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4,239 | p173317 | ed05af63eadbec783badfbe9803b7cd1 | Mrs. | MS | 2016-10-03 21:33:43 | Grades 6-8 | Math & Science | Mathematics | Leave It Better Than You Found It! | Helping students to succeed is far more than instruction in the classroom. Students need the proper tools to help them achieve their educational goals. With this generation of students, the days of teacher led instruction are diminishing. Teachers need the proper tools to keep students engaged. \r\n\r\nStudents learn best when they are engaged and working in an interactive environment. \r\n\r\nThe students at Magnolia Middle School are special students for several reasons. The majority of students come from a poverty home. These students have seen very little of the world, except what is in Moss Point, Mississippi. The students crave attention, not only personal attention, but also educational attention. These students deserve the education and tools to achieve their education just like every other student. These students understand their State scores are low. They understand they need to improve. They understand they need to do better to better themselves. I know, as their teacher, we need the proper tools to help keep them engaged so the learning will be interactive. With the proper tools I know as an educator, these students can and will succeed. | If chosen for a classroom I-pad and Chromebooks, students will be able to work more efficiently in center activities. Students learn best by utilizing technology in every area/subject possible. Students enjoy and connect with interactive learning. \r\n\r\nI live by the motto \"Leave it better than you found it\" and I want my students to do the same. By giving these students the tools they need to succeed, the sky becomes the limit. \r\n\r\nI am very confident the students at Magnolia Middle School can do the work, but it's my job as an educator to give them the tools to help them succeed inside and outside the classroom. | null | null | My students need a class I-pad and Chromebooks to help with center and interactive learning. | 0 | 0 |
121,498 | p073793 | fec436a25a619ae5da0675c0b2509db5 | Mrs. | CA | 2016-06-21 20:20:11 | Grades 6-8 | Literacy & Language | Literature & Writing | Bean Bag Pod | Everyday in my classroom a new group of students arrive ready to start their day. They are either 21 and ready for the world and ready with all the answers to all the questions or are 5 - confused, scared, and unsure of the adult world they soon will be entering. So what school do these students attend? The mixed up wonderful world of middle school. For my students, of which 60% are on free and reduced lunch, the power to rewrite their history lies in education especially the ability to read. Given the challenges many face at home offering an alternative to the desk and chair model will provide a safe, fun, quiet place to fall into a book. \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n | The power of choice is huge for middle school students. Letting students decide what they want to read and where encourages learning and motivation. Middle school literacy is critical for future success. Many of my students do not have a quiet place at home to read. In addition, family obligations often do no allow my students the time necessary to complete their required school reading. This reading pod will do just that. Providing a new and different environment that promotes reading and offers flexible seating is extremely appealing to students at this age. Thank you in advance for supporting my project. | null | null | My students need five bean bag chairs to engage my middle schools students in reading in a flexible seating environment. | 0 | 1 |
166,335 | p119653 | 65d1a5a0eb20a34c16374c2d75fbbe99 | Mrs. | FL | 2016-07-28 16:28:11 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language, Math & Science | Literacy, Mathematics | Criss-Cross Applesauce | My first grade students attend a Title 1 school that has 80% of its student population on free or reduced lunch. Many of them come from a low socioeconomic background with some having a single parent household. My students come to school eager to learn and enjoy being in our school environment that is nurturing, positive, and encouraging. They thrive in an atmosphere that is cheerful, friendly, and structured. My students began to learn in kindergarten how to be considerate, use manners, and cooperate with others and will continue those skills in first grade. | My students need a rug that shows them a specific spot to sit on so that they are not sitting too closely to the student next to them and invading their personal space. This helps the students to be more engaged in learning rather than bumping into each other and causing distractions. In first grade, we frequently sit together on the floor for whole group instruction or story time and my classroom is in need of a colorful, clean rug for the students to sit on. The rug I have chosen has colored squares that show the students their specific area. This will be helpful as the students sit in a criss-cross position on the floor. It is also brightly colored to help the classroom to be more cheerful and inviting. | null | null | My students need a rug with a designated area to sit on the floor that will allow enough space for them to sit comfortably without intruding on another child's personal space. | 0 | 1 |
74,601 | p027837 | 13d18f9fae9fe6f04d083e40cbfca918 | Mr. | PA | 2017-01-12 12:34:57 | Grades 6-8 | History & Civics | History & Geography | By The Time I Graduate Will I Need A Textbook? | Students in my school are coming from a variety of cultural backgrounds. Many have experiences that can not be scored in a classroom. All Students receive free lunch due to their economical status, and currently students are dealing with the concept that their high school might be closed, forcing them to new school districts. Our students are using outdated textbooks, maps, and resources kits which are placing our students behind creating even more of an educational gap. Students are not learning by using 21st century technology which are placing them behind other middle school students as they apply to high schools. | Growing up is different today and when I grew up. To start school I usually went shopping and got our new backpack, new box of crayons, new pencil box, ect. However today's student is moving into an educational experience unlike any other. Today's student requires cutting edge technology like an Ipad and apps rather than outdated school supplies. \r\nWhich leads to the question \"By the time I graduate will I need a textbook?' My answer to this question is no. Already I see that technology is king, and that students need to be able to use apps, and programs as well as I grew up using color pencils and crazy glue. Today's growing demand for 21st century learners requires students to be able to learn on the go and have work accessible to them at all times. Long gone are the days of trapper keepers and folders.\r\nBut, how can we expect students to learn this way without the resources available to them? I want to be able to give my students the opportunity to learn using 21st century technology. To teach usage of apps rather than just content, to prepare my students to be the next generation of leaders within our country. | null | null | My students need an Ipad to help teach them new age programs such as Pages, Numbers, and Keynotes | 3 | 0 |
175,415 | p213430 | 558795b9206f75b5e850bdb24a4a68e1 | Mrs. | CA | 2016-09-14 17:32:57 | Grades 9-12 | Math & Science | Mathematics | Calc Kids Need Calculators! | \"Creativity is especially expressed in the ability to make connections, to make associations, to turn things around and express them in a new way.\" Our students striving to get a higher education in AP math classes are limited. They need the proper tools to connect and express in math.\r\n\r\nOur population is unique. Most of our students are artists and life-long learners. With a creative edge, our students have made learning possible despite the lack of funding our school has for resources and tools. A percentage of our students come from a low-income household in the greater Los Angeles area and are unable to afford to purchase classroom tools on their own. These students deserve to have the materials necessary to succeed in school and meet or exceed expectations of themselves as learners. Many of these students hope to take advantage of the AP courses we are offering, but cannot afford the graphing device that is required to complete PreCalculus, AP Statistics or AP Calculus. This is where they need your help! | Our Math Department is kindly asking for a small set of TI-84 Calculators for our students who are taking AP and pre-AP courses to borrow and use. These are expensive tools, but we are willing to accept used and refurbished calculators. Anything would be greatly appreciated! ONE Calculator will make the difference in a student's life by allowing him or her the opportunity to take an AP course and go on to college, possibly as the first person in his or her family to ever attend college.\r\n\r\nThese kids really WANT to be in a math course that will challenge them and prepare them for better things, but unfortunately they need the proper technology to explore, create, connect and unfold what is within the mathematics course at hand.\r\n\r\nThus, it is so important that these students have TI-84 calculators available to them. Your kindness will be appreciated and acknowledged to help us achieve our goal of giving students a chance to take advantage of their education! Thank you! | null | null | My students need TI-84 Graphing Calculators for their pre-AP and AP math classes. | 2 | 1 |
87,328 | p248080 | fdccf50c15ff8338ec7f4c21d1844633 | Mrs. | CA | 2017-01-15 12:53:09 | Grades PreK-2 | Applied Learning, Special Needs | Other, Special Needs | Wobble away in 2nd grade! | I have 30 wonderful students who deserve the best classroom that I can possibly give them. I want to provide them with a 21st century classroom that promotes communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and creativity, allowing my students to pick a learning space that works best for them.\r\n\r\nMy school is committed to providing quality instruction, high academic achievement, and a positive safe learning environment. Teachers work together with the community to ensure that our students succeed. We want to make sure our students are college ready. | Students will be able to pick a learning space that works best for them, and that helps them to work collaboratively, engage in critical thinking, promotes communication, and creativity. They will have a chance to wobble on a chair or cushion while at the same time sitting. I want my classroom to be a mix of a Starbucks and Google, 21st century learning at it's best! I currently have 5 stools but would love to have 1 more to complete an entire table so that students can collaboratively work as a group. These stools are so popular in my class. The students just seem to gravitate towards them. The wobble cushion will help improve posture and reduce fidgeting caused by ADHD. \r\nThe balance board will allow students concentrate and improve their balance, coordination and movement. Also, they promote and help students build stronger muscles that are important for day to day task and stability. | null | null | My students need a wobble chair, balance board, and two wobble cushions that will allow them to have movement while concentrating on their work. These are wonderful options for my most active learners! | 2 | 1 |
146,700 | p259403 | ed053ba2143127554cd994af790e2190 | Mrs. | SC | 2017-04-05 14:15:25 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language | Literacy | Read, Lead, Succeed! | “A teacher takes a hand, opens a mind, and touches a heart”. I love this quote because this is how I approach teaching. My students love to read and write. Providing a classroom that fosters and nurtures the whole child is very important to me. Small group instruction and students working in stations individually or with partners is a vital time to open a child’s mind to learning new concepts. And they love it! \r\n\r\nKindergarten is a time of great learning and is setting the foundation for their educational career.They come with a variety of abilities but one thing for sure is they love to learn! They are all unique and have their own sweet personality and learning styles. They are full of kindergarten energy and are fast learners! Our school is full of teachers, administrators, parents, and students who bring their very best each and every day! \r\n | Books, Books, and more Books! Every classroom needs to have a variety of books that will engage their students and the books that I have chosen are going to do just that during our classroom \"close\" reading time! \r\nThe more that you read, the more things you will know, The more that you learn, the more places you'll go- Dr Seuss. \r\nI love that quote by Dr. Seuss! Reading is fun and my students do not even realize they are learning when we read together! Our \"close\" reading time is a time that my class digs deeper into a story with a purpose! We will use these resources for a variety of tasks! On the first day we will read the story just for enjoyment and then we will revisit the book throughout the week with a different focus such as, new vocabulary, looking at text dependent questions and writing. \r\nWith these books my students will Read, Lead, Succeed! \r\nReading is FUN!!\r\n\r\n | null | null | My students need engaging texts to listen to during our \"close\" reading time. | 8 | 1 |
113,162 | p130124 | cbfbe4051ab4fbfebd22de1503937ab7 | Mr. | CA | 2016-10-28 02:12:52 | Grades 6-8 | Music & The Arts | Music, Performing Arts | No More Squeaks or Squawks! Woodwind Mouthpieces Needed! | The vast majority of our students start their instrumental music education in 7th and 8th grade. Our band program features a six year cohesive curriculum. We offer students five levels of band between our middle school and high school ranging from Beginning Band, Advanced Band, Cadet Band, Concert Band and Wind Ensemble, as well as a highly competitive Marching Band, Color Guard, and Percussion Ensemble.\r\n\r\nAs we have limited funding, we emphasize peer to peer instruction, where the older high school students mentor and work with the young middle school band members. This also helps the students develop positive rapport and familiarity between the middle and high school students, allowing the middle school band members a sense of familiarity and eagerness to continue their music instruction when they attend high school. This year will be my first Six Year class to graduate!\r\n | Our district provides instruments for all music students. Over the years, the majority of our inventory has started to wear down. Due to limited funding, replacement of instruments rarely occurs.\r\n\r\nBy replacing the mouthpieces we can extend the playing life of the school owned instruments. This project is focused on helping our woodwind musicians produce a quality tone on their instrument fast and consistently. It affects the overall band because good woodwind sound enhances the band sound as a whole. \r\n\r\nThese mouthpieces and ligatures can be used by beginners and intermediate players, making them useful for multiple student levels. The sooner a woodwind player can develop good tone, the more successful they will be, and thus the more likely to go on with music! | null | null | My students need new clarinet and saxophone mouthpieces and ligatures to help them develop their sound properly right from the beginning. | 11 | 1 |
32,750 | p055718 | d33132f29e11682858f8fc0756e340d0 | Mrs. | NE | 2017-04-23 20:31:56 | Grades PreK-2 | Health & Sports | Health & Wellness | Students Need to Think on Their Feet! | I am so lucky to teach in a small town. Not only do I get to know my 2nd graders throughout the year, I also grow close to their families. The most important aspect of teaching is relationships, relationships, relationships. My kids come from all different backgrounds. In our classroom we are a community. \r\n\"We are all learners, we are all teachers.\" -George Couros. We take risks. We are not afraid to fail. We learn from each other. My role is to empower students and to continually ask, \"What is best for this learner?\" | Active learning is making such a difference in classrooms. I love how it improves student concentration and deepens learning toward the higher-level skills like critical thinking. My students need stand-up desks to be active and free to move around. \r\nWhen we allow students to stand and move while working, the students will be happier, more focused and engaged. The AlphaBetter stand-up desk also has a fidget bar that allows students to swing their feet without distracting the teacher or peers. Studies are proving that movement is essential to learning. Please help me provide the active learning environment that my students deserve!\r\n | null | null | My students need an AlphaBetter Desk to improve focus and increase engagement in our active learning environment. | 4 | 1 |
22,037 | p078664 | 900c645acd723194ce511c74873d8b5f | Mrs. | ND | 2016-08-16 19:05:25 | Grades PreK-2 | Math & Science | Applied Sciences | Stem in kindergarten | A year full of hands on learning in the kindergarten classroom. The students use their own critical thinking to solve problems and create new ideas. These little ones come from many different backgrounds but are all a family in the classroom. We believe in using each others strengths to build on in our learning environment. The Students get to express themselves and feel comfortable in our classroom. The classroom is our home base for growing and learning in a comfortable environment. | The students will get the opportunity to learn by challenging their minds and critical thinking. The kids will be engaged in learning science in the classroom. These stem centers will allow the students to problem solve and explore engineering during center time. All the students in the classroom will benefit from these stem activities. The activities allows the students to explore the world of engineers. This will give the students an opportunity in the classroom they would not have had without this Donors Choose. The students will enjoy the learning that will take place due to your contribution to our kindergarten classroom. | null | null | My students need s hands on learning with stem in science! | 7 | 1 |
138,674 | p039886 | 7880a7d016af55888fcd2e89c6c5bdb3 | Teacher | TX | 2017-04-20 00:35:38 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language, Math & Science | Literature & Writing, Mathematics | One Book, Two Books, Red Book, Blue Book | We are a part of the Leader in Me program; therefore, it is very important that I work to bring out the leadership qualities in my students by providing the with many opportunities to be role models for one another. Students in my class receive lots of opportunities to teach the class and to share their ideas to an audience (all classmates). I have a diverse group of students that all enjoy hands-on lessons and value each other's ideas. They come into class everyday ready for fun-filled, structured lessons. They are able to find joy in the classroom no matter how challenging the material would be. They are persistent and eager to discover new things everyday! | My students are very adventurous and always seeking to learn more and dig deeper. With the new books and materials, they will have more options in our classroom library when selecting a book that they can genuinely enjoy. While doing guided reading, I noticed that many of my students love adventure/comic books. During their reading time, I can tailor the book choices to fit each lesson to reinforce the concepts we're exploring.\r\n\r\nBeing a new teacher, materials such as clipboards are essential to ensure that students are able to navigate to various places in the classroom that will best help them complete their work and meet their learning goals. | null | null | My students need new books and classroom supplies to inspire their continuous passion for learning. | 0 | 1 |
158,475 | p147795 | 5c57ca197966faa9daf958ce52f138d4 | Mrs. | OH | 2016-05-15 20:00:29 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language, Math & Science | Literacy, Mathematics | Letters and Numbers Come To Life! | Every morning we start our \"rug time\" with calendar, weather, letter recognition and counting activities on our SmartBoard. Being able to interact with the letters and numbers helps keep the excitement level up and student learning moving in the right direction. | My students are so excited to learn, but unfortunately many of them come to Kindergarten without exposure to readiness skills such as letter and number recognition. I am constantly searching for new and exciting materials to motivate all of my students to be as successful as possible. When I showed them a video of this program, they shrieked with delight when the animals for each letter seemingly jumped out of the screen! | My goal is to help my beginning and at-risk students improve their reading and math skills so they can perform at grade level or higher; and master the basics to succeed in subsequent grades. The augmented reality software would be used in both large group and small group instruction during learning center time. | I expect to see dramatic improvements with most of the students increasing their letter recognition, letter sound knowledge, sight word recognition and number recognition significantly. It will be so exciting to provide my students with access to the advanced technology of augmented reality! | My students need the Learning Alive software to practice letters and numbers using augmented reality. | 0 | 1 |
158,075 | p073066 | f79729af4aab27e660e17a41da67a0bf | Teacher | CT | 2016-07-28 17:21:16 | Grades 3-5 | Literacy & Language, Math & Science | Literature & Writing, Mathematics | Creating our 3rd grade community of learners! | I will be working with 25 amazing, curious third graders beginning on September 1st. I spent the past two years as a Math Specialist assisting the classroom teachers in the Workshop Model. I am now setting up my own classroom, and would like to make it as warm and inviting a learning environment as possible. I live and teach in the same town, and am thrilled to be starting this new position in the incredible community we chose to raise our own family. \r\n\r\nMost recently our school has been recognized by the CSDE as one of 84 Schools of Distinction based on 2014-15 data. Our students and faculty members truly respect and appreciate the value of learning. Our school programs are based on the premise that all children can and will be successful. Through the collective efforts of staff, students, administration, parents, and community members, we have developed a supportive partnership focused on high academic achievement, personal relationships, and a commitment to respect, responsibility, safety and kindness. | I plan to use the literacy easel every day in our Reading, Writing and Math workshops. Children will be working in small cooperative groups with the goal being to improve their literacy and math skills. My students will feel comfortable working in their small groups while sitting on the cozy carpet squares, and as a result will stay on task and reach their individualized learning goals. \r\nThe main purpose of having an organized central meeting place will allow me to be able to successfully create a community of learners while reinforcing academic and social skills in a lively way. The big picture goal of our morning meetings is to reinforce the following essential skills; self-control, friendly body language, listening, clear speaking, assertiveness, turn-taking, reading fluency, decoding, and following directions. Thank you for your consideration of my project. | null | null | My students need a reading/writing easel and carpet squares for our daily morning meeting and mini-lessons. | 0 | 1 |
181,532 | p214065 | 803c580b9ddabc5c899cde1edc95b868 | Mr. | PA | 2016-12-16 23:53:21 | Grades 9-12 | Literacy & Language, Special Needs | Literacy, Special Needs | Technology for the Alternative Classroom Experience | I service the needs of special education students in the 10th, 11th, and 12th grades with a focus on core content areas and elective requirements through an alternative schooling program in the district's Twilight Program. The students are a diverse group with so many unique personalities. The students are an engaging group with the desire to excel and reach their potential. They are consistently working hard to better their performance and to set a path for continued growth leading to potential college or career aspirations. They tend to perform best when they are able to integrate interesting lessons in the virtual environment using technology. | This technology provides a platform for students participating the the Twilight remedial education program to access an online program that is able to differentiate instruction for special needs students and provide them with an alternative path to gaining a genuine diploma. These students are aspiring to go to college and fostering their growth is our top priority. This project will allow them to work towards those goals and better prepare for higher education. We use the topics assigned in the computer program to have deeper discussions about content while demonstrating for the students better ways to do research and find legitimate sources. | null | null | My students need new technology to do research and complete online assignments. | 7 | 0 |
147,229 | p059222 | 213ef508e64dfe6a7197978c29587d54 | Mrs. | AL | 2017-02-17 11:56:46 | Grades 3-5 | Literacy & Language | ESL, Literacy | The \"CHROME\" Needs Polishing in Order to Sparkle | Our school is located in a rural area about five miles from the city limits. There are 540 students enrolled at our school, approximately 40% Hispanic students and 85% free lunch. All of our students, especially Hispanic students, are very eager to learn. With very limited technology devices at our school, it is so difficult to teach vocabulary without having visuals for them to see. I use the internet on my personal Iphone a lot because I want the students to be able to know about each unknown word, along with a picture, to help build their background knowledge to increase comprehension. \r\n\r\n I have never had any technological devices in my small room in the past 11 years. There is never enough technology monies for teachers to have multiple devices in classrooms. I appreciate the opportunity to be able to ask for help from others to \"please help me help my students.\" | The Chromebooks will make a difference in the lives of my students who will utilize them. The students are always asking to use the Chromebooks but the Chromebooks and cart is on a check-out basis. The Chromebooks that we have need to be used a lot for assessments throughout the year and with 13 classes, grades 3-6, taking 39 assessments three different times of the year, along with other assessments like ACCESS, there is hardly any time for the teachers to check out the cart for their students to use them with the researched-based software programs like Lexia, Scantron, Accelerated Reader, etc. There are 24 homeroom classes, PreK-6th, total at our school not including special area classrooms who would like to check out the cart at least once or twice a week!\r\n\r\nChromebooks are like gold to us when our school gets a chance to receive one. I know that the Chromebooks will be used everyday in my classroom due to the interferences with fluency, vocabulary and comprehension due to the low socio-economic and EL student population. For example, last week, when I asked what an escalator was, not one student out of 18 knew what it was or looked like. With access to the Chromebooks, we can google words like escalator and others and learn all about them! | null | null | My students need Chromebooks to be able to utilize the software programs we have through grants, but with the limited number of hand-held technological devices(60 for over 500 students) it is impossible! | 0 | 1 |
141,076 | p058127 | 00cf93edc2e6bafa2336239f6e393d3e | Ms. | MI | 2016-08-06 15:01:16 | Grades 3-5 | Literacy & Language, Math & Science | Literature & Writing, Mathematics | Reading and Math helps our Mind Bloom! | My students are at least one grade level below in their core subjects, Math and Reading. Our R.T.I. Intervention Lab is set up for large group computer based activities. Each student works on their own computer completing assignments that have been tailored to specific areas in which they need assistance. Small group instruction, four or five students, is available for our students that need more assistance in a smaller setting. \r\n\r\nMajority of our students reside in the metro area in our city and require bus transportation provided by district. | Donations made to our R.T.I. Lab will ensure our students have proper material and supplies while receiving service daily during the 2016-2017 school year. Our students will learn the place value of numbers standard and expanded form. Students will be able to know the value of money and how to count denominations correctly.\r\nStudents will be to read fluently, be able to comprehend what they have read and be able to recall information they read.\r\nStudents will be able to participate in small group activities using the material donated to them. Materials will give them the opportunity to work hands on while participating in small groups. | null | null | My students need the Treasury Coin Assortment to teach them the value of money. My students need the Dry Erase Boards and markers for small group activities in Math. My students need the Reading for Fluency. | 3 | 1 |
133,131 | p032488 | b278f782cb456fda014b830970901e6e | Mr. | NY | 2016-06-21 20:13:35 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language, Music & The Arts | ESL, Music | A Tune Makes a Lesson A Better Class | My students are mostly Hispanics and they live in the BX. They are newcomers and they live with mom and dad. Some have their relatives in another country and are now living with grandma or aunty. \r\n\r\nMost of my students have never been exposed to music as inspiration for learning, a musical instrument will enlighten their class environment and help them connect trough music. \r\n\r\nAt my school we believe that every every child has the potential to learn and be inspired by music. \r\nWith your help this can happen today!!! | When children can sing they definitely learn a lot faster. Almost every thing my students learn during their first and second year in America has some music and excitement to it. When my students can enjoy a little music they can relate the words with the speech, the rhythm and intonation.\r\nMusic has the power to free the spirit and music can cultivate the mind. When people in general has the opportunity to learn using musical instruments, that learning stays longer and goes deeper than teacher alone. I firmly believe that given this opportunity to have these keyboards to play to and play with in the classroom will make a difference in my students lives. \r\n\r\n\r\n | null | null | My students need Casio Inc. CTK2400 PPK 61-Key Premium Portable Keyboard Package with Samson HP30 Headphones, Stand and Power Supply and 3 more keyboards to help them learn as we play tunes and easy songs. | 2 | 1 |
40,622 | p048545 | 14d68e5b6e3c75d0572478e5e1b34e3a | Ms. | NJ | 2017-04-05 21:14:07 | Grades 9-12 | Music & The Arts | Visual Arts | Operation Graphic Design | My students are curious, creative, and inspiring to one another. Each student is unique and are always looking for new ways to express. They have high expectations for themselves as well as aspirations. \r\n\r\nStudents goals include becoming a graphic designer, animator, entrepreneur, fashion designer, and makeup artist. With dreams so big, they will need the right tools to succeed. Students will need to know every aspect of art and design, especially color to succeed in these areas.\r\n\r\nThese students work hard and deserve the learning tools that will help them build individual portolios, get accepted into design programs, and succeed in their field. With the right tools, they can do anything! | Students have showed a high interest in graphic design. To learn the in and outs of design, students will need to learn how to create both print and web design. To learn print design they will create many projects such as magazines, advertisements, merchandise, and more. They will learn how to print these projects, then hang them for the school to see! They can also add them in their portfolios.\r\n\r\nThe color printer will help students learn print design, by allowing them the opportunity to practice with measurements and color swatches. \r\n\r\nWith this printer they can create business cards, advertisements, brochures, magazines, newspapers, and much more! They can even make posters and flyers for school events. With the right tools, their possibilities are endless! | null | null | My students need a color printer to put in their new graphics lab. | 0 | 1 |
77,313 | p189816 | acebcdb096e279cb65a3db2ba3c64ce2 | Mrs. | AL | 2016-08-26 14:09:55 | Grades 3-5 | Music & The Arts | Music, Performing Arts | Smart TV needed for some Smart Music Students! | Every student at RES attends a music class once a week. With over 1000 students at our school, that's a lot of little hands, feet, and minds that learn about and make music throughout the week in my classroom! \r\nThe majority of these students come from a very rural, low socioeconomic background.\r\nThe students really enjoy doing research and reading about composers and music history!\r\nWe use rhythm instruments, guitars, and recorders to make music and we also love to sing! | Music learning is fun! Statistics have shown that students who study general music at an early age score higher in math and reading on standardized test! With the advanced technology features of a smart TV in the classroom, RES music students would be able to do research and use a multitude of sources to learn about music instruments, music history, and the appreciation and application of music in their lives and educational experience. Most of these students have very limited use of technology outside of our school environment. The benefits of smart TV technology would give them the opportunity to use advanced technology for assistance in reading and research in the areas of music and art. | null | null | My students need an up to date TV with Smart TV capabilities so that they may use it to gather and view data for music projects that include the study of music theory and history. | 0 | 1 |
16,710 | p067969 | 713e740bd84aa141dc5d9867f2eb4e7d | Ms. | LA | 2016-09-26 11:33:52 | Grades 3-5 | Math & Science, Special Needs | Mathematics, Special Needs | Louisiana Flooded Students Growing in Giftedness | \"Creativity is intelligence having fun.\" ~Albert Einstein My students have three goals for their years in our Scholastic Academy classes: to increase their creativity, thinking skills, and problem solving abilities. \r\n\r\nI have 28 students, with more being added weekly, in a highest poverty rated school who are serviced in a special program for students who are suspected of being academically gifted based on the results of a screening test.\r\n\r\nMost of the homes of these high-potential students' homes were flooded in August, 2016 during the Baton Rouge flood. They also lost their home-away-from-home, as their school flooded as well. We are being housed as an elementary school within a middle school for this school year. \r\n\r\nMy students will take a full battery of gifted testing after two years in this Scholastic Academy program. These students have already proven that they have academic potential, and they are all eager to learn new things! They are happy about life in general, they love school, and they are eager for their lives to return to a normal routine.\r\n | My eager-to-learn students are interested in improving their chess playing skills. The chess books will assist them in knowing chess rules and learning new strategies. Our profile picture was taken at a chess tournament where 11 of the 14 students who attended won trophies! \r\n\r\nThe computers will be used for students to program their LEGO EV3 robots. The LEGO books will be used for small groups of students to work on their LEGO Robotics programming. These activities help the students to increase their problem-solving strategies and abilities.\r\n\r\nStudents will have lessons that teach them what \"The Six Thinking Hats\" are. The students will wear a specific color of hat to discover the types of thinking they are expected to use. They will apply the appropriate thinking skill (hat) when they are working on logic and graphing with those books that have been requested. \r\n\r\nOther books requested will help the students learn to be more creative in the areas of fluency, flexibility, elaboration, and originality. The Origami books requested will assist the students in connecting kinesthetic learning to geometry for their future success. \r\n | null | null | My students need computers and books to complete challenging, interesting, motivational and engaging projects that will encourage their goals of creativity, thinking skills, and problem solving. | 0 | 1 |
137,150 | p039742 | 68010f439c0daf99af07f0dda12fa52c | Ms. | VA | 2017-03-16 13:40:27 | Grades 3-5 | History & Civics, Literacy & Language | History & Geography, Literature & Writing | \"Extra, Extra! Classroom Supplies Needed!\" | My students are in a low income, poverty-stricken, minority, Title I school. Many of the students in my class receive not only free lunches but also a food backpack from the local food pantry to ensure they are able to eat over the weekend.\r\nOur school serves students in grades Pre K-6, provides rigorous academics, and a safe learning environment for low income students. \r\nFor many of the students, school is the most secure and safe environment they have. We want school to feel like a safe place away from the troubles of their daily lives.\r\n | We are in need of basic school supplies such as glue sticks, pencils, and index cards. \r\nIt is imperative that we have these supplies, because they are vital to the students success and are a necessary part of our daily routines and activities. These activities include but are not limited to: copying notes, completing classwork/homework, and creating study flashcards for all academic subject areas. \r\nMany of the students in my classroom come from low income families. With this in mind, it is not as simple for them to purchase, let alone replenish, supplies they brought in at the beginning of the year. Many of my students never brought in any supplies and relied on me to give them what they needed throughout the entire year, including notebooks. | null | null | My students need glue sticks, pencils, and index cards to complete classwork and homework. | 1 | 1 |
62,382 | p043582 | 4be0e905d09501d02152c4848c4b66cb | Ms. | WI | 2017-03-05 16:33:07 | Grades 3-5 | History & Civics | History & Geography | Landmark Art | I am an English as a Second Language teacher who works with English Language Learner students in the 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades. Our students live in a high poverty area but come to school eager to learn. My students need more visuals and realia to enhance their English vocabulary both academically and socially. They enjoy a learning environment that allows some movement in the classroom. They also enjoy hands-on activities that help them learn academic vocabulary. They get so excited to see their progress when they advance a level on our guided reading scale. | As part of our Social Studies curriculum, our students will be studying the history of our city and visiting various historical landmarks. After completing the reading and learning about the city, students will choose one of our landmarks to create a piece of wearable art that reflects city. \r\nAs we take walking field trips to visit the landmarks we have learned about, the students can wear their artwork and be a walking display for the city.\r\nThis project will create a long-lasting connection to our city for the students. They will remember their study of the city and the people and places who made it a great place to live. | null | null | My students need T-shirts and markers to create shirts with local landmarks artwork. We are studying our city's history and will be taking walking field trips to various historical landmarks. | 0 | 0 |
154,838 | p210299 | fa820a7cb3573152fced0491d9375a09 | Mr. | IL | 2016-07-20 14:33:11 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language, Math & Science | ESL, Mathematics | Mini iPads for AWESOME 2nd grade learners! | The use of technology in my district really took off two years ago when my principal came into my classroom for an observation. I was using my personal mini iPad to project student work and examples on the board.\r\n\r\nBeing a techy person myself, I tend to pay more attention automatically if technology is involved; it turns out my students are the same as me! Using available funds, my school was able to get 25 previous model mini iPads for student use in my classroom. I'm happy to say that I have an awesome working relation with my other 2nd grade counterpart. In efforts to get her students the same opportunities as my students, I gave her half the iPads. \r\n\r\nOver the past year, I've used the iPads in my classroom for reading, math, writing, science, history, reading maps and compasses, fetus development of chicks with QR codes, and even classroom management! Being in a Title One school, my students and I are truly blessed to have what we have. I humbly request your help today here on Donor's Choose to help me in my quest to have one mini iPad for each student to enhance opportunities. \r\n | Using Title 1 money, my district has been able to get me some ipads in the past, which I shared 1/2 of them with the other 2nd grade class. My students shared iPads this past year with much success and I saw them actually WORK together!\r\n\r\nI've attended (almost) hundreds of workshops and I am constantly ready about how to best implement technology into the classroom - using technology for the sake of using it in classroom is a no-no. With more iPads, students can improve their writing using avitar programs that read sentences and create their own flashcards too! | null | null | My students need mini iPads in order to be able to work with reading, math, writing, social studies, science, and for overall increased student engagement! I already have 12 mini iPads; 7 more would be nice! | 0 | 1 |
157,331 | p139313 | 8454248529b8e18c1e29e37ea3af43bd | Mrs. | OK | 2017-02-06 22:09:17 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language, Math & Science | Literature & Writing, Mathematics | Explore Tubs | Our school is a magical place where every student is important. Our faculty works hard each day to ensure we are meeting the needs of every child. We also have amazing families that support our school, teachers, and students to help ensure their success. \r\n\r\nMy kindergarteners are amazing! They walk through our classroom door every day full of energy, ready to learn, and full curiosity about the world around them. My job is to keep up with their excitement and foster a love for learning that will last a lifetime. | Technology is all around us and is a part of our daily lives. It is a great tool for our children to learn and explore. Sadly, the rise in technology has created a fine motor deficit in many children. Today, children do more clicking and swiping than coloring and writing. Many children come to kindergarten lacking the fine motor development needed to write.\r\n\r\nI have created Explore Tubs to give my students an opportunity to develop their fine motor skills. Each tub contains games, activities and manipulatives that promote the use of fine motor muscles. Students have the opportunity to use the tubs every morning. I rotate the activities every few weeks to keep interest levels high. My students love working in the tubs and often choose to use a tub during free play time. Each of the items listed would be used in the Explore Tubs. They will use blocks to build, the sticks and shapes to create pictures, the snap beads to create jewelry, letters, and numbers, and the twisty letters to build words. As they play and explore, they will also be using and developing their fine motor skills. | null | null | My students need games and activities that give them the opportunity to strengthen their fine motor skills. | 1 | 1 |
137,368 | p187391 | 137b338a50adb2024698df0c6735fc10 | Mrs. | FL | 2017-03-28 21:25:15 | Grades 3-5 | Health & Sports, Literacy & Language | Health & Wellness, Literature & Writing | Comfort in the Classroom= SUCCESS! | My 3rd graders are amazing students; full of life and energy. Just 3 short months ago they were my 2nd graders. We \"looped\" up together, which is nothing short of an amazing experience. My 40 kids come from varying backgrounds around our suburb of Orlando. \r\n\r\nOur charter school serves over 1,000 students in grades K-8. We have a fantastic reputation as a School of Choice and currently have a waiting list of 600+! We pride ourselves on developing the whole child with a strong focus on character education. \r\n | My students need the flexibility to move and wiggle while learning. The typical classroom setting is no longer satisfactory for all students. Studies have proven that the ability to move while learning is imperative for some students.\r\nEngagement, that's what we are all looking for in the classroom; students who are engaged, excited about learning and reading. Students who are responsible for the choices they make in their learning have a higher success rate.\r\nThere are short term health benefits to this in burning more calories each day, higher metabolism, better oxygen flow to the brain, improved core strength and appropriate posture. Long-term positive effects that admittedly our students are not as focused on at this point in their lives center around lowering one's chances of high blood pressure, cancer, diabetes, and obesity. I hear more and more throughout the chiropractic and medical professions that long stretches of uninterrupted sitting is the new smoking. Chiropractors also report that sitting in a traditional seat is one of the worst positions for your spine. There are also studies on how certain positions such as laying on your stomach on say a carpet square or yoga mat can improve penmanship. (http://legacyelementary.blogspot.com/2016/02/all-in-on-flexible-seating-and-why-you.html) | null | null | My students need flexible seating so that they find comfort in their learning environment. | 4 | 0 |
105,026 | p150609 | 894c6f8c05076859b23719caf58c469b | Ms. | NC | 2016-08-08 18:09:58 | Grades PreK-2 | Applied Learning, Music & The Arts | Early Development, Music | Fostering Social and Emotional Development in the Multicultural Pre-K Class | As a teacher in a low income/high poverty school, my students don't always get appropriate strategies for handling emotions. They come from low income and multilingual families. For some, The classroom is the only place that they can feel safe and nurtured. Helping my students in these areas will allow them to be well balanced and ready for the Kindergarten years and beyond.\r\n\r\nA well balanced start in Pre-K is the foundation of all learning including social/emotional learning and acceptance of themselves and differences in others. \r\n\r\nMy students don't always interact with other cultures so multicultural education is necessary. | The materials that I am requesting will be used to teach appropriate social and emotional development by allowing the children to have the tools to identify their emotions and their causes, help their friends through emotional and social situations and help us to grow into a caring school family. We have a \"safe place\" in the classroom where these nurturing materials will be accessible to the children.\r\n\r\nThe emotional toolkit and multicultural music will help us to connect, understand and love each other's differences and our beautifully diverse population.\r\n\r\nHaving multicultural music in the classroom will allow the children to connect to their roots, learn about other cultures and gain tolerance and understanding of each other. This will allow our classroom family to be strong. | null | null | My students need materials that help with social emotional development such as the bilingual feeling buddies toolkit to help them learn about themselves and how to handle big feelings in an appropriate manner. | 0 | 1 |
96,518 | p156983 | 94a73c946105d3d220176c6c4d4b056c | Mrs. | CA | 2016-11-25 04:03:15 | Grades PreK-2 | Health & Sports | Health & Wellness | The Fourth R?? RECESS!!!! | My students, who are 5- and 6-year-olds, come from socio-economically disadvantaged homes, most qualify for the free or reduced-price lunch program, and for many English is their second language. \r\nMy students come to school every day eager to learn new things. They are curious, creative, inquisitive, resourceful and bubbling over with wonder. They are my sponges, soaking up all of the innovative and enriching experiences that I can provide for them. Despite their hardships, my students are enthusiastic and positive, and I would like to see their passion for learning continue throughout their educational careers. | My Kindergarten student's attention span, memory, ability to focus, and multi-tasking skills can all be improved during recess! The playground balls and pump will encourage my student's to be involved in active play and exercise throughout their time on the playground.\r\n Academic success will more likely happen when students are actively engaged during valuable recess time. Exercise only enhances the developing brain and children are happier when they are having fun and therefore are ready to learn in the classroom!\r\n The colorful playground balls will be very popular and my students will be so happy and excited to use them at every recess throughout their day.\r\n | null | null | My students need access to playground balls and a ball pump at recess in order to improve their learning skills in the classroom. | 13 | 1 |
158,527 | p048965 | be0afe602de7a8ac45ad2a8c7dc4c0ff | Ms. | OH | 2017-04-11 15:04:29 | Grades 6-8 | Math & Science | Mathematics | Experience Another Dimension of Math... with a 3D Printer!!! | Our amazing 7th & 8th graders come from diverse backgrounds with a wide range of skills and needs. Currently, our access to technology is lacking, and our students crave, desire, and want to use technology while they learn. \r\n\r\nOur school is an urban school where 100% of our students receive free and reduced breakfast and lunch. Despite many hardships, our students come in eager to learn each day, full of energy and excitement. We serve students K-8 and our goal is to have all of our students college or career ready upon graduating high school. . | Math. Many either hate it or love it. I often hear my students say, \"When will I ever use this math in the real world,\" or \"Do people really use this?\" My goal with this project is to afford to my students the experience of using the math we learn in class with a 3D printer.\r\n\r\nA 3D printer will be used to apply formulas, build models and let students see exactly how what we are learning in math is used in the world around them. 3D printing is a valuable tool for engaging mathematics students and providing them with motivation to master many technical topics in the math classroom. Students can apply a formula with the software and create a plastic model, that they can hold, share with others, and take home to show their families. \r\n\r\nHaving a 3D printer and computer, on which to run the software, will truly help these students make meaningful connections, reach deeper levels of understanding and nurture an awareness and appreciation of math. \r\n | null | null | My students need a 3D printer and computer (to run the printer software) in order to apply and create hands on models of concepts being taught in our math class. | 2 | 1 |
29,025 | p099189 | 234f3bb1227952f1eb201d75b8a93ba1 | Mrs. | NY | 2016-10-10 15:22:08 | Grades 6-8 | Health & Sports, Special Needs | Health & Wellness, Special Needs | Silence is Golden! | The students at D.H.S. come from very low socioeconomic backgrounds with 100% of the school receiving free lunch, and many living below the poverty line.\r\n\r\nAll of my students are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, each with very unique cognitive, emotional, social and educational needs.\r\n\r\nMany of my students are non-verbal or minimally verbal, but continue to make strides in developing their communication. Despite the challenges that my students face everyday, they love coming to school and participating as active members of their classroom community. | While we have all heard the phrase, \"silence is golden\", it rings especially true for the students in my classroom. Students with autism already have a host of everyday barriers that they must overcome on a daily basis, but uneasiness brought about by the sound of chairs moving in a classroom should not be one. \r\nFor a student diagnosed with autism, the screeching of chairs in the classroom is enough to cause a great deal of stress and anxiety; moving their focus away from learning.\r\nPlacing chair socks on the bottom of all chairs in the classroom is a small action that will have huge benefits. Students will have one less stressor in their environment to worry about. \r\n | null | null | My students need chair socks to help reduce unnecessary noise in their learning environment. | 1 | 1 |
59,276 | p123939 | 31c5875dfdc1ae5c4a4581c92bbed9d3 | Mrs. | AZ | 2017-03-27 21:21:54 | Grades PreK-2 | Math & Science, Special Needs | Mathematics, Special Needs | Wobble My Wiggles Away! | Our school is a preschool through 1st grade early childhood center, set in a small rural town. Our school culture is very diverse. I teach in a Kindergarten classroom with twenty six amazing students. My students love school, and they are very motivated to learn. We work hard every day to make our classroom a fun and exciting place to be. It does not matter how high or low we are academically, we all need to grow. I work very hard to create a warm, loving, fun, cohesive learning environment that supports all children. | Sitting all day in a chair can be really hard when you are five! My students would benefit from these wobble seats. They will be able to move around while focusing on their learning. Right now my students are always leaning back in their chairs and standing up. They are constantly leaning back in their chairs because of their need to move. Very often, they are so fidgety that it is hard for them to focus on what they are working on at the time. The wobble seat would help my extra active students, my special needs students, and everyone else, as well. These chairs allow for them to rock from side to side or front to back without falling over! | null | null | My students need wobble seats to help them stay focused while they are busy at work. | 8 | 1 |
120,024 | p043954 | ec86b4c206216996868868e72abb37c2 | Mr. | NJ | 2016-04-27 14:24:00 | Grades 6-8 | Health & Sports | Gym & Fitness, Team Sports | Keeping Newark Fit | Please help my 3rd-8th grade students get the equipment necessary to help them develop important fundamental skills needed in all sports. \r\n\r\n\"Teamwork builds character, character builds success.\" | My student's are your average 7-13 year old scholars who are motivated to succeed. Many of our scholars live in poverty and face struggles everyday beyond our control. Our school motto is to develop in each scholar the character, scholarship, and leadership to be college ready. Our school has an extended school year and an extended school day. With funds at a minimum it is important for teachers to be both creative and passionate about what they do. | In my physical education class I preach the importance of sportsmanship and I work hard to make sure my students are developing the essential skills they need to excel in sports and life. By developing gross motor skills we are promoting the significance of living a healthy active lifestyle. Physical Education is an important part of a students day and its my job to provide them with the essential foundations they will need to remain healthy and happy. | By giving students proper physical education lessons and teaching them how to be active and healthy we are preparing them for their futures. Keeping students off of the streets and involved in sports will help them remain in school. It is important for our students to understand the value of teamwork and sportsmanship as it will make them better scholars in the classroom. | My students need basketballs and playground balls to help them develop the fundamentals needed in all sports. | 0 | 1 |
45,198 | p051741 | 8b86c0c209f760e89b35f1a99575d1ce | Mrs. | NY | 2016-08-25 21:29:27 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language, Special Needs | Literacy, Special Needs | Extraordinary Students Need Technology | I teach a kindergarten, first, and second grade bridge class in Brooklyn. I have twelve students with special needs. Our school has a 50% poverty rate. My students love to read, write, and do art projects. They also enjoy doing science experiments and learning about the world around them. They are very hard working, full of questions, and they come ready to learn every day. My students are a source of inspiration for me because they are always full of energy and ready for new challenges. | I need an iPad so I can use technology to address the needs of the wide range of learners who make up my classroom community.\r\nAn iPad comes equipped with assistive technologies to help students with special needs. It can help students by providing audio and visual cues. For example, I can use a program called \"Speak Selection\" so the students can hear the words on the screen. Hearing a word as it's being read can help with comprehension. Students can have words highlighted as they are being read so they can follow along. In addition, the voice's dialect and speaking rate can be adjusted to suit students' needs.\r\nOne of the biggest challenges teachers face is accommodating varying levels of ability and paces of learning.\r\nThis challenge is particularly pronounced in special needs classrooms. Having the right technology will help me address all of my students' needs. | null | null | My students need an iPad so that they can access educational applications. | 19 | 1 |
89,368 | p226218 | 6bb7b8721c5db0784eadb40133406729 | Teacher | MA | 2016-11-26 10:42:34 | Grades 3-5 | Literacy & Language | ESL, Literacy | Connecting Beyond the Classroom | Columbus Park students are from a diverse, poverty population. They are hard-working and enthusiastic about learning. Every day they come to school despite their hardships and engage in rigor instruction. Our students take pride in our school. We are their extended family and they count us to educate and guide them every day. We have a large group of immigrant students. they are in our classrooms with little or no English. skills. Despite their struggles, we perform at Level 1 according to the Stae's accountability. | Columbus Park School is located in Worcester, Ma. Our diverse population is made up of 96% free-reduced lunch students In the past few months, we have a variety of immigrant students with little or no English skills entering our classrooms. I am looking to provide some learning tools to help our students create 21st-century skills and enrich developing their language skills. \r\n\r\nThe Ipads will provide our ELL students the opportunity to develop language and reading skills that can be individualized for their needs. The I-Pads will be an additional tool to help further impact these skills. The effects these devices have on English language learners, the experiences of the students and teachers using iPads demonstrate the devices' potential to enrich, enhance, and extend ELL instruction beyond the boundaries of the traditional classroom environment. | null | null | My students need hands-on support by having 21st-century tools to help assist their learning and language skills. | 1 | 1 |
153,193 | p046976 | 26bee4bba8cfb241c960f204d8d38d22 | Ms. | CA | 2016-08-31 23:33:28 | Grades 3-5 | Literacy & Language | Literacy | Graphic Novels is Reading. | My students come to school every day with a smile on their faces, wanting to learn and ready for a new adventure. My 5th graders are eager to share stories about their families, their lives and their fears. I hope for my students to be ready with knowledge but also with curiosity and interest in what the future holds for them. I want them to believe that they can change their future.\r\n\r\nMy students are from different parts of East Oakland, but they are primary from under served communities that are traditionally limited in their access to great educational experiences. They are primarily Latino, speaking a variety of home languages: Mam, Quiche, Spanish, and English. But they are most of all, economically disenfranchised. 90% of the students at my school receive free lunch. \r\n\r\nTheir reality has not stopped them from striving to better themselves. They aspire to go to college, to learn and to contribute back to their community. They dream of being lawyers, doctors, teachers, scientist and soccer players. They want to be that positive change that their community needs.\r\n | My students need to read every single day. Most of them don't because they don't like the books in the class library or because they rather be playing. They struggle to find books that they are interesed in. Graphic novels seem to capture their attention. \r\nBooks are in constant competion with video games and Television. Students want to read about action and superheroes. They want to read books of high interest. Graphic novels are all that. They motivate students to read and students enjoy reading them. Graphic Novels, like comics, have high vocabulary which students need to be exposed to. Classic Literature can also be found in the the form of Graphic novels, so students will read the classics in an interesting way for them. The goal if for them to read. | null | null | My students need graphic novel sets for silent reading time. DC Super Heroes and Graphic Spin Books sets will encourage them to read and for longer periods at a time. | 11 | 1 |
16,501 | p028812 | 0a598e107ae604dd6c3a7146d5cc45f1 | Mrs. | CA | 2017-03-28 22:01:45 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language, Math & Science | Literature & Writing, Mathematics | Having Fun at School! | My transitional kindergarten class consists of the younger kindergarten students.\r\n\r\nOur school is located in a low economic area. One hundred percent of the students are Title I and qualify for the free Federal breakfast and lunch program. Most of my students come from families who do not speak English. My transitional kindergarten students are enthusiastic about learning and always try their best. I have seen their language, social and academic skills grow everyday. They have shown me that they have the potential to exceed all expectations. | Learning at school should always be fun and filled with creative projects that will motivate children to learn. I want to have in my classroom toys that will be fun to play with and at the same time serve as tool to build early math and language skills. The read along library will be a great addition to our classroom, where students will enjoy listening to their favorite stories. The wireless headphones will help a lot in our listening center by staying tangle free. The messy mats and the shaving cream are great for sensory experiences that develop vocabulary. And the cleaning materials and storing tubs will just help keep everything sanitized and in order for easy access. The students love to learn about insects and it will be great to have actual specimens that will show all the details on the animals their learning about. We use a lot of paper to practice all the curriculum required in the year and the box of paper will help having a rich supply for students to practice their learning. | null | null | My students need paper, insect discovery kits, wireless headphones, messy mats, alphabet and number linking toys, student read alongs and storage containers. | 40 | 1 |
176,201 | p142936 | 6a35a7514005c04f8520e5d8f7657d91 | Mrs. | ID | 2016-11-06 18:58:02 | Grades PreK-2 | History & Civics, Music & The Arts | Social Sciences, Visual Arts | Our Neighborhood at Work! | My students are dreamers, problem solvers, and likely the most creative little people you will ever meet. \r\n\r\nThey are a happy group of first graders that love school, and they love to learn. One hundred percent of our school qualifies for free breakfast and lunch, yet they don't let hardships stand in their way of learning. My students' economic situations are just as varied as are their family dynamics. We have military families, with a local National Guard Unit in our area and Hill Air Force Base close by. We aim to take good care of our military families. Our district includes an Indian Reservation and we have a high population of Hispanic students, many of whom have family members that work in the agricultural industry. | Soon my students will be learning about \"Our Neighborhood at Work\" during our reading unit. I would like a variety of books that the children can refer to as we investigate the different jobs that are available. The children will prepare a report on the community helper of their choice. The toner and ink will be used to print pictures for their report as well as print pictures of them presenting their report for their portfolio. The children will learn to draw different community helpers and share them with their classmates and use them in their report as well as other art activities. The children will also use the Block Play people to dramatize, role play, and learn about the Community Workers in our neighborhood.\r\n Learning about community helpers will help my students understand the world around them and their place in it. It’s important for children to learn their role in a community and that there are safe, friendly people to help them if they get sick or have an emergency. | null | null | My students need ink, toner, Community Helper books, Block Play People, and Eraser caps to draw and print during our Community Helper reading unit. | 150 | 1 |
3,849 | p077996 | 58ebb1f4d074eab72cb4ca210fad6588 | Ms. | TX | 2016-08-21 09:54:13 | Grades PreK-2 | Health & Sports | Health & Wellness | Get Moving, Get Cozy, GET LEARNING! | I teach in one of eight elementaries in a title one school district. Our population is very diverse with many needs. This project will not only benefit my 24 students this year but it will also benefit my future students. My students work very hard at school and deserve the very best resources. With a limited budget there is only so much I can provide this is why I need your help! My students and I appreciate your willingness to consider funding our project. | I had several students last year ask if they could stand instead of sitting to do their work. I told them \"sure as long as they were working\". I then started to have students ask if they could sit on the floor and do their work, my answer was the same. I thought to my self \"wow they are engaged when getting to pick their seating.\" I want to be able to give ALL students the ability to pick where they learn best and not just the select few that require it more. Children at this age need to move, they need to get those wiggles out, therefore as teachers we need to provide thew3re opportunity to do so. If children are comfortable when they are working they are more engaged in their learning. Therefore when students are more engaged their achievement is increasing. \r\n | null | null | My students need the opportunity to be able to pick how they learn best. At age 5 they need to be able to move while learning, a wobble chair gives them the opportunity to move. | 1 | 0 |
21,674 | p032175 | ae3d570b75ad7c263268c3847c5fe4ba | Mr. | WI | 2016-08-21 18:33:15 | Grades 6-8 | Math & Science | Mathematics | We NEED Technology in our middle school. | I teach a 3 full classrooms of middle school students. They come in all shapes and sizes and abilities. I have cognitively disabled students, ADHD students, students with average intelligence, and gifted and talented students. \r\n\r\nI want the creativity of my students to stand out and have their learning go above and beyond any state standards. I would like something nice to help get my students excited about their work.\r\n\r\nYour gift will help our students show off their hard work and dedication to learning. | We need a good printer in our middle school. We do a lot of learning through projects and I want to give them the chance to shine the brightest. First, my students will see that I appreciate all that they do for our school and our community.\r\nBy being able to gift them with items to make their work easier and more special they will continue to work hard. A little appreciation goes a long way to students and my students give so much.\r\nWe do a lot of projects in middle school and we have 1 printer in the school that prints color and when you have 110 students it's difficult to print these projects. | null | null | My students need a good printer to show off their hard work. | 9 | 1 |
89,099 | p009142 | 37e261694243aabb74c538e418675646 | Ms. | IL | 2016-08-13 10:36:08 | Grades 3-5 | Literacy & Language | Literacy, Literature & Writing | Superhero Literacy! | Our school is a Title I school which means that a majority of our students live below the poverty level. Most of our students receive reduced or free lunch. Many families struggle to purchase even the basic school supplies. Many students do not have any books at home. Students are not able to read outside of the school. \r\n\r\nReading is dreaming with your eyes open. My students vary greatly in their literacy needs and ability levels. It is critical to provide students with multiple opportunities to build their reading and writing skills. Using literacy centers provides students with the opportunity to work at their ability level independently, collaboratively, or with the teacher. The incorporation of literacy centers in my classroom will enable my students to develop and enhance their reading, language, writing, and social skills. Additionally, using literacy centers allows me to provide targeted instruction for my students.\r\n | As a fifth grade reading teacher, I plan to incorporate literacy centers into my daily lessons. Students will work in small groups to enhance their literacy skills. My centers will include and independent reading center, writing center, reading in the content areas center, guided reading center, and skills and strategies centers. Each center will provide meaningful instruction to meet the needs of my students. The centers will provide opportunities to choose activities that will enhance their literacy and comprehension skills.\r\n\r\nThe love of reading and passion for knowledge are habits I want to instill in my students. Many students do not like to read, plain and simple. It is my plan to make every one of my students love reading as much as I do. I became a teacher because I want to make a difference in a student’s life. Using literacy centers will allow my students to work collaboratively on challenging and motivating reading projects. Thank you for supporting my students in their educational journey.\r\n | null | null | My students need a literacy center with organization and bags for books. My students are SUPERHEROS and these materials will create a lasting impact on my students! | 2 | 0 |
98,215 | p105655 | d373ffa0e821d9f54adc7921e3248919 | Mrs. | NC | 2016-12-04 21:27:09 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language, Math & Science | Literacy, Mathematics | Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho, We Need an Osmo! | My students are full of excitement about second grade and being in school! They are sweet and ready to learn new things every day.\r\n\r\nOur school is fairly new. It opened seven years ago and is lacking many instructional materials and flexible seating options for students, to help them integrate movement and learning together.\r\n\r\nOur school has a moderate poverty level, about 40% of our students receive a free or reduced lunch. My goal is to fill our classroom with as many technology opportunities and flexible seating options as possible to help our young students meet the goals of becoming 21st century learners and global competitors. | The Osmo gaming system offers five different games that challenge students to think creatively and critically. \r\nThe games that are included in the system are Numbers, Words, and Tangrams. \r\nThe Numbers game allows students to use manipulatives to solve addition, subtraction, and multiplication problems. Students will interact directly with the iPads that we currently have to solve math. \r\nThe Words game allows students to build and change words within the game. \r\nThe Tangrams game really challenges the spatial reasoning of students with giving them access to shapes and the ability to form their own creations. \r\nWe would use all three of these games daily across our curriculum. | null | null | My students need an Osmo system to help enhance their creative and critical thinking skills across the curriculum. | 15 | 1 |
16,233 | p079437 | ba9125ca1b6ac4283f77db57cf15ddf0 | Mrs. | MO | 2017-01-18 17:04:15 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language | Literacy | Making Students Feel at Home With a Cozy Classroom | I teach first grade in a rural town in the Midwest. My students are inquisitive, eager to learn, and full of energy. Our town is made up of farmers, teachers, medical professionals, service workers, and more. Education is a top priority, the town is also home to a small private college. The community is very supportive of our school and provides students in need through nutritional and health support. \r\n\r\nA recent study stated comfortable classroom environments “help children feel safe, secure, and valued. A cheerful and welcoming room increases student confidence which leads to higher engagement and enthusiasm for the learning process. Although our school is over 50 years old, our teachers are committed to creating and maintaining bright, happy classrooms. | First grade today is different than those in the past! Instead of sitting at desks in rows, our kids are often moving from place to place within a classroom. I believe certain times, such as during literacy stations, students should have the freedom to find their own comfy niche to read their books. I think of how I like to enjoy books at home; rarely am I sitting up at a desk or table. I am much more likely to be lounging on the couch or cuddled up with a pillow. \r\n\r\nI want my students to feel a sense of contentment and happiness when they read! I provide students with a library, stuffed animal (\"book buddies\"), throw pillows, etc. to offer them a comfortable reading spot. Many love to lay on their stomachs on the rug in our library area. Our rug, however, has seen better days. It is torn, stained, and unraveling. We would love a fresh, clean rug to relax on as we read our favorite stories. It's certainly not an absolute necessity, but I believe touches such as this are what foster our student's love of reading and learning. It shows them they are valued! | null | null | My students need rug to replace our old, torn carpet in our library area. | 2 | 1 |
9,386 | p116221 | 7a573250943cd6fcae4f01c194dd72c5 | Mrs. | UT | 2016-06-23 13:31:18 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language | Literacy | Classroom library needs books! | These children want to learn, but sometimes their physical limitations make it difficult. 6-7 year old children file into my classroom each day with their homework in tow and smiles on their faces. They want to share their life with you and they love our school. These children thrive on opportunity. \r\n\r\nBecause our school is fairly small, we have the capacity to discover the needs of all individuals. We have a cooperative learning environment where the children know their teacher will move heaven and earth for them. The future is so bright we have to wear shades. \r\n\r\n | I have returned to teaching (as I have said before) and one thing that is a little lacking is my classroom library. I continue to search for books in every situation. I hunt garage sales and charity shops. But again my teacher's salary just doesn't give me much room to spend any extra. \r\n\r\nWe need to sell reading like advertisers sell cereal, in only a 60 second commercial. \r\n\r\nYears ago I read a wonderful book called the READ ALOUD HANDBOOK. We are losing our readers. We are losing them to technology. We are teaching children to read, but not to LOVE to read. By filling my classroom library with rich literature, my students will choose to read. We will build our reading stamina by having more variety which will help them feel more excitement. | null | null | My students need more books in this returning teacher's classroom library. | 1 | 1 |
15,843 | p103722 | b666252485e200f63ddcd22900a2a911 | Mrs. | GA | 2017-02-06 18:05:41 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language, Special Needs | Literacy, Special Needs | Technology at our Finger Tips | I teach special education students ranging from kindergarten to sixth grade. Their disabilities range from severely developmental delay to autism. My students have sensory and fine motor skill problems. Our classroom lacks items these students could use to further their education. My class would benefit from hands-on learning. We are a small community. Most students in my classroom come from low-income families so it is important for my students to have opportunities to be successful in academic and life skills. | I have special needs students that work on the computers. Two of my students do not have the motor skills to use the mouse or the adapted mouse. They can touch the screen that gives them positive results. With a touch screen my students can work independently on their web based assignments.\r\n I strive for my students to be independent, because independence is the key to success.\r\nMy students have individualized goals they are working on in the web based assignments, with a touch screen computer that they can access on their own they will not fall behind in their lessons. | null | null | My students need a touch screen computer to enhance their technology lessons. | 5 | 1 |
81,808 | p013322 | 1eb54c0608280f4cc74b641cad03d461 | Mrs. | NJ | 2016-12-20 12:57:05 | Grades 3-5 | Literacy & Language, Special Needs | ESL, Special Needs | Keep Calm and Use a Cromebook! | Though they are little they are brave! These amazing kids have an imagination waiting to be explored. \r\nThey have thinking skills that are waiting to pop out of the box. \r\nThrough reading these students are allowed to let themselves free, go to places that are unable to travel to, feel emotions that they may otherwise have to hide. Due to the environment that these students come from they are often forced to grow up fast and take on adult responsibility. Through reading they are able to escape their everyday troubles and fall into magical places. | These students need technology to learn and grow. Having technology at their fingertips enables ESL students to easily translate text or speech to help them understand and comprehend. It allows special needs to have work differentiated today fit their needs. We will use technology to go on virtual field trips to learn about other cultures and animals that they may not get a chance to see. Students can create and share writing together using Cromebooks to research and share their learning through the writing process online. These amazing children are not blessed with technology at home and with minimal access at school every little bit will help! | null | null | My students need technology at their fingertips to learn and explore current and past events. Keeping up with 21st century learning and creating! | 2 | 1 |
47,219 | p159229 | 84ede17bb4cee333f43a9bc55723ec3f | Mrs. | CA | 2016-12-14 14:55:30 | Grades 6-8 | Literacy & Language | Literature & Writing | Desktops! Desktops! Desktops! | I have always had a diversified set of students every year. It is part of the reason that I love to teach, every year the new group of students brings lots of experience and background to share. We are a middle school in Silicon Valley located on the East side of town. Our school population is about fifty percent on the free or reduced lunch program. Most students speak a second language and being 7th graders, they are very curious and spontaneous.\r\n\r\nMany people think that the funding has been put back into schools and the reality is that it takes much longer to trickle down into the classrooms. There are lots of things that I would like to have the students exposed to and it always makes for a more interesting year. | My students currently do not have desktop stations in the classroom. It is important to be able to have students work and share projects on a larger screen than a Chromebook.\r\n\r\nI have many group projects for students to do, but I also have many individual ones such as, essays. I have many students that do not have access to computers or printers at home. I would like to be able to provide these items for my students to use on a daily basis. \r\n\r\nThere are lesson or units in which I need to use an audio CD and then days in which I have student with Special Needs use headphones and the Portable player. I currently do not have either for them to use. What I had was recently damaged and no longer functioning. | null | null | My students need desktop stations in the classroom, along with audio head sets, speakers and portable CD player | 21 | 1 |
164,807 | p239466 | be7fd23f9b64c67230d7f3529cad3812 | Mrs. | MO | 2017-01-16 15:59:46 | Grades 3-5 | Math & Science, Special Needs | Mathematics, Special Needs | Too loud to Think, Printer without Ink, Technology will sink! | This is a self-contained classroom that serves elementary students with various special needs who have not progressed using traditional educational methods. We are located in the lowest income area of a large city in MO, yet our students have a strong desire to learn. They are often teased for having special needs and have the desire to learn, yet we do not have sufficient tools to support all students as best as we would like to.\r\n\r\nOur students are learning to have strong pride in themselves and their community. | We are seeking help with our top needs within the our classroom as we seek to incorporate technology within our classroom across all subject areas including Art, Math, as well as ELA. We have school provided headphones yet we do not have headphones that allows each student to listen to computerized lessons without disturbing the rest of the class. \r\nTechnology keeps our students engaged and having colored copies help those who are visual learners. This is why I recently purchased classroom color printer, and intend on using the color copies to support my students in differentiating instruction as well incorporating project based learning opportunities that expand across of academic subject areas.\r\nThank you for your consideration! | null | null | My students need headphones and printer ink to help increase their love of technology within our classroom. We need to make color copies to increase our use of technology with math and art! | 3 | 1 |
81,657 | p212150 | db84fbe87372c40585744f1836ecd9cb | Ms. | OR | 2016-08-19 00:19:36 | Grades 3-5 | Health & Sports | Health & Wellness | Flexible Seating & Activity Rug to Promote Active, Healthy Individuals! | My students are eager learners, and providing a space where they can exercise their mind and body will pave a great path for them in the future! I am a Third grade teacher working at a Title 1 School where 80.7% of students qualify for free and reduced lunch. \r\n At our school, I had a very diverse group of students last year. Our classroom community had students with Vietnamese, Hmong, Caucasian, Mexican, Native American, African American, and Japanese backgrounds. They bring a wealth of experiences, ideas, and cultural perspectives into the classroom. Growing up as a minority with less, I understand the importance of creating a classroom that is built with love, respect, and a sense of community. I strive to help my 3rd graders push beyond their disadvantages and help them become lifelong learners and critical thinkers. | Last year, I was lucky to enough to provide my students one Hokki stool through Donorschoose. All of my students loved it! They were comfortable and active, while learning at the same time! It allowed them to exercise their body and keep their engagement strong. The only problem was that everyone wanted to use it! The Hokki stools will provide flexible seating arrangements for students to help optimize their learning, while taking care of their health. \r\nThis project is kid-inspired because my students have come up to me over and over last year, mentioning that they wanted more stools! One day, we had a community circle talk about what it means to them to have a perfect class. A few of my students said that it would be amazing if there were more stools since they were able to move their feet more. One of the other things mentioned was a stand-up desk so they wouldn't have to sit, and can stretch out. Another idea mentioned for an ideal classroom was having a bigger carpet area since they were all crammed at the carpet with not enough space to move. It would also be an area where they could play games too. All of these things would help everyone be active at least 60 minutes a day. This will help increase their peer-to-peer learning as they are more likely to collaborate and build community with each other. \r\nIn Portland, it often rains, which means there is a tremendous amount of indoor recesses. With this carpet, students will be able to stay active indoors as well. \r\n | null | null | My students need 2 Hokki stools, a stand-up desk, and an activity rug! | 3 | 1 |
115,547 | p031282 | ecd5f5ea74067b600dac8f5954771ab2 | Mrs. | PA | 2016-08-02 18:14:56 | Grades 3-5 | Health & Sports | Health & Wellness | We Need to Move It, Move It! | My students are a great group of kids from a rural town in Pennsylvania. Many of them are used to going to a classroom where the desks are in rows and drill and practice is the standard, and also now view school as a boring place and as something they \"have to do.\" \r\n\r\nAdditionally, many of the students I work with are struggling learners who have trouble sitting still and paying attention. This year, I want to give them the opportunity to learn while continuously moving by utilizing a flexible seating arrangement. I want them to wake up in the morning and say, \"I can't wait to go to school today.\" Incorporating flexible seating into our classroom is one way I hope to reach those goals! | My students need opportunities to move! A few teachers in my building have Hokki stools and my students are always asking if we can get them too. They love being able to wiggle while they work!\r\n\r\nMovement is so important for children at the elementary level.\r\nMany of my students need additional support and interventions, and often struggle with attention difficulties. Sitting in hard plastic chairs does not make paying attention any easier. These Hokki stools have been proven to help students strengthen their core and increase their focus by transforming stationary sitting into an activity! These amazing stools also help to improve students' balance and coordination. Please help my students with their kid inspired idea of \"moving it\" while they work! | null | null | My students need 8 Hokki stools to allow for continuous movement opportunities throughout the day. | 25 | 1 |
172,972 | p227533 | 83ef15756594f9e565f2a6e0ac4212be | Ms. | MI | 2016-08-27 13:52:17 | Grades PreK-2 | Math & Science | Mathematics | Math Must Haves | Having the opportunity to speak about my students brings a smile to my face. Each year, I have an amazing group of first graders. Each individual student helps make our classroom community. We learn, we laugh, and above all, we work toward becoming lifelong learners and positive members of the community.\r\n\r\nMy students are avid readers and writers, enthusiastic about math, and display positive character traits. However, teaching in an urabn setting of low socioeconomic statuse comes many challenges. Amazingly though, despite these hardships, my students give their all to succeed and do well. | This year my students are in need of engaging math centers that can be done independetly during small group time. These activties will focus on addition, subtraction, geometry, measurement, place value, and so much more! This will help lessen the amount of worksheets and transition to more hands-on activities.\r\n\r\n These hands-on manipulatives will help students explore math concepts at their own level and at their own pace to ensure success for all. They will help promote cooperative learning and will allow students to develop reasoning and problem-solving skills. They will also give my students the confidence they need to be successful in the classroom! | null | null | My students need math manipulatives in order to have hands-on, engaging centers during small group time! | 1 | 1 |
33,745 | p130994 | 31ce992b56c1f57a047a1420e983788c | Mrs. | MS | 2016-10-14 23:00:04 | Grades 9-12 | Literacy & Language | Literature & Writing | Paramount Technology Integration | These kids work incredibly hard within their diverse community to advance beyond their preconceived educational understandings. Upon entering high school, many desperately need ample avenues of engagement in order to bridge gaps, enhance comprehension as well as accomodate various levels of intellect. The possibility of additional technology opens paths so that students can take their educational experiences to a more challenging level. Many of these individuals are limited and the only exposure they encounter is through their freshman English classes. | By having the exposure to a desktop computer, the students in English based classes will have the availability of incorporating technology through methods directly correlating to their specific needs. Students will opportunities to take their learning standards to a more challenging level in order to fully understand and engage their diverse curriculum. Students will also have the rare accommodation of connecting with other students beyond their classrooms on multiple levels and broaden their schema. Technology advancement will inevitably build an appropriate and teachable foundation for these students at such a crucial level that will ultimately affect their futuristic development beyond high school. | null | null | My students need a desktop to bridge their educational experiences through a pleathera of engaging learning opportunities. | 0 | 1 |
73,619 | p048424 | 72f843e9c8bc5769f6fc7d7524243b6f | Ms. | CA | 2016-12-22 10:15:52 | Grades 9-12 | Math & Science | Applied Sciences, Health & Life Science | Personalized Science Notebooks 📓 | How far do you travel for work each day? I'm lucky with a 30-45 minute commute in Los Angeles, which I'm privileged enough to be able to do in my own car. I travel because I found a great school to work for and great students to learn with. How far would you travel to work every day for a truly special experience?\r\n\r\nWell, a large number of my students travel for hours to get to my school. \r\n\r\nMy school is a charter school in East Los Angeles, and my scholars and their families travel across a city with dense traffic and not enough public transit. Some students catch 2-3 different buses, and can't stay after school because they don't want to risk their walk home in the dark. Some parents drive an hour out of their way to work to bring their children to our school. The trip is worth it to them, because our school offers a personalized learning and special care that not a lot of other schools can offer. \r\n\r\nHelp me pay them back for their work in school, after school, and on their way to school. They're definitely worth it. | My students have an incredible opportunity to access the world at their fingertips. Our school provides each student with a Chromebook that they get every morning. I want to provide my students with a hands-on and low-tech option to learning and keeping up with information. \r\n\r\nWhile having a laptop at school is fantastic, not all students have reliable access to the internet at home. \r\n\r\nThis project will give my kids access to the science content wherever they are, while teaching them organization skills. Help me give my students access to classroom information, even if they do not have access to computers at home. | null | null | My students need supplies for interactive science and lab notebooks that they can make into their own \"textbook\" of knowledge for the semester. | 0 | 0 |
108,371 | p085750 | b2b5bb20947f004bb6655d8344a242c8 | Mrs. | PA | 2016-11-10 11:30:21 | Grades 6-8 | Literacy & Language | Literacy | Bistro Style Library | Our school is located in a rural area, and we have approximately 650 students in grades 6-8. The library is a meeting place for student in the morning as well as lunchtime. We are trying to modernize our library to meet the needs of our students. \r\n\r\nStudents love to come into the library and hang out using the different seating arrangements. Currently we have two high boy tables, and students have requested more of these \"cool\" places. Please consider helping us make this a reality for our students. | Last year we decided to do an overhaul of the library. One of our most popular projects was taking an old card catalog and turning it into a highboy table for students. This has become a favorite spot for our students and we are in the process of creating another one. An additional project we have taken on, is adding an overhang onto a 24 foot long book shelf. This will be another place for students to sit and work. Your donation would allow us to purchase stools to be used at these two new seating areas.\r\n\r\nWe want to make the library a place where students want to be. Middle School can be tough on many students. Having a safe, comfortable, welcoming place to go is something that all students need. | null | null | My students need bistro stools so they can comfortably work and converse with their classmates. | 1 | 1 |
57,353 | p062636 | 17eb7b130d946603a62b080f449db16f | Ms. | IN | 2016-08-03 16:21:30 | Grades 3-5 | Math & Science | Applied Sciences, Environmental Science | Exploring Science through Stem Experiments | My students are extremely excited to learn about science! They have a love for learning and being challenged with new concepts. My biggest challenge is being rather new to teaching science concepts and not having the hands-on material to properly teach them.\r\nI teach a wonderful group of fourth graders that contains a little over 100 students. I teach science to half of the students in fourth grade. All of the students are very curious about learning more and finding innovative ways to solve problems. I am extremely excited to teach science and educate the students in this field of learning. | Your generosity will provide my students with multiple hands-on science materials for my students to participate in multiple experiences to increase their science knowledge and problem solving skills. The Stem experiments will provide multiple engaging hands-on experiments for students to practice using the scientific method. The students get to use 3-D models, flip books, color charts, scientific tools, and much more! You can help my students gain a better understanding of the concepts in science and grow a love for science!\r\nYour generous donation would be providing my students with science material which I currently do not have. My students would be given a chance to partake in multiple hands-on experiments and practice using the scientific tools in a fun and exciting way because of you! My students and I would be extremely grateful for you for helping our classroom add to our science materials and sparking their interest in science!\r\n | null | null | My students need a Stem bundle kit for hands-on Science learning. | 15 | 1 |
67,226 | p020463 | a04d69d4661315a0c4974a5ae1f7f756 | Ms. | WA | 2016-08-14 23:07:22 | Grades 6-8 | Literacy & Language | Literacy, Literature & Writing | Sixth Graders Need Book Club Books! | I have a wonderful group of 6th graders I get to teach this school year. This is my second year teaching sixth grade and I'm so excited to get to know this sweet new group of kids. \r\n\r\nMost of my students come from low-income homes and are English Language Learners and any of them struggle academically because of the stress and instability they face outside of school. However they recognize the importance of education and talk about the colleges they want to attend, careers they want to have and ways they hope to provide for themselves and families one day.\r\n\r\nMy classroom has a strong sense of community and determination as we focus on different character traits every month such as, teamwork, determination, integrity, persistence etc. We read empowering stories about historical figures, or underdogs coming out on top there hard work and determination. One way my past students expressed their love of learning was through small book groups done with their classmates. My students always have reflected at the end of the school year that they love doing book groups because it made them enjoy reading and get to feel more connected with their classmates. | What book groups look like in my classroom is small groups of 5-6 students meeting to discuss a book. They meet in leveled groups and each have a specific task to do, whether it's finding interesting words, passages or asking interesting discussion questions. Students build skills to work together, they learn responsibility, and find a joy for reading. Although my school has a well stocked library and I have access to the public library, I often struggle to find enough copies of the right books to continue this process. My students will continue to develop their love for reading by having enough copies of books that I feel passionate about and know my students will enjoy and learn from.\r\n\r\nHaving enough copies of books for students to participate in book groups will improve students views of reading immensely.\r\nI work extremely hard to build the joy of reading in my students and having these books will do exactly that. My students feel passionate about continuing book groups in their next school year and I know that having new books and seeing that others care enough to donate to them will encourage them even more! | null | null | My students need books such as, \"A Long Walk to Water\" and \"When You Reach Me,\" to inspire reading in book groups. | 2 | 1 |
77,307 | p210449 | 9ce97677298c65807a4a3ca68dfc8837 | Mrs. | NC | 2017-01-29 17:05:39 | Grades 3-5 | Literacy & Language, Math & Science | Literature & Writing, Mathematics | A Classroom that students WANT to be in!! | I teach is a rather large school. We have over 500 students in a K-5 school. My 4th and 5th grade students are in a gifted resource classroom for math, reading or both everyday. They come to me already being able to handle most of the standard curriculum. I am constantly looking for more ways to keep them motivated and engaged. \r\n\r\nI want my students to have every opportunity to experience everything that they possibly can. They need interesting and exciting things that make them think and want to be better.\r\nResearch has been completed on alternative seating for classrooms and I would love to offer this to my students. | Kids need to be moving around in the classroom. I don’t think that kids should sit at their desks for the majority of the day. Having other options and choices of where and how to sit can often motivate even the most reluctant learner. Some may want to sit in a regular desk while someone may want to sit on a bouncy ball chair or on the floor with pillows... The more choice and freedom we can give our students, the more they learn and grow. By alternating who chooses first daily, each student will get a chance to pick their spot first.\r\n \"Wanting\" to be in a classroom makes a teacher's job a lot easier and makes the day more enjoyable for the student. Who doesn't learn better when they they want to be doing what they are doing!!! | null | null | My students need these various seating options to aid in their interest and motivation to be in the classroom working. | 1 | 0 |
36,638 | p092120 | 0f62edf62032e419cc4a885f4698f96c | Mrs. | CA | 2016-07-30 14:50:59 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language, Math & Science | Literature & Writing, Mathematics | Learning is Flexible, and So Is Our Classroom! | The students in my classroom are curious critters that love to learn and also love to talk and move! They thrive on technology, attention grabbing lessons, and anything that gets them moving.\r\n\r\nThe students come from diverse family backgrounds. Many of their parents have little education and struggle with making ends meet. Most of the students receive free or reduced lunch. Some of the students are in foster homes or are being cared for by family members. Some of my kids have only one parent in the household. I can't control all of the things that happen on their homes, but I can control their experiences at school and in the classroom. \r\n\r\nI am a silly teacher that isn't scared of trying new things, especially if it will help my students succeed! I tell them that we want to be the best class in the school! | The days of sitting in a regular desk with a regular chair day after day are over! Currently the students are expected to sit in their chairs the majority of the day. As the teacher I find myself constantly asking them to stop leaning in their chairs or sometimes they even fall out! Even as an adult we do not normally sit in one spot without getting distracted, falling asleep, or getting ansy. How can I expect a 6 year old to be any different?\r\n\r\nThis year I want to step out of the comfort zone and offer flexible seating options. Students will be able to stand at a high table, sit on a pillow or fitball disc on the floor at a low table, lay on a yoga mat with a clipboard, sit at a desk with a yoga ball, or sit at a desk with a wobble chair. They will be able to move to different spots during the day based on what we are learning and not have an assigned seat as they usually do. I have already started to purchase some items out of my own pocket, but need some help with the rest. \r\n\r\nI know with your help the students will be more engaged in their learning and be able to succeed to a higher degree. | null | null | My students need wobble chairs to help keep them focused on their learning. My students also need fitball seating discs so they can comfortably sit on the floor if they want something different than a chair. | 3 | 1 |
160,423 | p202120 | 245da6410d93586b599f6ceccf9ef0fd | Mrs. | RI | 2016-05-15 14:34:48 | Grades 3-5 | History & Civics | Civics & Government, History & Geography | Mrs. Esposito's Class Loves Learning about Current Events | My students love learning about current events that are happening in the world around them. This upcoming school year is an election year and my students need to be able to understand what is happening. With this subscription of Time for Kids they will get a better grasp of important news. | My students are from a high poverty, low income, hard working city in Rhode Island. Their families work hard to support my endeavors to provide a great education for their child. My students come to school each day eager to learn and are excited to start new projects. My school has limited resources due to funding ,to provide extra materials for students to learn with. | My students will be able to read about all of the current news that is happening in the world around them in an age appropriate forum. This year is a big year for students to also be learning about the election for a new President of the United States. I would like to have this resource in my classroom available to them so they may learn more about the process of electing a president. I know they are going to be able to also access online information that Time for Kids provides to me the teacher to show them videos and also additional resources for the students while learning. Students will also be able to do projects on google slide about things they learn with presentations. They will be working with partners on projects to offer extended learning form the information they will receive with this subscription. Students will also have wonderful discussions in class about the current news. | Your donation to my class project with offer my students the opportunity to learn more about what is happening in the world around them. They will love to receive their own magazine in the mail to learn new things. This subscription will provide my students the opportunity to have great classroom discussions, work together on classroom presentations, and create projects to enhance their learning. Thank you in advance for your kind donation, my students and I appreciate all your support! | My students need a Time for Kids subscription for the 2016-2017 school year to keep up with the current events going on in the world around them! | 2 | 1 |
70,107 | p151183 | b4cab95eae13437dc19dff310c088a64 | Ms. | IN | 2016-08-14 13:55:18 | Grades 3-5 | Literacy & Language | Literacy, Literature & Writing | For the Love of Literacy | In our classroom community, students come with a range of abilities, an unfortunate deficit in life experiences, and an inadequate exposure to the importance of literacy. My students are enthralled with every book I read aloud, whether it be a picture book or a novel. Their ability to analyze and think critically is incredible when they are exposed to quality pieces of literature. \r\n\r\nWe need to inspire and encourage these struggling readers to explore the world, learn new facts, dive into an adventure, and solve mysteries through engaging books at their appropriate reading levels. Many of my students struggle with reading and are numerous reading levels behind because of specific learning disabilities or a lack of emphasis on the importance of reading at home. They crave read alouds, but despise working independently because of a perceived ineptitude. We need to stop this cycle and enable students to realize their incredible potential! | The items requested for this project are professional, research based books that I, along with my team members, can utilize in order to plan more creative, engaging, and interactive reading and writing lessons for our students. \r\n\r\nThe professional books are all interdependent because they provide research based methodologies for teaching reading and writing strategies that apply to all the learning styles of our students, particularly the visual learners that are so commonly found within our classrooms.\r\n\r\nIn utilize these books, I will be able to implement effective lessons in order to foster successful reading and writing skills that can be applied throughout their lifetimes. The professional books about anchor charts will be used as a model for introducing the reading and writing strategies. It will also be used as partners or small groups work together to apply the skill. Finally, the scaffolding will release independence to my students as they apply the skill in their independent, pleasure reading. | null | null | My students need anchor charts to provide visual examples of reading and writing strategies, many of which are interactive and student friendly. These resources will enable me to plan interactive and engaging activities for my students. | 4 | 1 |
68,404 | p193339 | 4e31f1cfd683d30c07298d3fa35fc6c8 | Mrs. | CT | 2016-09-05 14:05:42 | Grades PreK-2 | Health & Sports | Nutrition Education | Food is Fuel for Learning | Curious, kind, adventurous, funny, determined, helpful, hard working. These are only a few of the words that describe my lively bunch of first graders! Although we are all different, (our school has students from 20 different countries!), we are also all the same. In our school RESPECT is our focus and students learn to respect themselves, respect others, and respect our school. \r\nAt my school 70% of students receive free or reduced breakfast and lunch. Many of these students are unable to bring in a snack. Imagine it's snack time and many of your friends have a yummy snack and you have nothing. Not only do these students feel sad and hungry, but they also are less able to focus on learning because they are hungry. \r\n | My first grade students love to learn, but often they are very hungry in the afternoon. We have lunch at 11:20 and by 2:00 their tummies are starting to rumble! Most days I have at least 2-4 students who do not bring in a snack (usually because there is no food at home). The students that do not have a snack not only feel sad, but also are at a great disadvantage for the rest of they day. While their peers are refueled and ready for the last hour of learning, these students are hungry and struggling to stay focused. These snacks will put a big smile on my student's faces and allow them to stay focused on their learning, and not their hunger, in the afternoon! | null | null | My students need some healthy snacks, such as goldfish and crackers, so that they can fuel their minds and bodies to learn! | 2 | 1 |
96,005 | p213462 | c9de9fcf4542962c83cd9d7229d429c6 | Mrs. | FL | 2017-01-07 21:22:38 | Grades 6-8 | Literacy & Language | Literature & Writing | Light the (Kindle) Fire of Learning! | This year I am teaching a mix of regular and accelerated middle school students. These students are bright, creative and give me hope for the future. They come from all different backgrounds, but they have one thing in common...\r\n\r\nIt's the middle of the year, but since day one they have officially become \"my kids\"; it's a teacher thing! I have thoroughly enjoyed teaching these bright minds over the past several months, and I can't wait to see what great things they will achieve in the future. | Yes! Most of my students have phones and could use this for classroom research. But, we would like to use the Kindle Fire in their groups to collaborate on technology projects (our big one is to create a web site on the novel they are reading this year). Plus, not all of my students have access to a smart phone. \r\n\r\nIntegrating this kind of technology would help to bridge the gap for those students who do not have access to the internet (on their a smart phone, or even at home. I am proud to teach the kids that I do. They are smart. They are creative. But some lack the tools that others are fortunate to have. I want to help achieve a bit of equality in my classroom when it comes to access of information. | null | null | My students need Fire Tablets to conduct research, utilize educational apps (bookmaker, googledrive, evernote, etc.) and work in groups on technology based projects. | 1 | 1 |
158,239 | p141549 | f240d5fc9b0f91acb2db583567510b58 | Mrs. | WI | 2016-08-06 18:13:10 | Grades 6-8 | Applied Learning, Music & The Arts | Character Education, Visual Arts | My Community Is... Graffiti Wordle | need an artistic opportunity for self-exploration upon their understanding of community. We desire to work with art materials that have the capability to aesthetically update the environment of our school and make our middle school space relevant to our diverse student body. This art project connects arts integration strategies through our Social-Emotional learning curriculum and within their art classes. \r\n\r\nBy giving BHMS students the opportunity to learn to think and appreciate themselves through expression will give our students a chance for a deeper connection and relevance to this artistic experience. When students feel the connection, they demonstrate stronger involvement within the overall project. With your help, this could become a possibility. \r\n | Our focus for this 7th grade project connects Black Hawk Middle School students to the school community and beyond. Each student will learn about the concept of a Wordle and utilize graffiti techniques such as stenciling, layering and other applications to create a large scale art installation. \r\n\r\nThis art installation will visually define their understanding, relation and connection to our community. We would like to use sugar-based spray paint due to its revolutionary health conscious formula, with high performance capabilities. This paint has the lowest possible impact on health and environment. With a less environmental impact, this product will meet the modern health and creative needs of our students. We will be able to demonstrate a more health conscious and artistically creative community at Black Hawk Middle School. \r\n | null | null | My students need art materials to create a unique project that identifies our diverse community at Black Hawk Middle School. | 1 | 1 |
83,812 | p116356 | dcc21b5ddc5860e78f2f2f73dc8fb22b | Ms. | AZ | 2017-02-02 16:39:56 | Grades PreK-2 | Math & Science | Mathematics | Tablets for Third Grade | My students love to read and learn, but sometimes it can be difficult keeping 27 third grade students engaged for the length of a school day.\r\nMost of my students receive free and reduced lunch. \r\n\r\nIn addition, my class is composed of students with special needs which can often make it difficult to attend to every student's needs simultaneously. The best thing about my students is their insatiable desire to learn. They love to read and are very excited to become better readers. I currently have one computer in my classroom and utilize this constantly. I find that my students are rarely more focused than they are when they are learning on the computer. Some of my students do not have the means to use technology to learn in their homes, despite its obvious benefit to their education. Students are tested throughout the year via computer tests, which can be daunting for students that are underexposed to technology. | With the introduction of the ATI and AZmerit testing, which is done on the computer, it has become apparent that technological familiarity is imperative to their success. I believe that the earlier my students can incorporate technology into their everyday lives, the more likely they are to make significant contributions to our society of the future. Students will use the tablets to complete lessons, read books, and create digital portfolios. \r\n\r\nThe limited access in our classroom is not enough to ensure their fluency with technology. \r\n\r\nI have researched the best way to employ technology into the classroom and it is my opinion that tablets are the best and most cost effective method. Acquiring 4 tablets would not only improve their chances of passing the AZmerit tests but also improve their career as a life-long learner. | null | null | My students need 4 tablets and 4 cases to fully engage in learning. | 2 | 1 |
51,844 | p133136 | 48759eaacae4dfcb493b2d38c5684251 | Mrs. | OK | 2016-10-10 14:53:55 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language | Literacy | Center Time! | My students are very eager to learn, especially when it comes to hands-on activities. I would like to reinforce concepts that I teach during whole group time. These activities will allow my students to explore literacy games in a new and exciting way.\r\n\r\nI teach full day kindergarten. Our school district is in a high needs area, and our district is currently unable to provide the funds necessary for me to purchase extra materials. These games and activities will allow them to have a variety of different learning applications at their fingertips. | I am asking for literacy games and manipulatives that will make my literacy stations into places that kindergarteners do not want to leave. These station games will be incorporated into my curriculum to improve cooperative learning and to motivate and extend learning. This also allows me to find games that are skill specific on their ability level. We will use the beginning sound Stamps to check the students' understanding of the sounds the alphabet makes. For my more advanced kindergarteners we will use the CVC Linking Stamps to build fluency in reading. Our Alpha-Bots will be used to recognize letters and sounds in words, which will increase phonemic awareness. Pegs and Peg Boards, and Follow Directions Building sets will be used to develop had eye cordination along with following directions. Activities will change and increase in difficulty as the students progress with learning concepts throughout the year.\r\n\r\nBy contributing to my project you will be giving my children the tools they need to succeed at their own pace and ability level.\r\nYou will also be motivating my students to practice kindergarten literacy skills with hands-on learning in a way in which kindergarteners learn best. | null | null | My students need iPad cases, Peg Pictures, Alpha-Bots, Build-a-Word, Following Directions Building set, stamp pads, Light Table Pegs, and a Bluetooth Speaker. | 50 | 1 |
82,558 | p203616 | dbc776ce32526c30d0e741d62ffe2920 | Mr. | NY | 2016-09-13 15:34:46 | Grades PreK-2 | Health & Sports | Gym & Fitness | Hula Hoop Moving and Groovin | The students at my school are egar to learn about new activities, but are also wanting to learn more about the options available to them outside of school. The students in my neighborhood have limited resources available to them being in this part of NYC. \r\n\r\nThe school I am new at this year, has some equipment, but some of it is in rough shape. I am trying to gather more equipment so that more needs of the students are met and they have more opportunities to practice their skills. | These hula hoops will go to a variety of student activities to allow them to work on their skills in physical education. Students will be able to use these hula hoops to not only learn how to hula hoop, which will help them understand how to move their bodies, but also for color recognition, and to hold other equipment inside. \r\n\r\nStudents at my school are always asking to use hula hoops as it allows them to move their body and be goofy. Hula hoops are a great form of exercise and it allows students to challenge themselves by and more than 1 at a time. The differnt colors really help pre k and kinder classes learn colors and be able to find their spots easier. | null | null | My students need hula hoops to be able to learn a variety of physical activities. | 6 | 1 |
49,096 | p134399 | 81c6ab0773570fd596b4f37755ae9c8d | Mrs. | SC | 2017-03-11 12:43:40 | Grades 3-5 | Applied Learning | College & Career Prep, Other | Goodbye Desk & Chairs! | I teach in a Title 1 school in North Charleston, SC where 100% of our kids receive free breakfast and lunch. Moreover, our school is predominantly Hispanic and we have a large percentage of non-English speaking students. Despite coming from their poverty-stricken lifestyles and speaking little to no English, they enter school each and every day ready to learn. They want to be successful just like every other child. I am fortunate enough to teach some amazing children that deserve so much more than they know! | My students need seating to accommodate their learning. Students learn best when they are comfortable and I want to make our room suitable for all learners. Unique seating options like roma or saucer chairs, bean bag seats, and loungers make the learning environment more comfortable. \r\n\r\nI am trying to make the classroom more of a relaxing learning environment with comfortable and different seating options to meet the needs of my students.\r\n\r\nI know these supplies will allow the students to have a more personalized learning environment and thus increase their interest in their academics. When we are more comfortable it is so much easier to learn! There is no doubt these supplies can make that happen. | null | null | My students need roma chairs, bean bag seats, saucer chairs, loungers, and rugs. | 18 | 1 |
153,736 | p177453 | 9163d185037cdc8d40421a93423d6413 | Mrs. | OH | 2016-06-07 17:19:20 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language | Literacy | Get My Kinders \"Fired\" Up for Reading! | I will be teaching students from various backgrounds with different abilities. My students are Kindergarteners and for many, this is their first experience in a school setting. Some students come into my classroom knowing how books work because their families have read to them throughout their lives. \r\nOther students have had very limited opportunities to be immursed in books and language. I have some students that are English Language Learners, so working with books and language is very important for them to be successful in Kindergarten. | These new tablets will help get my students excited about listening to quality books! Many students come to Kindergarten with limited exposure to books and these tablets will give students even more opportunities to listen to books and learn how books work. \r\n\r\nStudents will listen to books during our Literacy Centers time and then respond to the books through conversation and writing. This will help students with their reading because they will be able to follow along while they are listening to the books. It will also help my students' writing because they will be able to listen to a variety of texts and use them as mentor texts. \r\n\r\n | null | null | My students need Amazon Fire Kids Edition tablets. | 0 | 1 |
114,206 | p171283 | 3bb72db5f59feed30059c8b2a578f495 | Mr. | NY | 2016-08-02 09:05:53 | Grades 9-12 | Health & Sports | Health & Wellness | Dress to Play! | My students are diversity. They are as unique and proud as the community that surrounds them. However, with this diversity comes varying needs, interests and opportunities. \r\nThe world is literally at their fingertips. Yet, so many lack the opportunity to seek out the diversity of their community. Funding for this project will help bring equality to students and a larger high school that is continually seek out ways to connect students with a path towards success. \r\nHelp make our small community a better place by providing an opportunity that my students would not otherwise have. | My students come from all over Brooklyn and represent a diverse cross-section of New York City. Most have one thing in common. They all love sports. \r\nHowever, not all have equal access. This athletic gear will be accessible to students through our student led Core Value$ program. The benefit is twofold. Students will have access to the sporting goods they need to live active and healthy lives. They will also learn valuable character traits to be mentally healthy for an active and happy life. \r\nStudents come into high school with diverse needs as high achieving scholars, English Language Learners and Students with Disabilities. Within four years they graduate as citizens empowered by the core values of Grit, Growth, Commitment, and Empathy. Their classroom studies emphasize the academic core values of Collaboration, Evaluation and Reason. My students are empowered by your support and the support of the community to become difference makers and future leaders. \r\nThis project was inspired by our students who led a project to create a school store celebrating our Core Values. This student lead idea transformed into a school wide initiative. Student success is celebrated as students collect “Core Value$” for demonstrating one of our core values of Grit, Growth, Commitment, and Empathy, or a core academic practice of Collaboration, Evaluation and Reason. By celebrating these core values and practices we cultivate the best in our students. Students can use these monetary values at the school store to purchase incentives like game balls or healthy snacks that further reinforce a healthy lifestyle. \r\n | null | null | My students need athletic gear including headbands and wristbands to play 60! | 9 | 1 |
86,485 | p111243 | 468c78eb2a728d2a46e03ab97059d6c4 | Mrs. | TX | 2016-09-01 01:46:42 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language | Literacy | Take a Seat-Learning is Neat! | Welcome to Mrs. Ross' Kindergarten class- home of the Wise Owls. My students are eager to spread their wings and soar into a world of learning. The students at our school are a very diverse group, both academically and economically.The students in my class are no exception. Some students have structure at home while others do not. Some come to school with prior knowledge, while others come as a blank slate. Some students come to school with language skills while some are unable to fluently speak the English language. It can be challenging to meet the needs of all students when they come to me with such a wide range of skills. My goal is to have all students ready for First grade at the end of the year by making sure they have developed literacy and numeracy skills as well as the personal skills they need to succeed.\r\n | My Kindergarten \"wise owls\" are ready to learn! The materials I have chosen will help them achieve their goals in both the whole group and small group setting. The rug will give them a designated place for whole group learning. Since it has different colored rows, it can also work well for encouraging group collaboration during brainstorming sessions. The manipulative kit has tools to help them discover as they are learning in a small group setting. The set includes items such as mirrors for correct letter formation, alphabet bean bags for ABC games, a tabletop easel and dry erase boards for guided math, reading and writing and magnifying glasses to explore during all subjects just to name a few. All of these materials will be used to really help my \"wise owls\" soar to new heights in learning! | null | null | My students need a carpet that helps with organized seating, teaching colors, patterns and counting . They also need a manipulatives kit to help with all subject areas, especially literacy. | 1 | 1 |
142,101 | p069809 | 56b376f433da05e6cb4f1c043c0a88ce | Ms. | CA | 2016-08-20 14:14:00 | Grades 9-12 | Math & Science | Applied Sciences, Environmental Science | Know Your H20: Groundwater Quality Testing | The students in my AP Environmental Science class are unique because they are sophomores that are challenging themselves to take an AP level course. My students come from a low socioeconomic area where many of them will be the first in their family to have the opportunity to attend college. Over 90% of our school population is on free or reduced lunch. \r\nDespite the difficulties of everyday life, my AP students are ready to meet new challenges, and discover the importance of Environmental Science to the future of our planet. As we all know, California is in the worst drought in years and it is important for my students to understand how to protect our most valuable resource, water. | In this project AP Environmental Science students will have the opportunity to test the water quality of their own local groundwater tanks. The students will be collecting the base data with the collaboration from the City of Hemet Water Quality engineer. They will collect the data from multiple tanks through out the city and from that they will be developing their own inquiry based experimental question. \r\nThis is a super cool opportunity for my students to get out into the field and apply their knowledge and skills outside the classroom. Having these supplies will make the field trip possible and will bring the subject alive to my students. Please support my AP students they work hard and love learn and do as many labs as possible. | null | null | My students need the LaMotte Water Pollution Analytical Test Kit . | 0 | 1 |
146,794 | p246749 | 19c90c4ddb8937a5b679390ae38b1158 | Mrs. | GA | 2016-08-20 13:19:55 | Grades 3-5 | Math & Science, History & Civics | Applied Sciences, Social Sciences | Learn Like it's 2099! | As a teacher in a low-income/high poverty school, my students are faced with several challenges both in and out of the classroom. My school is a Title I school and our students come from a variety of different economic backgrounds, over half of our students receive free and reduced lunch. \r\nI am looking to provide my students with creative and meaningful learning experiences.\r\nDespite the challenges my students face, my students are eager to learn, work hard, and make their own discoveries in our project based learning environment. In our small, tight-knit community, our students deserve to have access to the world and to learn appropriate digital citizenship. | To demonstrate their learning, my students enjoy creating digital media like: videos, posters, presentations, reports, etc. With the chromebooks, students will: be able to access our Google classroom, collaborate with peers on assignments, research an endless amount of topics, complete webquests, make videos, create posters, and much more. By adding a chromebook, it will greatly increase our class' access to technology allowing students to utilize content rich websites like IXL, Learn Zillion, Khan Academy, FrontRowEd, and Study Island. This access will allow all students to push forward at their own pace and make the maximum possible growth in a year of learning.\r\n\r\nThe addition of a chromebook to our classroom will give my students consistent global access to an immeasurable amount of knowledge right at their fingertips.\r\n\"Technology is the great equalizer that can dramatically improve the quality of a person’s life through the click of a mouse button. \"--Dimitri Kanevsky | null | null | My students need a chromebook to create digital projects and learn how to code. | 2 | 1 |
20,755 | p020682 | 68c8739061df80d17e1d0150e34f5cf5 | Mrs. | FL | 2017-01-30 22:46:09 | Grades PreK-2 | Health & Sports, Special Needs | Health & Wellness, Special Needs | Bounce Into Learning! | My classroom is an energetic environment full of excited seven and eight year-olds who love hands-on learning! We are a diverse group from many different cultural and economic backgrounds. The students have a wide range of abilities and needs. Our classroom includes ESE students with learning disabilities, including some on the autism spectrum. My students care about and support each other, and enjoy helping one another learn. We have a great team!\r\nMy students are greeted each day by a sign on the door proclaiming \"Through this door walk the world's greatest students!\" I believe that is true. | Kids need to move! Even as adults, it is probably difficult for most of us to sit through a long meeting or presentation without getting a little fidgety. I am requesting twenty \"Bouncy Bands\" that will attach to student desks and provide flexible seating in my classroom.\r\nBouncy bands will allow my students to stretch their legs, bounce their feet, and release some of their energy. Research shows that being able to move in an appropriate way during class keeps students calmer and more focused on their work. Having these bands on our desks will give my students an outlet to release their wiggles without being out of their seats or disturbing others around them. | null | null | My students need 20 bouncy bands for our desks to provide flexible seating and a way to release energy during class. | 1 | 1 |
141,661 | p074561 | b950cc21f33f35b186e2037c8f4e3201 | Ms. | NY | 2016-09-11 18:52:36 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language, Math & Science | Literature & Writing, Mathematics | Tablets for Individualized Learning | I teach 2nd grade in Buffalo, NY. My student's come from all types of backgrounds and love learning. On the first day of school when I asked what they were excited about they all said \"learning.\" That excites me!\r\n\r\nMy students love coming to school each day, and always have a smile on their faces. They keep me excited to come to school. They each have such different personalities but their love of learning is the same in all of them! \r\n\r\nThese little ones are inspiring!\r\n | My kiddos are highly motivated to learn, however they have many challenges they face on a daily basis.\r\nNot only do they face learning obstacles they all come from low socioeconomic households. They all want to learn however focusing in a large group is extremely difficult, thus the need for a classroom set of tablets to not only meet their varying learning needs but to highly motivate both small group instruction and technology education, which they all adore. I observe how much my students enjoy working on the 3 desktop computers and can only dream of their reactions of being able to use the tablets. They all have very little technology access at home and would highly benefit for the usage in the classroom. | null | null | My students need a lot of supports with reading and math skills to meet the high demands of the common core. They learn best working in small groups where I can instruct them at their levels. | 0 | 1 |
8,545 | p071141 | 6253dc57ef0bca18afff6313b58aa1d3 | Mrs. | CA | 2016-08-31 23:59:52 | Grades 9-12 | Math & Science | Applied Sciences | Chemists and Chrome Books | The Chemistry students that I teach are explosive in their readiness to learn chemistry. It is a pleasure to come to school each day and see how they soak-up information and start to apply it to the world around them. Our classes focus on hands-on, STEM curricula that requires my chemistry students to think outside the box. We are incorporating 21st century skills, project-based learning, and science and engineering practices that will help students be more prepared for the future. \r\n\r\n | The chrome books that I am asking for will help my students have experiences that will allow them to think more critically and communicate more effectively. They will increase my students' ability to research relevant material , share data with our community more efficiently, and plan and collaborate on projects more effectively. \r\nThe quality of experiences that students can have, and the skills they acquire while using technology is difficult to achieve in a traditional Chemistry classroom. Chrome books in the students' hands will allow them to take advantage of a huge amount of resources otherwise not available to them. Students will be able to access increasingly sophisticated apps, simulations, and multimedia that will improve their ability to understand and apply important complex concepts in chemistry. This technology will help them do better in class and be better prepared for the future. | null | null | My students need chrome books to pursue hands-on, project-based, relevant chemistry. | 3 | 1 |
100,660 | p234804 | cbc0e38f522143b86d372f8b43d4cff3 | Mrs. | GA | 2016-04-27 00:53:00 | Grades PreK-2 | Applied Learning | Early Development | Flexible Seating for Flexible Learning | I recently read an article about giving students a choice about how they learn. We already set goals; why not let them choose where to sit, and give them options of what to sit on? | I teach at a low-income (Title 1) school. Every year, I have a class with a range of abilities, yet they are all the same age. They learn differently, and they have different interests. Some have ADHD, and some are fast learners. Yet they are eager and active learners that want and need to be able to move around the room, yet have a place that they can be comfortable to complete their work. | We need a classroom rug that we can use as a class for reading time, and students can use during other learning times. I have also requested four Kore Kids wobble chairs and four Back Jack padded portable chairs so that students can still move during whole group lessons without disrupting the class. Having these areas will provide these little ones with a way to wiggle while working. | Benjamin Franklin once said, \"Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.\" I want these children to be involved in their learning by having a choice on where to sit and how to learn, all by giving them options for comfortable flexible seating. | My students need flexible seating in the classroom so that they can choose where they are most comfortable to learn the best. | 2 | 1 |
137,849 | p101007 | d65e0b1ce88c9822573fb39dc0d4d964 | Mrs. | WA | 2016-05-27 17:25:58 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language | Literacy | Listening Center +4= Daily 5 | My school is located in rural South Bend, Washington. The population has changed over the years. This was the first year that all our students qualified for free/reduced lunch. So many of my students' families came to this country to provide a better life for their children. I want to make sure that they have everything they need for the classroom without having to burden their families. \r\n I have had the pleasure of serving middle school students for the past two years. The majority of them have all been together since they were in kindergarten. Some refer to their classmates as family. I have been reminded so many times how I seem to be like their mother.\r\nOver the past ten years, I have taught K, 1st, 4th, 7th and 8th graders. Each grade has it's own special blend of needs and unique abilities. What I know is that love is the key ingredient in any successful classroom.\r\n | Currently, if I want to do the Daily 5 in my classroom (read to self, work on writing, word work, listen to reading, and read to someone), I would have to borrow the listening center from the kinder classroom. As you can imagine, that causes some disruption in both classrooms. \r\nI truly believe learning can be fun, if we can make it fun. Having a listening center all their own would be so amazing for my students. I remember my listening center when I was in elementary and I want that for my students. They would enjoy the technology piece as well and benefit from working in groups. | null | null | My students need a listening center table, audio equipment, and books so that we can do the daily 5 in the classroom. | 0 | 1 |
113,948 | p056762 | a33b4188e01187edd7bcaa127f282416 | Mrs. | NY | 2016-11-20 15:21:30 | Grades 3-5 | Literacy & Language | Literacy | Decreasing the Reading Gap- level O | The students in our class are a diverse group. They come from hard working families, however many are below the standard reading level for their grade based on New York State Standards. This is in part due to disabilities, in addition to many who come from homes where English is not the primary language spoken. Half of my 3rd grade students are reading between a Kindergarten and 2nd grade level, and my fear is that if I am not able to support their needs this year they will only fall further behind.Unfortunately not only is their reading lagging behind their peers but their knowledge of the world around them. We provide field trips for real-life learning, but the ability to build prior knowledge before the trips as well as to teach students how they can learn through books is so significant. I want my students to have all the opportunities I grew up with. \r\n\r\nMany of my students receive free lunch and are from single parent homes, and most come to school with no supplies and struggle every day. | In order to improve student reading skills, we work with small groups on a daily basis. These small groups focus on improving reading fluency, comprehension and phonics depending on group needs. These groups cannot be successful without the necessary resources. Our classroom has a very limited number of guided reading books and we are in desperate need for more leveled guided reading sets.\r\n\r\nFortunately for our class, we have two teachers in the room who truly want to help them become a literate members of society.\r\nOnce the classroom has received new sets of guided reading books the lives of the students will be majorly impacted. These books will provide the teachers with the ability to continue working in small groups to target reading skills that students need to focus on. | null | null | My students need appropriately leveled books to practice and grow as readers. | 13 | 1 |
118,547 | p008318 | b1e4417c996de344cea63d16748639fd | Mrs. | SC | 2016-07-08 11:01:37 | Grades 3-5 | Math & Science | Mathematics | Our Math Skills Will Keep Getting Hotter With Hot Dots! | Every morning, my sweet students come to me from low-income to mid-income neighborhoods. Some are hungry. Some are tired. And, some just want a hug. Home life can be stressful, but at school, they can look forward to learning, friendships, food, and plenty of encouragement. The children in my classroom love when learning is interactive, fun, and in activity or game format!\r\n\r\nI love to see how excited fourth graders get when they play math games! So, as a result, I am always searching for something that is new and fun to help my students succeed. As math concepts get more difficult, it becomes more and more challenging to keep my students engaged. I look forward to daily time when I can work with students in small groups or weekly time when students are able to participate in rotations. | I remember when I was student teaching, my cooperating teacher had these phenomenal Hot Dots activities that her students couldn't wait to use during rotations. It inspired me to always make learning fun and engaging. As the years in my teaching career have progressed, I have often remembered how awesome these specific activities were that my mentor implemented. \r\nI would love to use Hot Dots in my classroom to get my students to a WHOLE NEW LEVEL of excitement in practicing math skills. I really believe these supplies will make a huge difference in my math instruction. Students will use these on a weekly basis in either rotations or in a teacher-led small group setting. | null | null | My students need Hot Dots talking pens and cards to practice their math skills during rotations and small group instruction. This will bring excitement to drill and practice! | 5 | 1 |
177,611 | p140755 | b28fe84fe8150f4bac52aa51ee6bf8ef | Ms. | CA | 2016-09-01 01:11:18 | Grades PreK-2 | Special Needs | Special Needs | PLAY TIME - First Step of Learning | My class is a special preschool program dedicated to improving the lives of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) age from 3 to 5 years old. The emphasis of the program is building language and communication skills. The program also emphasizes the quality of enriched curriculum that promotes social/emotional, language, literacy, and math/cognitive development. The classroom activities and routines are designed not only to provide meaningful learning experience for children but they are individualized and developmentally appropriate. Our school is located in Antioch, California.\r\n\r\nPlay is the heart of preschool curriculum. Through play, children learn social skills such as sharing, cooperation and turn-taking. Play encourages cognitive enrichment, emotional growth, and influences personality development.\r\n\r\nChildren with ASD appear to approach play differently than typically developing children because they lack of social components in their play. It is my responsibility to teach my students how to play appropriately with toys as well as to play socially with their peers. In order to improve play skills, it is important to have many resources/ toys, including dramatic play toys as well as manipulative toys. | Play is critical for the development of young children and is an important part of their daily routine. Given the importance of play, early childhood/early childhood special education, including myself should pay more attention to play skills and incorporate play skills instruction effectively into young children ’s daily activities and individualized education programs. \r\n\r\nChildren with autism often exhibit deficits in play skills. Functional play of children with autism is often relatively simple and less elaborate than that of typically developing children. There are strategies or interventions implemented when working with children with autism during play time. One of them is called \"Floor Time\" where adults engage children literally at their level – by getting on the floor to play. With limited toy materials in the class, not only aren't my students stimulated or excited, but it provides less opportunities for my students to learn many skills. \r\n\r\nAdditional toys/materials I'm requesting will benefit my students in many ways, including developing language skills, promoting social skills, being creative, developing problem solving skill and many more. My students will benefit from having additional toy blocks in the class where they can build and share the toys with others. The math folder game I'm requesting will offer my students the opportunity to learn number recognition, counting sorting and classifying. The giant tree house I'm requesting will provide my students the opportunity for role playing. \r\n\r\nIt is my hope that through this project, not only will my students show more interests during play time, but more importantly, they will learn to think, to solve problems, to mature, to learn socialize and more importantly to have fun. Play connects children with their imagination, their environment, their parents and family and the world. | null | null | My students need giant tree house and tree house furniture set; magnetic shape maze; around town block play center; and create and play design center. | 2 | 1 |
100,770 | p133386 | 10a683a18c6b7522205b053d7750db0f | Mr. | AZ | 2017-02-15 12:21:02 | Grades 6-8 | Math & Science | Mathematics | Math at Their Fingertips! | The school where I work focuses heavily on creating well-rounded leaders that will have a positive impact on the future. My students come from a large variety of backgrounds ranging from low to middle economic status.\r\n\r\nI am continuously impressed by the way my students demonstrate leadership potential through academic, extracurricular and community service pursuits. They regularly organize service projects to benefit great causes and charities and are changing our world for the better one day at a time. These kids never cease to amaze me by what they can accomplish. | With the technology I have requested I will be making video lessons that will compliment the lesson I teach in class each day. These video tutorials will help my students to gain a deeper understanding of the material with clear examples and walkthroughs on how to solve each type of problem they encounter.\r\n\r\nI want to provide a resource to my students that they can access at any time specifically aligned to the concepts we have covered in class. By being able to create these video tutorials I will be reaching more students each day than I ever could before. | null | null | My students need more ways to review and extend their understanding of mathematical concepts after they have left my class each day. | 0 | 0 |
101,084 | p135342 | 57a60d26a3a3b158d187e63779fe89a6 | Mrs. | MA | 2016-09-11 21:33:12 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language, Special Needs | Literacy, Special Needs | Technology for All in Mrs. Wahlberg's Class! | My students are a group of second and third graders living in an inner city. They participate in a special education program for children with Autism. Our day is structured and predictable to maximize their success. \r\nThis school year the students are being encouraged to use technology across the curriculum, and iPads are by far their preferred form to do this! Many of the children are working hard to attain grade level academic expectations, however using a touch pad on a laptop, or a mouse on a desktop can be difficult for them. They are lucky to have access to a few iPads in our classroom now, but this project would allow for each student to have access in a 1:1 ratio. | I teach in an inner city school where my students all fall on the Autism spectrum. The students participate in an online curriculum for reading and math. Most of the students are more successful with a touch screen than a desk top due to their fine motor skills and hand/eye coordination. For some students, working on the computer is a less than desirable activity because of that. However, using the limited amount of iPads we have is motivating for all of them. Increasing the amount of iPads in my classroom will give the students a 1:1 ratio for using them. \r\niPads are a highly motivating form of technology for my students with Autism. The district has encouraged teachers to increase the level of technology we use within our lessons, and this is the perfect opportunity for my students to do just that! | null | null | My students need 6 iPads to increase their independence on our new online learning curriculum. The chance to participate using technology will likely increase their interest in the program. | 1 | 1 |
51,606 | p213889 | b3366265c43c1496de5be26fb8c230e7 | Ms. | CO | 2016-08-27 22:25:13 | Grades 3-5 | Math & Science | Mathematics | Mathematicians Ahead! | My students come from many different backgrounds. When I look at my students, I can't help but see myself. All of my students are learning English as their second language and are on their way to becoming successful, confident, bilingual individuals. \r\n\r\nI grew up just a couple of blocks from this school and I know the many challenges my students will have to face. I may not be able to control their home lives; however, I can certainly control their experience during the school day. I want to give my students all of the resources possible for them to continue to be exited about school and later continue onto higher education! | This year we are starting a new math curriculum that has many games for my students to play on a daily bases. We need clipboards for my students to be able to play where they would like. We also need the laminator to be able to make reusable game boards and pages that we can store in the manila envelopes! I am very happy we have this new math curriculum and math materials because students are going to be having fun while they are learning! \r\n\r\nMy students will have easy access to all of the math materials and will have the resources to get straight to playing and learning math! \r\n\r\nWe also need other materials to complete our classroom like a pencil sharpener and a new pocket chart to post our daily schedule. | null | null | My students need clipboards and a laminator and other materials for our math games! | 2 | 1 |
66,270 | p004008 | eca1c58b3a512bb9261ea9b47fa84ce6 | Mrs. | PA | 2016-07-18 13:38:24 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language, Math & Science | Literacy, Mathematics | Making Students Centered On Learning | My first grade is comprised of 20 amazing students, many of whom come from bilingual households and receive free lunch. Our classroom is a diverse melting pot of students from all over the world.\r\n\r\n They struggle every day but, school is a safe place for them. They have a passion for reading and math. They love to sing and love to laugh. They are the best dancers you will ever see and they have the best stories. They are an absolute joy! They deserve the best because they are the best. | My first graders are passionate about learning. Each day they work independently in learning centers. This is their time to explore, create, and enhance their learning independently. Having these math and literacy centers will allow them to further their learning by reaching areas taught through the curriculum. They will not only be able to practice these skills but also master these skills.\r\n It is important for students to become life long learners by learning how to work independently and cooperatively. These are skills they will need to be successful in the future. These centers allow students to work together to find solutions as well as to work independently. They will be engaged in their own learning which will make it even more meaningful and beneficial. Help my students become independent thinkers! | null | null | My students need math and literacy centers to enhance their learning. | 4 | 1 |
64,574 | p174429 | 2ffe14d1e22293fd96cddb9013793713 | Mrs. | AK | 2016-09-13 17:03:52 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language, Math & Science | Literacy, Mathematics | Creative Kinders | I have a class full of 21 fun, loving, and energetic Kindergarteners that live in the great state of Alaska. A big portion of my families are in the military. These students love to play and explore the world around them. Play and learning are vital components to a kindergarten classroom. My class is in need of ready made games that make exploring all subjects interesting and relevant. Games are an essential piece in creating a love for learning in each child.\r\n | These materials will be utilized in the classroom in multiple ways. The math and language arts materials will be used to increase the knowledge of numbers and the alphabet. These are two skills that are critical for Kindergarteners to learn before moving on to the next grade level. The science materials will be used during exploration for the students to work on problem solving skills, social emotional learning, creative play, and fine motor development. \r\n\r\nAll of these materials will be used in a variety of methods to enrich the Kindergarten experience. Kindergarteners are learning the essential skills that will be the foundation of their education throughout school. They need materials that will allow them to have a positive, rich, and fun learning environment. | null | null | My students need classroom materials that develop fine motor skills, math, science, and language art knowledge. | 5 | 0 |
180,540 | p006226 | 0f432e89d71a234a0f0b2e569b2e7cde | Ms. | WA | 2016-07-11 01:23:56 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language | Literacy, Literature & Writing | More Than Just Our ABCs - Kindergarten Literacy Materials | My kindergarten students will come to me next year with a very large range of school experience. One thing for sure is that we will be able to lay foundations together for the rest of their school days. You can help us make that happen.\r\n\r\nOur school is an international school. We have two target languages, Spanish and Mandarin. My students spend half of their day in literacy class, which is taught in English, and the other half in math and science, which is taught in Spanish. Because the majority of my students are just learning to read, it is important that they have a strong foundation in phonics and language in order to be successful in the target language classes, as well as the rest of their educational career. We will integrate whole group, small group, partner, and individual instruction into our day. This includes exploration and discovery through literacy trays. Literacy trays are a fun way for students to learn about the foundations of phonics and reading through games and activities that are at or just above their current level. | The materials from this project will help my students to learn many different things surrounding the foundations of reading and writing. These materials will be used in small group lessons and in individual or partner work. There is a large range of skills that will be taught through these activities. Some will help students learn the alphabet and the sounds that different letters make. Some will help students to put words together, while others still will help students to read their very first books. All will be used to help my students to learn to play together, make choices, and be part of a community that values learning and exploration. These materials will help all of my students have a great start to their journey through elementary school, one that will help them to have the skills they need in order to be successful in every academic and many social emotional areas.\r\n\r\nOne of the biggest values I have as a teacher is to instill collaboration and a sense of community. While it may not seem readily apparent, having the materials from this project will help us to do that. It will help my students learn to be responsible for materials, how to share, and also to see themselves not only as learners, but as explorers and teachers. These materials will help me to help my students learn these values as we work, learn, and discover together. | null | null | My students need sight word, alphabet, and word family games for trays, tactile letters to learn to write the alphabet, magnetic letters, and alphabet sounds manipulatives for literacy lessons. | 2 | 1 |
70,608 | p211760 | f66251c3cd7f6fa01b90a2ede28f01e0 | Mrs. | CA | 2017-04-18 11:20:15 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language | Literacy, Literature & Writing | We need a more organized classroom! | I work in a low income and high poverty neighborhood in which children come school with many challenges from home. Students are very eager to learn and love having a safe place to explore and be themselves without any added stress from home and their surroundings. \r\n \r\n My students are passionate about learning but do not always have the resources they deserve. I think all children deserve access to learning materials that are relevant and current. These students come from hectic and unpredictable home lives and I want to create a safe haven for them during their most formidable years. \r\n | We are reading and learning more and more and we need more book bins to help organize our books. With more book bins, students will be able to access their books easier. They will be able to choose books based on their interest and reading level. Currently we have book bins that are broken and falling apart. It is important the students take pride in their classroom and new bins will help. The bright colors will make reading more fun! I am also asking for sight word stamps. These stamps will help those students who are still learning their sight words. They will be able to stamp their word and practice tracing it. | null | null | My students need more book bins to organize all of our books! | 4 | 1 |
23,990 | p205687 | 289c32a51a88a8daa190e79956463bc4 | Ms. | SC | 2017-02-17 09:11:05 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language | Literacy | The WORLD\r\n is our classroom! | I have a sweet class of 20 students. Each day they arrive with smiles and eager to learn. They are so much fun and they LOVE learning! Many of my students have been identified as at-risk based on developmental indicators of other children their age. Only a few students have ever attended any type of day care or preschool environment. Many of my students' parents do not have the materials to provide reading literature to their children. Our school is made up of approximately 283 students that come from low income families. We are a Title I school, meaning most of my students receive free or reduced breakfast and lunch. Each student is unique and they add something special to the class. They are excited about school every morning and they are eager to learn. I love watching them!\r\n\r\n | I want to introduce my little learners to the world outside our school! By using Scholastic's \"My Big World\" magazines in our classroom, they will be able to learn fascinating facts, see photos of nonfiction seasonal and social-developmental themes, be introduced to vocabulary, their ABCs, numbers and so much more! We will read as a class and small groups, then students will be able to go home with their magazine and share with their families. I hope these will open a dialogue for conversation on what my little learners have learned that day! In addition, Scholastic will also send us these magazines electronically so my students will be able to re-read them in our computer/tablet centers. | null | null | My students need to learn and discover the facts about the world around them. Most of my children have never been outside our town or visited places like museums, zoos, farms and aquariums. | 2 | 1 |
18,014 | p134931 | e0f834dd780b81f42ce025457847ff8a | Mr. | CA | 2016-10-29 13:03:42 | Grades 6-8 | Music & The Arts | Visual Arts | Painting Outside Part II | A typical day in my art classroom is a part of a fast pace exploration of different art mediums, self-expression, problem solving and personal growth. Music is often played overhead to motivate my students, everything from classical music to pop.\r\nMy students are in a smallish school that is K-8.\r\nI have about 30 6th graders, 40 7th graders and 40 8th graders, and classes are mixed grades. My art program is in its 3rd year and it's getting off the ground! Most of my students have been really excited for the art program. Since my student’s exposure to art has been minimal, and this is the first art class for many of them, every art idea, and every art project is brand new to them! Every project my students are learning something new about their world, themselves, and what they can accomplish. I have been amazed at my student’s progress. I have seen their art literacy and understanding jump by leaps and bounds every month, every year. My students creative output has been terrific and I'm surprised at what they have accomplished for their age level. I strive hard for my students to continue to learn, and to grow. | My students have studied many different artists, from impressionists to post modern who painted the outdoors. I would love my students to experience painting outside in the nice Californian sun. \r\n\r\nMy students will be able to enjoy painting outside. The Easels will allow my students to setup their art outside and to be able to paint or draw the outdoors or buildings that they see. My students will develop a greater appreciation for the outdoors. The easels are affordable, portable and will also allow my students to go on field trips to make their fantastic art instead of always being cooped up in the art room.\r\n\r\nThese easels benefit not only my middle school students, but also my elementary after school programs as well! The easels are also adaptable and can be used indoors, which is pretty cool!\r\n\r\nThank you for your appreciation and support for art education! | null | null | My students need these easels to go outside to paint or draw. My students will be able to capture the school environment around them and go on field trips to make art. | 2 | 1 |
62,813 | p061296 | 389a3ef4b396e1c3ca09ee8131a998aa | Ms. | NV | 2016-08-21 19:40:37 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language, Special Needs | Literacy, Special Needs | In Need of \"S'more\" Speech Therapy Materials | My students range in ages from 3 to 12. Each child has a unique set of communication challenges that make it difficult for them to access general education curriculum, participate fully in the classroom, and/or develop healthy peer relationships. \r\n\r\nAs a speech-language pathologist, I seek to create meaningful and functional activities individualized to support each child's unique communication need. I firmly believe that just because a child is unable to talk, does not mean they do not have anything to say. I work tirelessly to ensure that each of my students have a way to successfully communicate their wants and needs as well as the ability to interact with their teachers, peers, and community to build strong academic and social relationships to be successful in their lives. | As a speech-language pathologist at a Title I school, I serve children with various developmental disabilities, intellectual disabilities, Autism, fluency disorders, as well as a wide variety of speech and language disorders. Children ages 5 and under currently make up about 75% of my caseload. Many of these children have learning, attention, and motor challenges that would benefit from having a selection of language rich games, activities, and most importantly books to promote language acquisition and overall learning to support their personal academic goals. \r\n\r\nI believe as a speech pathologist, you need to find how each child learns best, what motivates them, and to personalize lessons to ensure that each child is motivated to learn. I have taken the time to learn my students' needs and motivators and used that knowledge to carefully craft my wish list with their success in mind. In addition to reading early storybooks, my younger students learn best through visual, hands-on, sensory experiences. \r\n\r\nAll my students (ages 3 - 12) benefit from literacy-based activities. The library at my school, unfortunately, does not have a wide selection of books to choose from. I have been personally building my own library of children's books, but cannot seem to grow it fast enough to meet my need. Predictable texts are an excellent way for children to grow their vocabularies, pre-literacy skills, learn grammar, as well as to support reading comprehension and to learn valuable social skills. \r\n\r\nI already have so many ideas of how I could use these materials! I know my students will appreciate them as much as I will. Thank you for your thoughtfulness and generosity. It is much appreciated. | null | null | My students need language centered materials, such as books and games, to promote language acquisition, build and enrich vocabularies, as well as to provide ample sensory learning opportunities for my students with special needs. | 0 | 1 |
52,655 | p067030 | 8de7b4b71f80deea7d2fdc6390bd6ee6 | Ms. | MD | 2016-11-14 13:29:42 | Grades 3-5 | Special Needs | Special Needs | Fidgets to help us focus | I am the general education teacher in an inclusion classroom meaning I have a very big range of learners. I have 6 students identified as having a disability and 3 students identified as being talented and gifted learners. This means I have students reading at a kindergarten level and some students reading at a high school level. However, all students are eager and willing to learn new things every day. \r\n\r\nAll of these students, no matter the background or ability level, have shown me how much they love to learn. I have a very large range of cultural background in my classroom as well. Many students come from hispanic and african cultures and I even have one student who just moved here from France. Many of these students are learning English as a second language and predominantly speak a different language when they are at home. \r\n\r\nEvery student is unique. This makes my job fun but also very difficult as well. Any and all donations to help keep my lessons as diverse as my students would be more than appreciated by all of us. \r\n\r\nThank you again for your consideration!\r\n | These bouncy bands will help my students who are identified as having an attention deficit focus. When given something to keep them moving, it will become easier for these to students to focus on their work. \r\n\r\nHaving materials like this in my classroom help to close the achievement gap and allows these students to reach their full potential. Without materials like this, the students with attention deficits don't receive the proper intervention, leaving them at an education disadvantage. The students will put these bouncy bands around their chairs and it will allow them some movement in their feet which will help them focus on the instruction. \r\n\r\nPlease help me close the achievement gap! \r\n\r\n\r\nThank you! | null | null | My students need some bouncy bands that will help them focus on their work and keep their inattention from being something that keeps them from reaching their full potential. | 0 | 1 |
10,069 | p056383 | daaf41ad258bfa5888b4baa7d3548cd6 | Mrs. | FL | 2016-08-18 00:19:13 | Grades 3-5 | Health & Sports | Health & Wellness, Team Sports | iFit - \"Going for the Gold\" Part II | As a teacher in a low-income inner city school region, my students are faced with many challenges both in and out of the classroom. Regardless of these challenges the majority of the students are very determined and eager to succeed. All they need is to be motivated and exposed to curriculum in a fun interactive way.\r\nThe students in my class attend a Title school with a large population, most receive free or reduced lunch. The school is located in a transient Hispanic area with a mostly low socioeconomic level. Thus, the population of my fifth grade class consists of mostly Hispanic students, some of which have recently arrived in the United States from Latin American countries. As a result, most of my students lack proficiency of the English language. Most of the parents are struggling to make ends meet, therefore most of these families have only the bare essentials and lack experiences and time to dedicate to fitness, physical activity and proper nutrition at home. | Our school theme this year is \"Going for the Gold\". So we came up with the concept of training for the end of the year Presidential Awards and Field Day. This is an project will help students to keep their bodies active both in and out of the classroom while learning at the same time! \r\n In an effort to promote the importance of an active and healthy lifestyle and maintaining student attention and motivation while meeting our academic goals, we came up with the concept of an indoor/outdoor training and fitness program. Using the balance chairs and chair bouncy bands as flexible seating opportunities, the students who have a difficult time concentrating during a whole group lesson will find it easier to concentrate and be more motivated to stay on task while remaining in motion. While outdoors during recess and physical education, the students will engage in a variety training activities involving the use of materials such as the playground equipment, balls, jump ropes and boards while practicing for upcoming competitions as the professional and olympic athletes engage in. | null | null | My students need Bouncy Bands for Chairs, Adjustable Desks and Balance Chairs in order to remain active in the classroom as well as Headphones, Boards, a pump, balls and jump ropes to remain active outdoors. | 4 | 0 |
65,521 | p060486 | 491cbe3a58e91fce81489db4613437cf | Mrs. | IN | 2017-01-05 14:01:13 | Grades 6-8 | Special Needs | Special Needs | Critical Thinking Through Sensory Play | My students are growing and learning in the same small, tight knit, school community that inspired me to be a teacher. Despite the many challenges they must overcome they walk into the classroom every morning ready to learn, and excited for what the day has in store for them. Their smiling faces are contagious and you can’t help, but smile when you are around them. \r\n\r\nGJHS is a public school in a rural community that serves 600 students in grades 6th-8th with over 60% of our students receiving free and reduced lunch. \r\n\r\nOur teachers come prepared every day to challenge our student with an enriched curriculum to learn foreign languages to engineering. We offer many different after school activities like drama club, musicals, academic team, and sporting events for students to partake in. \r\n | Sensory Play is important for any student, but especially for students facing special needs. Sensory play helps students use critical thinking skills while exploring, investigating, and creating in the classroom. \r\nClassroom Concepts combined with sensory play increase the percentage students will remember key concepts and increase academic achievement. By engaging all their senses they will be able to explore concepts in a whole new way to help them build on developmental and classroom material. \r\nBy donating to our classroom project you will be helping students explore, investigate, create, and play all while increasing their academic achievement and their developmental needs. | null | null | My students need Sensory Play to stimulate their senses and facilitate exploration and naturally encourage students to use the scientific process while they create, explore, and investigate. | 1 | 0 |
161,329 | p129156 | d9308747bf6857687dabf4e87f208902 | Mrs. | IN | 2016-06-22 08:11:03 | Grades 3-5 | Literacy & Language, Math & Science | Literacy, Mathematics | Learning Beyond the Classroom | My students are hardworking third graders that have an exciting year ahead of them. I will be traveling with them from second grade to third grade, so I know them very well. My students come to school excited and ready to learn. It is a joy to teach them each day!\r\n Our school is a Four-Star and Promising Practices School! We have amazing things going on daily! Students are loved, nurtured, and encouraged to reach their full potential as learners. | Although my school is amazing, our technology availability for the coming year will still be limited. I would love to incorporate technology in EVERY lesson I teach this year! I am also excited to extend our classroom walls to the nation and the world by communicating with other students and blogging about our learning. \r\n With the gift of three iPad minis, I will be able to get every student on a device every day! Students are going to work collaboratively and independently to share work with parents and classmates. They will use the devices for all subjects, becoming proficient technology users before entering intermediate school. | null | null | My students need technology readily available to enhance project-based learning every day! | 1 | 1 |
78,384 | p000122 | 17a229477554a91142a09e4ae990ef40 | Mrs. | OH | 2016-08-07 00:05:11 | Grades 3-5 | Health & Sports | Gym & Fitness | Building Community One Recess Game at a Time! | Our school is a small school district in rural southern Ohio. The elementary is kindergarten through fourth grade with roughly one hundred students per grade level. In our school district, students have extreme pIoneer pride! Our students work hard to do their best in academics and building a community through good personal relationships. Our motto is to never give up and to encourage one another and to do our best in all we do. Students take these words to heart and strive to be the best they can be. | Our students need equipment for the playground. As we continue to encourage community, playing together on the playground and working as teams is an integral part of this endeavor. However, each school year, equipment dwindles quickly as balls are lost or broken. By providing grade level storage for equipment and playground balls and jump ropes, students will always have the supplies they need to play during recess time. These supplies will encourage team work, cooperation, and learning through play through games such as kickball, basketball, soccer, four square, football, jump rope, and many more to be created by the students' imaginations.! | null | null | My students need equipment for the playground. Through the use of playground balls and equipment, students will be able to collaborate and build relationships. | 4 | 1 |
37,123 | p150187 | bada2b68b459ab3111a48030d6896b6e | Mr. | CA | 2016-05-27 00:04:01 | Grades 6-8 | Math & Science | Applied Sciences, Mathematics | Robots for STEM Education in San Bernardino | Living in San Bernardino, my students are faced with many challenges at home and at school. With the majority of students coming from low income homes, access to technology is limited. Despite this, many students have a passion for using computers. Students are more engage in learning when they are able to use technology. Using technology can help them develop skills and experience they will need for their adult life. My students have wanted to use robots in class and are excited for the experiences it will give them. | Donations will be used to give students access to STEM focused technology in the classroom. Robots are a great way to engage students in learning about technology and giving them the opportunity to build useful life skills. These materials will be used in middle school classrooms to introduce students to computer programming, industrial engineering, and problem solving. \r\n\r\nGiving students access to STEM technology will help prepare them for life after school. Student will use these materials to gain experience in computer programming, industrial engineering, and problem solving. The robots are programmed using computer software that is open source. The programming language has been created with students in mind. \r\n\r\nThe robots are made from durable and reusable materials. Students are able to work with motors, gears, and electrical sensors that are similar to technology used in industry. \r\n\r\nFinally, the robots will be used to solve problems. Students will design a program, assemble a robot, and use it to solve problems that are created by teachers. Problems are tied to State Standards and aligned to Common Core and NGSS. | null | null | My students need the MakeBlock Educational Robot to learn about STEM and computer programming. | 1 | 1 |
57,147 | p067802 | ac34ca284120b05570013ca9ea12e83a | Ms. | VA | 2017-01-03 13:05:50 | Grades PreK-2 | Math & Science | Applied Sciences, Environmental Science | Super Scientists! | My students attend a high poverty, title 1 public school. Many of my students have difficult home lives. They love coming to school because it is where they feel safe, loved and cared for. \r\n\r\nEvery single student at my school receives free breakfast and free lunch. Many of them live below the poverty line. I want my students to feel like our classroom is a safe space for them to come and learn. It is so important to me that my students have a positive experience and outlook of school. I strive to make my classroom a place where they look forward to coming to every morning, and a place where they don't want to leave every afternoon. | Science is such a cool subject and very applicable in all areas of life. However, it is a subject that is hard to excite my students about since it is our last subject of the day. I want to bring the magic and excitement of science to my 2nd graders as we close out our day. I want my students to love learning about science as much as I love teaching science!\r\n\r\nI want my students to visualize and actually see themselves as scientists. I am requesting lab coats and safety goggles to excite and motivate my students! My students will wear their lab coats everyday when we are learning about science. They will wear their safety goggles when we are performing our science experiments. Help us become super scientists! | null | null | My students need science lab coats and googles to become super scientists! | 30 | 1 |
149,615 | p101702 | 221f37750752483a21119d4e1b31e6fb | Teacher | SC | 2016-07-22 14:14:54 | Grades PreK-2 | Math & Science | Mathematics | Mind-Blowing Math:Motivating Young Mathematicians | Regular second grade class with a range of student abilities and a variety of learning styles. My students are eager to learn, and do so best through exploration using \"hands-on\" manipulatives with real-world experiences. They use their time more wisely when my math centers are user-friendly, motivating, and provide them with immediate feedback. \r\n\r\n Center activities that are intellectually stimulating build stamina, interest, and perseverance; thus increase student success. We are active and diverse, building upon each other's strengths throughout the learning process. Students collaborate throughout the math block daily allowing for more opportunities to increase their knowledge of mathematics as it applies to the world. | My students need math center activities to stimulate learning and support independence. The Osmo gaming system is a tool for the iPad that will enable my students develop a stronger understanding of number sense skills through creative thinking and physical play. The Learning Palette is a tool to support various student abilities for independent practice. It is self-checking, which makes it a great tool to use during the guided math block.\r\n\r\nMy students need independent, engaging, motivating, and individualized activities that successfully supplement learning in a balanced mathematics classroom. These tools will motivate my students and encourage a love of math. | null | null | My students need two Osmo systems and three levels of Learning Palettes to support differentiation in guided math class. | 0 | 1 |
78,595 | p176864 | 7799f2881b832cad00674cad47a0533e | Ms. | TX | 2017-04-10 13:47:43 | Grades 3-5 | Math & Science | Health & Life Science, Mathematics | Computers to Explore! | I work in a Title 1 school in Central Texas. Most of my students are from low income families with little or no technology in their homes. The only means for these students to access the internet is during school hours. Currently, I have 41 to 42 students in my classroom each day and only 8 Chromebooks available for their use. My wish is for each student to have access to a Chromebook while working in my classroom. This would allow us to research during science and reinforce/enrich math skills using our online resources. The students are eager to use technology in the classroom! Having enough Chromebooks for each student to participate every day will make such an amazing difference in the quality of the technology education. Not to mention the places they can go on virtual field trips and see things they may never be able to visit in their lifetime. I want to expose my students to as much as I can while I have them. | If we had more computers we could do larger research projects in science class. There are also many virtual field trips we could go on and explore places my students may never get to see. In math class, we use programs to help the students practice the skills they may have difficulty on or strengthen current skills we are working on in class. \r\n\r\nStudents would love to learn to code, speak a new language, or create their own videos for projects! Having enough computers would open the door to these amazing learning tools. At the present time I am unable to use programs like code.org (computer coding), Duolingo (learn languages), and most importantly Google Classroom. | null | null | My students need six Chromebooks allow more students to have access to computers in my classroom. | 0 | 1 |
161,467 | p220448 | 45f7ce985320f999e2f5e4205eaba2b5 | Mrs. | CA | 2016-08-14 23:33:32 | Grades PreK-2 | Health & Sports | Gym & Fitness, Health & Wellness | Staying Active During Indoor Recess | My first graders are energetic and enthusiastic students. They enjoy learning and active play. They get so excited when it is time to be active and to learn new activities during PE. \r\nMy first graders represent many diverse ethnic backgrounds and come from a wide range of socioeconomic backgrounds.\r\nThere is a wide range of academic abilities in our classroom. Students are eager to learn and strive to do their best at all times. They enjoy interactive and hands-on learning. | We just started back to school last week and with the hot weather and bad air quality we have had to remain inside during recess. The students were so disappointed and really wanted to move around. When I asked the students, \"What does our classroom need so you can be more active during recess?\" my first graders responded, \"More indoor recess choices!\"\r\n\r\nMy students requested more activities to build and play with during indoor recess so they can remain active all year, regardless of the weather. Active play is important for social skills, as well as, health and wellness. \r\n\r\nThese 24 students are so excited about learning and are curious about everything. They love reading books, laughing, and keeping busy. \r\n\r\nWith the Magna Tiles and Legos students will be building tall towers and creating amazing structures. These activities will ensure our bodies and minds are active and having fun throughout the entire year. The Hokki Stools will give the students the opportunity to be active during our long afternoons of being indoors. Some of my first grade students said they used Hokki Stools last year and they loved them. They really want Hokki Stools in their first grade classroom. \r\n | null | null | My students need Magna-Tiles, Legos, Interlox, and Hokki Stools to stay active during indoor recess. | 4 | 1 |
167,985 | p024006 | 8434b346c3ebc10c1b13482acf8003e4 | Mrs. | CA | 2016-09-21 16:01:40 | Grades 3-5 | Literacy & Language, History & Civics | Literature & Writing, Social Sciences | Apple Harvest for our Knowledge Farmers! | Our classroom is made up of 28 very diverse and creative young thinkers. We share many different cultural backgrounds and socio- economic levels, and we grow and gain amazing insight and community built from this wonderful broad perspective. We are a school that includes all levels of learners into our classrooms with support and equity. We live in an urban setting where many of the families struggle to provide for their students needs, and we strive to ensure that students have support, materials, and opportunities to participate in the learning regardless of these struggles. Our class goals are built around curiosity, perseverance, and fairness. We make mistakes and actually embrace and reward them because they allow discussions toward learning. Wouldn't it be great if your boss did that?! \r\nWe teach positive mindset, and encouragement and learn about helpful leadership through our studies, which helps them see where they might later use this strength in their own lives.\r\nWe practice using our voices to speak up for ourselves and the world before heading off to middle school through our studies, and these Ipad tools we are hoping for will expand their potential for learning infinitely. | We plan to use our iPads to create and inspire our students to create video projects about Global Civil Rights leaders around the world! After seeing another teacher in a different school use the photo component to create stop time claymation narrative stories with full video playback in class as presentations, we decided that these iPads inspired the drive for the students to really dig deep into character development, setting, plots and creativity. They will also build each and every individual child's own academic achievement level in reading/writing/math through further practice on educational applications that we know are beneficial to student progress, yet we don't have access in our classrooms when we need them because we share our resources with the other 18 classrooms. This is so crucial because all students have their own strengths and need support that is tailored to reach them at their own levels to encourage them to continue to grow and push themselves onward in their skill sets, whether they are high level in certain areas and struggling and needing support in others. We plan to use these iPads in the classroom to create 10 slide presentations about historical Native American Tribal life, California Gold Rush narratives and research for creative stories, and also with musical apps with our Opera program where student compose lyrics, characters, costume design research and development, and set creation. Without this technology, most of these projects become very limited in creation without the very enticing audio and visual connection that these kids are absolutely entranced by. We would also like to incorporate them into our new Science curriculum teaching about sustainable energy, Earth sciences, and life studies! We also need a charging station, headphones, and cases. | null | null | My students need ipads for research and project production. I chose these ipad cases for my dexterity challenged kids who could use keyboards to help their writing fluency increase and provide less challenge for them. | 2 | 1 |
21,325 | p168308 | 0fb8a458a5b9f9c7b63a7830a35f5675 | Mrs. | CT | 2016-10-12 12:14:48 | Grades 6-8 | Literacy & Language | Literacy, Literature & Writing | Novels to Reach New Levels | My students are amazing! They never want to stop learning. Often times middle school students get caught up in their middle school lives and forget what they're in school to do, but not mine. These young men and women are starving to learn at all hours of the day. \r\n\r\nMy students live in a high poverty area in the North End of the city of Hartford and attend their neighborhood school. Part of what makes my students so amazing is the diversity in backgrounds and cultures that they bring to the learning environment. My students LOVE to learn!\r\n | Lyddie and To Kill a Mockingbird are novels that my seventh and eighth graders read as their second books of the school year. We need one novel per student in order to allow them to engage in learning inside and outside of the classroom. \r\nWith these novels my students can take their learning to new levels. Learning is a constant while inside my classroom, but when the bell rings it stops for many of my students. With these books my students will be able to bring a copy home and engage with the text there. Many lessons will be learned with these novels that all students should be learning. In addition to learning reading and writing, lessons on diversity, culture, history, and more will all be possible with these books. | null | null | My students need a class set of the novels, Lyddie and To Kill a Mockingbird, to engage in learning in their English Language Arts classroom. | 6 | 1 |
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