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176,751 |
p091584
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b19f4dca5fb344b332b869742dd8dbf2
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Ms.
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CA
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2016-08-14 14:56:34
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Grades 3-5
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Health & Sports
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Health & Wellness
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We Like to Move It, Move It!
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At Sci Tech Academy we have a high level of both second language learners and students with special needs. We are the school that the kids that might not fit in at a normal school setting are welcomed with open arms. Our school is located in Knights Landing with a population of 995 people. We are located in the heart of the town and our community plays a huge role in our school culture. Over 50% of our students are provided free or reduced lunch, and 19% of our students are second language learners. \r\nWith our population being so diverse we strive to make our school unique from the traditional school setting in order to promote a high level of student engagement. We are able to do that with our integration of science and technology daily in our classrooms. Being a charter school we are able to have certain liberties with funding. However, our students are thirsting for more opportunities. I am a second year teacher and I do my best to constantly search or opportunities for my students. Students with these backgrounds deserve every opportunity to be as healthy and successful as possible. \r\n
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Our students are constantly getting up and moving around throughout the day. What if our students had the added motivation of competition to get them to fulfill their daily 60 minutes of physical activity? Our students love competition and we as a school decided to challenge our students to get up and move it! We as a class will monitor and track our physical activity daily and chart and graph our achievements with the iPad. Our students are the ones that inspired this project after we saw the success they have when pushed for positive unified competition. We hope that as a school to use resources such as these Fitbits and iPad in order to help motivate these students to see physical fitness as fun!\r\n\r\nStudents need to get up & get active, but the need a driving force, these Fitbits are that force! These Fitbits will track and monitor their physical activity which we can then share and compare with other classes with the iPad. This will create a school wide community of physical fitness!
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My students need 7 Fitbits to help track and monitor their 60 minutes of physical activity daily. They also need 1 iPad mini in order to track their activity & share their physical fitness.
| 3 | 1 |
175,617 |
p115067
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25cdf547db7d4cb3bceec627fc3de11d
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Ms.
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CA
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2016-08-12 00:09:20
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Grades 6-8
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Special Needs
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Special Needs
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Print Your Future
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Many of my students have experienced trauma in their lives and have difficulty coming to school. Our classes serve students with a range of disabilities, including intellectual disabilities, emotional disabilities, autism spectrum disorder and specific learning disabilities. The typical student in my class reads at a 3rd grade level and many struggle with basic phonics and number sense. 100% of my students are Latino. The opportunity and achievement gaps are apparent among our student population. My dream is for these kids to have a normal school experience.
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My students need to be able to print there work in the classroom. This printer will provide a way for my students to type and print their work to be able to be successful in school. Many of my students mainstream in general education classes, where they need to print their reports or classwork to turn in. Many of my students do not have a printer at home, since they come from economically disadvantage families. We can also use this printer to print visual aids for our classroom to support our students visual accommodations. Thank you for your kind donation.
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My students need a canon printer and ink cartridges. Thank you!
| 27 | 1 |
163,155 |
p196593
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a87d746f1975f2096e86eed3835e0eb7
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Ms.
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CA
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2016-09-01 23:00:37
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Grades 9-12
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Literacy & Language
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ESL
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Develop Biliteracy Skills
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According to educator, author, and literacy advocate Zaretta Jones, \"culturally responsive teaching is about helping culturally and linguistically diverse students who have been marginalized build their capacity to do rigorous work.\" \r\n\r\nMy English Language Development students come with gaps in education from their home country, so in addition to their challenge with learning a new language, they also need to develop fundamental literacy skills such as phonemic awareness. They are ready to learn, but they need access to scaffolds that will allow them to be successful biliterate readers, writers, speakers, and listeners.\r\n
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My ELL students have varying needs; many come with gaps in education from their home country and need extra support in developing literacy skills before they can interact with text in more meaningful ways that require a higher level of thinking that all students are capable of.\r\n\r\nThese materials will enable my students to focus on improving targeted skills in small, focused groups. Some students may work on sight reading, while other students may need to target verb conjugation. By targeting deficit skills, students will build confidence and literacy and will observe gains in their reading and comprehension levels, perhaps even across languages.
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My students need level appropriate Informational Text Read-Alongs and engaging English Language Learner games that will help develop their productive and receptive language skills.
| 4 | 0 |
100,696 |
p168739
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2c12c3870ccb720a5446acd1693a16bb
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Ms.
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FL
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2017-03-27 22:36:13
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Grades 6-8
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Literacy & Language
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Literacy, Literature & Writing
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Reading in the Sun
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I teach a diverse population of students in Miami-Dade County, who range from various backgrounds, but share the commonality of the communities that they come from and the lack of fresh fruits and veggies at their disposal on their way to and from school. \r\n\r\nMany of them possess the unrefined skills of writers, advocates, politicians, investigative journalists and news anchors. They also represent a body of young people who have been under-served on so many platforms, food is just one. There exist a thirst for more, but a lack of vocabulary and insight to request it, while still somehow understanding that they are deserving. My students represent a dream, one that often goes under-looked...but still manages to force itself into reality.
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We are officially in the last semester of the school year and we are ready to kick off our shoes, catch some sun and read an amazing book! As we've pondered over what our best read could be...we narrowed our selection down to Monster! By looking into the life of one young man who made one decision, he seemingly found his life changed instantly. As we brace a social and political climate that can easily create challenging situation for students, it is important that we discuss, analyze and actualize the impact our simple or rather complex decisions we make and how they can change the trajectory of our lives.
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My students need a great book to end out the school year!
| 9 | 1 |
144,832 |
p028870
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858906b0958a9dded0af8b3d35b0a0a2
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Mrs.
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ID
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2016-09-01 00:03:02
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Grades 3-5
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Literacy & Language
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Literature & Writing
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Today Techies Tomorrow the World
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\"Ready, set, go!\" is the mindset and enthusiasm of my 62 AMAZING students. Each day they come to school eager to learn and ready to be challenged. Each individual comes to my class with his/her own unique background, skill set, and learning style. They are a diverse group of individuals. Our school is a Title One school with the vision of meeting the needs of all students by providing all learners with the opportunity to experience individualized and collaborative learning through critical thinking, problem solving, and authentic situations in the areas of science, technology, reading, engineering, and mathematics. Our school was built with collaboration and teamwork in mind. Each grade level is a pod with partial walls. I work collaboratively with the other fifth grade teacher to ensure the students are getting the highest level of education possible. We try to teach to our strengths and passion; therefore I teach reading to all of the 62 fifth grade students.
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Chromebooks can transform teaching and learning using powerful, creative tools, interactive textbooks, and a wide variety of apps and content for endless learning and teaching possibilities. With the integration of the Chromebooks, lessons can be differentiated for deeper understanding by all learners. Apps and books can be chosen and assigned for any learner's academic level. Hundreds of thousands of apps, interactive textbooks, visual media options, and podcasts cover a multitude of subject areas and learning levels. As a classroom teacher, the application of this technology would allow us the capability of organizing and delivering engaging lessons throughout the classroom as well as in a variety of classroom settings, such as small group instruction in reading. With the use of this cutting edge technology we will be able to meet the rigorous demands of the Common Core Standards more effectively and purposefully with a wealth of content knowledge accessible at our fingertips. By using current and new technologies in tandem we will have the ability to immediately access and display resources and lessons. \r\n In addition, students will be able to use the technology to present their findings, projects, videos, and apps to the class. I feel these skills are necessary and provide engaging tasks for student who will be prepared for the workforce in the 21st century.\r\n
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My students need technology to be able to meet the demands of the 21st century.
| 2 | 1 |
44,133 |
p255976
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4e1689027fb4e4002ed470c5de9303b8
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Ms.
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MD
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2016-11-13 08:43:53
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Grades 3-5
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Math & Science
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Mathematics
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Math Games
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Hi! I am a 3rd grade teacher at a PYP school, part of the IB program. Here, we are focused on inquiry and allowing students to have an authentic, real world approach to learning. I work in a very large elementary school, making it very limited on classroom space. With an inquiry based classroom, students are always moving, researching, and creating. \r\n\r\nThe students at my school come from various walks of life. We have a large transient population as we are very close to government buildings and a military base. My school has a large number of ESOL and FARMS students making it difficult for all students to have the necessary materials needed for instruction. \r\n\r\nMy students are very eager to learn and my goal is to provide them with everything necessary to be successful. Students in my classroom develop tools to be thinkers, inquirers and sustain a life long love for learning.
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These items will help increase student independence and performance on many math standards covered this year. They will support instruction by providing opportunities for students to play and practice with each other. Studies show that games help students reinforce the skills learned in class. These items will also assist in creating an environment where students learn to work with others, offer assistance to classmates when necessary and are able to practice skills they need to be successful. Students will play games, learn how to explain their thinking, increase multiplication and division fluency all while helping to build math fact fluency.
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My students need access to manipulatives and games to help support the common core.
| 1 | 1 |
144,134 |
p011545
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22cea4d8123084aace3cd2e12cb15452
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Mrs.
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MI
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2016-09-06 21:19:09
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Grades 3-5
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Math & Science, Literacy & Language
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Environmental Science, Literacy
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For the Love of Reading!
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My students are full of energy, excitement, and have amazing potential. They come into the classroom every day with stories to share and memories to create. \r\n\r\nThe students in my classroom are active and need an energy outlet. I teach an amazing group of 3rd graders at a Title 1 school. My students have very diverse backgrounds and learning styles. Each day I get at least 28 hugs, hugs when they enter each day and always before they leave. My students are full of love and aim to please. I want to provide my students with everything they deserve for the best education.
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Does everyone in your family wear the same size clothes or shoes? Well, as readers, we don't all read the \"same size\" books either. Leveled readers are a fabulous resource because they help me ensure that my students are practicing reading comprehension skills with texts that are on their instructional level and are a best fit for them. With these differentiated resources, my students can truly focus on becoming better readers. As their comprehension improves throughout the year, they will be able to move up to the next level, and a whole new bin of books will be waiting for them. The non-fiction readers that I have requested are especially important. My students need to become comfortable with books about social studies and science if they are going to be successful in middle and high school. Through reading, students can be exposed to new topics like environmental sciences too!\r\n\r\nMy students love to set reading goals and show growth!\r\nI want all of them to meet their growth goals this year and to leave my classroom with more skills and confidence as readers. As we do have a lot of books for kids to choose from, my students would love to add more high-interest books to our classroom library and guided reading. Please help provide the texts that will allow me to meet my students where they are. With the right books, I know they can meet their goals.
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My students need fiction and non-fiction leveled readers and close reading center activities.
| 16 | 1 |
59,079 |
p046344
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63d845da7897aba1c1040306bd28f143
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Mrs.
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CA
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2017-02-10 18:31:49
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Grades 3-5
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Literacy & Language, Special Needs
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Literature & Writing, Special Needs
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Wide-Screen Chromebooks for Students With Visual Impairments
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My students are inspiring. They are all blind or visually impaired. My partner teacher and I have ten students who are learning to read and write Braille. Many of my students are from low-income homes, and over 80% of the students in our district receive free or reduced-price lunch. We are constantly challenging our students to step out of their comfort zones. This can be very scary for a student with a visual impairment. \r\n\r\nMy goal is to help my students develop a skill set that includes braille literacy, technology, and self-advocacy so that they can be successful in school, post-secondary education and eventually the workforce.
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Our school district is using Chromebooks in all of the classrooms for everything from assignments to state testing. My students with limited vision have a difficulty reading information from the small screens of the standard sized Chromebooks. \r\n\r\nMy students are often left on the side of the room working on a desktop computer instead of working in a group of their peers with a Chromebook. My students need larger Chromebooks (15.6 inches) so they can efficiently complete their assignments. The 15.6 inch Chromebooks will allow them to be more involved in group projects and allow them to sit with their classmates and collaborate on projects.
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My students need a widescreen 15.6 inch Chromebook with a Google Edu license.
| 44 | 0 |
160,806 |
p105994
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fd32562e65b427739d5699b486245a3d
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Ms.
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PA
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2017-03-31 15:18:59
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Grades 6-8
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Math & Science
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Environmental Science
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H2O Bottle Filling Station!
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My students amaze me with their ideas, creativity, and curiosities. The best part of teaching is seeing students come alive when they have accomplished a challenging task or learned something new. No matter what life challenges my students face, they come to school with smiles, eager to learn. I am eager to teach them. \r\n\r\nHaving the materials and programs to teach my students are necessary and crucial to their learning. Together, because of your donations, we can help my students realize they are makers, movers, inventors, engineers, and scientists.
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The H2O Bottle Filling Station encompasses a variety of water-related projects. MATH: Students will collect data on water usage by visiting the local water company, water quality by taking samples from local water resources, and water bottle pollution, as well as, compare and contrast the data among various cities throughout the nation. SCIENCE: Students will understand how water is essential for all living things, how water bottles are made and recycled by visiting a local facility, and how humans impact the environment. Throughout the project, students will monitor their personal connections to the project. For example, students will chart their consumption of water and use of reusable water bottles as they learn the impact these factors have on their lives. \r\n\r\nThis STEM Club project encompasses all aspects of STEM: community connections, creativity, critical thinking, communication, collaboration, authentic experience, problem-solving, and more. In addition to Math and Science, this project includes technology (creating digital media, recording data), engineering (problem solving), and producing short videos to raise awareness about healthy habits, using recyclable and reusable materials, and pollution. \r\n\r\nThe culminating project will be installation of the water bottle filling station, which benefits all students.
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My students need a bottle filling station to complete a STEM Club project, encompassing varies water-related topics, i.e. healthy habits, manufacturing & cost of water bottles, and pollution. The end project, station, benefits the entire school.
| 4 | 1 |
29,546 |
p008741
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8730bb068cbf976ef3b67ef68650b1a2
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Mrs.
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IN
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2016-09-08 09:05:21
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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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Learning Through Animals!
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I work with excitable kindergarten students in a low-income/high poverty area. My students are eager to do the best that they can and learn everything they need to succeed in life. Many of my students receive free or reduced lunch and live in a single parent home. These things sometimes get in the way of them getting and having the best start they can. \r\n\r\nMy students are capable of doing anything they can dream up!\r\n\r\nI am focused and determined to give what I can to help each student succeed in life and have a positive start to their education career. My students are capable of performing highly and doing amazing things when given a little extra care and support.
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My students live in an area where there is not an abundance of natural wildlife for them to observe and interact with. They are eager to learn about everything around them and as we come to common vocabulary, they are at loss and disadvantage because of low social economics and lack of experiences. We will use our animals to learn about different aspects of having pets, common wildlife, responsibility and so much more!\r\n\r\nMy students are in love with the two turtles we have and love learning all about them and how to take care of them! I am asking for toad, plants, and a new habitat for the two red eared sliders we already have. They are excited to learn about different plants and animals and how to care for them.
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My students need animal encounters they do not get to experience in a city setting.
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102,016 |
p218489
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6b4ec74e331e2f446f4bcc1db0ab93ed
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Teacher
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CA
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2017-03-03 14:35:29
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Grades PreK-2
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Applied Learning
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Character Education, Early Development
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Creating a safe space
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Elementary school age kids need extra motivation and incentives to do well in school. We are implementing a counseling program to address bullying, developing a positive self-image, confidence, citizenship and community building. \r\n\r\nThere are 321 students enrolled in our school community. The school population is broken down as follow: 5% in special education, 40% qualifying for English Language Learner support, and 100% qualifying for free or reduced price lunch.\r\n\r\nOur student population is 40% Latino, 50% African American, 6% Caucasian and 4% other.\r\n
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Our counseling team will provide mental health counseling to students including the use of art therapy, relaxation, mindfulness, learning coping skills and the use of manipulative tools such as color crayons, toys and games to support their growth and learning. Children improve and thrive in an environment that is both friendly, inviting and clean. Kids love to use art and manipulative tools to express feelings and communicate. \r\nBy donating to this project, you will not only help to improve and increase student school participation and well being, you will ultimately help to increase their engagement in their educational journey and become successful school community members.
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My students need furniture, crayons, butcher paper, decals, printer and toner, rugs to create a safe space.
| 14 | 0 |
82,850 |
p058808
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5bea56ff6c21f5f6c237ad3030b7edcf
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Mrs.
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CA
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2017-02-07 15:23:25
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Grades 6-8
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Music & The Arts
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Visual Arts
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New Light Boxes for Art Class!
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My art students are a highly diverse group of individuals, ranging in very advanced to severely handicapped. The students also range in socioeconomic levels from the very privileged to extreme basic needs. In my classroom, the students work very hard to master to the best of their abilities the art of painting, sculpting and drawing. They love to learn about art, art history and to practice new techniques. Some of my students cannot afford art supplies at home, and do not have access to a fine art education outside of school .
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Some of our light tables are from the 1970's. It is time to update our tools and equipment to be at least from this century. An electrician recently told me that I have to get rid of some of the older light boxes because they are a fire hazard. Quality and safe equipment are paramount to implementation of my curriculum. The light boxes help advanced students to edit their own work, and the beginners to learn how to trace. The fine motor skill practice is good for all students of all levels. All of the students love to use the light tables; it is a tool that really helps everyone to feel successful and to create better artwork.
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My students need to update the classroom equipment because our light boxes are old.
| 12 | 1 |
111,752 |
p122326
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6bb4c2c51c5931fbf966acd567723ff5
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Ms.
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MA
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2016-09-01 09:01:49
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Grades 9-12
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Math & Science
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Applied Sciences
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Help my Students Get Biology Supplies!
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I teach at a low-income, urban, multicultural high school, where over 80% of the students receive free or reduced lunch, meaning they live at or below the poverty level. I teach Biology in the Small Learning Group, which means my students have individual educational plans. I want to give my students the best experiences that connect to the real world.\r\n\r\nHands-on projects and examinations are always powerful in the classroom, and they help students connect to their learning. Small learning group students are visual learners and respond better to self-discovery learning.
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In a student centered classroom, students need to examine a living organism to be able to identify the differences on a cellular level. Currently the slides I have are \"dead\" and more useful for anatomy. Having slides will enable us to complete many labs we would otherwise not be able to have access to. Petri dishes will help us to grow different organisms in our classroom and then observe and examine those organisms.\r\n\r\nI hope to engage my students and to make their learning fun and exciting through the examination of live organisms. We could take samples from the surrounding environment and create labs in which we explore our observations!
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My students need goggles to be safe in class when doing labs. They need to be able to examine a live organism using slides and covers.
| 0 | 1 |
59,461 |
p158007
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cf67800ff8e077a299baf044b146ba1c
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Mrs.
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MI
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2016-05-05 15:04:10
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Grades 3-5
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History & Civics, Literacy & Language
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History & Geography, Literature & Writing
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Chromebooks for Clever, Complex, and Creative Writing
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\"Learn as much by writing as by reading.\" Lord Acton \r\n\r\n\r\nStudents already know they learn by reading, but I want them to experience learning through their writing. Chromebooks will allow them to write, write, write, and learn even more!!
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My classroom is full of excited students that love technology and to read and write. The more that I can integrate technology into our daily routine, the more excited,creative, and engaged my students become. When I assign work on the computer, these kids are ready and willing. \r\nOur school is a charter school with an economically diverse population. Our students bring with them different backgrounds and different home experiences. Many students thrive at school because of the routines and the supervision, as well as the comfort and safety. It's also where they learn and grow to prepare for the future. Being in a classroom that accommodates their needs is very important.
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My students will use these Chromebooks to compose personal narratives and creative stories. They will use them to blog with their peers about the novels we are reading. They will write persuasive essays and will incorporate the research they found using the Chromebooks. My students will learn about essay and narrative frameworks and how to produce high quality writing pieces. Some other things my students will learn about are researching topics and finding evidence to support their opinions. By using the Chromebooks, my students will become more adept at using technology in their education.
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Through your generous donations, my students will be given greater access to technology which will allow them to become more comfortable with using it. This greater access will lead to higher quality work and pride in their school work. Kids love to work on the computer and are willing to work harder to complete their work. Harder working students who take pride in their work means greater success in their future. Thank you for your consideration in helping change the future for my students.
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My students need 2 Chromebooks to use in our classroom.
| 0 | 1 |
38,001 |
p239585
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47a0bd1d4374c12c2f3e1031de868a4d
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Ms.
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CA
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2017-03-28 12:48:08
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Grades PreK-2
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Applied Learning, Math & Science
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Character Education, Mathematics
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21st Century Flex Space Rug & Stools
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I teach 2nd grade at a school in the most diverse metro areas in the U.S. Combined my students speak 7 different 8-10 different languages at home and come from various unique backgrounds and cultures. My school has made a concerted effort to focus on the social-emotional learning of our students across our K-8 campus by implementing the Responsive Classroom model and always standing by what is good for kids. Our special education program sees the value in integrating ALL students in the general education classroom and meeting kids where they are at socially, emotionally and academically.
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We are in the process of getting rid of 60 year old individual desks and moving towards a more progressive and creative learning environment in my classroom. We went from seating in rows to seating in table groups and now working towards building unique learning spaces with levels, spaces to lay down, and spaces to work collaboratively in groups. \r\n\r\nI currently do not have a rug in my classroom that we can utilize for whole group discussions, morning meeting and closing circle. Please help us create a space where we can come together each day to learn as a team.
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My students need these rugs and stools as we move from a traditional classroom cluttered with old, rickety and cramped desks to a more open, flexible seating arrangement where the students can lay down and learn.
| 0 | 1 |
49,575 |
p089713
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7573481c43392f9f0ee39345f1250877
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Mr.
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DC
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2016-08-12 13:55:12
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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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Shining Knight Testers!
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Blow Pierce is a special school with amazing children. Teachers do more with less everyday and deserve all the credit in the world for making Blow Pierce one of the best Elementary/Middle Schools in Washington DC.\r\n\r\nLocated in northeast DC, this public charter school has the feeling of a local family school. Everyone has high expectations for the students everyday. Our high expectations have led to our students going from tier 3 (the lowest) to tier 1 (the highest) in a short amount of time. \r\n\r\nWe want to be the best school in Washington DC and know that you can help us reach that goal!
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Often students hate sitting to take tests. Here at Blow Pierce our students relish the opportunity to how much they've learned! I want to make sure that the process of testing is as smooth as possible. \r\n\r\nWe have so many great students that make it a joy to work here every day and they should be given everything they need to shine! The easier the process is for them and their teachers the better they'll do in the long run.\r\n\r\nPencils, erasers, paper, etc. The simple things will go so far for these students. Our students often don't have the resources for some of these simple supplies, so we supplement them at the school. Also our students don't always receive the most positive reinforcement outside of the school house, so we are making a big push to make sure they know treating people kind and with respect will lead to rewards.
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My students need supplies for testing and rewards for showing character throughout the building! Please fund this project to make sure we have enough for all of our amazing students!
| 0 | 1 |
50,604 |
p107406
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f5dd74d988411304ac6ccaa4c7ca1c2a
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Ms.
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TX
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2016-05-17 17:49:00
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Grades PreK-2
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Math & Science
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Applied Sciences, Mathematics
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Makerspace: Science, Technology, Engineering, Art & Mathematics Lab
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Our school is a Title 1 school located in a small, farming community south of the Hill Country in Texas. We have just over 200 students in grades Pre-K through 5th, most of whom are economically disadvantaged. Because of our small size, we are more like a family, with only 2 classes per grade level. \r\n\r\nOur students are kind, curious about learning and eager to explore new things. As small town educators, we are trying to give our students more opportunities and learning experiences outside of our community.
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Our school is adding a Makerspace featuring Science, Technology, Engineering, Art & Mathematics. The Makerspace Lab will be used to ignite a passion for learning math and science through technology and art. Our goal is to expand our students' horizons and allow them to explore possible careers in these fields. \r\n\r\nThis Makerspace will be a space for all of our 210 students to go to explore, create, invent and innovate all week. Through this space the students will be exposed to the real life use of science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics to solve problems, create, design, tinker and experiment.
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My students need opportunities to explore with science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics.
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124,686 |
p195448
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8a5dfbb37ea3f817806aca5a2f197a42
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Mrs.
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TX
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2016-06-20 01:02:05
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Grades 3-5
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History & Civics, Literacy & Language
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History & Geography, Literacy
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Who, What, When, Where, How?
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Our school is classified as a Title I Texas school. The vast majority of our students come from low socio-economic backgrounds. We have 54% of our students who receive free lunches. Many of our students are still not reading on grade level. Our goal as a school is to continue to develop our students both academically and socially in order for them to be prepared for their futures. \r\nStrengthening students reading skills will greatly increase their chances of academic success in all subjects.
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This project will provide my students with a classroom library of their own. There are many times when our school library is not available to send students, or students may not have brought their books to school. If we have books in the classroom this will not become an issue. In addition, the purpose of this project is to encourage my students to read more books focused on Social Studies, coping skills, and using wordless books to write. I feel that by having a classroom library available this will encourage them to read books that they may not normally select. \r\nMy students will work on strengthening their reading skills while also increasing their knowledge of coping skills, historic events, and important people and places in history. \r\n
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My students need to strengthen their reading skills while learning to love reading, even outside of their ELA classroom.
| 0 | 1 |
87,538 |
p102464
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0ace20b439a7c9eff45ee6cb50e2a560
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Mrs.
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IL
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2016-08-29 16:42:32
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Grades 3-5
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Health & Sports
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Gym & Fitness, Health & Wellness
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Fitbits, Healthy Snacks, and Nutrition Journals
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Our students are excited to come to school and learn. They are from low income families and the support and love they get from school really make a difference in their lives. We try to teach them to be good citizens and grow into hard working adults that will contribute to society. They are fun to work with and keeping them excited and motivated is always a challenge. Having the students take part in these projects has been a great idea to keep them excited and motivated!
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The students in my room are requesting four Fitbits to share. They have been learning about exercise and nutrition and they want to count their steps and see how many calories they can burn walking 60 minutes a day. They also are requesting healthy snacks to share. They know that after walking and exercise they will need to refuel their bodies so they can refocus and learn in class. The students are also requesting plastic utensils because twice a week we have fresh fruit and vegetables and we are always looking for plastic silverware to eat healthy!\r\nWe take the students for walks around the outside playground and school yard in nice weather. When the weather is not so nice, we have a square indoors and we \"walk the square\". Students are really excited to work on getting fit. They want to keep track of this new routine in a nutritional journal so binders they decided would be the best way to do that.\r\nThe journals will be used to keep track of how many steps and how many calories burned each day. They can keep them in their seat sacks and make sure that they keep these private.
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My students need fitbit zip activity trackers to monitor their steps during our 60 minutes a day of walking! They also Healthy snacks to stay energized after coming in from recess and Journals to show progress!
| 5 | 1 |
5,140 |
p034977
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cfa5138bb3dafd4905418164adcbee50
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Ms.
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MN
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2016-07-26 23:01:52
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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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Filling Our Kits for Kindergarten
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I have an all-girls classroom of Kindergarteners in an urban setting in Minneapolis. Our school focuses on developing students academically, morally, and socially, while instilling in them a sense of African-American Pride by celebrating traditional African and African American culture. We use strategies that will maximize teaching time, in order to best reach our students that are often affected by the achievement gap. Our students overcome some great challenges to get to school each day, and we do our best to make sure we are doing everything that we can to give them the best education possible!
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As an elementary school in an urban area, we often rely on our parents to donate school supplies to their child's classroom. Unfortunately, also being in a high-poverty area, our families often struggle to come up with these supplies. The end result is either going without things we need, or wearing our supplies so thin that we use broken crayons and pencils without erasers. \r\n\r\nNot only do these broken supplies hinder learning and productivity, but they also send a negative message to students that we don't need to pride in our classroom and environment. My students need these items in order to get through the school year at the highest level of productivity and with usable, presentable supplies.
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My students need supplies to help us have a fun, productive year.
| 3 | 0 |
158,332 |
p002362
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aff0d99e9c77ff3fa3e5a1a51fa0b759
|
Mrs.
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CA
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2017-01-09 16:00:00
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Grades PreK-2
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Applied Learning
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Early Development
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Sand and Water Table
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My students come to me eager to learn, and I am just as eager to teach them. I teach Transitional Kindergarten at a Title 1 school in Northern California. For many of my students when they enter my classroom it is their first school experience. My goal is to foster a life-long love of learning for each child in my class. \r\n\r\nThe potential benefits from supporting early childhood development range from improved growth and development to better schooling outcomes to increased productivity in life. \r\n\r\n My students are your future.
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A sand and water table will allow my students the opportunity for sensory play which is very important in early childhood education. Many studies have shown that students learn best through play. \r\n\r\n\r\nUsing different materials such as kinetic sand, water beads, and water I can expose them to academic content such as letters and numbers while making learning fun. This is an item that we can use throughout the year along with any theme. It can be used for science, art, math, language arts and dramatic play. If we receive it in time we will be using it in our arctic animals unit to create an arctic landscape complete with ice flows floating in the ocean water. \r\n\r\n
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My students need a sand and water table to engage in sensory exploration.
| 1 | 1 |
174,097 |
p025711
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51d8be738652cafcf77bf95e9f71c00c
|
Mrs.
|
OR
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2017-04-07 15:02:44
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Grades 6-8
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Music & The Arts
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Performing Arts
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Strike Up the Band!
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For many of my students, this is their first opportunity to play an instrument in a performance ensemble. They are learning to express themselves through music, recognize and celebrate their diversity, be a part of something bigger than themselves, and develop a growth mind set to rise above the effects of poverty.\r\nMy students love to play their instruments. This rural school on the Warm Springs Reservation has a high poverty level, so it provides free breakfast and lunch to every student each school day.
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This fairly new middle school is building the band program from scratch. We are on our way with concert band and would like to begin a marching band program. They need supplies for their instruments so they can take their band performance on the road! They will be preparing to march in parades as well as to perform a floor show for elementary students.\r\nMarching band will add another level of performance so our students can increase their musical abilities. Performing for more audiences will build confidence in our students while preparing them for the rigorous high school band program.
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My students need percussion sticks, reeds, and lyres to hold their music as we begin a new marching band program at our school!
| 1 | 1 |
82,669 |
p065388
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1d432d7625092712d979840827ac85c0
|
Ms.
|
ME
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2016-05-03 23:11:43
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Grades 9-12
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Math & Science
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Mathematics
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We Need Calculators!
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After all the hard work of setting up the math word problem is done, it's time to crunch the numbers and that means you need a calculator! A scientific calculator that includes functions for trigonometry and statistics gets students excited about the art of problem solving.
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I teach at a wonderfully diverse high school in the state of Maine. There are over 25 different native languages spoken and over 40 percent of the student body qualifies for free or reduced lunch. My students are hard-working and value education. They understand that they need to learn and apply math to succeed in an increasingly technological world and they are willing to challenge themselves.
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My students will use these calculators to model mathematics as they apply it to real-world problems. By working through calculations, they will gain a deep understanding of topics like compound interest rate, sinusoidal variation and statistical modeling.
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Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) pervades every aspect of modern life. Mathematics is the foundation of all STEM studies and your donation will give these deserving students the tools they need to explore and master important concepts in mathematics.
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My students need a classroom set of scientific calculators.
| 3 | 1 |
173,168 |
p110374
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01f8201032d544041bbaf82b733a2477
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Mrs.
|
IL
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2017-01-25 11:25:03
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Grades 3-5
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Literacy & Language, Music & The Arts
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Literature & Writing, Visual Arts
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Creating Art Through Narratives
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The students in my class are amazing young adults who are dedicated to their education. Every day I smile, watching as they help one another out by explaining a math problem better than I could or showing a classmate who just moved to this country, and does not speak English yet, how to get to the lunchroom. Even though there are 12 different languages spoken in my classroom, we come together as one for 8 hours every day. This group loves to read, and I find them constantly asking for time with a book.
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Instead of using textbooks, our class immerses themselves in rich trade books to learn how to write. Each book is used as an example of how to become a better writer. Students are learning what show, not tell means. For an upcoming project, I want students to be able to see how adding details can really make a story visually appealing. \r\nMy class needs rich mentor texts that vividly describe to use as examples of why it is important to show not tell. They also need paint pens and white canvases to paint the picture that they just read about.
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My students need rich mentor texts for narrative writing, and paint pens and canvas to create the artwork they \"see\" being described.
| 7 | 1 |
110,033 |
p053941
|
3be69f823fb2f7f2ca7c9fd89a6eb04b
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Mrs.
|
MO
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2016-07-21 21:31:53
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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 Seating to Learn
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Each year I get to work with up to 75 AMAZING Kindergarteners between the ages of 5 and 6 yrs old. My students come from all different backgrounds which means lots of different experiences. Although my school is in a district that is high achieving and very successful, we are also dealing with a high percentage of free and reduced lunch and families in poverty. It is more important than ever for my students to have a safe, accommodating, memorable, and fun atmosphere to grow in.
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When my Kindergarteners come to school in August some of them have been to preschool for years and some have never been in a school before. Stamina for sitting still and listening is sometimes a big challenge. But why sit still? Some kids learn better standing up, bouncing, rocking, and even sitting on the floor. I will be implementing 100% flexible seating in my classroom this year after a small successful pilot during summer school. While trying this out during the summer I found that my students were more successful and on task when they were making decisions about where they wanted to sit and what areas were comfortable for them. After spending some of my own money for various seating options I am ready to ask for help with a few more options.
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My students need different opportunities to choose their best learning space. We don't all learn the same way!
| 0 | 0 |
18,315 |
p192952
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aae74c2eedb60fc374a7a3ac0bd80efc
|
Mrs.
|
AL
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2016-10-10 14:03:41
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Grades 3-5
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Literacy & Language, Special Needs
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Literacy, Special Needs
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Lifelong Learners!
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Even though many of my students attend a school within a low income/high poverty area, they are always wanting to learn and grow. Each of my students have some type of learning disability where information must accommodated in order for them to do their best when learning. A lot of times I have found they learn the best when I give them some type of technology in order to work on something we have been going over within the class.
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I teach students who range from Pre-K to 5th grade within a special education resource setting. I want to be able to instruct my students not only in ways that will benefit them within the classroom, but within all real life settings. I want them to learn how technology can not only help overcome their disabilities, but can help them be lifelong learners. The books I am asking for are books that a lot of my boys have begun to enjoy. They are easy to read as well as chapter books which helps me when encouraging my students to read.
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My students need to have access to technology that will benefit them as they grow and that I can instruct them how to use to help them no matter their learning disability, as well as books.
| 1 | 0 |
28,840 |
p110671
|
ad7ccd1bbaaaa11946f974a9623447bf
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Mrs.
|
TX
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2016-11-16 09:03:41
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Grades 3-5
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Literacy & Language
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Literacy
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Tuesday Lunchtime Book Club
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\"Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree it will live its whole life believing it is stupid.\" ~Albert Einstein\r\n\r\nI teach dyslexic students how to read. These students are highly capable, very bright, but learn differently. They are very auditory, visual, tactile, and kinesthetic. With accommodations these students can accomplish as much or more than their peers. They are NOT learning disabled, they are learning DIFFERENT. I teach in a primarily Title I school. It is over 75% economically disadvantaged. My population ranges from kindergarten through fifth grade.
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Ear buds are essential for all dyslexic students because they get most of their literature through EAR-READING. Learning Ally (formerly Reading for the Blind and Dyslexic) provides all Texas dyslexics a free annual membership. My students are now able to 'keep up' with reading assignments. \r\n\r\nWe've started a lunchtime book club with fifth graders one day a week and they are asking for it to be more often. It is such a pleasure listening to students discuss books that they've read and enjoyed. \r\n\r\nWE are going through ear buds at a rapid rate! Keep us plugged in to our iPads, PLEASE.
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My students need earbuds for EAR-READING. In Texas all identified dyslexic students are offered Learning Ally (formerly Reading for the Blind and Dyslexic) free of charge. This affords them the opportunity to get literature through audiobooks.
| 2 | 1 |
146,376 |
p057605
|
0c3944ba7f4faface0a4228f621ac366
|
Mrs.
|
WV
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2016-12-26 20:09:40
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Grades PreK-2
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Literacy & Language
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Literacy
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Oh, The Places You Can Go With A Good Book!
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My students are always so eager to learn. I want them to be able to open a book and have a magical experience to begin their love for reading. I feel that it is so important for students to be able to have as many opportunities to read and having fun, exciting books in the classroom is just the beginning!\r\n\r\nMy students are a group of fantastic kids!\r\nOur school is located in a low socioeconomic area and is a Title I school. I teach a group of excited and eager kindergarten students. Kindergarten is just the beginning of a child's academic career, where they begin their love for reading and learning. It is so important for students to have the materials that can start them on a magical journey and instill a lifelong love for learning. \r\nOur county and school is have limited funds and therefore can only provide minimal supplies for the students. I want to be able to bridge that gap and have learning materials at school for my students to be able to use.
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I currently have twenty wonderful kindergarten students. They are all very active and enjoy learning. All of my students enjoy hands-on activities and technology.\r\nDue to the size of our school, funding is limited and extra supplies and materials often come from the pockets of the teachers.\r\nThis makes it difficult to provide everything that is needed in the classroom.We have a great, caring staff that works hard to make sure all of our students have what they need to succeed.\r\nThese picture books will be used in my classroom library. Students will use these books on a daily basis for individual reading and partner reading. Having a classroom library full of books, helps students to improve their reading comprehension and fluency. It also allows them to visit new places, meet new people, and learn new things. Reading is magical. All of my students enjoy curling up with a great book and reading. Our classroom library is currently small and most of our books have already been read. We need new books to help foster the love of reading in our classroom.
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My students need new picture books for our classroom library and for read-clouds.
| 12 | 1 |
90,937 |
p074483
|
57d276a1b37d43e93ed1ff77506b34a2
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Mrs.
|
NY
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2016-10-22 17:14:08
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Grades PreK-2
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Math & Science
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Environmental Science
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Bringing the World Around Us Into Our Classroom!
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I am an elementary science teacher in a Title 1 school in the the Bronx and teach kindergarten, first and second graders. The diverse student population mainly come from economically challenged homes with most of the students qualifying for free breakfast and lunch programs. My students are eager to investigate the world around them and are full of questions and eager to participate in our class discussions and experiments.\r\n\r\nOur first unit this fall involved observing and recording the life cycle of the monarch butterfly in the science lab! The students were fascinated watching our caterpillars grow, build their chrysalis and then emerge as adult butterflies!
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Students thrive on visual learning materials including the exciting Eyewitness DVD series which includes videos on insects, mammals, rocks and minerals, oceans, plants, weather and reptiles. Smart Board activity games engage the students in their learning in a fun way. Literature draws in each student, allowing them to make observations and ask questions. Independent practice with each learning segment will allow students to try out the new concepts for themselves with reusable dry erase pockets. I am so excited for my students to have additional learning materials in our science lab to aid in their investigation of the world around us!!
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My students need exciting DVDs to bring the world into the classroom, smart board interactive games, colorful science books by expert Gail Gibbons and dry erase pockets to practice their learning over and over again!
| 0 | 1 |
124,785 |
p194811
|
d8f55170135de055f215cb4024e52462
|
Mr.
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GA
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2017-01-24 10:16:21
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Grades 9-12
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Math & Science
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Applied Sciences, Environmental Science
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Student Computer Stations
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I teach in a medium-sized, but rapidly growing, high school in an extremely tight-knit community. Most of our students are involved in some sort of extra-curricular activity, whether it be a sport, band, drama, or another one of our many amazing opportunities for students to be involved.\r\n\r\nIn the classroom, students are eager and willing to take risks in order to learn. Given the opportunities, students will rise to the challenge of learning how to use new technology to gain information about a topic. It is vital that we give the students these opportunities.
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Students will be able to use computers without leaving the classroom. Virtual labs, class notes, projects, research, and data sets will be available right in the classroom.\r\n\r\nStudents will be able to use computers in a classroom like they have never used them before. They will be able to take online notes and work on projects that they can share with their teachers, their classmates, and use at home to study. Online quizzes will be a snap to assess student learning by giving them instant feedback.\r\n\r\nHaving student computers will drastically change the way students learn - leading them into college or the workforce with the necessary skills to put them ahead of their peers.
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My students need computers to use in the classroom without having to go elsewhere in the school, such as the media center or computer lab.
| 0 | 1 |
126,133 |
p258408
|
e1f236310d5632838b2d24f27be5ce25
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Ms.
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LA
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2017-02-04 20:48:41
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Grades PreK-2
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Literacy & Language
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Literacy, Literature & Writing
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Creating \"Super Learners\" Through Super Literacy Activities
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These \"super-learners\" come from a variety of backgrounds. Many of their families are involved in the fishing or oilfield industry. They live in a small rural area.\r\n My \"super learners\" are active and enjoy hands-on activities. I teach literacy using the reader's and writer's workshop method. My students are learning how to stay on task and complete assignments independently. \r\nThey enjoy learning with games and working with partners or in small groups. Activities are planned to help them develop and master reading and writing skills.\r\n\r\n
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I am asking for donations to purchase these literacy activity kits. I want to provide fun and engaging activities so the students can practice the skills we are learning while I am working with a small guided reading group. Vocabulary, comprehension, fluency, and writing skills will be practiced using these kits The kits will be easy to teach the students how to use and will also aide in differentiating instruction.\r\nThese literacy activities will help promote a joy of learning and ensure students are engaged in productive reading and writing activities. Literacy will empower my \"super learners\". Reading is key!\r\n\r\n
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My students need literacy stations and Fluency and Comprehension Partner Scripts because this will allow them to be engaged with hands on activities that will allow them to practice and master literacy skills.
| 0 | 1 |
55,678 |
p138663
|
97e68b3a8350286aa05b34812a6a8931
|
Mrs.
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SC
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2016-11-17 11:55:19
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Grades 6-8
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History & Civics, Math & Science
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Civics & Government, Mathematics
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21st Century Here We Come!
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Our students are bright and enthusiastic to learning 21st Century Skills to prepare them for their future. \r\nOur students embrace the peace philosophies taught by Maria Montessori and embody the collaborative spirit empowered by our multi-age classroom. Our classroom provides a framework of learning which encourages students to become creative, critical and reflective thinkers. \r\nThe Montessori Middle School classroom emphasizes intellectual challenge, encouraging students to make connections between their studies in traditional subjects and to the real world. It fosters the development of skills for communication, intercultural understanding and global engagement; qualities that are essential for life in the 21st century.
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Our students are actively engaged in 21st Century Learning Projects throughout the day in which they use multiple forms of technology to present. \r\n\r\nCurrently, our dry erase board in our classroom has been used to the point that nothing erases off the board.\r\n\r\nWith the new dry erase board and supplies, our students will be able to continue using their 21st Century skills and engage other students while presenting their projects. Many of our students have limited access to technology outside the classroom, and with the supplies on our list, they will be able to complete projects at home to present in the classroom.
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My students need a dry erase board, markers, and copy paper to work on 21st Century Learning Projects.
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49,565 |
p094772
|
6bc6253cd5aefa510ce47be05f08c43a
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Mrs.
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AL
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2016-07-31 13:20:48
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Grades 3-5
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Literacy & Language
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Literature & Writing
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Keep it Together Y'all
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My fourth grade students are creative and talented little people! They have HUGE personality and it shines through in all they do. \r\n\r\nMy students and I are part of a science magnet school, so creativity and hands-on learning are what we love. Laughter fills the classroom and my students are actively involved in their learning. My students enjoy and crave opportunities to express themselves with something more than just pencil and paper. Our classroom is full of life, color, and imagination.
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The durable plastic folders will be used as student writing portfolios. They will be able to keep their writing pieces organized through out the year as they finish and publish great works of writing. The canvas boards, watercolors, and construction paper will be incorporated into their writing as well. Students will be able to create great works of art that match their writing. They may also be challenged to write their own book-illustrations too. The canvas boards will also be used for parent day. Students will invite their parents in for a morning of art. What a great way to get students and parents working and talking together.
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My students need plastic pocket folders to create their writing portfolios and stay organized this year. Students also need canvas boards to bring art into their learning.
| 10 | 0 |
2,213 |
p202348
|
4450918c4d82fd93d10835864c29720e
|
Mrs.
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LA
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2016-08-17 12:08:23
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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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Wobble Stools Needed for Wood's Wiggly Kindergarten Students
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My kindergarten students are about 5 years old and have a ton of energy. Their imaginations are magical, hands are fidgety, and bodies are always moving. At this age their brains are learning more and learning faster than any other time of their lives. \r\n\r\nWhen you look at my students you will see boys and girls with the most adorable faces, an assortment of interest, funny actions, and lots of curiosity. It can get hectic. But, that is why I love teaching KINDERGARTEN.
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Wobble stools will give students a choice of seating to make themselves comfortable in the classroom. These stools have been proven to help more active students get energy out while still able to sit and focus on completing an assignment. I have seen the wobble stool be very effective in other classrooms. Kids are happy to sit on them!\r\nWe should equip students to reach high expectations. Students need an opportunity to let out excess energy so they can easily learn. This is the solution. I am so excited to have wobble stools in my classroom. My students are going to benefit a great deal.\r\n
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My students need flexible and comfortable seating to meet their needs and maximize learning.
| 1 | 1 |
136,516 |
p074543
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32b2e3fd7281be7e4ef828f5b81313e9
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Mrs.
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VA
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2016-10-13 16:05:47
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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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Wiggle Into Learning
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I teach in a Title 1 school where many of the students I come into contact with are from disadvantaged homes. We also are very close to a Navy base, so many of our students are from military families that have one or both parents that deploy often. Some of our student population are transient, or even homeless.\r\n \r\nWith these varieties of home living situations, it would be conceivable that my students are eclectic and learn in a variety of ways. It is my desire to engage all types of learners in the classroom and provide them with an environment that is conducive to their type of individual learning styles.
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I am utilizing flexible seating for the first time in my teaching career. I spent all summer researching seating options and have spent my own money to furnish and supply my class with seating that would benefit different learning styles. After the first month of school, the learning and behavior in my class has been significantly impacted. I am amazed at how much active learning is taking place! The students love the seating options and have been more prone to stay on task and complete their jobs. \r\n With such a successful start, I am hoping to expand my flexible seating options. I am in desperate need of seating for students that like to wiggle. I was unable to buy wobble seats over the summer due to the cost for 4 seats in relation to what I had already spent myself. I am hoping that generous sponsors will donate and help our class wiggle into learning!
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My students need a \"wiggle\" option for flexible seating in our classroom. I have a table grouping that has regular chairs and the students that sit there would really benefit from wobble chairs.
| 0 | 1 |
127,258 |
p079321
|
a60961160db5fb8a272625816eba509c
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Mrs.
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MI
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2016-12-02 21:07:10
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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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Everyday Everything!
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Our multi-age classroom is a community of learners and growers. We spend two years with our students guiding them and watching them blossom. We emphasize working together and being a community. Each student helps another and learns in the best way, by teaching.\r\n\r\nOur students are an amazing and diverse group of third and fourth graders. They come from high poverty areas. School is often their comfort place and provides food as well as stability. The school is Title 1 funded. Our classroom is like a community and we want the students to feel comfortable and safe to learn.
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My students are in need of some everyday essentials that we don't have . School budgets only cover so much and we could really use some extra supplies . Whiteboards are used everyday in math and the ones we have are in very poor shape. Next , we do all our daily writing on chrome books which is a great tool for the 21st century , however we still like to print them and do pencil paper work . This requires quite a bit of ink use . The donation of these supplies would help keep our classroom running smoothly and successfully !
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My students need whiteboards, scissors , markers and ink for everyday classroom success !
| 15 | 0 |
105,751 |
p159941
|
922a4ffb03ec743d823b0273d258c980
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Mrs.
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WI
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2016-09-10 21:45:27
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Grades PreK-2
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Applied Learning
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Early Development
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Sensory Tools for All Learners
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My students love to learn in a variety of ways. There is a wide range of cultures and socio-economic ranges. My kids are accepting of each other and they accept that each child learns in a different way. Our school focuses on character education and acceptance. My students are caring and they are wonderful to work with. My goal is to help them reach their fullest potential. It is my goal as their teacher to create an environment that they are able to be successful.
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The materials that I selected will help all my students be successful. I have a few students that need help with visual reminders and the countdown clock will help them visualize time. The breathing ball will help my students as we continue to work on our Mindfulness techniques. The fidgets also will help my students who need to be manipulating an item while they learn.\r\nBy donating to our project, the students will have supplies that will help everyone improve their mindfulness learning.\r\nWe are really working on thinking about our thoughts. They have been using mindful jars and watching the glitter fall, but they could use some new objects that help them calm down and focus in on the task.
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My students need visual materials that will help them be successful learners and emotional needs.
| 6 | 1 |
118,541 |
p018045
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8f6f4662d42a784994300e9a6cc17c5c
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Mr.
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NY
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2016-09-01 18:21:22
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Grades 3-5
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Health & Sports
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Gym & Fitness, Health & Wellness
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Yoga Mats, Ball Chairs, and Movement...Oh My!
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My class of 20 students are from a rural area in Western New York. This inclusion class comes from various backgrounds, and each brings an amazing sense of love, care and compassion into our classroom. This group of students has a huge need for movement and play throughout the school day, even during lessons where students need to be at their seats. The third grade class loves writing, reading, and anything that is technology-based! To sum it up, they are just plain awesome!
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Students want and have requested a more comfortable classroom that allows them to move and be the energetic bunch that they are! Students consistently complain about the chairs in our classroom, and are ALWAYS asking for seating that fits their needs.\r\n\r\nWith the group of students that I have in my classroom this year, these flexible seating arrangements and yoga mats will allow the students to move, getting the much needed exercise and movement that they need throughout the school day! Many of the students have OT needs, which this project is specifically targeting! Students need multiple modes of seating in the classroom, and these seating options will allow students multiple options, while also helping them move!\r\n\r\nThe yoga mats will not only be a seating option during the day, but will double as a way for students to get their 60 minutes of needed exercise. At the end of the school day, students will be part of a yoga club during recess, where the mats will be used by students to learn new yoga moves and techniques which will help students build the core strength that is needed to be a strong and healthy child!\r\n\r\nThis project will allow students to be free, bounce around, get some exercise, learn yoga, while focusing on their tasks within our classroom!
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My students need yoga mats and ball chairs to get them moving WHILE learning!
| 5 | 1 |
30,225 |
p071091
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66c30e1da1934d7cfe810ba79f6e04c1
|
Mrs.
|
CA
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2017-03-30 20:18:50
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Grades 3-5
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History & Civics, Music & The Arts
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History & Geography, Visual Arts
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Infusing History and Art!
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I have 29 wonderful 5th-grade students, which include special education students, magnet students, English Language Learners, and intervention students. They are very enthusiastic about learning and are always eager to explore new things. They love coming to school every day, and always have a big smile on their faces, despite the socioeconomic hardships they endure in the community in which they live. They attend a school in California, in a low-income neighborhood. The school is both a regular and highly gifted/magnet institution. However, my students are part of the regular school and do not have access to the materials and enrichment activities that the magnet students have. \r\n\r\n\r\n“The arts are an essential element of education, such as reading, writing, and arithmetic…music, dance, painting, and theater are all keys that unlock profound human understanding and accomplishment.” –William Bennett, Former US Secretary of Education.\r\nThus, Art should be infused with all subjects. That is why I intend to develop lessons and activities that infuse art with core subjects in my classroom.
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The materials requested will be used to integrate art activities with our Social Studies unit on the Colonial Period. We will start our project by using the books to study the events that happened during that time. Students will then work together to conduct research online about how the events in the colonial period have shaped our society today. Once they have gained a deep understanding of this time period, they will use clay, paint, paintbrushes and sculpting tools to depict a particular event in colonial America. They will then, go on a field trip to Riley's Farm where they will be able to experience what it was like to live during that time. They will also dress up in colonial attire and recreate battles between the colonists and the British. The camera will be used to take pictures and record videos of the activities that the students will participate in during the field trip. Finally, students will display their sculptures, pictures, and videos in our classroom museum and invite parents and other classes to visit our \"Life in Colonial America\" museum.\r\n\r\nThe ultimate goal of these activities is to allow my students to infuse Art and Social Studies to gain a better understanding of the colonial period and how it has shaped our society today. Your donations will make it possible for my students to obtain the tools necessary to infuse Art and Social Studies to make learning more interesting, engaging and meaningful. With your support, they will not only be able to express their creativity but also grasp the academic concepts they need at their grade level. Your generosity will make a huge impact on their education. Thank you in advance for your kindness and generosity.
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My students need a digital camera and accessories, a book about colonial projects, display boards, paint brushes, and acrylic paint to bring history through art in our classroom.
| 116 | 1 |
55,592 |
p099651
|
005c552bc9c1ef951a87fe9f7aae0076
|
Ms.
|
CA
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2016-09-23 13:28:12
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Grades PreK-2
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Applied Learning, Special Needs
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Early Development, Special Needs
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You Talkin' to Me? Assistive communication technology
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My transitional kindergarteners to second grade students are full of life and energy! Some of their favorite things include trucks, numbers, running, the color purple, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, and raisins. They are loving and caring to their friends and families. They are also limited to non verbal, and would benefit highly from communication devices to assist in their learning and enhance their communication. Our classroom has students with autism, Down syndrome, and intellectual disabilities.\r\n\r\nMy students are learning to read, write, do math, cook, and be participating members of our community; all of which would be supported by communication devices. By donating towards this project, you will be helping students get their voice, enabling them to fulfill a basic human need: to connect with others and communicate needs, wants, and thoughts.
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My students want to learn and communicate with teachers, parents, and peers. With limited to non-verbal abilities, it makes this goal difficult. Our first-year-and-growing moderate to severe life skills classroom would benefit from assistive technology by providing them a voice during classroom instruction. Students will be able to actively participate in lessons, regardless of their disabilities. The two button communication device allows students to make choices. The single button communication device allows students to participate in groups and practice their pre-primer reading skills. The Ablenet manufacturer also produces our math and language arts curriculum, so it will easily integrate into both programs.
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My students need assistive technology to facilitate communication during classroom instruction.
| 2 | 1 |
77,129 |
p091413
|
ed1907f2f2fc12f70046e63fe4481d41
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Mrs.
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MI
|
2016-07-06 23:32:30
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Grades 3-5
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Literacy & Language
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Literacy
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Reading Fiction Books and Non-Fiction Magazines
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Readers. Writers. Learners. This is what I celebrate in my classroom. Reading. Writing. Learning. This is what my students celebrate in my classroom. Taking an opportunity to sit and truly read doesn't happen to many of us. Students are busy from the moment they get up for school to the moment they crawl into bed. I like to provide some quiet time in my classroom for students to read.\r\nAs much as they enjoy reading on their own, having an adult read TO them is something they truly appreciate! Who doesn't want to have a book read to them?! I want my students to hear and enjoy the love of reading through my voice and the author's words.\r\nThe students I teach day in and day out do have many opportunities such as soccer, dance, hockey, etc. but to take the time and read or have a book read to them, is something that doesn't happen all that often. I want that to happen in my classroom.
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Taking the time to read together is not something many kids have the time to do in today's society. This is why I believe that read aloud time in ANY classroom is important.\r\nMy students will read, together with me, Esperanza Rising and Home of the Brave, as we infuse technology, reality, and cultural differences while Scholastic News allows us to better understand non-fiction pieces.\r\nThrough the use of the book Esperanza Rising, my students will utilize a very cool (and fun) learning tool called a HyperDoc. Through this online activity, students will have the opportunity to delve into the vocabulary, author's purpose, and cultural (and historical) understanding of migrant workers of the 1930s.\r\nThrough the book Home of the Brave, students will learn about a 5th grade boy (same age as my students) who has essentially lost all of his family and is alone in this new country, the United States. Being from Africa, the winter in Minnesota creates a definite cultural challenge not only with the language, but also with his surroundings.\r\nFinally, I will incorporate non-fiction reading through the use of Scholastic News magazines. These magazines come two or three times a month throughout the school year. Many children have been exposed to mostly fiction and as an upper elementary teacher, it is important for my students to understand the elements of news and non-fiction reading as well as non-fiction writing.
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My students need to have access to GOOD books (Esperanza Rising and Home of the Brave) and learn how to read and understand elements of non-fiction material through Scholastic News.
| 1 | 1 |
107,899 |
p176704
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0179df2a7d8e65cdd651048133f987d5
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Mrs.
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NY
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2016-09-27 19:09:35
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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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Color Printer: Needed for Kindergarten Learning
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My students need a lot of love and support from teachers. My school is in a poverty stricken area, where many students do not have necessary supplies or even clothing that fits. There is a negative sense of community outside of the school, so building a warm, safe, inviting classroom community is so important for my students.\r\n\r\nMy students are kind, caring, and ready to learn. They are now learning how to best communicate with friends and prevent bullying in our classroom. Classroom community is still something we are building.\r\n\r\nI hope to receive support from Donors Choose in order to help my students get necessary supplies, create a sense of community, safety and comfort in my classroom, as well as help my students create beautiful academic projects. I appreciate your support in helping my students get what they need, learn, and grow!
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My students really need a color printer for our classroom. Our school does not have a color printer, and since my kindergarten students are very visual, they truly benefit from having worksheets and activities printed in color. \r\nThis would also save a lot of money in going to a store to print things like name tags and classroom decor.\r\nWith a color printer, my students could have more vibrant assignments, and we would also decorate our classroom with bright, beautiful pictures. I asked for two color ink cartridges and one black ink cartridge because ink would be used up quickly in our kindergarten room. With special project, updated word walls with pictures, and labels to keep our room organized, we will need lots of ink!\r\nLastly, we could also create beautiful gifts for parents during the holiday season and Mother's and Father's Day. Being able to allow students to create special items for their parents will help build a sense of community, as well as make parents more appreciative of the school community. Having a color printer would help us do great things!\r\n
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My students need a color printer for projects and hands-on learning activities
| 4 | 1 |
160,149 |
p012665
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f82674b965607aee36df4f91dbf6dde2
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Ms.
|
FL
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2016-09-14 11:58:31
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Grades 6-8
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Literacy & Language, Math & Science
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Literature & Writing, Mathematics
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Bouncing and Spinning Our Way to Success!
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My 6-8th grade special education classroom is a place of wonder and excitiment. Use strive to have our students be able to intergrate back in the general education classroom; once they have learned skills needed to help deal with their emotions. \r\n\r\nThe students are in grade 6-8th in a self-contained behavior classroom. They are in a small group setting where they can be taught social skills, life skills, academics and coping skills. They like to move, wiggle, and go, go, go! It is our job to give them tools and strategies they need in order to grow, both academically and socially. The students need a classroom where their individualized needs are embraced.
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My students like to move all the time. They are special needs students who learn in a very different ways. The traditional way to learning and thinking does not work this group of students. When they do have to sit in their seats for an extended period of time it is often a struggle. \r\n\r\nBy giving students flexible seating they are able to focus and retain information. When it is time to work my students have the choice on where and how to fit, by giving them choices they are empowered. They love to be able to sit on the floor, sit on a yoga ball, or stand while working. These materials will give us more options for the students to succeed. They will have choices to help them learn and help them focus during class time.
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My students need 4 yoga balls and 4 stamina strides (for under their desks)
| 0 | 1 |
126,314 |
p026099
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d3092aab17130ee9254ee192cdd206a0
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Ms.
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PA
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2016-09-25 17:38:27
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Grades 3-5
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Literacy & Language, Special Needs
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Literacy, Special Needs
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Hip hip hooray, read for days!
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Hello! \r\n\r\nThank you for reading my project. My students are in a high needs school in Philadelphia school district. They strive to do their best with limited resources. My students are third and fourth graders and are in learning support. This means that they need a little extra help in the areas of reading, language arts and mathematics in order to learn and grow to their full potential! \r\n\r\nMy students love to learn but find it challenging to do so by just pencil and paper. Learning through hands on activities/visual aids works best for them! Learning support is all about providing additional accommodations/modifications to students in their academics on a level that they can understand. Unfortunately, these additional things are resources/manipulatives that are not always provided by Philadelphia School District.\r\n\r\nMy students and myself greatly appreciate your generosity! Thank you very much!
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Having a bookshelf with bins will help my learning support students easily access books that are at their reading level. The bins will allow me to label all of the books according to reading level rather than all together in a box (which they currently are). Allowing students to see the many choices of books they have in a neat and organized way allows them to become more interested in reading and become fully engaged! They can independently go pick a book that's appropriate for them. Please help my students out and allow them to love reading!! Thank you very much!
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My students need a place to store books so they can have easy access to explore reading!
| 1 | 1 |
158,925 |
p218400
|
ce491718b62b1b099887c1ac9c3da3df
|
Mrs.
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NJ
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2017-04-05 14:34:14
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Grades PreK-2
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Literacy & Language
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Literacy, Literature & Writing
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Encouraging Language Development in our Future Leaders
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My goal each and everyday is to develop a love for learning in my Pre-K classroom! My classroom consists of 15 four and five year old children who are in their first few years of school and are learning and growing each and everyday! My classroom has both regular and special education students. Students love listening to stories, playing games, and engage in mature make-believe play! The inclusion classroom is a place for children to prepare for inclusion and regular education kindergarten classes!
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The Language Instant Learning Center will build beginning language skills such as word building, rhyming, and sequencing. These centers will be utilized in small group instruction and will be used to differentiate instruction for the different levels and learning styles of the classroom. \r\nThe Storytelling Kits will help bring the stories that the children love to life! We will be able to utilize the felt pieces to retell stories and build language skills and comprehension skills. Children love to retell familiar stories in our classroom. With this kit, they can have visual props to retell. \r\nThe Pop & Match Beginning Phonics Games achieves many goals in early childhood instruction! Children will use their fine motor development to pop the letter cube and use their language and phonemic awareness skills to determine if they can create words on their board. I will be able to differentiate instruction based on the various levels in my classroom and work on beginning, middle, and ending sounds of words!
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My students need literature and games that promote language development. These stories provide opportunity for retelling, sequencing, fluency, build beginning language skills, and even sight word recognition!
| 0 | 1 |
93,119 |
p224540
|
79784b6a9601dffaae610fec6a3b2b87
|
Ms.
|
WI
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2016-05-31 13:51:03
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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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Noting all the important things!
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My classroom is full of individuals who have the talent to be successful, but a lack the confidence it takes to take chances, go out on a limb, or to put themselves in a spot to receive even the most constructive of criticism in fear of feeling like they've failed miserably.\r\n\r\nMy class is predominantly African-American and latino males, and the females are also predominantly african-american and Latina.\r\nWe are a neighborhood school in Racine, WI. We have MANY students that absolutely have the knowledge, talent, and almost everything else it takes to succeed, they mainly just lack the confidence.
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In my experience, many students have not come to the first day of schools with the supplies requested. In many cases, students do not ever bring in the supplies requested. This project is to make sure that no matter what, all students come into the year prepared with the essentials.\r\n\r\nThe notebooks requested will fill three basic needs for our class: Morning Work Journals, Language Arts Journals, and Math Journals. These notebooks are going to serve as the journals that are held by the teacher, and are used daily for students to show work and for the teacher to asses that work for student understanding.
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My students need glue, pencils and composition notebooks to create journals for multiple subjects.
| 1 | 1 |
63,382 |
p109456
|
ff209972c5b08d4c1e4d38de58997ce8
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Mrs.
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MS
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2016-10-06 15:42:24
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Grades 6-8
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Special Needs
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Special Needs
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Why It's Not All About Me
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My students are an awesome group of adolescents who are emotionally challenged. In my classroom they feel safe and are free to complete assignments in a less restrictive environment. They range from Autism to Severe ADHD to Emotional Disabilities.\r\n\r\nMy students are impulsive and lack social/character skills like many of their peers. They are quick to make me smile but also quick to respond inappropriately towards themselves and others. These are special kids who deserve the best opportunity to be successful.\r\n\r\n My students are fast approaching a thresh hold that will determine the path their lives will take. They are bright, funny, and emotionally unequipped to handle the life challenges they are exposed to everyday. \r\n
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This DVD series will allow my students and I to learn character traits in a format that they are comfortable with allowing us to have open and honest experiences that will hopefully engage them and help them interact better with their peers and others. My students have varying degrees of Autism, ADHD, and emotional disabilities. Academics for them is not enough. They need to have the ability to learn good character traits so they can in turn learn to make better choices. They are adolescents already and dealing with their changing hormones and the added responsibilities of being in middle school. Please help me help them to become more socially acceptable and to make more appropriate choices in life.
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My students need Need to learn character traits that will help them learn empathy, caring, and recognizing feelings of others.
| 0 | 1 |
5,652 |
p026831
|
5a93f77eb67634c630ace27ff69231b2
|
Ms.
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MI
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2017-04-04 21:22:16
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Grades 3-5
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Health & Sports
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Gym & Fitness, Health & Wellness
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How 'bout a game of HANDBALL?!
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We are a split class of 30 (4th and 5th graders) full of knowledge, laughter, fun, and compassion! Pushing each other to be our best, yet realizing mistakes are made and learning from them is most important. We pride ourselves on connecting with one another while being responsible 'family' members in our class and school. Our school is an extended family to everyone that walks in the door. Although, we (as a class) have come up with creative options and ways to try to be successful while learning, for many students these options are not enough. As much as technology is at the forefront of society and learning, having the ability to have that technology at your fingertips, using technology in education, is essential.
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For many students, recess is one of the best parts of their day. It allows them to have a brain break, to develop friendships on the playground, and burn off energy to be able to focus in the classroom. Many students want to play team games at recess, but due to little equipment or the limitation of being in a wheelchair, the playground and its games can be a difficult challenge. \r\n\r\nThese caring kiddos in our classroom never want to leave anyone out of any game. These handball/soccer supplies will allow us to develop the idea of team sports with everyone being included, regardless of their ability level, knowledge of the game, or physical ability.
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My students need items to be able to play soccer/handball at recess. We have been searching for a single sport so that everyone can play, however, this soccer/handball combination will do the trick.
| 5 | 0 |
134,926 |
p203721
|
34199bcf9acc188087b62dbafa0f9eee
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Ms.
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NY
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2016-12-09 15:49:30
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Grades 3-5
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Literacy & Language
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ESL, Literacy
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The Positive Effect of Technology
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My students at my school are awesome! These students come to school each and every day ready to learn despite their family hardships and living arrangements! They may have struggles but they try their hardest to overcome these struggles to become our stars to success.\r\n\r\nMy school is located in a neighborhood that faces many difficulties on a daily basis. It is a poverty stricken neighborhood at the LES. \r\n\r\nMy students are eager and d hungry learners.\r\nTheir enthusiasm motivates and drives me to work hard for them and the best of education I can provide. My students come to school looking forward to a safe place to explore, learn and cultivate for their future.\r\n\r\nMy school is a Title I school and 98% of students receive free lunches daily. Even though these students are moving around a lot and being cared for by different guardians and caretakers, they still make it to school each day. The school is most students’ safe haven where they can be themselves and enjoy learning.
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I teach in a city where technology is expected in the classroom but it is a hard to come by resource, not enough to go around for the entire school. Technology is needed in my classroom to support all levels of learners. It is a very expensive necessity. Here are some reasons why technology is essential in the classroom:\r\n\r\nAs our nation becomes increasingly more technology-dependent, it becomes even more necessary to be successful citizens, students must learn to be tech-savvy. As the common core changes for the students, teachers are expected to teach the students computer programming as part of their education, technology is greatly needed to help students meet this new requirement.\r\nTechnology helps the teachers prepare students for the real world environment.\r\n\r\nIt gives students the chance to interact with their classmates more by encouraging collaboration and help build independence.\r\nIntegrating technology in education helps students stay engaged, especially for second language learners. Technology is another way to help them to communicate, to become self- efficient, and for the teachers to different instruction so students can actively engaged in every day lessons. I am requesting four Chromebooks so that the students can have a technology center in the classroom. These Chromebooks will allow the students to build independence reading practice at his/her own reading level. This is a great way for English Language Learners to listen to books and follow along as it is being read to them to build fluency and comprehension. It is also a great way to develop language acquisition and auditory recognition, as well as learning the contents.\r\n
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My students need technology in the classroom because integrating technology into the classroom is the best way to reach diversity in learning styles.
| 5 | 1 |
87,756 |
p175519
|
8712b374dfddb08ec9e75fd10c9babc8
|
Mrs.
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AK
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2016-09-01 02:42:14
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Grades PreK-2
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Literacy & Language
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Literacy
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Classroom Library for Kindergarten!
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My Kindergartners are energetic and eager to learn. For some, this is their first time being in school. They come from bilingual households and all receive free lunch based on socioeconomic status. Some children have very little parent involvement at home and the families have very few resources to help their children learn to read.\r\n\r\nThis first year of school is so important as it sets the tone for learning in the years to come! We are building independence, confidence and foundational skills in all academic areas.
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I want my Kindergarten students to have a \"guided choice \" of what to read. They need daily practice reading. I want to create a library in my classroom where students can pick out books at their reading level. Currently we only read books supplied by our reading curriculum. They are often photo copied books. I want children to be excited. Having colored books to fill their book bags will be engaging. They will also have the opportunity to take them home. Many of my families cannot afford books. The Bob Book Readers will be great to read in the classroom and then take home. The leveled library will provide a lot more choice, more fun, and confidence in my students. We need your support to become lifelong readers!
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My students need leveled books to read at school and home.
| 2 | 1 |
157,340 |
p164851
|
337793b8256936c29875f47d977dae91
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Mrs.
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LA
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2016-07-28 17:49:00
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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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Chromebooks needed!!!
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Ville Platte Elementary is an inner city school, grades pre k to 4, and is 100% free lunch! VPE is a very old school! Our technology is completely out of date! The computers in our room are more than 10 years old and work at turtle speed! To replace all of them would be too expensive! Our children love to use the computers and would benefit from new tech! Our students these days love working with computers! Maybe a little too much!
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By donating to this fund you will not only help me but also my students! Our technology is seriously out of date! We use our computers right now for Accelerated Reading only because they work on a turtle's pace! If I had 10 chromebooks or even 5 chromebooks more students would be able to use the computer at the same time saving me instructional minutes which are like GOLD! The students love to take a break from my teaching to have a little computer time! Oh the places we could go if we had better technology! Thank you so much!
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My students need 10 chromebooks to replace the ancient desktops we have in our room! They will use the to read, access the Internet for research, and to apply what they know on specific educational websites!
| 0 | 1 |
2,200 |
p103151
|
29f90432c769ef7d2f1b83f739c08d0c
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Ms.
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PA
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2016-08-23 10:33:07
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Grades 9-12
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Literacy & Language
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Literature & Writing
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Shelves For Independent Reading Library
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Throughout their four years at Science Leadership Academy, students are encouraged to explore their own questions and to take ownership of their learning. \r\n\r\nThe learning students do at SLA extends far beyond the hours of the school day or the walls of our building. They come from all over Philadelphia, where they embrace an education rooted in inquiry. \r\n\r\nSLA is exceptional in many ways, but because we are a small school in a big city, we still face challenges in funding the programs our students crave and the activities in which they thrive.
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When I asked for donations of books that students could enjoy for independent reading projects, I was overwhelmed by the boxes and boxes that have come through the doors at SLA! I couldn't have known that that would be the easy part. Now my classroom needs shelves to hold them all! By having an independent reading library in the classroom, students will have ready access to the literature of their choice. I am so excited to see what themes they explore, the characters they discover, the worlds they create, and the projects they construct from their experiences in our class.
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My students need storage for all of the amazing independent reading books that have been kindly donated by friends and family of the SLA community. These shelves are perfect!
| 5 | 1 |
129,139 |
p186866
|
f0ce3a82ea667ae95434a8e366d78bda
|
Ms.
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MA
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2016-10-18 09:34:50
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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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iPads for Learning!
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My first grade class is made up of 30 incredible students who LOVE to read and learn. However, they are lacking materials that will help them achieve grade level standards because of the high poverty in the area. They are always eager to learn and come into school everyday wondering what we are going to do next. \r\n\r\n100% of my students receive free breakfast and lunch and a majority are English language learners. However, when you meet them you would never know, despite any challenges they may face, they are the most eager and passionate learners I have ever encountered.
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Technology is a major part of today's world. Technology can enhance education in so many ways. These iPad minis along with protective cases will allow my students to have access to applications to improve their reading and math skills! \r\n\r\nComing from a low SES enviornment, technology is limited, therefore limiting my students and their access to educational technology. These iPads (and cases) will allow my students to not only learn about technology but also learn things in a new way. My students LOVE technology, but with our outdated computers we are limited in the educational applications we are able to access.
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My students need 4 iPad minis and protective cases to access educational technology to support our reading, writing, and math development!
| 1 | 1 |
79,076 |
p213411
|
76a832c9ab1358360b027a1264091df7
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Mrs.
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MI
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2016-05-27 09:41:33
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Grades 3-5
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Music & The Arts
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Music
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Orff Instruments for K-8 Students Needed!
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Our students love music class! I have a very energetic bunch that relate very well to hands on activities. Our music program was recently reinstated in January 2016. During this time, our students have learned to read and write music, play the recorder instrument, sing and dance, and even performed a multicultural concert in front of hundreds of people! Our students have done such a great job at promoting their love for music that next year we will have it offered for grades K-12! With that being said, I'm listing projects on Donors Choose that will help us build our music resources to contribute to our beloved subject here at Buckley Community Schools!
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The great thing about this project is that approximately 200+ students will benefit from these instruments. We're currently in need of a classroom set of Orff Instruments (2 soprano, 2 alto, 2 bass). These instruments are costly, however, with proper care, I know that my students will get to use them for years to come. There is a wide range of activities that we will be able to achieve using these instruments. The major benefits for this project include: my students will be able to read and write music, create a harmony of sounds, and use these instruments to produce their very own music! I can't explain to you the excitement of feelings a student has when being able to perform their own piece of music. (Especially one that they've created themselves!)\r\n\r\nOur music program is just starting to grow. However, unfortunately funding is always a set back in regards to being able to afford supplies. With that being said, I thank you in advance for considering to support our students. Here's to keeping music alive in our schools!
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My students need an Orff Instrument Set to provide them the chance to compose and perform their own masterpieces!!
| 2 | 1 |
110,658 |
p047972
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a23974b9fcb050f40e3d3c09bd505bd5
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Ms.
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OK
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2016-09-08 14:50:58
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Grades 6-8
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History & Civics
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Social Sciences
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Learning in Color
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I have the privilege of teaching an amazing and diverse group of students in the Midwest City-Del City school district. \r\n\r\nMy students are from a low income area and do not have steady family situations. They generally live with someone in their family and often times they are not the only children living in the house, therefore they often do not have all the supplies that they need. \r\n\r\nMy students try their best on their work, but they do not have a lot of good influences.
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Having the ability to both print in color and laminate my materials that I use in class will promote more realistic learning and preserve the materials to be used in the future. We do not see or live in black and white... why should teaching materials only be black and white? \r\n\r\nMaking history come to life is difficult, but putting the pictures and materials into color will help put these events into perspective. \r\n\r\nI will use these materials on a weekly basis to enhance my students learning. Due to budget cuts our resources are limited to say the least, and the students know that they are getting scraps right now. I want to give them the best- even having the ability to print in color will be a step up to the black and white photos we have now. \r\n\r\n
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My students need a color printer to make learning more realistic!
| 1 | 1 |
164,635 |
p251174
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2f57064d486b704eb1ebcf30bf77726f
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Mrs.
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NY
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2017-03-23 12:35:12
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Grades 3-5
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Applied Learning, Literacy & Language
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Character Education, Literature & Writing
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Help our class WONDER together!
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My students are dedicated, hardworking, and one of a kind. They come to school every day with a smile on their face knowing that there is nothing that they can't learn as long as they try their best.\r\nThey all come from low-income and most of them come from single-parent homes. They are all English Language Learners who dream of making a difference everywhere they go. Nevertheless, they can't do this alone. They need guidance and instruction in order to achieve their goals and dreams individually and collectively. Novels such as Wonder by R.J. Palacio can be instrumental in providing my students with ample opportunities to improve their literacy and social skills.
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Having a class set and an audiobook of the novel Wonder by R.J. Palacio will allow my class to participate in reciprocal teaching.\r\nThis model of literacy instruction calls for each student to have his/her own book and become expert in six reading comprehension strategies: making connections, predict, clarify, visualize, summarize, asking questions. At the same time, my English Language Learners (ELLs) can benefit from the audiobook to help them enhance their listening and visualizing skills. Last, the content of Wonder can help fostering tolerance, acceptance, and empathy among students in the school as a whole. My class and I will be forever grateful for your donation!
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My students need a class set and an audiobook of the novel Wonder.
| 2 | 1 |
161,426 |
p018065
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4a563e7bfbe92bad4c14cad73ad4f300
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Mrs.
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NC
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2017-01-08 15:46:45
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Grades PreK-2
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Literacy & Language
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Literacy, Literature & Writing
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Book Tubs Please!
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My students are an amazing, curious, fun group of first graders who love to learn! They are very special and I love teaching them and watching them grow each and every day! We love learning through technology and research and would really benefit from having new supplies to use on a daily basis. Our school and students are wonderful and deserve the very best...please help our students and classroom get this project funded for the new school year. Thank you!
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My students could really use book tubs at their group tables to keep their reading books and notebooks organized at their desks.\r\nMy students love reading and they would love to have a place to keep their books on their desks for easy access for daily use.\r\nMy students love keeping our classroom organized and I know these baskets would really help out with that. My students have so many books and notebooks that they use daily and it would be great to have them right at their fingertips. We would love your help getting the new book tubs for our classroom.\r\n
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My students need book tubs at school to keep their books and notebooks neatly at their desk.
| 41 | 1 |
86,461 |
p084099
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4c7b7333519e52eaa3503b7d93b9318b
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Mrs.
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GA
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2017-04-27 14:15:41
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Grades 3-5
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History & Civics
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History & Geography
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A Day in the Life of a Fifth Grader
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As a teacher in a low-socioeconomic, high poverty school district, my students face daily challenges, both in and out of the classroom. We are a Title I school, and every student on our campus eats free. Despite those daily challenges, I look for ways to keep them highly engaged, challenged, and connected with technology. My hope is to provide my students with creative and meaningful learning experiences each day in class and to increase their enthusiasm for learning each day.
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In Social Studies class, we like to dig deep into our economy, history, and culture. With only two classroom computers, two extra computers would help my students tremendously with their researching, PowerPoint, and animated cartoons. \r\n\r\nMy students and I also do virtual field trips and label a map all the places we have discussed in class. With two extra computers, students would be able to group up to search world maps in order to compare and contrast history between other countries and the US. \r\n\r\nWe also do writing centers, so Chromebooks would be helpful with their writing within our Google classroom. We have one day in the computer lab, so it is hard for students to complete Google classroom assignments. \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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My students need computers for researching Georgia history. We do projects throughout the year, and having only two student computers in my class, Chromebooks would help serve the students' needs for this reason.
| 1 | 1 |
169,284 |
p019128
|
6286eb4db210356d69b4cbdf606c26d9
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Mrs.
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MI
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2017-03-07 16:18:39
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Grades 9-12
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Warmth, Care & Hunger
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Warmth, Care & Hunger
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Clean threads
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All of my students are with special needs and use the school bus system to get to school. Our student body includes students from all over the Detroit Metro area. Although, they have special needs they come to school every day full of ambition and ready to learn but with the poverty level being so high sometimes meeting their basic needs can be challenge. We as teachers know that teaching is far more than teaching, it requires us to show compassion and care. In some cases students need more than help with they spelling or math, they need basic care.\r\n\r\nOur student body in our Detroit school consist of 100 percent free breakfast and lunch participants.\r\nMany of our students receive food and clothes donated to our school, but there is still a need. Personal hygiene including clothes washing is important. In an order to help our students past academics, life skills including clothes washing is vital. Showing our students how to make their own laundry soap will prove to be a beneficial life skill.
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My students deserve the best and that includes clean clothes. By teaching them how to make laundry soap it will empower them with a skill that could transcend their life. By showing my students how they can make their own laundry they will be able to not only help themselves but it would also help their family and even their community.\r\n\r\nClean clothes is a basic need that everyone should have regardless of their economic status or intellect. My students deserve food, clean clothes and shelter. Now with this project I am at least giving them clean threads and a skills that may change their life in more and one way.
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My students need dry goods to make laundry soap for themselves.
| 2 | 0 |
102,406 |
p096999
|
1b8d752c47cd84b679cf8414196d07d3
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Mrs.
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CA
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2016-09-15 22:42:00
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Grades 3-5
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Math & Science
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Environmental Science
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More Solutions with Osmo
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I teach an exciting, motivated, and creative group of fifth-grade students. My student population is very diverse. I have some who are special needs students who are working below grade level, while others need to extend their thinking and apply the skills they have mastered in meaningful ways.\r\n \r\nMy students enjoy coming to school each day and learning from each other. They use their critical-thinking skills to ask good questions and analyze information. Through this project, my students will learn to code, an academic language which will be as important as reading and arithmetic in the very near future.\r\n
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In my classroom, my students are learning beginning coding. We have used the code.org lessons, and they loved it! After finishing the code.org module, they asked if I'd bring more coding experiences to our classroom and so I am asking for 8 Osmo coding sets. Through this set, students will snap physical blocks together to create sequences of commands and easily learn computer programming fundamentals. \r\n\r\nAdding coding to our classroom will infuse our STEM curriculum with engaging, cross-curricular experiences. It will connect the dots between science, technology, engineering and math for my students into real life applications. My students will be challenged to think creatively, try new things, learn from their failures, and persevere when unsure.\r\n\r\nThe biggest benefit of this project is that many of our environmental issues are being solved by engineers and this project will lay the ground work for students to acquire the skills necessary to help protect our environment. They will be thinking about how to put better systems in place to solve our problems. Is there a better or more efficient way recycle materials? Is there an alternative way to create energy to power the machine? These are just some of the problems students may be asked to solve in the future that will help make our environment better for all. \r\n\r\n
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My students need 8 Osmo coding sets to help them learn how to creatively think and find solutions to problems.
| 40 | 1 |
6,622 |
p157819
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cf6a4da51b3e01bfd499766f0cd06d04
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Mrs.
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TN
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2016-08-18 08:09:19
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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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iPad Minis for Enriched Learning
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Nestled in the hills of East Tennessee our community has a tradition of being a phenomenal place to send children to school. Not only do we provide wonderful educations but we make up a family of over 600 students, 35+ educators and dedicated support staff. Our school provides a fantastic learning environment for 90 amazing first graders.\r\n\r\nOur class is comprised of 9 boys and 9 girls. Hailing from different backgrounds we are truly a melting pot. We have lots of different interests and lots of great ideas that we love to share.
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Technology is such an important tool in today's classrooms. My first graders love having to opportunity to use the iPad Minis on a daily basis to enrich their reading and math skills.\r\n\r\n On the iPad Mini students are able to practice math skills on IXL and Front Row, as well as, improve their reading comprehension via the app Accelerated Reader. I use this a way to challenge my high achieving students to go above and beyond the first grade skills we teach. I also use iPad Minis to make learning fun. Students get to test their reading comprehension and math skills they feel like its a game!
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My students need ipad Minis for math and reading! We use them for do IXL, Front Row, MobyMax and Accelerated Reader.
| 2 | 1 |
140,346 |
p152023
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9826f4f4bc3b0a55d9edeeb1bc9d7111
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Mrs.
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UT
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2016-11-22 00:22:53
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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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Let's bounce into learning!
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Have you ever put some mentos in a bottle of coke and shook it up? It explodes like a volcano or a rocket shooting into the sky. This experiment would also be a great way to explain my 28 kindergarten students when they get tired of sitting still. \r\n\r\nEven though a lot of my students suffer from too much energy syndrome, they are creative, inquisitive, and love to learn. They love learning to read, doing science experiments, and math. My students live in a school district with a high population of ESL students as well as live in high poverty.
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A study published in the October 2003 issue of the \"American Journal of Occupational Therapy\" found that students with attention challenges, such as attention deficit hyperactive disorder, tended to focus better when using stability balls instead of chairs. The study revealed that students behaved better and that language skills improved, and that students and teachers preferred the use of stability balls in the classroom instead of chairs. Fidgeting helps children with ADHD concentrate, and just a little movement on the stability balls can meet their demands for expelling excess energy.\r\n\r\nWhen students are allowed to move while doing their work, they are using both sides of their brain. When they can use both sides of their brain they are more focused and can concentrate better in class. The chair is also known to help students practice balance and improve their posture. \r\n\r\nThese chairs will improve my student's learning by giving them a place to wiggle while getting their work done. They will also experience a new way of sitting in the classroom which will improve the classroom environment and decrease behavioral issues.
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My students need balance ball chairs to help them stay focused in school and get their wiggles out while getting their work done.
| 2 | 1 |
118,123 |
p069803
|
021197f6ad099b74ef9c9ac902d62209
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Mrs.
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UT
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2016-05-11 13:52:10
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Grades 6-8
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Literacy & Language
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Literature & Writing
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Organization for Life!
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Remember when you were in a teacher's class during their first year of teaching and it felt like everything was everywhere and there was no organization? That's the way my class felt this past year. It was my first year teaching, and I didn't understand what all I would need to smoothly run a class.
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My 7th and 8th grade students were very patient with me this year. They went with the flow for the most part, and we did what we could with what we had, but there were many times when, being only 7th and 8th graders, the disorganized environment invited them to be disorganized and unprepared as well. This is the age where they start to form habits that will continue on with them to their college years. This school is a college prep school, and one of the things that we will be focusing on as a school next year is organization and preparedness. I want to set that good example for my 7th and 8th students and be able to set high expectations because my classroom will be following those same expectations.
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My students will use the book organizers to store their journals when they are not in the classroom. The book organizers will allow for order regardless of how full each class is. \r\nThe magnetic notebook paper will allow me to demonstrate on a paper what an outline should look like, or how to set up a paper when they are taking notes. This will make it easier for me to demonstrate my expectations.\r\nThe pencils and mini white boards will allow the students to have the supplies they need to stay focused in class and be prepared.\r\nThe hanging file folder will be the perfect place for absent students to know where their work is when they come back. The paper organizer will be used to turn in their work and have it organized by each class.\r\nAltogether, these supplies will allow my students to see organization in action and practice it as a grade level.
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This project will help to organize my students and my class. The organization skills that I teach my students will be carried by them into high school and eventually through college. More than their education though, I hope to instill a need for organization throughout each of the students' personal lives so they can be better prepared for whatever the world has to throw at them.
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My students need organizational materials including, book organizers, file folders for missing work and turn in box, mini white boards, pencils, and giant notebook paper.
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26,486 |
p252235
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71df8eb4868ff70e3896c129dd5950b1
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Ms.
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IN
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2017-03-22 13:31:04
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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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Technology Takes Us to the Next Level
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My K - 4 special education classroom is a room full of love, support, acceptance, and high expectations. My students spend their year learning academics and standards, but more importantly functional skills that will allow them to enter society as the most productive and positive contributing members they can be with their skills sets. \r\n\r\nMy students are excited to experience up to date technology that will enable them to express themselves through creative digital art projects, support collection of information, and learn new skills with photography and photo editing.
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Students will use the camera to take candid and artistic pictures around the school and community environment during functional skills field trips. They will learn how to edit and photo shop pictures with current Apple programs. Students will be able display their pictures throughout the school building and celebrate their artistic successes along with the multi-cultural community of students at our building and in our hometown. \r\n\r\nThe addition of this technology will allow students to use appropriate social interactions and oral communication skills while taking photos, become familiar with current technology(photo programs and video creation programs), use of internet for ordering items, bolstering lifeskills for community functioning with purchasing canvases, appropriate use of cameras/computer, responsibility with new technology items, recognizing diversity within our school building, discovering self-interests and allowing use of “boards” to guide independent thinking and creativity, theme oriented and focused projects to promote character skills and appreciation of community/building events, and social awareness of others and others’ perspectives.
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My students need an iMac and a digital camera to produce canvas photos, create digital media, increase technology skills, use up to date websites and applications for furthering their ability to collect/make recipes, and information.
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115,313 |
p014834
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e9f8657201d94a0b42b5f248704143d3
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Mrs.
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TX
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2016-08-29 16:47:09
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Grades 6-8
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Music & The Arts
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Visual Arts
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Laptops for Art!
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My students range from the ages of 11-14, and are mostly African-American and Hispanic. Most have never taken part in an art class in their lives or visited a museum of art. \r\nMy classroom will be the first place where most of my students are exposed to the fine arts. Many of my students come from low-income families, have little knowledge of the world beyond their home, and sometimes have a lack of motivation for school. School can seem like the least important item on a student's list, yet they preserver. They reach for learning challenges from their teachers and they challenge us everyday to become better teachers. My students are amazing.\r\n
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I often dream of having listening stations for my students to help them better understand concepts in the art room but I stop because I do not have the means. \r\nHaving 21st century technology in the classroom would increase the impact of every lesson to my students. Student would use the laptops daily, in a rotation/station format. If I student could sit and view art on this platform it would make the world of difference in the way that the child learns, creates, and grows. I really want to give them this opportunity. Every little bit of support helps exponentially. \r\n
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My students need laptops to do all the things that will make them successful in this 21st century learning environment.
| 2 | 1 |
26,109 |
p064335
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403a043c359385f08d11b10741042091
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Mrs.
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LA
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2016-08-26 23:21:21
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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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Breaking Through The Walls of Technology
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My students come from a very low socioeconomic background. We the teachers at our Headstart give our students most of the exposure that they are receiving now. My students always come to school with a smile on their face and ready to learn! I make the best of our situation and give the students the most I can with what we have in our school. These students deserve the best education just like every other child. Please help my students!
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The iPad will give my students an experience that they do not have at home. The iPad will allow my students to learn the way that other students are learning today. Not only will they be learning but, they will be able to have fun doing so. The students will look forward to playing on the iPad rather then the computer that is in our classroom that always freezes. The students will be able to get apps that they have interest in which in the long run will get them more excited about learning the things that I am teaching and the state expects them to learn before Kindergarten.
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My students need the iPad so they can have the experience of technology and use the apps to learn.
| 0 | 0 |
73,568 |
p048487
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83b8d520859289feca517f3ac22cd172
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Ms.
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AZ
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2016-12-11 16:49:10
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Grades 3-5
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Health & Sports
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Gym & Fitness, Health & Wellness
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Keep Kids Healthy and Active
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Our students are some of the most kind, hardworking, innovative, brave and charismatic kids I have had the pleasure of teaching. They pride themselves in their work, relationships and their school. They question, challenge and inspire one another on a DAILY basis. Students have worked hard to create a positive environment within their school and community. We are a new school and our budget is limited. These kids deserve an awesome environment for them to continue to grow and improve.
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Our students have PE every single day! We value a full heart, smart mind and healthy body. In order to do this we need PE equipment to engage students and keep them healthy by moving and improving their physical abilities. We will be using different pieces of equipment within our fitness stations and games. We are also incorporating a run day to not only keep them moving but to educate them on the importance of goal setting and keeping a healthy heart and body. Any equipment will be helpful to continue the path of a healthy lifestyle for our entire school.
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My students need new equipment to stay physically fit and learn to lead a healthy lifestyle.
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166,826 |
p233132
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b580c11b1497a0a67317763b7f03eb27
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Ms.
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IN
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2016-08-03 04:15:39
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Grades 6-8
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Math & Science
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Mathematics
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Headphones Help Us Learn
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My seventh graders dream big. They can't wait to go to college and they dream of college and careers in healthcare and engineering and law. But to get to those goals they are going to have to work pretty hard to overcome some obstacles. Almost all of my students qualify for a free or reduced lunch. 65% of my students perform below grade level on standardized tests. 30% are learning English in middle school and 25% have a learning disability that impacts their academic performance. Despite all of this, my students work hard every single day to try to close these gaps.
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My students have new online textbook with personalized instruction and videos to help them understand math concepts. The textbook will adapt to their level and offer them videos and audio explanations specific to the types of mistakes that they are making. We will sometimes access this textbook together in class, but in order to allow each student to watch the videos of the concepts they in particular are struggling with we will need a class set of headphones. \r\n\r\nI am very excited about the chance to use technology to personalize instruction for each student and I hope we get our classroom seat of headphones to make this work in our classroom. \r\n\r\n
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My students need durable headphones that they can use to listen to online math videos that are a part of their textbook without disturbing other students.
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117,567 |
p106495
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ab15f85d0c9ae152f4713da9c5db0df5
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Ms.
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CA
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2016-12-18 19:43:04
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Grades PreK-2
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Math & Science, Applied Learning
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Applied Sciences, Parent Involvement
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Young Structural Engineers in the Making
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“Zao shang hao, huang lao shi!\" (Good morning, Ms. Huang) is what I hear first thing in the morning from my forty-three Mandarin bilingual/bi-literate students. Their ability to learn and speak a second language is one of many things that put a smile on my face every morning.\r\n\r\nMy students are biliterate in Mandarin, but many of them are learning Mandarin for the first time in the dual language program at my school. My students are mostly English Language Learners from low-income families. They are active learners who like to gather when exploring new things and while practicing both new and old concepts. They are curious learners, and require different activities to keep them engaged.
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This project will enable my students to learn about the basics of engineering and free market economy. This is a one-month project that will involve students buying and selling building materials, then constructing a structure at home with their parents.\r\n\r\nThis is not just an engineering project, but a project that incorporates free market economy and on-going parent involvement.\r\n\r\nI will begin the project by assigning each student a building material to sell. They will also receive an initial capital of two-hundred dollars of play money to purchase their needed materials, such as, toothpicks, coffee stirrers, beads, and clay. My students will be given charts to document their spending, sales, and product inventory. \r\n\r\nEvery week, my students will discuss with their family what materials they need. On Fridays, they will buy the necessary materials from their classmates and take them home. My students will work on the structure at home with their family over a course of a week. They will need to construct/modify a structure that meets the minimum requirements of five inches in height and hold the weight goal for the week. Students will take pictures of themselves working with their parents, and post it on ClassDojo. After four weeks, my class will hold a family science and engineering night, in which the students will invite their family and bring their structure to class. It will be a celebration of everyone's achievement and growth, and to see which structure can hold the most weight. The GoPro will be used to record the progress of the month-long project and the science night.\r\n\r\nInteractive projects that bring parents and children together are quite valuable. By building the partnership between the school and parents, my students are given the opportunity to put their best effort forward while they become little engineers.
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My students need various everyday materials to build a structure with their family, and a GoPro to document the one-month project in class.
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6,067 |
p204161
|
1ca3921949a8ac2578946f4b9785155c
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Mrs.
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NV
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2017-04-25 15:41:15
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Grades 3-5
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Math & Science
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Applied Sciences
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Supplies, Science & Crafts!
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We are a small school with one teacher per grade, and there are 19 students in my class. My students are low income, from Spanish speaking homes, but are very motivated and well behaved. They devour knowledge and opportunities that they are given. Their enthusiasm is infectious. Everyone who meets them is charmed by them! \r\n\r\nEven though most are below grade level in reading, they work very hard and have great attitudes. I love being their teacher. It is such an honor to watch them grow.
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I will have my students next year as well (we loop 4 & 5th grades), so these materials will be used at the end of this year and next year. \r\n\r\nWe are going to do a big spring cleaning and reorganizing, so that's what the cleaning supplies are for. We also need pencils and markers. Then, we plan to do a science unit on chemical changes. We will do several experiments that involve the simple chemicals in this order. Then they will use what they have learned to create bath bombs for their moms. Finally, the bath bomb molds will be used to make Christmas ornaments!
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My students need spring cleaning supplies, more markers and pencils, and some science and craft materials.
| 4 | 0 |
104,257 |
p231002
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69ea58b36fc92168dfdc21fc09b1bc70
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Ms.
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PA
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2016-07-15 19:49:07
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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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Technology to Engage Learners
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Imagine a bright classroom; full of posters, student work, and of course the students! When you enter the room you can hear a buzz of noise; you see scholars working in various stations reading books, writing their life stories, creating math problems with their peers, or manipulating letters and sounds to create new words. \r\n\r\nMy class has a diverse set of needs that are difficult to meet without resources. Creating a classroom environment like the one described above needs help. My class is made of 30 lively kindergarteners who are eager to learn, yet face many challenges that makes that learning harder. This year 1/3 of my class had special needs and/or were beginning English language learners. The majority of students were in school for the first time. All of them receive free breakfast and lunch at school. All of this does not stop them from exclaiming over every spiral they saw after one art lesson, or their eagerness to read the books from our author study. I know that with the right stuff we will all make this year the best year and start our journey as life long learners.
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I remember on one of the first days of school, my scholars were learning about the alphabet and its sounds. For the letter 'I' we say \"I is for Iggy Inchworm, Iggy Inchworm is for i..i..i\". None of my kindergarteners knew what an inchworm was. I wanted them to understand what it was since, this is something we would practice everyday. I pulled a video of an inchworm up on my.... phone. My thirty kindergarteners had to see this video on a tiny iphone four screen as I walked around the room to show them. \r\nMy students are curious and want to get to know the world better, what better way than to see on a big screen, accessible to all?. A projector will solve this problem. I also want to engage my students further by getting a document camera so that we can for example close read texts together, work with manipulatives as a whole group, and watch closely as we do shared writing together, among other instructional needs. Of course, these items need a home so a cart will be necessary to house them. \r\n
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My students need a document camera, projector, and a cart to house these resources.
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55,690 |
p041285
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2336ba41191b204eec207af4d72f3141
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Mrs.
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IN
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2017-03-14 14:55:33
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Grades 3-5
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Literacy & Language
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Literacy
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I Like to Read and Move it, Move it!
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Many of the students that enter my classroom come with the diagnosis of ADD, ADHD, OHI, and Op positional Defiant Disorder. These students come from low-income/high poverty homes, in which they face many challenges. Many of them are being raised in single parent households or by grandparents. Most students receive a free breakfast and lunch. Their living situations may not provide them with the life experiences many of us see as \"typical\".\r\n My students love to read and when reading, they like to move it move it! When they are in my classroom, they can feel safe to ask questions, read genres they haven't experienced and know that their learning style is welcomed. . By providing literature that is of high interest to the students, integrating technology to instruct and providing equipment on which the students may take out some of their energy, I anticipate that students will soar academically beyond any challenges they face.
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My Reading classroom will invite students to explore content across the curriculum and read about topics that may inspire them towards their future. The Scholastic sets of Story Works will allow my students to read up to date articles, high interest passages and also use related technology to deepen their understanding of topics read. Students will explore content across the curriculum and read about topics that may inspire them towards their future. \r\n The wobble chairs, balance balls, chair pedals, soft seats and chair foot bands are essential for the students in my class that can't sit for long periods of time or students that have learning styles that require movement. \r\n
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My students need literature and nontraditional seating to \"Move Them, Move Them!\"
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126,432 |
p124086
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ea5560e1401b3576a02aa81a78b68517
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Mrs.
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OK
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2016-11-16 14:08:42
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Grades 3-5
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Math & Science, Applied Learning
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Mathematics, Other
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Wiggle While We Work
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My students are one in a million. They always come into the classroom eager to learn and with a smile on their face. \r\n\r\nThey are the sweetest kids who come from all walks of life. Most of my students come from unstable homes. They often come in hungry and with dirty clothes. \r\n\r\nThis however does not slow us down. My students have made great gains this year. I remind my students everyday that each of them have great potential and that they can really make a difference in this world.
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Having ball chairs for my students to sit on, will allow them to move around all while learning. This is perfect for student who struggle with sitting still or who are fidgety. \r\nWiggle while we work! I have seen these balls work miracles in other classrooms and I can't wait to have them in mine! I have so many students that would really benefit from them. These fitpro balls allow students to move without them even realizing that they are moving. This also prevents them from distracting themselves or other students. Please help me provide my students with all the tools possible to reach their full potential. \r\n
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My students need ball chairs to help them focus while we are learning.
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63,276 |
p005950
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48ca9a41a2c2dcea44347d3563b62379
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Ms.
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NY
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2017-02-15 16:25:37
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Grades 9-12
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Music & The Arts
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Visual Arts
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Ink Pens for Incredible Artists
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Save the arts! Do you remember the first time you worked with a new, exciting art medium? Most of my students come to my class able to draw amazing things with a #2 pencil, and little experience with other materials. Help me introduce them to the colorful world beyond pencils. \r\n\r\nI teach at an urban, arts magnet high school serving a high poverty population. Students spend two periods a day in art class. The arts motivate our students to come to school every day, and as a result, we have the best attendance and graduation rate in the district. (We have a 90% graduation rate compared to a district average of 37%.)\r\n
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This project will provide each ninth grade student with his or her own set of black ink micron pens, which we will be able to use for a variety of projects. They can use them on their own to learn ink shading techniques, or use them with other materials, such as watercolor and colored pencil, to create dynamic mixed media pieces. Perhaps most importantly, providing each student with his or her own set will make them feel special, as it may be the first time they have had their own art supplies. \r\n\r\nHelp them enjoy the experience they've earned at this arts magnetic high school by funding a project they'll remember forever.
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My students need black ink micron pens to create detailed artwork.
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17,510 |
p156681
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c2de99498378c22c1a5f16a5c08a8ab8
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Mrs.
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ND
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2016-08-06 22:17:42
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Grades PreK-2
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Health & Sports
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Health & Wellness
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Get Fit and Be Active in the Primary Classroom!
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My first grade students are an active bunch and like opportunities to move around the classroom during the school day. Last April my students voted to get rid of the student desks in the classroom and we switched over to floor-height and standing-height tables. My students made a wish list for the classroom that includes stability balls, chair bands for foot motion, a step-walking machine, and stools and pillows for use around the classroom. With more seating options students can increase their peer-to-peer collaboration time and be active at the same time.\r\n\r\nMy students would love to have more flexible seating options in the classroom and more sensory input materials available at any time. As of right now, students who need a sensory break have to leave the classroom and go to the counselor's office to have their sensory break there. We also have indoor recess often during the cold winter months and indoor fitness equipment that could be used in the classroom would be very useful.
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All of the materials requested today were carefully selected by students for use by students. I had my students make a \"wish list\" of items that would be useful to them in the classroom to help them work collaboratively together and be active without disturbing other learners.\r\n\r\nThe sensory tools will be stored in a central classroom location for use by students anytime they need a sensory break. Students will no longer have to leave the classroom to take a sensory break.\r\n\r\nThe dramatic play items (puppet theater and puppets) has been a wish list item for my students for as long as I have been teaching first grade. First graders LOVE to act out familiar stories and write and produce their own plays. \r\n\r\nThe exercise equipment will come in handy during our long, snowy, cold winters when outside recess is not possible due to extreme cold and snow. I am especially excited to try the Yoga DVD with my students. Thank you for considering this project.
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My students need flexible seating options, dramatic play materials, and exercise equipment that can be used daily in the classroom for activity breaks and will easily integrate into our daily classroom routines and procedures.
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70,368 |
p222541
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a2107ef9dda83fe8519fd6eb0c7d0512
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Mrs.
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FL
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2016-05-05 13:07:43
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Grades PreK-2
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Applied Learning, Special Needs
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Early Development, Special Needs
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Learning through play
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A typical day in my class is spent teaching my students with special needs the pre- readiness skills they need to move on to kindergarten. At the end of the year, I want my students to be able to identify all letters, shapes, colors and sounds. My challenge is meeting each of their unique needs.
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I work at a Title 1 school in Florida. 98% of our students are living in poverty. My students range in age from 3-5 years and have Developmental Delays, Speech/Language Delays, Autism and/or Social/Emotional Delays. 25% of my students also have medical issues. \r\n\r\nMy students love school and love to learn. They learn best through play. Many of my students are still learning how to talk. When they are playing and accomplish something the pride is shown in their little faces. Over 90% of my students are also learning to speak English for the first time.
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My students will use the teeter totter on our playground. This will help them learn how to work together, share and solve problems. The STEM builders will teach my students to use their minds to create things out of their materials. They will be able to design a roadway and drive their vehicles on it. My students will be able to create without having to worry about whether it is right or wrong. They just have to use their imagination. The activities will also help with improving their fine motor skills which will help them with learning to write.
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Donations to this project will improve my class by helping my students get ready to go to kindergarten. The goal is for them to go to a regular education classroom upon exiting my class or send them to a class with the least restrictive environment for their abilities. My students have to deal with poverty and overcoming their disabilities, something that they don't comprehend at their young age. This project will help my students catch up to their non-disabled peers.
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My students need a teeter totter and stem manipulatives like bristle builders, playstix, magnetic vehicles, community vehicles and creature builders.
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113,496 |
p230723
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f0119e48d8eeb5357c1ca6ba20ebba5e
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Ms.
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MI
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2016-08-23 17:02:46
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Grades PreK-2
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Literacy & Language
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Literacy
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2 iPad mini's to help support students IEP goals!
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I work with students in kindergarten through fifth grade who are identified as needing academic support for special education. My Special Education students struggle with reading, writing and mathematics. They spend most of their day in larger, general education classrooms and come to my smaller room for support in their identified areas of need. The majority of them come from low income families, with some of them living in homeless shelters. We use many different hands-on materials to accommodate different learning styles; however, we do not have any technology for student use.
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My students need iPad Minis to enhance their learning. My hope is to offer students time to explore apps and materials designed to provide as an intervention for struggling readers and writers.\r\nTechnology is popping up in all areas of education and has so many positive benefits. However, my Special Education students have ZERO access to technology while in my classroom. My wish is for my students to be more creative in their reading, writing and math skills acquisition. Additionally, they will learn technology accommodations with the requested iPads that can benefit them in general education classrooms and in their personal, home lives, as well. Your donations will make it possible to create more interactive lessons and promote independence in student learning in my classroom! Thank you in advance for your donation to my students' future!\r\n\r\n
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My students need two iPad airs to support them with their reading, writing and math skills.
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6,689 |
p152516
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ea2f4691b06b37736b1721f41699a90f
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Mr.
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CA
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2016-09-01 03:22:25
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Grades 9-12
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Literacy & Language
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Literacy
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Help Literacy Come To Life In Our Classroom
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My students are bright, energetic and positive thinkers. I have the wonderful opportunity to work with a student body that is extremely diverse and cultured. Their ability to challenge me everyday to be the best teacher is something that I am truly grateful for. \r\n\r\nMy students have an insatiable thirst for reading and a huge part of our classroom environment focuses on attempting to understand different perspectives and cultures through reading. Providing students with an opportunity to subject themselves to a diverse range of texts is essential to helping students grow and learn from the different cultures that make up our school.
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Not all of my students love to read, but I believe it is because they have not found the right book yet. These materials will provide my students with a broader range of material to read and enjoy in and out of our classroom. Instilling a love of reading in my students is something that I strive to do each and every day and with the list of book titles that I have selected, I believe that I am on my way to inspiring my students to really enjoy reading. \r\n\r\nYour generous donation will help improve our classroom library tenfold and increase the likelihood of establishing a new generation of lifelong readers. Students will greatly benefit from the exposure to our new classroom library and in turn become better readers, writers, and thinkers. \r\n\r\nThis project will have a lasting impact on my students and our classroom environment and help them be more successful in the future.
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My students need a new bookcase and new books for our classroom to help instill a love of reading in each of them.
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17,827 |
p239834
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79321f7f9b5ac0205b1715248674b461
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Ms.
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CO
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2016-09-19 18:47:39
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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 Book Club devouring!
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Our students come from a variety of different economic backgrounds with over 80% of our students receiving free lunch. We are a rural school with many active, reserve, and retired military parents. \r\nOur students are creative, energetic, and have a desire to learn. Our rural school enables our students to understand and be in the outdoors. My students are eager to learn and do their best. They want to be in school because they want to learn all they can so they can reach for their dreams.
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My class is part of a Book Club at our small rural school. Many of our students live too far out to go to the Public Library, and many are also too far out to even get Internet. We formed the Book Club to inspire them to read, but found that they were only being exposed to text. \r\nGraphic novels are a feast for our student's eyes and introduce all kinds of information. Graphic novel have the best of both worlds for our readers. These books include both pictorial and textual literacy to inspire our students to take more challenging books.
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My students need sets of graphic novels for our Enrichment Book Club. Graphic novels are high interest, fast paced, devoured by our students and leaving them wanting more!
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156,080 |
p015947
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5c2b6ab6e1c7f0197152b233bbf96e51
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Mrs.
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VA
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2017-04-11 20:13:54
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Grades PreK-2
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Literacy & Language, Special Needs
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Literacy, Special Needs
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My Wiggly Students Need Seats They Can Wiggle In!
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I am the lucky teacher of 20 excited, hard-working first graders who love to learn! My class contains a mix of general education and special education students. They are peers, friends, brothers and sisters. One of the most important tasks I have as teacher is to instill in all of them a sense of caring and compassion for one another. We are a family.\r\nOurs is a Title 1 school located in a suburb of Washington, DC. My students come from a wide range of cultures and backgrounds. This is a high-poverty neighborhood, with so many wonderful families who support their children in every way they can. Additionally, we are a staff who support our kids in every way possible, from ensuring that their families have enough food to making sure their shoes fit. I am proud to be a part of such a committed group of educators.\r\n
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Our classroom is an open seating model, where students choose their working spots throughout the day, depending on the task, their individual needs, and their mood at the moment. At any given time, you will find my students sitting at tables, sprawled on carpets, snuggled up on cushions, and wedged into the coveted reading nook. In order for my kids to stay focused, they require this type of choice, and they prefer, and need, a lot of movement in order to work for extended periods of time. I have arranged an open seating plan with as many seating options and table heights as I can manage. The only option missing is seats that my students can wiggle around in as they work. \r\nThese flexible plastic chairs will allow my students to compose stories, solve story problems, and play games together; all while their energetic little bodies move about as they need to. Thank you for considering my project!
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My students need seating options that allow them to work in their favorite, most productive state--moving around!
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31,601 |
p048701
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e65c57fae1829e21c791d52b06841fdb
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Mrs.
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AL
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2016-09-27 09:43:00
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Grades 9-12
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Math & Science, Applied Learning
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Applied Sciences, Extracurricular
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Starry, Starry Nights: An Earth and Space Odyssey
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The students in our school are largely from rural areas. Our school is qualified to receive Title I funding and over 60% of our students receive free or reduced lunch. Despite the hardships that many face, my students have a intrinsic curiosity about the world around them. I want to give them greater opportunities to study and to learn. \r\n\r\nOur school has an incredible mix of students. We have students of all demographics, from the richest of the rich to the poorest of the poor. We have many students that we see for only a portion of the year due to their parents' occupations as migrant workers. I try desperately to create meaningful learning experiences for all.
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Teaching students from rural areas often presents challenges. Many of my students are lacking in personal experiences that I took for granted as a child. I long to fill in these gaps in the interest of helping them become well-rounded adults.\r\n\r\nI desire to bring our Space Unit to life by engaging in star viewing parties. Numerous students have expressed interest in returning to school in the evenings to stargaze because they have never had access to a telescope before.\r\n\r\nLike the universe, their curiosity is infinite! Thank you for helping me make the cosmos come to life for my children.
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My students need telescopes to view our sector of the universe.
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2,530 |
p149314
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8ed1cd0c3bf1c5f386e925a344ce65cb
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Ms.
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CA
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2016-12-28 18:57:35
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Grades PreK-2
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Literacy & Language
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Literacy
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Replenishing Our Needs
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\"Please excuse the laughter, volume, chaos, and mess; we are learning here\" is one of my favorite quotes that describes our classroom environment. At the first grade level, children are naturally curious about the world around them. My students are a diverse group. They have a variety of learning styles and a wide range of learning abilities.\r\n\r\nOur class is filled with 25 students eager to be scientists, mathematicians, historians, authors, engineers, artists, and explorers. At this age, students have a wide range of individual academic and personal needs to help them stay engaged and become successful lifelong learners.
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People are germy individuals by nature. Our students and teachers need to defend themselves against these germs to keep the learning going. Staying healthy means staying in school and staying focused! Attendance is an important factor in student achievement, and with the use of Clorox wipes and hand sanitizer we can keep those inevitable germs at bay. Having these essentials will help our classroom stay germ free!\r\n\r\nAs the year and learning goes on, supplies diminish and materials get worn out. \r\n\r\nAt our school, we take full advantage of the various online learning games our district encourages to keep students engaged and working at a level that best meets their needs. Without the use of proper working headphones, these online resources are not being used to their full advantage. Having new working headphones will be gladly appreciated! The clear clip boxes and word building Pop games will allow for students to continue working as they access a variety of games and resources independently. This game is a kid favorite and these boxes will help keep their learning supplies organized and accessible. The Scotch Thermal Laminator and Pouches will be used to create learning games and enhance students' environment even more. \r\n\r\nWith the help of these materials, my students can continue their learning and stay engaged throughout all areas of their day.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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My students need germ fighting hand sanitizer and Clorox wipes to fight off germs. My students also need headphones, Learning Resources Pop games, and various supplies to replenish our learning centers that have seen better days.
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74,464 |
p122855
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d49b1ab20c689fd68f108522604fc087
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Ms.
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IL
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2016-07-27 19:31:18
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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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Eye on the Tiger in Hollywood...
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I am a fifth grade teacher in Wheaton, IL. I have been a believer of ‘alternative’ seating for years, as my students began sitting on stability balls back in 2010. \r\n\r\n My students, in the past, have had the choice to sit on a ball or a traditional chair. Within the last two years, the students have earned incentive passes that have given them the choice of ‘executive’ seating. This was ‘flexible’ seating on a smaller scale. It was THE top choice of incentive passes for my students. I realized they chose their creative seats and took ownership of their day/learning, as they were engaged AND relaxed. I noticed different kids would choose different spots around the room - essentially what supported their learning styles. My kids have loved to get up and move during our ‘brain breaks’ and this flexible seating model will give them even more opportunities to move. Learning comes alive.
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After being inspired my my teaching partner, talking with my wonderful teammates and reading up on ‘’flexible’ seating, I feel this is the perfect step forward to further engage my students. I will continue to use some of the existing stability balls as seating choices but would love to add to the variety. Flexible seating, in my opinion, will take my ‘ball’ environment and give the students the power to choose what kind of learning space will be best for them. As you know to offer a variety of options and create an environment that sets the tone for collaborative work in a warm, inviting setting, can be expensive. Comfy chairs, rugs, end tables, bean bag chairs, lap desks, clipboards and so much more are needed to begin to transform my world.\r\n\r\nTHROUGH YOUR SUPPORT THE DONATIONS WILL HELP BUILD THE PERFECT ENVIRONMENT FOR MY STUDENTS TO THRIVE EACH AND EVERY DAY. Thank you!!
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My students need flexible seating choices to flourish as independent and responsible learners.
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47,717 |
p239878
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60e1321b0b6041a7d1983fb80ba58eb7
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Ms.
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GA
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2017-04-03 13:40:55
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Grades PreK-2
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Literacy & Language
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Literacy
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Ms. Jordan's Smarty Ants
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My students are a great group of students that just want to succeed. Even though they are little, they are doing great things and showing progress each and everyday. I have never seen a group so eager to learn! These little minds are being shaped everyday. \r\nA person's a person no matter how small. They will be so excited to know they were able to reach our goal which will help them with different skills in life, including but not limited to their literacy skills.
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My students have an interactive website they use to better their literacy called Smarty Ants. These tablets will help more students be able to participate on a daily basis. You're help will be greatly appreciated!\r\nEach day my students will be in a small group to play Smarty Ants. Even though, they are having fun, they are working on letters, letter sounds, and some are moving into building words. They are awarded every week with the one who spent the most time playing and or who built the most words, etc. \r\nI want to ensure that my students all have equal opportunity to play during the week. right now, the tablets we have do not work and we are having to share one computer for 20 kids. Thank you for taking the time to read about my class, and I think you in advance for any amount you can donate.
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My students need tablets to enhance their learning experiences through literacy and other areas.
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98,821 |
p071158
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6c4ba1c0f8d34a9957f71a4995e62961
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Ms.
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VA
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2016-12-07 16:40:27
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Grades 3-5
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Literacy & Language
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Literacy
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The Great Book Discovery!
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Our wonderful little school is a diverse wonderland of students from all walks of life. Not only is our student body diverse, but the students learn from and embrace each others difference's.\r\n\r\n Unlike some of our surrounding school districts, our district does not have unlimited access to resources and funding. Thankfully, we have amazing parents and administration that go above and beyond to ensure our students are receiving the best education possible. Our school is truly a dream school, job, and neighborhood asset.
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Just as my 70 student's backgrounds are different, so are their reading levels and interests. This is my second year teaching and I was lucky enough to be provided with a decent amount of books by previous 5th grade teachers. \r\n\r\nUnfortunately, these books are older (in age and content) and not as interesting to the students of today. I have a small group of new books that students can't wait to get their hands on, but unfortunately that is what they have to do...wait. My dream is that each of my students, no matter their ability or interests, can find at least 3-4 books on my bookshelves that get them engaged in reading!
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My students need more books to choose from in our classroom library. Each of their interests are different and I would love for our classroom library to hold a treasure for every student.
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119,059 |
p256191
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bf89bebdad18cedccaf6f6c8878042fb
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Mrs.
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IN
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2016-12-22 11:26:41
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Grades PreK-2
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Literacy & Language, Special Needs
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Literacy, Special Needs
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Reading Is Fun For Everyone
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My students are all 3, 4 and 5 years old. They have all been identified with a range of disabilities. They are all amazing!\r\n\"All children are gifted, they just open their packages at different times.\" This quote has meant a lot to me over the years, and I wish I knew who to attribute it to. I strive every day to help those children I come in contact with, to discover and mold their gifts into whatever they choose.
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I LOVE BOOKS!! They are an important part of our everyday classroom routine. My students also love books. They like to relax with books during any part of the day, when we have \"down time\", and sometimes they will choose books for their free time activity. \r\n\r\nOur current bookcase, consists of two milk crates, tied together with pipe cleaners. Although it does the trick, it is not very easy for the kiddos to see the books, or to choose which one they want, without having to remove all of them from the crate. \r\n\r\nIt is also important for the kids to have a comfortable place to sit and relax while they are reading. Bean bags are a good choice for them, especially those who may have difficulties sitting in a typical chair or who cannot get up and down from the floor.
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My students need a book shelf and bean bag chairs, for our reading area.
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156,133 |
p192581
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a9e2d4d5b9f2cba2fcce8f54869463ab
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Mrs.
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TX
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2016-11-28 14:11:21
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Grades 3-5
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Health & Sports
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Gym & Fitness
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OMG... Scooters for Exercise!
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To have students enter the gym excited to learn and to say that Health and Fitness class is their favorite, truly makes me feel that I have a \"dream Job!\" I teach at a Title 1 school, where there are over 17 languages spoken. It is a very low income school without a PTO (Parent Teacher Organization.) I am the Health and Fitness teacher and I get to make an impact with every student who walks through the front doors of my school. Unfortunately, high rates of inactivity and consumption of high-calorie diets are responsible for the high prevalence of obesity in children. Physical Education and Health are imperative in these children's lives and making it FUN is the way to help change the lives of our students!
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This little gem, the scooter, gets more use in our health and fitness class than almost any other piece of equipment. Why? Mainly it’s because they’re just plain FUN! Nothing can get a kid more excited about health and fitness class than whizzing down the gym on one of these babies!\r\n\r\nAs a health and fitness teacher, I love scooters just as much as the kids because of their ability to target a whole array of skills in a fun and interesting way. In one class with a scooter, we can work on core strengthening, upper body strengthening, coordination, and endurance – not to mention the awesome sensory benefits!
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My students need scooters to speed across the gym in a multitude of games.
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21,956 |
p216719
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ec3ec9ad4c03a47558303f5b07403f8a
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Ms.
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IL
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2016-09-10 08:21:21
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Grades PreK-2
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Health & Sports
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Gym & Fitness
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And They All Came Tumbling Down!
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Each school year is new and different. This is what makes teaching special. In no other profession do you get to touch dozens of new lives in a personal, positive way EVERY SINGLE YEAR. Let's face it, teachers in many ways have a greater impact on young mind than parents. Getting to know new little people is such a joy, and this year is no different. This week, I have met 22 human beings who are just beginning to get an understanding of the world around them. I have the privilege and the pleasure of helping them to gain meaning of what this world we live in is all about.\r\n\r\nI work at a Title I public school in one of the most impoverished and crime-ridden neighborhoods in the city of Chicago. I have 20 four-year-olds and two three-year-olds. All of my students come from low-income backgrounds, and honestly, school provides the stability that many of my students desperately . Despite many hardships that my students face, they come to school every day with an eagerness and a zest for life that many adults lost long ago .
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American children, due to sedentary lifestyles, are more overweight and unhealthy than children of years past. One mandate of my headstart program is that children have physical activity every day. We fulfill this requirement at the playground when the weather permits. However, my school is in the city of Chicago, which means that we're unable to go outside for the entirey of the long winter. The gym at my school has a climbing apparatus, but no mats in case children come tumbling down. Having tumbling mats would ensure that my students are active and safe every day, despite Mother Nature.
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My students need a tumbling mat so that they might still engage in required daily physical activity on inclement weather days when they are unable to go outside and play on the playground.
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43,847 |
p045160
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8d7bd28971369465d536a88ac2ff3e6f
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Mrs.
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MO
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2016-05-09 14:49:19
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Grades PreK-2
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Literacy & Language
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Literacy
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Listening to Becoming a Better Reader
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I am a reading teacher and I assist students that are reading below grade level from Kindergarten to 3rd grade. I have several small groups that I see every day. Monday through Thursday we follow Fountas & Pinnell's LLI Kits. On Fridays, I try to do fun reading activities with them.
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My students range from Kindergartners to 3rd graders. These are the students that struggle with reading. We work hard on numerous aspects of reading. For some of these kids, school is the only place they read. They may not have anyone at home to read to them.
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Every Friday I try to switch things up in my reading room and have different reading activities the student can rotate through. This makes them more excited to read. The listening supplies I have asked for will be used to create a listening center for students. They will be able to choose books to listen to and complete a listening center activity.
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As Timothy Rasinski, reading researcher, believes that students need to hear fluent reading in order to be fluent readers. So if they are not being read to at home, I want them to hear as much fluent reading as possible. I send books home with my students every night in hopes that they will have a chance to read to someone at night OR that someone will read to them. With the listening center in my room, they can be read to and hear fluent reading. This will help to improve their reading fluency.
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My students need 6 CD players and 6 headphones for our listening center.
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34,641 |
p083670
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8302ec2bad0905c8942cce68d9863874
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Mr.
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NC
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2016-06-29 20:17:08
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Grades 3-5
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Music & The Arts
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Music, Performing Arts
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Whack It! Beat It! Making Music Come Alive!
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I teach in a low-income/high poverty school that is a Title 1 school in North Carolina where 100% of our students receive free meals while at school. My students are faced with several challenges both in and out of the classroom. I am looking to provide my students with creative, fun and meaningful musical learning experiences. \r\nMy desire is to help kids discover a love for music that will carry them throughout their lives to help them become successful in life one day. I teach 6 classes each day, kindergarten through 5th grade class, which means I see over 100 students per day. The students rotate between art, music, PE and coding. I teach in a small school that is growing and because of that, I teach from a cart and have to travel between two buildings to teach every day. The students all perform in several music programs each year. The students are passionate about their time in our special area classes and have been vocal about what those classes mean to them. Giving these students opportunities to explore their passions, strengths, and talents is a thrill and is so important. \r\n
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This project is one that will bring music alive for my students. My students love to play instruments and make music. Due to the resources of our school, we don’t have many instruments for our students to use. I am looking to take something the children love to do, drum, and utilize it in a way to teach my students about rhythm, beat and so much more. Through the use of bucket drumming, my students will be able to improvise, compose, read notation, and perform on these instruments. Through the use of Boomwhackers my students will learn to read written music, improvise, compose, and perform on these as well. All of my students, no matter the grade, can utilize these instruments within the guidelines I set based on their skill level.\r\nThe donations for this project will improve my classroom by reducing the amount of behavioral issues, because I will be able to provide the appropriate stimulation that my students need through a more engaging approach with hands-on learning of music. Without the help of these donors, it would take many more years to try to obtain these instruments causing me to have to focus on more singing and less on making music. \r\nBy using these instruments, each student will be given opportunities to develop their musical skills, participate in engaging lessons that ensure the success of all students, and give the students a sense of ownership in their music education and make them musically independent. What a gift this opportunity would be to my students!\r\n
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My students need Boomwhackers & Buckets for a more engaging musical learning experience.
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59,283 |
p046849
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396d9f175d288eb944d99bfc2f6947be
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Mrs.
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SC
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2016-08-05 14:02:35
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Grades PreK-2
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Health & Sports
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Health & Wellness
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Fitness Can Be Fun
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I teach at a high poverty school full of energetic, eager to learn students. They come to Kindergarten on a variety of levels and from a variety of backgrounds. They all want to be successful. Because they come in on a variety of levels it takes a multiple materials and methods to best meet their needs. Children need to be taught at their level and in a fun way in order for them to stay motivated to learn. The best part about kindergarten is they can have fun with about any lesson.
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My kids love to move and dance. We try to incorporate that as much as possible in our daily routine. During transitions or on a raining day they are always asking, \"can we dance\". So we put on some music and dance. \r\nI feel that getting children up and moving is just as important as teaching them to read and write. With these DVD's we can dance and workout at anytime during the day. \r\nWhen we finish with our dancing they can take their iPad to read our non-fiction books on good foods and fitness. We have stories about shopping with mom and dad and going to the park with friends.
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My students need workout DVDs to get fit and get moving.
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62,750 |
p213610
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3aa28f5fd38a45a39456c6f7c254e551
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Mr.
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MD
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2016-12-05 11:48:49
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Grades 6-8
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Literacy & Language, Math & Science
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Literature & Writing, Mathematics
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An iPad for Mr. T's students!
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As a teacher in the Inner City of Baltimore, Maryland my students are faced with many challenges both inside and outside of the classroom. My role as a special education resource teacher allows me to work with students in different capacities both inside and outside of the classroom. I am constantly searching for “out-of-the box” ways of delivering information, teaching concepts and exposing my students to experiences in which they don’t often encounter. While meeting the needs of each student that I work with I want so share and provide these students with many creative and purposeful learning experiences.
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Because I often work with small groups at a time, an iPad will be a useful tool for students to use. An iPad will help students become better acquainted with technology and how to use it for academic purposes rather than just for social media. The iPad will allow me to teach content by way of streaming video and creating projects with my students, as well as allow students to access content in all academic areas. The iPad will also allow me easily and creatively tailor my lesson plans for each student based on what that student needs.\r\nAn iPad will help to improve academic skill sets from reading phonics and fluency to math content and written language as well.
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My students need an iPad. . The iPad will allow students to view academic content in a variety of ways.
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38,128 |
p052818
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6e8d563df5872477c4be48a406d303f7
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Mrs.
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NC
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2016-10-13 22:38:41
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Grades 9-12
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Music & The Arts
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Music
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Posture-Promoting Exercise Balls for Chorus
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In my chorus classroom, we are a family. This reflects our school community, where generations of students have attended our school, and several alumni have returned as faculty members. We are in a rural area outside the city of Charlotte, North Carolina.\r\n\r\nI am proud to know and work with my students because they are caring, honest and hardworking. They have a genuine love of choral music and a desire to include anyone who loves to sing. In class, we sing, we move, we participate in team-building activities, we encourage each other, we learn, and above all, we make music.
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The exercise balls funded by DonorsChoose will be used daily by all of my students. Until this year, the chorus program shared the band room with the band program, but now that we have our own classroom, we no longer have seating that supports good posture.\n\nPosture is an integral part of good choral technique, and these exercise balls will help my students achieve it. Learning in chorus is a physically active process and using exercise balls in class helps reinforce kinesthetic learning. The kids are very excited that this project can be funded through Donors Choose. Thank you for considering supporting our chorus program and my students' success as musicians!\n
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My students need a class set (30) of exercise balls to sit on instead of chairs.
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151,744 |
p106918
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4ccef18a5fca1a714299271da03a0410
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Mrs.
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IN
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2017-02-22 13:47:14
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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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Helping One Child at a Time
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Imagine seeing children walking into school with shoes that are falling apart. The sole is separated from the front end of the shoe, the shoe strings are so ragged and ripped that there's no way they can stay tied, and they aren't wearing any socks--even if it's below freezing. Imagine a child having a toilet accident and having to wear wet or no underwear for the rest of the day. \r\n\r\nEvery day in our K-6 building, I see students walking in with shoes that should long ago have been discarded, no socks, and a child or two walking to the nurse to try to get some dry underwear and/or pants.\r\n\r\nWhen such needy children are in my actual classroom, I can usually find them an alternative pair of shoes and buy them a couple of pairs of socks. Unfortunately, I can't afford to do this for all of the kindergarten, first, and second grade students that have such a need.
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Having decent shoes, socks, and clean, dry underwear should be something no child does without. Our school is high poverty and many children come to school without their basic needs being met. \r\n\r\nWhile we can't fix everything for every child, this project will make sure that one basic human need is met. Our kindergarten, first, and second graders still have bathroom accidents and have little control over the condition of their shoes and socks. Our school funding has been cut so drastically that the only way we can get extra shoes, socks, and underwear is for the school employees to provide them.\r\n\r\nThis grant will provide a clothing pantry so that when a kindergarten, first or second grade child has shoes with the sole ripped off or toes sticking out, we can give them a new pair. When they come to school in freezing weather and they aren't wearing socks, we can give them a pair. When they don't make it to the bathroom in time, we can give them a pair of clean, dry underwear.
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My students need unripped shoes that fit, socks, and clean, dry underwear.
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179,215 |
p213114
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28c79193c9c864f25add867dd4428673
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Ms.
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NY
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2017-01-11 09:53:54
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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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Creative Students Need Art Supplies
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My students are very talented young individuals who come from a high poverty section of New York City. They face challenges inside school to succeed and do their best and they struggle outside of school to not allow their environment to stop them from achieving their dreams. We are a 100% free lunch school. Our students strive to become role models and leaders for their community. \r\n\r\nComing to art class is an opportunity for them to express themselves creatively and to free their minds of the obstacles they face. My students are from all over the world and they bring the knowledge of their cultures to my class, which in turn results in the most creative masterpieces.
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Having the basic supplies of markers, paint and papers allow the students a whole world of opportunities. You would be amazed at the pictures I see when they are given the opportunity to just \"free draw\". Their pictures tell stories that they would never be able to express in words. They show the happiness they have experienced, the sadness, their troubles and their dreams. You see what motivates them and how you, as an educator, can help them grow. It's really amazing what a piece of paper and a pencil can do for a child.\r\n\r\nComing from homes where they have nothing, I like to think the art room is a sanctuary for them.\r\nIt is not possible if we don't have the supplies for students to use to express themselves. Your donation of supplies will make a world of difference and put huge smiles on my students faces.
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My students need crafts and art supplies like markers, crayons and colored pencils to be expressive.
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63,724 |
p242265
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ec9ab70ca82977c3d1f447b013c19bf4
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Mrs.
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CA
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2016-10-11 01:04:09
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Grades PreK-2
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Math & Science
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Mathematics
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iPads for Enrichment
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My classroom consists of 24 second graders. They are excited to learn about the world around them and love to use technology to enhance their learning. \r\n\r\nMy classroom is made up of a diverse group of learners from various backgrounds. My students represent a variety of socioeconomic levels, cultural backgrounds, and academic abilities. About one-third of my class are English Language Learners. The students in my class come to school with varying levels of academic abilities and background knowledge. Some students work hard at developing their basic foundation skills while other students excel in all curriculum areas. Through the use of technology, the needs of my students can be met more easily. However, many of my students do not have access to a computer or the Internet in their own homes.
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My students are excited to use technology in our classroom. Three iPad mini tablets would make a difference in the way that my students learn and access information. During small group instructional time, the iPad mini tablets would help students to review previously taught concepts. Through the use of educational apps, students would receive extra practice with math and reading concepts. Students can also enrich their understanding of the curriculum by immediately accessing visual and written information through various educational websites. These websites can help to enhance their basic understanding of our second grade concepts and also enrich their vocabulary. \r\n\r\nIn a technology centered world, three iPad mini tablets would help students to become fully engaged learners. Educational apps and websites provide students with immediate feedback or information as they learn about the world around them. The increased use of iPad tablets will provide students more opportunities to integrate technology into their daily lives and help prepare them for the increasingly technology oriented world. Using iPad mini tablets will make a positive impact on the educational experience and future success of my students.\r\n\r\n
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My students need three iPad minis to use during small group instructional time, math and reading centers, and for enrichment of our curriculum standards.
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153,038 |
p209561
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02708550f21ea1c256189a52ef3ae0c1
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Mrs.
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AL
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2016-06-09 08:20:07
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Grades PreK-2
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Math & Science
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Applied Sciences
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Lab Coat Ready!
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My high energy five year olds come from low socioeconomic backgrounds. Many come to my room at the beginning of the year with no previous structured school experience. They are eager to learn, but unsure of the proper way to go about this. They want to touch everything, move constantly, and basically explore every inch of their surroundings. I have found that the best way for these children to learn is through a very active and hands-on approach. During their kindergarten year I have the chance to help foster that desire to interact with their environment and learn how to do this appropriately.
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\"Tomorrow's engineers are building bridges in the block corner today\". - Author Unknown\r\nIn my classroom I would like to provide my babies with the opportunity to investigate, explore, problem solve, and play. Having these resources in my classroom would enable me to provide them with the hands-on science activities that would encourage just that. Together our class would identify the goal and discuss what it is we want to know. From there the children would begin to problem solve, they would begin to explore and interact with the surroundings, essentially gaining a more in-depth understanding of the why and how. \r\nTeaching my children how to question, investigate and problem solve are important now because they are actively seeking answers to how the world around them works. My students are engaged and eager to explore. Their learning is based mainly on experiences and I would like to be able to provide that experience to them, but in the correct way with the proper tools.
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My students need the STEM bundle, STEM stations, and the Experiment of the week lab to ensure they have every opportunity to grasp a full understanding of how the world around them works.
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95,287 |
p002715
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4b282deeec220670d0b5055ecd8fc978
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Ms.
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CA
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2016-08-26 00:30:57
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Grades PreK-2
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Literacy & Language
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Literacy, Literature & Writing
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Read, Baby, Read!
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Our students are the hardest working students in our district. They work hard to achieve academic and personal success. Our school enrolls students regardless of their past record, and is setting them on a path to high school and college success. We have been the highest performing Title I middle school in the district and the second highest performing middle school overall.\r\n\r\nOur success as a middle school has caused to grow into a TK-8 public charter school.\r\n\r\nUsually schools grow by adding one grade a year, but we are hitting the ground running with all classrooms. We have high expectations for our students and expect them to Work Hard and Be Nice in order to climb the mountain to college.
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We are a founding elementary school serving the needs of our students. Our students need to READ. They need to read to learn, read to build vocabulary and read to learn to LOVE reading. My students need access to great books that they WANT to read.\r\n\r\nWe are moving into empty classrooms and building a classroom library by scratch.\r\n\r\nMy bookshelves have been painted and now they just need to be filled with books. I am hoping to have overflowing bookshelves so that my students are inspired to find a book that they love and can keep coming back to, but are also able to find even more books to love and enjoy! Students will be able to check out books from the classroom library to read and then bring back so they can borrow another one as well as make recommendations to friends.
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My students need a classroom library! I am going to instill in my students a love of learning and I am going to push them to read, read, read and then, read some more!
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141,742 |
p243939
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a2ec04061b2f7639d698414936177f7f
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Mrs.
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CA
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2016-08-08 01:50:05
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Grades PreK-2
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Literacy & Language
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Literature & Writing
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Ready Writers
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Students are excited about learning and love picking up a book. One of the biggest goals is to ensure students remain in love with school, reading, and learning. Our school aims to provide them with a safe and enriching environment.\r\n\r\nThe classroom is composed of students from many different backgrounds, yet they all have their love of learning in common.\r\nStudents come to school enthused and willing to explore new ideas. They are inquisitive and want to know about everything and the best part is that they are very willing to look for answers themselves when given proper guidance. Our school is a Title 1 school with students from k-8. While it is a Low Income school we have involved parents and families. The entire school runs on the idea of striving to be the best leaders possible, and this is apparent in every grade. In every room you will find students treating each other with respect and willing to help each other achieve. Our school works hard to give the students the best education possible. In our classrooms you will find the leaders of today and tomorrow, well educated students not only academically but socially.
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Students will love having their very own writing journals at their desk. These will be a great way to encourage students writing and penmanship. The journals are made specifically with Kinder appropriate writing lines and have a space for their imaginative drawings. The pencil grips will help students as they begin to hold a pencil and develop their writing skills. The erasers are an extra motivation, since they will tell students that mistakes are okay, and help us grow. Finally students will have their motivational stickers at their desks, and will be encouraged to give their work a praise-sticker once they feel their work is at its best. This extra step will encourage students to take responsibility over their work, allowing them to understand that they have earned their sticker. \r\nStudents are highly capable of great work, all they need is the tools to self-monitor and be proud of what they produce. These materials will not only give students the physical materials they need to write, but they will also give them the confidence in themselves that can push their limits higher. Students who can self-assess and can feel proud of the work they produce are students who we can be sure will be successful.
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My students need primary journals, pencil grips, erasers and motivational stickers to encourage them to be better writers.
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18,774 |
p225901
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bea1af6696be2124a1046991a0df1452
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Ms.
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TN
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2016-11-25 10:37:06
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Grades 3-5
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Health & Sports
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Team Sports
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SAVE OUR KNEES IN VOLLEYBALL
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Loud and proud are who we are. We are a family like no other. Our school is in a great community with vast diverseness. We are surrounded by colleges and low income housing. We pride ourselves in preparing our athletes to be great on and off the court. \r\n\r\nOur students recite every day that, \"We are destined for greatness.\" I believe this wholeheartedly as I interact with students. I am forming winners on and of the court daily. Great kids are coming your way!
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The volleyball knee pads will help my team look unified and help avoid injuries. Most schools let players purchase their own knee pads. I want to make sure that all players have the right protection. There are hidden talents and athletic gifts that I am exposing through volleyball. My players will learn that teamwork and hard work will lead them to volleyball success.\r\n\r\nMy students would love to know that they too can be a part of something, make new friends, learn something different, and have fun while learning. Learning the game of volleyball is another pathway to success on and off the court.
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My students need volleyball knee pads to protect themselves from injury while practicing and playing.
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