch this upcoming year. My school has approximately 550 students. They are very energetic and love to have fun and learn! \r\nThey are on the cusp of their primary school career, about to embark on unique paths that will shape their lives and build the foundations for their futures. Despite the many challenges they face, I look forward to being able to offer them the same supplies and essentials that many other students have and never think twice about. They are hard workers and believe that they can do anything as long as they put their minds to it.
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These materials will make a difference in our students' learning by letting them practice their decoding and reading skills in a fun and exciting way. They will become better readers by practicing fluency skills using these materials. \r\nThey will be able to act out and get into character using the readers' theater with their classmates. They will learn important skills like expression and intonation while doing so. My students will use these materials to partner up and practice fluency by using these timers. I think it would benefit these students to read to each other and learn how to become comfortable with reading\r\n
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My students need fluency and sight word games, timers, and readers' theater items to build fluency and reading skills.
| 30 | 1 |
167,258 |
p127370
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6e502e20387561c7d749ef2f8b541099
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Mrs.
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CT
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2016-11-21 19:51:16
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Grades PreK-2
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Math & Science
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Applied Sciences
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TECHNOLOGY\r\nKids Create and Design!!!
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My students this year have a wide range of abilities and interests. In our schedule we have a block of time where my students use technology and text to research and investigate topic that interest them. On Friday we have a STEM time where I give them a challenge they must complete in 30 minutes! They LOVE this time because they are able to be creative and be kids!! \r\n\r\nKIDS HAVE TIME TO BE KIDS!\r\n\r\nMy students use this time to explore what THEY like. They create the curriculum. It empowers they to work on their level on their interests.
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If my students are lucky enough to get these items, they will use the I-pads to learn simple coding and programming applications. They will use the STEM activities to design new ways to solve real world problems and open their mind to new possibilities. \r\n\r\nKids get excited when the solve a problem! These opportunities encourage students to think outside of the box and work collaboratively. The excitement in my students eyes when they realize their idea worked is priceless. One of my students on the first day told me he never wanted to do another project again because his didn't work. The other students helped him figure out why his didn't work, they helped him fix it and stayed with him while he tested it. They did this on their own while I was helping another group. This type of formative assessing is amazing and tells me so much about the students in my class. I hope to have more opportunities for these experiences.
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My students need I I-Pads and STEM activities to provide them with more opportunities to BE KIDS and use their imagination and ingenuity to build, create and discover new things!
| 1 | 1 |
15,040 |
p066974
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23cd1d19baf407aa6ca2a41f23900a54
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Ms.
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NY
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2016-06-20 20:39:10
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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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\"Quiet Time\" Materials
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\"Are you ready friends?\"\r\nThis exclamation can be heard during our morning meeting routine as some of the children ask their classmates if they are ready to sing our songs about the days of the week and the months of the year. This excitement about learning continues throughout the day in our room.\r\n\r\nOur students are in a high needs environment and they come to school each day filled with excitement to learn new things! Many of our students come into kindergarten have zero to little letter and number recognition. As kindergarteners in an ICT (integrated co-teaching) setting, which creates an inclusive environment for students with and without disabilities, it is extremely important for each and every child to master letters and numbers in the beginning of the year, in order for them to progress and start off on the right path in their educational careers! \r\n
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In order to maintain a calm classroom and practice fundamental skills, after lunch everyday we have 5-10 minutes of \"quiet time.\" During this time, students get the choice to work on various sheets such as tracing their name, counting and writing numbers, and practicing letter formation. These sheets are placed inside page protectors, so that the students can reuse them over and over again. Inside their desk, each student has their own dry-erase marker with a pom pom attached as a personal eraser.\r\n\r\nThis project will impact our students’ lives immensely. They come from such a high needs environment and often receive very little exposure to their letters and numbers at home. YOU can make a difference in their lives; YOU can help support them in learning their foundational skills! Which will live on with them for the entirety of their educational careers.
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My students need dry erase markers and crayons, pom poms, sheet protectors, small loose leaf rings, and a hot glue gun, for their quiet time activities.
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77,267 |
p225717
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1f64dcec848be8e95c4482cc845706b2
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Mrs.
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CA
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2016-08-05 18:44:16
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Grades PreK-2
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Health & Sports
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Gym & Fitness
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Healthy Bodies .... Healthy Minds!
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My students are incredible! I have 24 motivated English language learners who are eager to learn. My students come from a low socioeconomic background with limited resources available to them. We are a Title I \"Performance Improvement\" school with a 100% free lunch program. Many parents work two jobs and are struggling to support their families. \r\nThough their environment may not be conducive to learning, my students have an insatiable love of learning. I know that if we provide them with the right support, resources, and opportunities, they can experience success.
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My students always find ways to be physically active at school and home. A suggestion was having some type of yoga activity in the classroom. To have our minds, body, and spirit in harmony will definitely help any student in our classroom. Physical education tends to take a backseat when it comes to school. The children are always being assessed by the district so teachers tend to focus their time in the areas being assessed. We need an activity that we can participate in the classroom where students can just stop and get active.\r\nYoga helps with balance, coordination, focus, and most importantly concentration and confidence. The mats will be used so we can begin our very first yoga class where. The Fitbits will be used to monitor their heartbeats to show the positive effects of yoga. The iPod will be used create a playlist especially for my class and I can have all the songs in order and ready to go. It would save a lot of time. Last, the wireless speaker will be used with the iPod so that everyone can hear from wherever they are in the class. \r\nWe are mandated to have students include 100 minutes of physical activity a week not including recess and lunch so yoga is a great solution to do in the class.
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My students need fitbits, yoga mat, iPod touch, and a wireless speaker.
| 243 | 1 |
159,052 |
p022110
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5201f6bcc457861a25cfb9c4b900e51e
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Mrs.
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IA
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2016-11-07 22:26:39
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Grades 3-5
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Special Needs
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Special Needs
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Positive and Productive Members of Society
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My students attend school in an urban district, at an inner-city school. They come to school with many disadvantages and don't always value the importance of an education. The educators here are responsible for inspiring life-long learning and a desire to succeed. Having the needed tools and supplies to teach to a wide variety of needs is crucial for our success and theirs.\r\nI work with students to link their education to real-life experiences. I teach them using nontraditional methods and hands-on techniques they can better understand. I teach them strategies to make difficult tasks easier and I attempt to create an enthusiasm for learning in each of my students.
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Many of my students are coming to school with a great deal of trauma and anger. They do not know how to deal with frustration and are often impulsive when they react to emotions. \r\nStudents need to have created, safe experiences through games or role play where they are given the opportunity to explore many options of responding to stress without true consequences. Teaching students to regulate their emotions cannot be taught through lectures and worksheets. With these materials, they will learn that every action has a consequence; some of those consequences are desired and some are not. Some consequences are far reaching and learning self-control and emotional regulation can allow them to have a more positive future.\r\n\r\nMy students need materials that allow them to release frustration, anger, fear, anxiety and worry in a safe and appropriate way during the school day. Many of my students use fidgits, stress balls, teethers, stability chairs or Velcro to release anxiety or frustration. Teaching students to release their frustration in appropriate ways is a critical component of emotional regulation.
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My students need to develop coping skills, learn healthy ways to deal with their frustration, and have sensory tools to help them with anxiety.
| 4 | 1 |
58,448 |
p124967
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df31d5116caf6ba28ec68c6ca47b79b5
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Ms.
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IL
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2016-08-26 14:08:34
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Grades 6-8
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Literacy & Language
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ESL, Literature & Writing
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Extra! Extra! We Need to Print
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My students face challenges daily that most people will never have to experience. From high poverty levels, to language barriers, my students rise above their challenges to become stronger, better educated young adults. They strive to better themselves educationally, because they know that their education will help them become more productive members of their communities. \r\n\r\nWorking in a school that is facing record budget cuts, my students are often forced to go without basic school necessities because their parents often can't afford to provide them, and the schools are without the funds to help. They know that they are missing out of resources that other schools have but they do not let that keep them from pushing forward and working as hard as they can. They grow incredible amount every year, not just as reported on their tests, but in their strength and personalities.
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My students spend their school year developing their argumentative writing skills and creating writing portfolios. The majority of their writing is done on laptops and other computers and often, can not be printed out. My students often find it easier to edit their writing and the writing of their peers when they have a hard copy in front of them, yet don't have the capability to print their writing at home or at school.\r\n\r\nMy students work hard to create and write throughout the year and need the ability to print out their portfolios and arguments to share with their families and the school. The printer and toner will allow my students to print out their work as well as create projects that are visually appealing.
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My students need a laser print and toner cartridges to publish their work!
| 26 | 1 |
108,079 |
p195356
|
50a0d1e279c96592cb9b5bb4b3cfaeee
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Ms.
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NY
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2016-05-24 13:37:57
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Grades 6-8
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Literacy & Language
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Literacy
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It's way too hot in here!
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Our school library is a wonderful resource. My students love coming to the library during class and independently during lunch, because they love the calm environment, the academic resources and the fun activities that take place there.\r\n\r\nWe are a diverse, Title 1 Middle School in Brooklyn, New York.\r\nMany students are first-generation immigrants and speak English as a second language. My students respect each other and work well together. They are motivated, artistic and it's a joy to watch them follow their interests in the library.
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Our library doesn't have air-conditioning and it is regularly over 90 degrees in the room. We've got two big industrial fans but, unfortunately, nothing can be heard over them. I often turn the fans off to teach and everyone is left sweltering. When I turn the fan back on during independent work, it can often be hard to hear students who are asking for help. It's so uncomfortable that everyone in the room is grumpy and has a hard time focusing. A few quiet, powerful fans would be a game changer in so many ways! Students will be able to enjoy the library regardless of the weather!
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My students need quiet, powerful fans so they can hear my teaching while staying cool in a very hot room!
| 4 | 1 |
40,439 |
p104072
|
828ad54da3fb19fe98edc070a3544496
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Mrs.
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CA
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2016-07-12 09:39:56
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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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Wobble, Bounce, Collaborate, Learn!
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Many of my students live in the immediate neighborhood, others are bussed from a labor camp and rural hills. The school serves diverse populations and prides itself on its spirit of inclusion, collaboration, and caring. We provide full access for students with unique learning needs: challenging the gifted, providing sheltered English strategies for English Learners, and accommodating students with physical and learning disabilities.\r\n\r\nMy students learn that as individuals, everyone demonstrates much good; but working together, we are GREAT! This idea of being a team, of being a family, is a huge part of my classroom culture. \r\n\r\nMy students are very active and love to move, engage with friends, and learn about their world. They really thrive when given choices and feel empowered when given the opportunity to take control of their learning. My classroom is a safe, nurturing place for them to take chances and risks in their learning and feel a sense pride in their accomplishments.
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These donations will help make my classroom a place that fully prepares and motivates my students to be life long learners. My students need a responsive, dynamic environment that offers choices and allows them to be responsible for their own learning. Flexible classrooms give students a choice in what kind of learning space works best for them, and helps them to work collaboratively, communicate, and engage in critical thinking; skills critical to succeed in today's world!\r\n\r\nSome of the immediate benefits of these donations will include my students burning more calories, using up excess energy, improving metabolism, increased motivation and engagement, creating a better oxygen flow to the brain, and improving core strength and overall posture. It's no surprise that physical activity is linked to higher academic performance, better health, and improved behavior.
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My students need 6 wobble chairs, 6 fitness balls, and 2 activity tables to give them a choice in what kind of learning space works best for them.
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94,318 |
p024825
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b2306984679f8aafe65d496619548373
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Mrs.
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LA
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2016-09-28 14:22:03
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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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Individualized Learning Through Technology - Headphones
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My students are from low economic, high poverty families. They are part of a 3 year school transformation initiative the parish is doing before the school is taken over by the state. The school has been a failing school for 5 years, and we are taking steps to turn the school around. The first year focused on the culture and climate. The school was completely transformed by staff members, parents, community members, local businesses, and churches. The second year we focused on effective teaching strategies. This is the third year! We are working on standards-based instruction and getting out of \"F\" status. \r\nWe rely heavily on donations from our community to get the materials we need for our students to get the education they deserve!
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Our students use computers and iPads on a daily basis during small group instruction. One of the programs they use, Classworks, creates Individualized Learning Paths (ILPs) for each students based on a beginning of the year assessment. Classworks requires students to listen to small lessons, play academic games to reinforce the skills they learned, and take a small assessment before moving them on to the next skill. The students also use the computers and iPads for other educational sites/apps such as ABCya, Starfall, etc. \r\nThe headphones will allow the students to improve academically through technology-enhanced instruction in addition to the strategically focused instruction given by the teacher.
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My students need headphones for computers and ipads. Our school is integrating more technology into the classrooms to make learning more interesting and individualized.
| 3 | 1 |
203 |
p028190
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d8aea1fbd596b976f2c72faf9e44c99e
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Ms.
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TX
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2016-09-27 16:45:12
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Grades 6-8
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Literacy & Language
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Literature & Writing
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Reading in the Present but for the Future
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Imagine a field of wild flowers. The vivid colors in bright juxtaposition against each other. Each one unique and special with it's own story and scent. \r\n\r\nThis field of wildflowers are my students. They have difference backgrounds with wildly different stories. They have rich and relevant religions to live their lives by. Each one is just beginning to realize who they are as a person. Here they are beginning to bloom. They need your help to become the best version of themselves!
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The Scholastic Magazines will put interesting and relevant reading material into the hands of my students. Each article focuses on current issues. This will give them a purpose for reading and inspire them to read more. \r\nStudents feel a disconnect between school and the \"real world;\" this will help bridge that gulf. They will beg to read each new magazine edition!\r\nAs adults we know reading is such an important skill, but students cannot make that connection...yet! With this project, students will be able to enjoy reading. They will begin read as adults do: for purpose and excitement. I can't wait!
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My students need irrelevant and interesting reading material. They want to know what is happening in the world. The material needs to be meaningful. The Scope Magazines gives them this chance. The stories are exactly that!
| 1 | 1 |
17,123 |
p094536
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847428720ab1c86648ad2c8719fb4d7e
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Ms.
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CA
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2016-09-08 13:37:47
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Grades 6-8
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Math & Science, Music & The Arts
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Mathematics, Visual Arts
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Carter's Maker Fair
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My students encompass the entire school because I am in the library. They are learning to be self-sufficient researchers and individuals. Their ages range between 11 and 14 and their abilities range across their age span. Our students are working toward becoming responsible users of technology and information. We live in an affluent area, however that doesn't always translate to keeping up with technology. The students are interested in learning more about technology and developing interests that translate to their future.
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Maker spaces are shown to cultivate and foster creativity and curiosity. Libraries are becoming the central place where students can learn to explore and create beyond the traditional library setting. Students need opportunities to grow their thinking around an idea or practice something outside of their comfort zone. Giving students time to create and foster critical thinking and curiosity is important in creating a 21st Century learner. The library setting is shifting to include maker spaces to foster this type of learning. These materials will help me get started on creating stations for a maker space at my library and school.
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My students need these devices to use for maker space activities in the library.
| 5 | 0 |
39,672 |
p163150
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6a769bee47a449c0258bf1d6550965b9
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Mrs.
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AZ
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2016-10-20 18:09:01
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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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Financial Literacy Through Technology
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My students come from an old neighborhood in Phoenix Arizona that was developed in 1911 by settlers moving west to make a better life.It is not much different today, we have a many people in our community that work hard to make ends meet on a day to day basis. \r\nOur school is a title one school that provides 100% free lunches to the students. The students are wonderful little sponges waiting to be filled with new information that the world has to offer. \r\n
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My students will use the tablets to work on math skills, such as : Coins and money sense, addition/subtraction and word problems.\r\n\r\nThese tablets would help my students in their financial literacy buy using an interactive online tool. It will make a difference to my students as they will be able to learn with a fun and collaborative tool that I am able to follow online and individually assist with their progress.\r\n\r\nWe have very old computers that will soon be removed, then we will not have a digital resource in our class anymore. “Teaching in the Internet age means we must teach tomorrow’s skills today.” - Jennifer Fleming\r\n
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My students need 4 tablets in order to work on financial literacy in our class with an online math learning system. They will learn about coins, word problems and addition and subtraction.
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62,561 |
p130253
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dd287005bdc48821f80a61bbfb9fc248
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Mrs.
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TN
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2016-11-21 08:14:56
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Grades PreK-2
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Literacy & Language
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Literature & Writing
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Kindergarteners in Need of Technology
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I love watching my kindergarten students learn and grow each day. Their eyes light up when they accomplish something new for the first time. Every child learns differently. Something that works for one child might not work for another. \r\nI teach at a Title 1 School, and I know my students would be thrilled to have iPads in our classroom. It would be so nice for them to have something in front of them that they can touch and interact with. I would love to have iPads that would promote independent learning and target different learning styles. Technology helps all types of learners by creating a fun and unique way to learn.
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A typical day in our classroom includes reading centers, calendar time, whole group reading, class discussions, whole group math, and math centers. The majority of our day is spent participating in either reading or math centers. I encourage students to be independent and participate in center activities while I work with a group of students at my table. \r\nThese iPads would provide students with apps that are designed to meet their individual needs. \r\n There are so many different apps to help students with letters, sounds, sight words, spelling, reading, number recognition, addition, subtraction, and so much more. The best thing about these apps is that I can assign different apps for certain students based on what they need to work on. This will also provide me with data and information to better help my students. The iPads would also benefit students that finish their work early and provide them extra skill practice. These 4 iPads would be used all day in my classroom, and the best part is that they would only be used by our class! I appreciate any donation toward my project. This would enhance the learning of all my students this year and in years to come.
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My students need 4 iPad minis with cases to help enhance independent learning!
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16,342 |
p109731
|
45b5036176cd1a039cde1f6a3f21222d
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Mrs.
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CA
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2016-12-30 17:53:57
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Grades PreK-2
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Applied Learning, Literacy & Language
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College & Career Prep, Literacy
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Chrome Books For My Second Graders!
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My second graders attend a diverse inner-city school in California where over half of the student population qualifies for free or reduced price lunch. My students are a super sweet, very diverse, hardworking, energetic, amazing group of children and passionate learners. \r\n\r\nEach one of my students is very special. They bring their own unique strengths and different needs to our classroom community. They love reading, listening to read alouds, writing, math, doing science investigations, and showing their creativity through their artwork.
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With these laptops, my second graders can log into their district Google accounts. They can use their accounts to create, share, and save their work throughout the year. They will learn how to use the keyboard and the mouse, word processing-adding clipart, changing font, size, etc. They will learn how to use software to draw and paint, how to make slides with pictures and text for a class slideshow, how to use kid-friendly websites to research using key words, and how to email. They will even prepare research reports to present to the class. My students will have access to more eBooks to use during reading workshop. We will be able to use fun and exciting educational apps for all subjects.\r\n\r\nMy students will use these laptops to complete these kinds of activities in a range of subject areas, including language arts, science, social studies, math, and art.\r\nThese activities are the first steps to technological literacy: using tools to solve problems.\r\n\r\nStudents benefit most from technology when it is used to develop higher order thinking skills, promote creativity, and aid academic learning. My hope if for every student in my classroom to have access to a laptop. Please help me help my students by donating today. With your donation, every students will have access to the technology they need for 21st Century Learning. Thank you!
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My students need 7 Dell Chrome Books to use in the classroom.
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