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112,190 |
p133771
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3768ab6c0ec05e9adc8d6d483ff4758f
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Mrs.
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MD
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2017-02-11 20:09:16
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Grades 3-5
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Literacy & Language
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Literacy
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Inspire Summer Reading!
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I teach language arts and social studies to about 50 students each day. I teach two groups of amazing kids each day!\r\n\r\nThe students in my classroom range from advanced or gifted learners to students with various learning disabilities. My school is located in an urban environment in Maryland. The school is a Title I (low-income) school, and 99% of the students in the school receive free and reduced price lunch. All students at my school receive free breakfast which is the most important meal of the day!
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High interest reading supports comprehension and learning. I want to encourage a love of reading by choosing books that interest my third grade students. Many of my students are classified as \"struggling readers\". There is extensive research to support the premise that the best way to become a better reader is to read more. In order for my students to become better or more fluent readers I need to increase both the quantity and quality of their reading. They need reading materials that they can read and will want to read. \r\n\r\nI want to send my students into summer vacation with a high interest book. If they find success and interest with one book, research shows that learning will generate more learning! The book I have chosen is readable, has a convincing plot, and has realistic characters.
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My students need high interest chapter books at their reading level.
| 3 | 1 |
19,349 |
p240103
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81f7b2c43e0c83e4a2c4b31bbe1b5652
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Ms.
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MD
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2016-07-21 11:17:31
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Grades 6-8
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Music & The Arts
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Visual Arts
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Sketchbooks for Young Artists!
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My scholars are a talented group of individuals who are very enthusiastic about art. They are committed and motivated, and it’s important to me that they have all the resources they need to prepare them for success in high school and beyond. However, the school operates on a tight budget and due to a lack of resources, the school does not have funds to allow me to purchase sketchbooks. Even though the students have asked for sketchbooks every year. As their teacher and mentor, nothing would please me more than to just hand those students their very own sketchbook.
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Art activities are designed to engage and master content. Many of my students have not had art class before and I want to provide my students with as many visual aids and tools possible to make their learning process not successful and ensure each student leaves my class loving art. With basic art supplies, my students will increase their art ability and knowledge.\r\n\r\nStudents will use the sketchbooks to keep a visual record of artwork, plans for future art projects, and reflections. Part of the planning process is to sketch and write about their ideas. By the end of the year, my hope is that all of my art students will utilize these sketchbooks daily to develop their art skills and expand on their ideas. Modeling habits of creative thinking such as experimentation, exploration of materials, problem solving, imagination is one of the best ways to foster creativity and creative thinking.\r\n\r\nMost artists keep sketchbooks in which they experiment with ideas and collect drawings. Donations to this project will improve my classroom by providing sketchbooks that will aid students in their artistic development. The students that will benefit from these books will be applying to art high school and colleges in the future. The sketchbook will serve as part of their art portfolios and document their work over the years. Art experiences help students across the curriculum and increases cognitive skills! To do all of this, they need to be able to experience art and artists. Learning about art will stay with them their entire lives and help them prepare for secondary schooling, college, and careers.
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My students need art journals to to keep visual records of their art projects, document their drawing skills, and to apply to art high schools and colleges!
| 24 | 1 |
37,266 |
p044997
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7bf30e67b8aad337115ede28533fafdc
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Ms.
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CO
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2016-11-28 11:14:51
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Grades 9-12
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Literacy & Language
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ESL, Literacy
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E-Book Club\r\nMaking Reading Student Friendly
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They are single parents, immigrants, workers, and many times those students that others have given up on. My students are wonderful, kind, and courageous. They have big hearts and bigger challenges. They attend our alternative education center in order to improve their lives and those of their families, often their children.\r\n\r\nMy students often have familial responsibilities disproportionate to their ages including their own children, younger siblings, illnesses without proper medical care, elderly family members, and underemployment. My students personify generational poverty. And yet, they want to make a difference in our world and to help others to make a difference as well. Despite carrying adult sized burdens.\r\n\r\nJennifer is a single mother with a three year old daughter to whom she reads every night. She values literacy and wants to improve her reading proficiency. Her goal is to be a good role model for her daughter.\r\n\r\nBianca is a first generation American. She reads to her younger brothers and sisters as well as helps her parents. She is a struggling reader who knows the importance of reading.
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My students will improve their vocabulary, reading skills, and use of the English language through reading our e-books on iPad Minis for our book club. My students will grow as people and as students through this opportunity to read and focus on issues outside of their daily existence. Often these are the only times during the day when they are able to be quiet and to experience the world between the covers of books. My students need iPad Minis to encourage their reading of e-books available through our library and to write a reading blog. Writing and publishing a reading blog will enable my students to share their opinions and insights. The blog will empower my students. My students will learn the power of their written words. This blog will build my students' self-confidence and enhance their dreams. They will also help the environment by reading e-books rather than their paper counterparts.\r\n\r\nThe reading of e-books for our book club will open the world to my students and expand their minds, empathy, and understanding.\r\nIt will enable them to break the chains of illiteracy which have often restricted the opportunities and world of their parents. Reading will help my students to find a positive and productive path to follow in life. It will help them to build a better future for themselves and those that they love.
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My students need iPad Minis to read library e-books for our book club. They also need a charger and cases to maintain the iPads and have a long lived book club.
| 7 | 1 |
111,845 |
p078724
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1604e89bda66cfd4c61e8d488f0277f7
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Mrs.
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TX
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2017-04-25 22:15:57
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Grades PreK-2
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Literacy & Language
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Literacy
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Building Strong Reading & Writing Literacy in 2nd
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As a Title I elementary school we serve free breakfast in the classroom and most of our students receive free or reduced-price lunch. A majority of the students are from low socioeconomic backgrounds. I teach ESLs and Special Ed students with passion and pride. I am so blessed to have awesome, hard working and persevering students. But some students read and write below grade. This project hopes to develop, reinforce and build basic reading and writing literacy skills that is so crucial for 2nd grade.
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Reading Comprehension Games Library is an action-packed games to help students develop comprehension skills! Students hunt for treasure as they read for key details, race to finish their paper routes as they explore informational texts, and more.Reading & Writing Skills Folder Game Libraries - What better way to boost reading and writing skills than with super-appealing games that students love to play! Each library includes 10 different self-checking games. Best of all, the games come ready to play: Students just grab a folder filled with everything they need for independent practice, then follow the simple instructions to build skills at their own pace! \n
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My students need reading comprehension and games library folders and power pen phonics quiz cards for ELA Literacy station.
| 26 | 0 |
12,294 |
p190344
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483c35b8b38ea9655c93d2d62760e33e
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Mrs.
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NH
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2016-07-27 13:52:56
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Grades 6-8
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Math & Science
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Applied Sciences
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STEM Learning!
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\r\nAs a teacher, would you like to bring the world to your students? Being able to use technology to expose students to a real world topic of discussion immediately connects their knowledge with the world. Students are able to analyze and synthesize information from multiple sources.\r\n\r\nToday's students are technology driven because they are digital natives.Students and teachers want to be able to have immediate access to the Internet and to more types of technology.\r\nImagine a classroom having a discussion about events being projected. Students could collaborate with other students in different venues and expand their ideas. Unfortunately, we have limited access to technology in our classroom.
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I am requesting an Asus Chromebook with a wireless mouse and webcam. Animation apps combined with webcams allow students to create science videos. With this resource our classroom becomes a place where students are more independent learners. They will have the ability to research a topic or make comments on another student's work or maybe they will make there own journal entry in Google docs. This Asus Chromebook will truly bring our classroom into the 21st century. My sixth grade science students are full of curiosity.They have great questions about how our world works and I hope to guide them to some answers. Students will find learning more meaningful if they make the discoveries themselves rather than just get notes from a teacher. My students also have many concerns about the actions of mankind that impact nature. Going paperless is not easy in a middle school but the Chromebook will eliminate a lot of paper. My students will be proud of their contribution to improving our world.\r\n\r\nMy students love technology.\r\nWhat a wonderful way to be a more effective teacher when I have the technology in my room. The teachable moment does not have to wait. The Chromebook is a valuable tool to have in my classroom. By donating to this project, you can inspire my students to be the next generation of scientists by helping them explore our world through this Chromebook.
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My students need an Asus Chromebook with a wireless mouse, webcam and screen protectors.
| 10 | 1 |
160,683 |
p224531
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ffb48efb6be918eb73920aedcdc03125
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Mrs.
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NC
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2016-07-20 00:05:58
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Grades PreK-2
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Applied Learning, Math & Science
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Early Development, Mathematics
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The only way to LEARN mathematics is to DO mathematics.
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My first grade students walk into our classroom every day full of life, ready to learn, and are excited for what is in store for them that day.\r\nMy students are eager to learn and do their best each time they walk into our classroom. They want to be in school because they want to learn all they can so they can be successful one day. My students are growing up a community that supports them to the best of their abilities even though resources are sometimes limited. \r\n
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The plastic cases will be used by the students to hold their math materials so they will always have them available when they need them. \r\nInside their tool boxes the students will have snap cubes, ten frames, counters, number lines, expo markers, and a dry erase marker to help them understand math topics by seeing them visually. The hundreds chart will allow them to learn how to identify numbers and arrange them in the proper sequence to help them solve addition and subtraction problems. The tap-n-glue tops will allow the students to create and solve math problems by using pictures to illustrate problems in their math journal without gluing all of the pages in their books together.
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My students need math tool boxes to give them a good foundation to build on.
| 20 | 1 |
59,174 |
p111143
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600ad1a5deb631d1b25757ddcb6ac91f
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Ms.
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NY
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2016-12-29 19:07:55
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Grades PreK-2
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Literacy & Language
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Literature & Writing
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Tech Tools
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My students are all visual and interactive learners. During their occupational therapy sessions, we make every effort to provide them with visual aids electronically, or with printed worksheets and activities. \r\n\r\nOur kids come from all different backgrounds, and are at all different levels of learning. It is important to customize the tools we use for our sessions to each child to ensure that they are getting the proper instruction for their own level learning and to ensure success. In order to achieve this, we need YOUR help!!!
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A DVD player that we can keep in our room and use during any session throughout the week would be extremely helpful for the kids to use the TV teacher program for learning shape and letter formation. We use this program and have seen great success with it, however; we have limited use of a TV/DVD player. Having a DVD player would also inspire us to expand our collection with other DVD based programs to help our kids strive. \r\n\r\nA copier/printer would allow us to print activities and worksheets from our room to use with the kids during sessions, as well as to provide them with sheets for homework, as we often send work home to ensure carryover of skills.
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My students need a TV/DVD combo to use during therapy sessions for the multiple handwriting programs we use. They need a printer in the therapy room in order to print and copy worksheets.
| 4 | 0 |
77,405 |
p047607
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71af95eead69526f253508f77287e099
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Ms.
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MI
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2017-01-26 08:35:06
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Grades 6-8
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Literacy & Language
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Literacy
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Comfort with Books and Conversation
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My students are either avid readers always hungry for the next book or reluctant readers not thrilled with the idea of sitting to read and often forgetting a book. The students that walk through my classroom come from a very diverse background of culture, religion, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. \r\n\r\nA large part of growing our culture of reading is through conferencing with and between students. Having comfortable seating allows for comfortable reading and comfortable conferencing. Reading creates and develops the character of students all while increasing vocabulary, knowledge, and most importantly widening the scope of understanding and compassion.\r\n
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Having comfortable seating makes the difference between becoming engaged with a book or not being able to focus on the text. For students who suffer from any type of attention or focus challenges, comfortable seating is everything. When engaging in conversation around books students will deepen their thinking and conversations when seated comfortably. \r\n\r\nIn our culture of reading we conference daily and this conferencing requires comfort to sustain its natural authenticity and depth. These conferences happen between students and between teacher and students. In the middle school years students are most likely to abandon reading or allow their interest and love of reading die away. Through this culture with conferencing and the ability to do so comforting, we can nurture and enrich the reading lives of students.
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My students need comfortable seating that will engage their minds and conversations around books.
| 13 | 1 |
15,717 |
p058674
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80a890860a8b659bf148e96d1869fd2d
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Ms.
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NJ
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2016-09-08 15:46:31
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Grades 3-5
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Math & Science
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Applied Sciences
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Science and Technology everyday!
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5th students at my school consist of a diverse group of learners who strive to find new ways to learn in a blended environment. \r\nStudents are grouped together in each classroom setting with extreme differences in their learning abilities. Many want to be challenged while others need the extra time and attention to understand and practice what they have learned. \r\n Students are in need of tools that can be accessed everyday in the science classroom that also motivate them to learn and explore further. Today's students welcome any learning that is incorporated around technology and allow them to work at their own pace. Reading is always a major struggle for my students as their a ability is low making working independently or engaging team work difficult. Increasing reading through technology will also help to raise them up to a higher level. \r\n
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Using table top laptops in the science classroom will provide students with access to the most updated and current science topics in the world Examples: Students can check current weather and weekly trends, inquiring about prior information for warm-ups, investigate earth changes and make predictions, use visual aids to review something (Kahn Academy- You Tube), explore online research for project work, team work, and review what was learned through online quizzes for quick assessment, etc.). \r\n Students will start each day with a warm-up that will ask a question(prior or future topic) that students can explore via internet/laptops to find, record and share. Finished before the end of warm-up buzzer? Check the daily weather and add to your warm-up. Predict weather for tomorrow . \r\nThroughout the daily lessons student can use laptop to check understanding with checkpoint website (teacher made) places, as they continue daily assignment. \r\nTeam project or Labs would also allow for quick research, clarification of vocabulary words, and/or understanding of necessary components that must be addressed, for example: Scientific Method steps included in all your steps? \r\nWeekly Current Science Article Assignment (scienceforstudents.org or https://www.dogonews.com/grade_tag/grades-5) will provide students a quick venue for selecting an article, reading, and dissecting its contents for understanding. \r\nHaving Laptops for each students everyday in the science classroom will open avenues for students to learn more, work at their own pace, increase reading and understanding, extend learning, and motivate!
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My students need to have access to internet and technology everyday in a science classroom. Updated information is critical to outdated information in old textbooks and the connection made for interaction with the world around them.
| 0 | 1 |
38,170 |
p197820
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8a91e80c43005c415e2206fe0be49f40
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Mrs.
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TN
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2016-09-03 11:12:24
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Grades PreK-2
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Health & Sports
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Health & Wellness, Nutrition Education
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Healthy Snacks to Teach Healthy Eating
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We are a Girls in pearls and Boys in Bow ties and proud of it! Our students work so hard to be the best Leaders they can be. Our school is located in Memphis, TN. and many of our students come from homes with obstacles to overcome.Most of my students come from single-parent households. Many live in poverty and I make it my goal to take them out of their reality. Despite their many obstacles, our students rise to the challenge every day to be the best versions of themselves, so they can help each other.
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One of my new students asked me why we don't have healthy snack before we go home. He said they did at his last school. So as a class we sent home a letter for parents to send healthy snacks daily. Out of 22 students only 10 students were able to bring snacks to school. The majority that were able to bring a snack brought chips. When I reminded the students to bring healthy snacks, they replied chips were healthy.\r\nMy students do not know what healthy snacks are. Our school provides healthy breakfast and lunch for our students at no cost if they arrive on time. Sometimes students are tardy and miss breakfast. The students that cannot bring snacks told me that they couldn't buy snacks because they did not have money to buy them.
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My students need healthy snacks for when they come to school hungry and miss breakfast including chex mix, crackers, goldfish, , apple sauce, fruit snacks, granola bars, nutri grain bars, and pretzels.
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164,789 |
p210185
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7dc44975870478599691087c9d402025
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Mrs.
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CT
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2016-10-15 22:14:28
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Grades 6-8
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Applied Learning, Literacy & Language
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Character Education, Literacy
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Literature to Support Our Social Emotional Learning
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\r\nAs a teacher in a low-income/high poverty school district, my students are faced with several challenges both in and out of the classroom. Despite the many challenges they face, I am looking to provide them with the opportunity to take control of their own learning and make an impact on their school community.\r\n\r\nMy students are creative, passionate and very eager to make a difference. They often feel their voices are ignored and their ability to recognize and solve problems is overlooked . Many of them are being raised in single parent households and all of them receive a free lunch based on their socioeconomic status. I may not be able to control their home lives, however, I can certainly help them control their experiences during the school day. By doing this in a creative and positive way that stresses personal responsibility, I am hopeful to inspire them to become the agents of change their school and community so desperately need.
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My students have developed a social emotional learning project called Together We Can. One of the main components of this program includes a Peer Mediation Team that will work with students from Pre-K through 8th grade.\r\n\r\nThe wide variety of high-interest reading materials requested will help guide my 7th and 8th graders on their journey to become socially intelligent leaders and provide literature to support learners across the grade levels. Every classroom will have a student reader for a read aloud and one book will be donated to the classes' \"cool down station.\"\r\n\r\nMy 7th and 8th graders will have rotating book clubs that will explore various aspects of good character. Some of these topics include: integrity, perseverance, mindfulness and courage.
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My students need to read high-interest literature that promotes social emotional learning in order to properly support our school's younger learners.
| 2 | 1 |
161,827 |
p010414
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01b3daef9613170602bdfc82cf9daca6
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Mrs.
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MI
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2016-12-19 09:25:16
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Grades 6-8
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Math & Science
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Applied Sciences, Environmental Science
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Investigating Science World!
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How can we close the achievement gap when students do not have the necessary materials to succeed? As a teacher with many low-income/high poverty school families, my students are faced with several challenges both in and out of the classroom. \r\n\r\nMy students are excited, spontaneous, and love to interact . They like to move and love hands-on activities. Many of them are being raised with either both parents or single mothers with a total household income of $58,000 or less. These things may prevent them from getting ahead early in life and may not provide them with the life experiences many of us see as \"typical\". From the minute they walk in the door of my classroom I focus on their potential and growth while they are with me. I may not be able to control their home lives, however, I can certainly control their experience during the school day. By doing this in a creative and positive way, I am hopeful to inspire even our earliest learners to continue on a positive educational path.
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A subscription to Science World would be a fun approach to learning Science! I am lacking resources to help guide my science instruction and our book is not nicely aligned with our curriculum. Each day I am having to find appropriate content to support our curriculum and drive the students interest in science. \r\n\r\n Science World gets students excited about science with articles on today’s most remarkable scientific discoveries and technological innovations. Each issue encourages students to think like scientists and engineers with captivating nonfiction on science as its practiced in the real world. Students will also learn about the Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Earth Science, and Engineering concepts.
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My students need an individual subscription to Science World to use in class with the benefits of taking home after.
| 1 | 1 |
105,595 |
p245108
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482362fec43aa6d98bec7bdce4db7ec8
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Mrs.
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PA
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2016-06-13 14:37:13
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Grades PreK-2
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History & Civics, Literacy & Language
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History & Geography, Literacy
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Keeping Up on Current Events
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I teach at a Title 1 school in Pennsylvania where 100 percent of the students receive free breakfast and lunch.\r\n\r\nMy students walk into our classroom every day full of life, ready to learn, and excited for what is in store for them that day.\r\n\r\nDespite so many hardships, my students are eager to learn and do their best. They want to be in school because they want to learn all they can so they can be successful one day.\r\n
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Teaching Social Studies is always a struggle with the limited resources we have in our school. I feel that teaching and reading about current events is a huge part of any responsible Social Studies program. Most of my students do not leave their neighborhood and I want to motivate my students to take an interest in the world around them. Receiving a Scholastic News subscription for all of my students would make it possible for my students to read about current events and learn about what is going on around the world.\r\n\r\nBy donating Scholastic News to my class, you will be making a huge difference in the lives of my first graders.\r\n\r\nI want to offer them every learning opportunity possible and you would be helping me achieve that goal.
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My students need Scholastic News magazines to help them keep up on current events. This year is especially important since it is an election year.
| 13 | 1 |
39,099 |
p094900
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abb76273cdece81b7c65916d4944c017
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Mrs.
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NE
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2016-08-03 10:16:17
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Grades PreK-2
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Health & Sports
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Gym & Fitness, Health & Wellness
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Target Movement with Hokki Stools
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My class consists of 24 diverse second grade students that enjoy movement while learning. They are excited about the start of a new school year and want to request seven Hokki Stools to place in our classroom that will allow them to wiggle and move while working. Our wonderful school is located in Omaha, Nebraska. We are not a Title 1 school, so we don't receive funding for extra materials and have a limited budget. We currently only have traditional chairs in our classroom that don't allow for movement. \r\n
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Many of my students in my classroom love to move while they are learning. They have noticed that some of the other classrooms in our building have nontraditional chairs that encourage movement. Their friends in those rooms love having these as an alternative to sitting still. We however, do not currently have any of these seats in our room. We only have traditional chairs for the students to use. My students are requesting Hokki Stools. Hokki Stools are rounded on the bottom to allow students to wiggle and move while comfortably staying seated.\r\n My students want the Hokki Stools in our classroom to promote productivity and enhance concentration without disrupting others while working. Studies have shown that physical movement enhances brain and emotional development. Second grade students are always moving around and sitting still can be very challenging for some of them. When students are able to move and engage their body, it increases student learning. All students will highly benefit from these stools, especially students that are working on staying focused. Thank you for supporting my kid-inspired project!
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My students need seven Hokki Stools to allow movement while they learn.
| 23 | 1 |
75,730 |
p104544
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0012542c568e09c5bbaa87967f592dae
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Ms.
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NY
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2016-08-14 17:44:16
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Grades 3-5
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Literacy & Language
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Literacy, Literature & Writing
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WANTED!! Chapter Books
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My students come from a high poverty area. A number live in temporary housing. Yet they and their parents are determined to make education a priority. My students want to do well and are so proud when they raise their reading level, pass a math facts test or add to a classroom conversation. The focus and wonder that my student exhibit is amazing. Even on class trips they apply what we have learned - telling me this is an \"urban\" or \"suburban\" area as we drive along. Or, they identify some other aspect of the landscape. \r\n\r\nAll students have unique talents and gifts, yet mine often do not have a chance to explore these because of their socio-economic status. Whether they be budding mathematicians, writers, artists, doctors, teachers or musicians - my students need support to help them discover themselves.\r\nI am grateful for Donor's Choice to give me the opportunity to help my students grow.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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The transition from second to third grade can be a rough one for some readers. I have taught both grades. Upon entering third grade, students must go in the realm of advanced chapter books. Here there is minimal illustration, printed becomes smaller, words becomes bigger and books become longer - much longer.\r\n\r\n My third grade students need to grow into reading longer and more complex texts. They need to accumulate text across chapters, remembering what was read in earlier chapters when it is needed in later chapters. My students must apply reading strategies - inference, conclusion, prediction, importance - to complex texts. So I have selected a variety of fiction and nonfiction chapter books to provide my students what they need to grow as readers. I have chosen books and books series, like The Magic Tree House, that I know help grow readers. For lower functioning readers, I have chosen easier chapter books or episodic books to help them continue growing. I have also requested 6 plastic book bins to hold the books.
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My students need a variety of chapter books in order to learn to accumulate text, or to carry forward what they learn in one chapter to the next.
| 3 | 1 |
7,205 |
p012320
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48e77eabc32d47e84e7adbc0c28423f1
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Mr.
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IL
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2016-08-26 15:46:19
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Grades 9-12
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Math & Science
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Health & Life Science, Mathematics
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M&M's and Zombies: Exploring Exponential Functions
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Our public high school in Rockford, Illinois serves the community’s highest need students. Our students are at -risk of dropping out due to a variety of complex issues, as well as the need to fulfill adult responsibilities with which most high school students do not have to contend. Students enroll here because they have chosen to persevere and overcome these obstacles in order to better their lives. Over 90% of our students qualify for free and reduced lunch, more than 15% are special education students, and over 20% come from homes where English is not the primary language. We provide students with an alternative pathway toward graduation, utilizing a maximum student:teacher ratio of 15:1. We are among only 15% of alternative schools nationwide that utilize a standards-based curriculum aligned with the district’s traditional high schools. Our students and staff take pride in the fact that we are not a diploma factory but instead an innovative institution where genuine, accelerated learning occurs.
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Occasionally, on off days, mathematics can be a tad... dry. So, what better way to get the juices flowing than using a Zombie Epidemic as an introductory lesson to the very important and relevant topic of exponential functions.\r\nStudents will simulate a Zombie Epidemic by using M&M's, recording and graphing their own data. After each toss, the survivors will be recorded and re-tossed to determine the next group of survivors, continuing until there are, sadly, no villagers remaining. The students will graph their results, and will need to classify them as either exponential growth or decay. (Psst. It's decay. Decay -- zombies. Zombies -- decay. Get it?)\r\nWithout the gloves, cups, and M&M's, students are introduced to this topic with no understanding of the power of exponential functions. By actively generating the data themselves, the topic has the chance to come alive in their minds. Or at least to come undead.\r\n
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My students need M&M's, gloves and cups to explore exponential functions.
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158,997 |
p112466
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f1733e79d3127c1c24f9831e035535c2
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Ms.
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NY
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2016-08-29 13:57:14
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Grades 3-5
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Special Needs
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Special Needs
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Adding Some Sugar to an Already SWEET Classroom
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As the class assignments were given out on the last day of school - almost all of the new students in class 5-502 had a smile on their face. They were excited to not only be the next graduating class but to be a part of one of the most dynamic co-teaching classrooms in the school. For half of the students (the special education ones) they were already accustomed to having two full time teachers, but for the other half of the class this was a new and exciting experience! \r\n\r\nBeing an integrated co-teaching classroom has a profound impact on so many of the students in the classroom, not just the students with disabilities. Some of the students are math whizzes while other students prefer to immerse themselves into novels. Our students enter the classroom with their own set of individual strengths and weaknesses and it is our job to make the classroom fit each student and make the school year as successful as possible. We strive each and every year to provide the resources necessary to give each student their best chance at success!
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Receiving these materials for my classroom can help change the lives of 30 students this year and an endless number in the future. Working in an integrated co-teaching classroom comes with challenges that can be easily changed with the proper materials and supplies. Having 12 special education students makes it important to create a truly individualized learning environment. Many of the supplies I have requested will make it much easier for all of the students to navigate the classroom and organize themselves. \r\n\r\nOur classroom is lucky enough to have hundreds of books from all different genres for the students to enjoy, however we need baskets to keep them neat and organized for easy accessibility. It becomes difficult sometimes to sort through all of these books and find ones that are appropriate for specific students who often need teacher assistance. Book baskets will help to keep these books organized and easily accessible for students to choose independently.\r\n\r\nHaving a large group table is so important for small group learning. We can target specific groups of kids while at the same time creating a special place where students feel important rather than feeling lost. It is a place where the students and teacher can create a more meaningful connection and a feeling of comfort.
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My students need a table where we can sit as a small group to individualize education to target needs. They need baskets to sort books into different genres and baggies on their chair to hold them
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66,401 |
p078530
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a3e79f17c7b79b802b0d28b33086de12
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Mr.
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MI
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2017-03-08 14:01:29
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Grades 6-8
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Literacy & Language, Special Needs
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Literature & Writing, Special Needs
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Putting our Special Education Class in the 21st Century!!
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The students in my program have a variety of disabilities. In the classroom I have students with Cognitive Impairments, Emotional Impairments and students with Autism Spectrum Disorder. The students are in a self contained classroom for academics. In their academic classes they learn learn functional Math, ELA, Social Studies and Science. \r\nWe focus on teaching students life skills and focus on the students being independent. Some students are mainstreamed into General Education Elective classes. This give the students a chance to interact with their peers.
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Help!! We need more Chromebooks in our classroom. Our classes are getting bigger and bigger each year. We do not have enough Chromebooks for each student to use.\r\nChromebooks make learning fun! We use Chromebooks in each of our classes almost everyday. Some examples are using Google Classroom. The students can answer questions that the teacher asks on this app. Another way we use Chromebooks is to practice filling out forms. Some of our students goals are to fill out a form with their personal information. This is a high tech and safe way to practice this skill. We also use the webcam on the Chromebook to have a group discussion with other classes. Our classes use Chromebooks in many other ways too.\r\nWe all know that technology is everywhere today. By each student using a Chromebook our students can learn to be more independent on the computer. Chromebooks have helped our students in many ways this year, but the problem is we don't have enough. Chromebooks will help our students become more successful.
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My students need more Chromebooks in our classrooms! We have more students in our classrooms and we do not have enough Chromebooks!
| 2 | 1 |
31,237 |
p232922
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a9a94ccee6ce310249c256cf052a2559
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Mrs.
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CA
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2017-03-09 18:16:09
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Grades PreK-2
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Math & Science
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Health & Life Science, Mathematics
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No More Screen Time!
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My students are our earliest learners. They come in with the natural wonder and excitement of all young people. The students I teach come from struggling homes with a very high level of poverty. Many of our families struggle to meet basic needs, so I hope to ensure my students have all educational needs met in a warm, caring and fun environment. I strive to teach students a love of learning and to never let go of the wonder they all have at five years old.
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I will use these materials to bring hands on learning into the classroom. I intend to use number locks, number line sliders, and math games to supplement our adopted math program. These games will not only support math learning, but will help to refine fine motor skills in the process. I also intend to introduce microscopes into the classroom. The science slides will allow for discovery and will peak students' interest. I plan to teach a unit on insects in the spring and the insect slides will be a great addition to the unit. When all is said and done, I am looking to bring FUN and enjoyment to learning and hopefully support students in becoming lifelong learners!
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My students need hands on materials such math games, manipulatives, and prepared slides for science.
| 16 | 1 |
54,274 |
p046319
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b5cad527e678d8645706e6d773c4351f
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Mr.
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SC
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2017-01-04 12:08:42
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Grades 3-5
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Health & Sports
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Team Sports
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Physical Education the right way.
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My students are wonderful. They always want to learn something new and play something new. I introduced scooter hockey to them this past year and that is all that they have wanted to play because it was new to them. \r\nI want to be able to keep letting them play new games so that they are on their toes when they come to PE. I want them to be excited every day that they step through the door. Not only do they get excited, but so do I, as a teacher. I see them smile and it makes me smile.
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I am wanting to get new equipment so that my students can play new games. I have been able to get new equipment in the past and the kids love it because they get to play new games. I want to get my students badminton rackets as well as the birdies to go with them. I also want to get them tennis/ soccer nets so that they are able to play games against each other. I would also like to get tennis balls so that they can play tennis also using the nets. I would like to get some mesh bags so that i can store the equipment and keep it nice and neat so that it last for a long time. \r\nWhat better way to have PE when you have new equipment for new games. This will get the kids more excited and it will allow them to learn new games.
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My students need these materials to play a new game in PE.
| 7 | 1 |
180,462 |
p112594
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a412e520c91aa7f9a7032befc35680ab
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Ms.
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DE
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2016-07-14 18:10:41
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Grades PreK-2
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Special Needs
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Special Needs
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Technology for Visual Learners
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Our students are in a classroom that focuses on communication and social learning. We are very visual learners and do our best when we can interact with one another and our devices. We would love to have all of our students be able to interact with one another and the lessons at the same time.\r\n\r\nWe are a second grade classroom within an elementary school.\r\nWe have students with specific learning needs and students with social and communication needs. Our students work for reinforcers that are technology based. We use technology when working on math fluency, reading fluency and ELA centers.
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Our ChromeBooks will be used for centers and whole group lessons, as well as incentives for students. We would like to be able to have the students all interact together and use the technology to enhance their skills within the classroom. We are also excited to use our Chromebooks for writing projects. Some of our students have fine motor challenges and we would like to use the Chromebooks to help with their writing.\r\n\r\nThe Chromebooks will improve our academics within the classroom.\r\nWe will be able to incorporate technology to help teach Common Core to our visual learners. Our students are excited to have this opportunity to receive new technology.
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My students need 2 Chromebooks to use in the classroom to enhance their use of technology as well as the use of reading and math applications.
| 1 | 1 |
53,604 |
p204239
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eaeaa743cc592f7db3c6b49b322e4a0f
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Mrs.
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CA
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2017-04-02 23:08:53
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Grades PreK-2
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Health & Sports, Literacy & Language
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Health & Wellness, Literacy
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Flexible Seating For My Kinders!
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I have 26 beautiful, fun, inquisitive, eager-to-learn kindergartners in my class. We come from many different backgrounds, speak multiple languages, have different likes and interests, but we also have lots in common: we love kindergarten, we love our classroom and we love to learn!\r\nAs the teacher of these wonderful students, my job is instruct, guide, and cherish each individual in my class. I'm so excited about changing my classroom from traditional tables and chairs to a flexible seating design in order to offer my students the best learning environment possible!\r\n\r\n
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We all like to chose where we sit and we like to be comfortable when we work. Some people work best at a table, some on the floor, some on a balance ball. I'd like my students to have a choice of where they sit and I'd like for them to have a variety of options available. Flexible seating is a way to incorporate movement throughout their day. \r\nKindergarten is a magical year full of amazing learning and growth. After much research, I am confident that flexible seating with enhance my kindergarten program and increase time on task and add to the enjoyment of learning for my students.\r\nSome of the benefits of flexible seating include higher motivation and engagement, burning calories, using up excess energy, increased oxygen flow to the brain, and improved core strength and overall posture. Matthew T. Mahar et al. found that physical activity increases concentration, mental cognition, and academic performance.
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My students need flexible seating options (balance balls, wobble chairs, bean bags, etc) in order to enhance their learning.
| 0 | 1 |
56,063 |
p255145
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096b6058900b4fba344559179d4cdd0a
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Mrs.
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DC
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2016-08-06 13:48:17
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Grades 3-5
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Literacy & Language, Special Needs
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Literacy, Special Needs
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Fantastic, Flexible, Literacy & Learning!
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This year I'll be teaching some of the same kids I had when they were in first grade. As they enter their intermediate years in fourth grade, they've grown into a mature, excited, motivated group who enjoys choice and taking charge of their learning. \r\n\r\nThough they're economically disadvantaged, they are bright, motivated, and fun! They are a diverse crew with a great potential just waiting to be fully unlocked! I am truly looking forward to having them again this year.
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My students need flexible seating options throughout the classroom to engage them in making smart, effective, personal choices in how they learn best! Flexible seating options such as floor rockers, bean bag chairs, and balance balls will help them to take responsibility for self regulation, and discover how they learn best! Students will learn how to make smart choices and own their learning. Flexible options for classroom work spaces will engage ALL students, including those with special needs and create a positive, inclusive classroom community!\r\nWe can't wait to use our new, comfortable spaces and seating to engage in great books! A fun, new selection of high interest book series will help my students engage in literacy and learn to love reading for personal enjoyment.
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My students need flexible seating options and awesome series books to become passionate readers!
| 3 | 1 |
80,346 |
p047580
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413c94cebbe8d3dc0ed2845ad47067d1
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Mr.
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CA
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2016-08-23 18:50:45
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Grades 9-12
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Math & Science
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Mathematics
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Let's Get Graphing!
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\"Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish and he eats for a lifetime.\" In order to teach a man to fish, he needs a fishing pole. In order to teach my students how to graph, they need the proper materials. My students are eager to learn. They don't mind putting forward the effort to do good work, but they don't want to have to spend time setting up graphs by drawing untidy axes or by stamping their paper with an incomplete grid. They don't want to get bogged down by busy work in order to get to the objective of the lessons.
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My students will have access to graph paper any time they need it. Due to budgetary constrains, I haven't been able to supply them with graph paper in the past. Those students that can't afford it have had to use graph stamps instead. The graph stamps are somewhat adequate, but they are not nearly as neat or efficient as graph paper. My students also need sharpened pencils in order to graph precisely. It's hard to make precise graphs with dull pointed pencils. It's also inefficient to have to sharpen their pencils down to nubs in order to get them sharp. Mechanical pencils will make all the difference. However, some students have mechanical pencils and often run out of lead. The replacement lead will allow me to give them lead when they need it. They will have graph paper, a nice precise mechanical pencil and an eraser if they need it. They won't need to spend unnecessary time stamping on graphs and interpreting results because they weren't able to graph as precisely as necessary.
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My students need materials for graphing. They need graph paper so they can make precise graphs which will allow them to interpret and analyze their data.
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164,056 |
p002848
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1d644fef7d3250556b08584133771a42
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Mrs.
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FL
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2017-02-28 22:24:52
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Grades PreK-2
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Special Needs
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Special Needs
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Board Games to Encourage Social Interaction
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My students are in grades Pre-K, Kindergarten, and First Grade and have special learning needs such as Speech Impairments, Language Impairments, Attention Deficit Disorder, Autism, Dyslexia, and other Learning Disabilities. Some of my students have repeated 1st grade or kindergarten and learn differently from their peers. \r\n\r\nMy students are unique learners who benefit from hands-on, multi-sensory learning materials that will keep them engaged. Even though my students come from diverse backgrounds, they walk into class every day full of energy and are ready to learn!
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These board games will be utilized during speech and language sessions. Using them will promote social interaction skills such as turn taking, following rules, and cooperative learning.\r\n\r\nSpeech and language therapy should be interactive and fun!\r\n\r\nThe board games I chose also are educational and target basic skills like cause and effect, fine motor skills, following directions, and basic preschool skills. \r\n\r\nUsing board games in therapy motivates students to participate in learning activities by making learning fun. It helps keep students engaged and on task throughout the lesson. Playing board games like these are an essential part of language development.
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My students need interactive games to encourage social interaction and speech and language development.
| 6 | 1 |
169,936 |
p173750
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87d47c4e9f5565a648ee64c1e5c684c1
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Ms.
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SC
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2017-01-17 10:32:46
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Grades 6-8
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Literacy & Language
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Literature & Writing
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Supply Drive
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Many of them are being raised in single parent households and receive a free lunch based on their socioeconomic status.\r\nMy students are creative, love to learn, and want to succeed, they just do not always have the means to do so. These things may prevent them from getting ahead early in life and may not provide them with the life experiences many of us see as \"typical\". From the minute they walk in the door of my classroom I focus on their potential and growth while they are with me. I may not be able to control their home lives, however, I can certainly control their experience during the school day. By doing this in a creative and positive way, I am hopeful to inspire even our earliest learners to continue on a path of academic excellence.\r\n\r\n
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Imagine the possibilities for a student who can come into class feeling prepared instead of having to ask for pencils, paper, and other supplies to get them through class. They will be ready to learn, ready to create, and ready to make their voice heard. The donations to this project will help to improve my students' understanding of and competency in authentic, meaningful writing. Students will be able to simply focus on the academic material at hand, and not whether they have the materials they need. The vacuum will also help me provide a cleaner environment for my students to be in each day. Thank you for providing these much needed materials to my students. :)\r\n
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My students need supplies to be able to learn each day. They are not able to provide their own paper, pencils, and basic supplies. This hinders their participation in class.
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106,531 |
p011071
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d1c6110b1600517771271217b1f62561
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Ms.
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TX
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2016-12-15 01:13:24
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Grades 6-8
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Math & Science
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Health & Life Science
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Supplies To Use!
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Our campus is a Title One school and the vast majority of students are ELL learners, so English is their second language. Our students are always eager to learn, but many do not have the school supplies due to low, socio-economic status. Our students are humble and a great example of successful ELL learners. Most of our students have attended our school since pre-kindergarten, so we definitely are a family here at Desert Wind School. Thank-you so much. My students walk into our classroom every day full of life, ready to learn, and excited for what is in store for them that day.
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Having these supplies will allow my students to complete assignments and labs without worrying about what pencils or paper they will use. This items will also alleviate the stress from parents because most families cannot afford supplies. We currently do not have a working sharpener in my class, so I am constantly buying the hand held sharpeners. Our classroom could really use a brand new sharpener. I have noticed that students would rather create foldables with colored paper than white paper, so that is how we will use the colored paper. The rest of the supplies will be used with foldables and all other assignments.
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My students need these supplies to create foldables without worrying about supplies.
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154,547 |
p103960
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2f097ddd67938df49b85187963787f08
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Mrs.
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TN
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2016-06-27 13:54:47
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Grades 6-8
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Literacy & Language
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Literature & Writing
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A look at race relations in America \r\n
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My students are easily motivated and love learning about different ethnicities. They are from a variety of backgrounds and learn something new from each other everyday. \r\n Learning something new is what inspires students to want to learn more and my students are involved in this everyday. \r\n My students inspire each other to do better in every aspect of school and this leads to them making better choices in life. \r\n Life long learning is what I encourage my students to do everyday. \r\n\r\n
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This book will engage my students in leaning in a variety of ways.\r\n To Kill a Mockingbird will get the students reading and that says a lot by itself. \r\n Students will engage in a character study analyzing the actions and the words of the main character. They will compare and contrast the book with poems that have the same theme. \r\n Students will create a Readers Theater montage based on key quotes from the text. It will also allow for students to compare and contrast text to film relations. Students will write an argumentative essay about taking a stand. This allows for students to easily transition into the Little Rock Nine and The Civil Rights Movement.
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My students need To Kill a Mockingbird, so they can continue their exploration into race relations in America.
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36,332 |
p199957
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15daad0991920f2093c1c65dadeaf247
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Mrs.
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PA
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2016-08-02 06:56:18
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Grades PreK-2
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Math & Science, Health & Sports
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Health & Life Science, Health & Wellness
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Food for Healthy Learning
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My students come from varying degrees of social economic backgrounds. What is important is for many of the students kindergarten is their first experience at learning. It is my goal to make sure hat each student experiences the excitement of learning. Many of my students come to kindergarten after having experience at a preschool. Some have had no experience in a learning ,structured environment. Since this is a first time for some it is my job to introduce them to the awesome journey into education.
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My students will be able to view food and gain an understanding of food choices. My students will be able to see examples of healthy choices versus not so healthy. Another way my students will benefit is through play. They will be able to use the food as part of a store for playing. They can use the food as part of sorting,weighing, and writing too.Again they will be learning though sharing and cooperating. The best part is when we talk about benefits they will be able to see an example of the body part hat is benefitting. This project will offer my students several benefits into learning. I think students need to have examples that they can touch,see,and feel for optimal learning. By helping my students you will be helping to foster better understanding into food and choices.
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My students need to see realistic examples for better understanding of healthy food and how it has an effect on their body.
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75,855 |
p071150
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7f99dbbf265c43c45eb2bb82ab14782c
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Ms.
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CO
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2016-10-01 16:51:40
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Grades 3-5
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History & Civics, Literacy & Language
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Civics & Government, Literacy
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Access Granted: Exposure to the World at Large
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As a teacher in a low-income/high poverty school district, my students are faced with several challenges both in and out of the classroom. Despite these challenges these kids show up to school hungry for new information. Some situations are extremely difficult and these students continue to work on improving themselves through learning.\r\n\r\nI want to provide my students with all the opportunities I can to open up the world for each one of them to access. They deserve a chance to dream and hope for bigger and better life experiences.\r\n
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Scholastic News is an exciting way for my students' to gain exposure to an unknown world. It provides 4th graders with weekly access to current events around the world that play an impact in their lives.\r\n\r\nThe content sparks lively conversations filled with rich discussions allowing the creativity of each student to be expressed. Each student finds something they can connect with in the text. \r\n\r\nEngaging, exciting reading opportunities are the first step in closing the achievement gap for many of the students in my class. Scholastic News is an effective tool and resource for opening the doors of opportunities for students who need it the most.
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My students need Scholastic News magazines, a weekly publication with current world events.
| 2 | 1 |
127,315 |
p201555
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5a683c0aea39b4329153845075d68047
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Ms.
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IL
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2017-03-09 22:13:03
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Grades 3-5
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Literacy & Language
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Literature & Writing
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Write Right! Tools for Everyday Use
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Each day students in my class face different challenges. Despite all of those challenges, students come to school eager to learn. However, learning looks a lot different than when I was in school. Today, students need to learn how to work cooperatively and be a team player. \r\n\r\nOur school is huge on cooperative learning and the students are great at being team players. We encourage students to help each other, learn the social skills needed to complete group work, and motivate students to be a part of a team. All of these work together to create an awesome classroom environment, where students are motivated to learn. \r\n\r\n
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Students in my second and third grade class go through lots and lots of pencils each day. We need good quality pencils to write with in all subject areas. Each day we struggle trying to find pencils that don't easily break and that don't need to be resharpened every 2 minutes. Without the appropriate writing tools students can't focus on the important part of school, learning! \r\n\r\nWe need pencils, erasers and a quick and easy way to sharpen them when they break. With these supplies, students can focus on completing their work, rather than battling the old, rundown pencil sharpener on our wall. With the electric pencil sharpener, students can sharpen their pencils in 5 seconds or less and get back to work!\r\n\r\nFine tip markers are also important so that students can practice their writing or work on learning their vocabulary words in an engaging way. We do activities like rainbow words, pyramid words, or even writing parts of grammar(like adjectives) in a special color. With these markers, students will be more engaged and create higher quality work.
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My students need fine point markers, pencils, erasers and a good sharpener for everyday use!
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101,848 |
p041729
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1dfd6ab70618acfc44bd5c945366bd82
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Mrs.
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AZ
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2016-09-12 11:10:51
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Grades 3-5
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Literacy & Language
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Literacy
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Getting Our Hands on Reading
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Being a teacher in a Title 1 school, funding is tight. There are many things that the school is able to provide each classroom with, but it is always a surprise what the composition of your classroom will be. Last year, I had 30 third graders that range greatly in their skill level. This is is no different. I have a smaller class this year with only 23 students right now. That number is sure to grow throughout the course of the year. \r\n\r\nI know that this group of students can learn and accomplish great things if they only had the leveled and interactive materials they need. With this size of class there are still so many different skill levels that are present. There are several students who are ready to do work beyond the 3rd grade level, but there are also many who are not. I have quite a few students who would thrilled and excited to learn, but the curriculum is still a little too difficult for them. For these students I need to be able to provide materials that are closer to level, but also hold them to high expectations. \r\n
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This literacy activity sets will help my students that are a grade level or more behind in reading, get closer to where they should be by the end of the year. Students will be able to listen to examples and find the corresponding word. They will practice identifying sounds and letters, reading, and building words. Students will be given multi-sensory approach to acquiring language and understanding. By the end of the year, this should help them gain the phonics skills necessary to work and read independently.\r\n\r\nStudents will be able to independently practice letter sounds, build words, and increase their fluency.
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My students need programs that will allow them to be hands on and assist them in achieving a 3rd grade reading level and ready for 4th grade by the end of the year.
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126,041 |
p050563
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b9ace8b6c4093a90ed32ab71f2b5ab68
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Mrs.
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MO
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2016-09-26 22:34:31
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Grades 3-5
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Health & Sports
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Gym & Fitness, Health & Wellness
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Wiggle, Work, Wiggle, Work! We Want to Work and Wiggle!
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My fifth grade students are an amazing group of children. They come to school every day ready to learn. I know that I am their second home and where they spend the majority of time so I want to make sure that they have the best learning environment possible. We are a Title I school (low socioeconomic) in the state of Missouri but that does not hinder my students' learning!\r\n \r\nMy students are caring, compassionate, smart children, who deserve to have all the research-based strategies used in their classroom. My students show up to school every day with a smile on their face, despite their hardships. They deserve the very best, the best that I can provide them. This is my first year teaching fifth grade, and I want to provide my students with resources that will aid in a successful fifth grade year.
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My students know that their health is important, and with a limited amount of active hours in the day between school and after-school life, my students were contemplating a way to help get their wiggles out during our busy classroom day.\r\n\r\nThat's when I saw an \"aha moment\" in the eyes of my students.\r\n\r\nWhen the idea struck, my students couldn't contain themselves! We already have a couple of ball chairs in our classroom (previously granted to my third grade class, so they are too small for our bigger friends), so they wanted to know if we could get more and more OPTIONS too! They started to brainstorm in small groups, and each peer-to-peer group came up with a list of seating alternatives that they would like to explore in our classroom. After compiling the lists, we came up with bigger ball chairs with frames, wiggle disk cushions and wobble stools.\r\n\r\nEach student came up with a \"benefit\" of each seating alternative, and I must admit that they were very convincing! For example, \"We would use the wobble stools in our writing center. This would allow us to have stronger cores, building our muscles, maybe even building better writing muscles!\" \"We can use the wobble disks in our large group thinking station. It will provide us with movement while trying to move ideas out of our brains.\" The ideas were amazing and I couldn't wait to set up a way to obtain these supplies. These alternative seating options will help keep my students active throughout our school day; providing more than 60 minutes of active learning and constant movement. The benefits of the extra movement daily will enhance the life of every child in our classroom. We can't thank you enough for considering our classroom project!
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My students need alternative seating options in the classroom that promote active movement throughout the day such as: Balance Ball Chairs, Active (wobble) Learning Stools, and Wiggle Balance Cushions.
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131,891 |
p043407
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cbf040ccc469373fd490aacd03b1d2ce
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Mrs.
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TN
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2017-04-10 13:28:34
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Grades PreK-2
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Literacy & Language
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ESL
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Google Expeditions
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Our school is truly one of the best schools in Nashville. The adults in the building and families in our community go above and beyond to ensure our students are successful. \r\n\r\nOur school family believes if we continue to work as a team, there is nothing we cannot accomplish. Our school is located in Antioch, TN in an urban district. We have nearly 800 students with 76 percent of our students qualifying for free or reduced lunch. Additionally, more than 70% of our students are from minority backgrounds. 26% of our students are English Language Learners representing more than 10 languages.
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For the last year, I've been using Google Cardboard in my classroom for my students to attend virtual reality field trips. I have seen the joy this type of innovation brings to students of all ages. Unfortunately, I have limited devices and cardboard glasses for students and we have a variety of devices we use in class that are not all compatible with Google Cardboard. When students use this type of technology they are in groups of 3-4. Most of my classes have around 20 students. \r\n\r\nTo many of my students, traveling is not something they get to experience with their families, but with Google Expeditions cost is not a factor in where they would like to travel. Many of my students are English language learners and I believe this program would be valuable to students in understanding more about where their family is from. This may inspire some of my students to pursue a career they may not have otherwise considered without access to this type of technology. If this project receives funding, students will have the option to explore locations around the world on their own or as a whole group led by the teacher. \r\n\r\nGoogle Expeditions will be used by every student at our school during our STEAM related arts class and will also be used by our extracurricular STEM club.
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My students need a Google Expeditions kit to go on virtual field trips.
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40,646 |
p051419
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4a22a8e5cd405848e5a698c57419a908
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Mrs.
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SC
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2016-08-04 21:33:53
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Grades PreK-2
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Health & Sports
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Health & Wellness
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We Like to Move It, Move It!
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\"Increased physical activity during the school day can help children's attention, classroom behavior, and achievement test scores. Meanwhile, the decline of play is closely linked to ADHD; behavioral problems; and stunted social, cognitive, and creative development.\" -Darell Hammond, founder and CEO of KaBOOM!\r\n\r\nMovement is an integral part of the school day. \r\n\r\nMost of the students in my school come from very high poverty homes. 98 % of the students live in Government housing and get free lunch. They do not think they have a future. As their teacher it is my responsibililty to help them make healthy choices with nutrition and daily activities. It is my job to make them realize how amazing they are and that the sky is the limit, no matter where they come from. As their teacher, I have to make my classroom an inviting and comfortable place for my students. I also have to give them the opportunity to move throughout the day to promote wellness and a healthy lifestyle.\r\n\r\n
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My kids love to move and dance and play! They would tell me \"Mrs. Rizk, these chairs are so uncomfortable! Why do we have to sit here all day long?\" So I asked them what would make them more comfortable. We did research and found these awesome Gaiam balance ball chairs made just for kids! Statistics have shown that kids are able to focus more intently when actively balancing their body on a balance ball. These chairs keep the mind focused while engaging the body. The kids can bounce while they are working! They also promote a healthy posture. It includes 35 centimeter balance ball, air pump, adjustable back support bar, secure metal ball holder, and easy-glide caster wheels (2 lockable). We also found the Ohuhu Air Stability Wobble Cushion is another great addition to our healthy lifestyle classroom. The wobble design helps to strengthen ankles, relax your muscles, and promote blood circulation. They are very easy to use, just hop on the balance board then you can use it for standing, kneeling and sitting & push up to develop balance & stabilization! These will be great for outside and even inside recess when the weather is too bad to go out.\r\n\r\nWhen you donate to my project, you are helping my students get active in the classroom and helping to promote a healthy lifestyle while overall increasing the wellness of my students . Many of my students have very short attention spans and with these new additions they will be able to be much more successful in the classroom and in life.
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My students need seating choices that promote wellness and movement in the classroom.
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9,194 |
p196964
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e8580edf684ece6cd46d4915e873a3d0
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Mrs.
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MI
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2016-08-24 22:32:41
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Grades 9-12
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Special Needs
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Special Needs
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Tap Into Your Senses
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The students in my classroom are loving, caring and sweet young men and women. They want to learn and experience life just as we do. My students have both cognitive and physical limitations. They are in wheelchairs and non-verbal, but do not let this get in their way. We are a center program for high school students with severe multiple cognitive impairments located in a low income/high poverty inner city. We work hard to minimize their limitations and provide as much as we can.
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Comfortable learning environments produce higher learning. My classroom is so sterile from the florescent lighting on the ceiling to the plain cinder block walls. In my classroom, I have a designated area for sensory integration. Students can sit independently or with a teacher to utilize the different sensory objects.\r\n\r\nCurrently, our sensory center has minimal resources for the students to utilize. The fidget toy is great for students who need a little extra stimulation and have mobility in their hands. This promotes the movement in the hand and something to fidget while learning, which helps reduce anxiety. The florescent light filters will cover the remaining lights in my classroom. My students have light sensitivity and the filters reduce the negative visual simulations and seizures. Touch is a very important sense. Some students have difficulties with sensory input. Providing them with a variety of materials is helpful in minimizing overload. The water beads are so different than anything we have in the classroom already. They would give a new material to touch. \r\n\r\nThe little live pet mouse is a new item that would give such a thrill and visual stimulation to my students. The interactive mouse responds to touch and moves around its play areas and the tables. My students would love to watch these mice run around and take care of them. The variety of ways this toy can be used are endless. And you don't have to clean up after it! \r\n \r\nThis project would increase the options for my students to experience sensory integration in the classroom.
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My students need florescent light filters, sensory toys, and sensory fidgets.
| 24 | 1 |
118,895 |
p160070
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4eea6e332cb6d99ab58346b80bbae7de
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Mr.
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PA
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2016-08-31 19:33:44
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Grades 9-12
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Health & Sports
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Gym & Fitness
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Fitness Center
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We are a neighborhood school in the School District of Philadelphia. Our students come from the low income in Philadelphia, our entire school qualifies for free lunch and transportation to and from school based on the fact that a majority of the students live below the poverty line.\r\n\r\nAs a neighborhood school in the School District of Philadelphia. Our students face many obstacles yet they persevere. Our students need support and aid in any way possible to help increase their chances of being successful.
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My students have discussed the needs of having a fitness center at our comprehensive neighborhood high school located in the School District of Philadelphia. They expressed the inability to afford a personal gym membership. Having equipment in school would be of great assistance. These equipment accessories would be a great addition to our developing fitness room and can be used for a variety of exercises.\r\nDeveloping a fitness center has been a goal of the students since I began teaching at the school. The student body has given me several goals they wish to accomplish in the development of this fitness center to make it accessible and appealing to all students in the school.\r\nIn conclusion, these weight plates, barbells, weight bench, and stability balls would be an incredible addition to our vision.\r\n
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My students need equipment accessories to improve our new developing fitness room.
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39,541 |
p051148
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ccdee18f53c175955b6fbef98c5c5c87
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Mrs.
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GA
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2016-09-05 16:38:26
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Grades PreK-2
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Literacy & Language, Math & Science
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Literacy, Mathematics
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Hearing and Learning Sounds
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MFES is a public school with almost 600 students.\r\nOur students basically come from similar economic backgrounds with over 98% of our students receiving free lunch. Our school is also is not every ethnically diverse because we have about 93% African American English speaking students, and 6% Hispanic students who speak Spanish and some English. There are many programs in our school that offer opportunities for students to be more successful with social and emotional learning, as well as academic areas.
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The students in my class need more practice and experience with learning and identifying letters and the sounds that they make. Many of the items listed will help with student acquisition of letters and the sounds that are associated with them.\r\nThe students in my class have a love of learning. Since they love learning, it is imperative that they are exposed to as many learning opportunities as possible at this important stage of their little lives. When donors give supplies to classes like ours, students are the real winners, because they have the opportunity to go beyond their wildest dreams and learn more than imaginable.
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My students need alphabet sounds teaching tubs to learn their alphabets.
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79,782 |
p097681
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0decee1f10539ec8c5bb35670b97de5b
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Mrs.
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WI
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2016-10-31 20:36:08
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Grades 9-12
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Math & Science
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Applied Sciences, Health & Life Science
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Have a Heart for the Kids!
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My classroom is a busy room with 145 students in and out each day. I am lucky enough to teach Biology, Advanced Placement Biology, Anatomy and Physiology and UWGB Human Biology. I focus a lot on the human body and always have a ton of students interested in pursuing the medical field after they graduate from high school. One thing that is never missing in my classroom is enthusiasm! I am very lucky to have so many kids who love to learn and love the field of science. \r\n\r\n It is very difficult to incorporate labs into classes without the proper equipment. One welcome addition in my classroom would be updated microscopes. One essential model lacking in my department is a model of the human heart. My goal would be to obtain 3 different models of the heart so that my students can have a manipulative to be used during the unit on the cardiovascular system. My goal is to improve the education for my students by writing grants and fundraising to allow my students a more \"hands on\" experience in life science classes. \r\n
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This project is aimed at students in two biology rooms in my school. Students who would be exposed to these models include students in Biology, Anatomy and Physiology, Advanced Placement Biology and UWGB Human Biology. These models would be helpful in having students understand the three dimensional aspect of the heart, chambers, cardiac muscle and valves. \r\n\r\nUnderstanding the human heart is much easier when students can manipulate a model. Trying to understand that the heart is a double pump by looking at a picture in a book is not nearly as effective as using a model designed for students in life sciences classes.
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My students need models of the human heart to understand how blood moves through and is pumped to the body.
| 9 | 1 |
13,382 |
p030013
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6b89792c0dfa5a11f4b0d5c95f24ef30
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Ms.
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CA
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2016-08-26 16:15:16
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Grades 6-8
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Music & The Arts
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Music, Performing Arts
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Clean instruments keep music kids healthy!
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My students are bright, creative, kind, funny students who love to learn and grow through music. I teach band, orchestra, mariachi, and piano classes at my school. Like all kids their age, love to use technology to learn, play games, and explore the world. There are so many new apps and programs that make learning music so much faster and more accurate than ever before, and my students are so excited to use these technologies everyday. \r\n\r\nMy school is a lovely art-deco designed Title I school in a large urban community where 100% of our students receive free breakfast and lunch. Although our community has a long-standing tradition of support for our music program, the low socio-economic level of many of the members makes it very difficult for them to contribute financially to our growing needs. Despite our struggles, we continue to academically out-perform most of the schools in our local district. My goal is to help support this excellence and ratchet up our success with the help of technology.
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My students want to make sure their instrument are clean and not “gross” - as they say. Keeping their instrument clean and looking as nice as possible is very important to them. When they clean their instrument and notice how much dirt can form inside, they show me their swabs and say “Ewww Miss! Look at this!” They are always asking for new swabs and cleaners, especially if they’ve cleaned it and the swab gets extra dirty. When I run out of an item, they remind me regularly that I need to purchase more. \r\n \r\nInstrument cleaning supplies and swabs cannot be washed or reconditioned, so new ones need to be purchased regularly. This can be a costly undertaking to keep new cleaning swabs and clothes available each year. \r\n\r\nMy students know that instruments not kept clean and dry can harbor bacteria and grow mildew and mold. Students who play on these instruments are susceptible to illness and infections. Making sure their instruments are clean and disease free is really vital to their health and school success. \r\n\r\nMy saxophone players also know they need a good neck strap to make sure they are playing with a good posture. Without a good, well padded, adjustable neck strap, my players run the risk of causing neck and back injuries due to poor posture and strain. Some of our neck straps are not well padded, so they rub the students necks and can cause skin irritation. My kids complain that their necks hurt after rehearsal and ask for a better neck strap. Unfortunately, these straps are rather expensive so it is sometimes out of our budget for get the best quality strap, so my kids suffer.
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My students need vital, yet often costly, instrument cleaning supplies to help them keep their instruments clean and dry, so they do not get sick from a playing on a dirty instrument.
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43,685 |
p060368
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da77a5f7cb67deae61317fb1baecb093
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Mr.
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IL
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2017-03-10 10:48:00
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Grades 6-8
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Math & Science, Special Needs
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Applied Sciences, Special Needs
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Learning: It's Better With Fun and Games!
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In our classroom, I encourage my students to be curious and creative about anything and everything, and to take pride in the work they produce. They study astronomy in 6th grade science, but this also means they are studying many other scientific principals, such as atmosphere, ecology, physics, and chemistry. \r\n\r\nEven though many of them have already experienced extreme hardships in their young lives, they are all bright, kind, thoughtful, and eager to learn. As a teacher, this means I need to constantly intrigue, interest, and challenge them.
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In my 6th grade astronomy classes, we use balloon rockets to model action and reaction forces. Once the students have mastered these concepts, we build water pressure rockets out of 2 liter bottles, cardboard, and duct tape. Every spring, we have our annual rocket launching competition to see who can launch their rocket the highest and straightest. We need bike pumps to add air pressure to the rockets for the big launch.\r\n\r\nLearning should be fun, because fun projects are the most memorable! Aside from the fun we have with learning, my students need some new chess, checkers, and connect four sets to help sharpen their minds during free time. These games of strategy serve to enhance the foresight and planning skills they need for life inside and outside of school. Even when at play, they are still learning!
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My students need 3 bicycle air pumps and 6 rolls of duct tape for our annual rocket launching competition. We need balloon rockets to model thrust, and some new board games to keep their minds sharp!
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19,462 |
p095040
|
28ba1e138935dd784ac46fb10163f521
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Mr.
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NY
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2016-11-06 15:40:56
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Grades 6-8
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Literacy & Language
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Literacy
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More good books for a better cause
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Like all middle school students, my students want to learn. They want the opportunities that all public middle school students deserve. Unfortunately, they come from poverty stricken neighborhoods in Brooklyn New York, where there are more challenges than opportunities. \r\n\r\nMy students love expressing themselves in creative ways.\r\n\r\nWhen they have books they can relate to, they read. When they read, they learn. Last year, my 8th grade classes grew three times the national average in reading, based on the Degrees of Reading Power (DRP) assessment, and 80% passed the 2016 state tests because they had engaging books to read. This is evidence that reading closes the achievement gap, provided that that the books are engaging to students.
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For years, I have used Donor's Choose to get good books for my students. Each time the books make an impact with my students. Books like \"Tyrell\" and \"Bronxwood\" have been read and reread. \r\n\r\nBy reading popular books like \"Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children\", my students have an opportunity to be successful according to the Common Core reading standards. My students raised from 9% proficiency to 31% proficiency on the New York state English Language Arts test last year by reading these books. \r\n\r\nI am confident that these books will not only improve my students test scores, they will also make them life long readers and appreciators of good books.
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My students need popular books that will engage them to complete
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126,947 |
p003762
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31b6fbad3d1d772a445cac0f86a72b50
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Mrs.
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VA
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2017-03-14 13:29:45
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Grades 3-5
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Math & Science
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Mathematics
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Flexible Seating in a 21st Century Classroom
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How did you feel the last time you had to sit for several hours a day? Students in most classes are required to do just that. In my room, I am trying to create an environment where students can sit or stand (or lay on their tummy) in a way that best suits their needs while completing individual and group activities.\r\n\r\nStudents in my classroom are diverse in their learning needs and backgrounds. They enjoy project based learning activities that allow all students the chance to learn from each other.
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With these new seating choices students can pull the chairs together as they are reading and discussing. They will have a classroom that feels more homey and allows them the freedom to move to collaborate with others. Alternative seating in our classroom allows students to make a choice of which seating arrangement is best for their learning. By giving them a choice I am helping them begin to learn how to make appropriate choices to make them more successful in the classroom. This also helps reduce the amount of behavior problems that can happen in the classroom. By having alternative seating students have their own space to spread out and have room to work. Having alternative seating also helps with engagement. By having higher engagement students will be more successful.
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My students need the new furniture to provide them with a different option besides a desk and chair. The balls, rugs, and wobble chairs will allow them to be comfortable while engaging actively in classroom activities.
| 3 | 1 |
138,813 |
p067816
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f3fa5dd2b59bf674473b4c16fc7e76e2
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Ms.
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MI
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2016-12-27 21:04:02
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Grades PreK-2
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Literacy & Language, Music & The Arts
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Literacy, Visual Arts
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Anchor our Learning
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Children are hands-on learners. It is essential that teachers can provide their students materials that allow them to learn in ways that meet their various unique needs. Children need a chance to experiment as they learn. \r\n\r\nMy classroom is in Michigan, bordering Detroit just to the south. My students come from a wide range of backgrounds, experiences, and family structures. For some of my students, our school is their first structured educational environment, while other students come from many preschool experiences. \r\n
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Our classroom has no bulletin board. We need a place to hang our anchor charts that we make during our lessons without ruining our walls. We also need a place to put up our word wall for sight words that we are learning. By having a bulletin board in our room we will be able to access these learning resources on a regular basis. By having a magnetic board we can make the board interactive and easily change the boards and we learn new things and new sight words. The children can add new posters or access words that they need during their daily learning. This new bulletin board will put learning right at the finger tips of my students.
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My students need a magnetic bulletin board for our visual learning.
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36,697 |
p208978
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738ff709844362ae196ab047ea8768af
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Mrs.
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AL
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2016-08-23 22:33:30
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Grades PreK-2
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Literacy & Language, Math & Science
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Literature & Writing, Mathematics
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Easy Access to Success
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While I may be bias, I have the smartest 1st graders in the whole world. My students are loving, kind, charismatic, and energetic about learning. We have toothless smiles that bring joy to everyone around while having hearts as big as the sun. \r\n\r\nIn our first grade class, we are family; we take care of one another. We come from several different walks of life, but we know we are equal, and no one of us is better than the other. We attend a Title 1 funded school where over 70% of our lunches are free or reduced, but believe me when I say that does not slow us down. \r\n\r\nWe are your next mathematicians, lawyers, doctors, congressman, nurses, teachers, and public servants. We may walk to school, or we might be wearing clothes with holes, but we know \"Our Home\" in Ms. Graham's class is safe and sound. Yes, our school and classroom may be small, but that does not stop us from learning larger than life every day.
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My students are experiential learners. They love learning with their hands. In order to provide thus experiences, educational resources and tools must be at their fingertips. \r\n\r\nMy students deserve access to hands on manipulatives and supplies that can guide them to academic success. With easy to locate carts, my students would be able to quickly and quietly obtain games and activities, which would be stored in the drawers, to keep them engaged in the skills being taught weekly.\r\n\r\nI believe these carts would teach my students responsibility. It would provide access to hands on learning while providing engagement rather than the typical classroom lecture.
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My students need easily accessible carts that will be filled with hands on tools and resources to be continuously engaged throughout the school day.
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11,674 |
p129270
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4291156e15cc254fa7b637975b7298fa
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Mrs.
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IN
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2016-11-19 20:26:32
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Grades PreK-2
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Literacy & Language, Math & Science
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Literacy, Mathematics
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Scholars Staying Organized!
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My new and excited Kindergartners burst through my door every school day! Our fast-paced schedule is jam-packed with songs, games, and activities as we learn to read, write and count and learn how to be healthy. At this young age, children are full of curiosity and brimming with enough energy to power the whole city!\r\nI teach in a high-poverty, inner city public school in Indianapolis and we are a Title I school with 100% free breakfast, lunch, and snack services for our students. Our school has classes from Pre-K through sixth grade. Most of my Kindergartners are English Language Learners. Our classroom is a wonderful place. When you walk in, you can always hear the busy hum of children in both English and Spanish as they work with each other. I love to listen to my Kindergartners as they sound out words when they read and write. Throughout the year, we work hard each and every single day. We laugh and learn together, cheer on each other's accomplishments, and encourage each other when the work seems too tough.
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Imagine this: You are 5 years old and you are trying to complete your Math and Reading stations, but there aren't any tools to help organize the materials you need. Every day, my students go to five different Reading stations and three different Math stations. Students go in their differentiated group to each station and complete the tasks. My students really enjoy their station time, but I wish it was more organized for them.\r\n\r\nIn order to be successful, you must be organized! I am always telling my students to make sure they put their papers in their folder and clean out their backpacks every week. I would really like to show them that station work can be organized and better managed with bins and drawers to store the items they need.\r\n\r\nMost of their stations include a lot of hands on materials and manipulatives that need a place to be stored. When students go to their Read-to-Self or Read-to-Partner station, they need to be able to choose a book and put it back in the appropriate labeled bin, but our books need labels! The current labels on the bins have fallen off and need a better replacement so we can keep our classroom library organized!\r\n\r\nPlease consider donating to help teach my students how to be organized and take care of the things they use every day!
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My students need storage items to organize their Math and Reading station materials and ink and labels to help label their station work and books for our classroom library.
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15,528 |
p100739
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cd5129aefe61c2c80485acb8d9a70222
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Mrs.
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TX
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2016-08-06 23:41:10
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Grades PreK-2
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Health & Sports
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Gym & Fitness, Health & Wellness
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Help Us Wobble to Stay on Target!
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In first grade, we learn using songs & chants and lots of movement! The energy in our first grade classroom is evident in the work that we do together in whole group, in centers, and in our small groups. \r\n\r\nI teach a group of 21 energetic bilingual students in a Title 1 school in a community deemed Highest Poverty. Most of my students receive free or reduced lunch, and very few of them have books at home. Nonetheless, my little friends come to school with so much excitement about learning!\r\n\r\n\r\n
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We are requesting 6 Wobble chairs to help us create a student-centered learning space for my energetic first graders. Firsties have the best ideas, and at the end of last school year, one of my students shared that his seat made it hard to focus when he read. Unlike regular chairs, Wobble stools help a child find a more comfortable and natural sitting position and forces them to engage their core muscles. What's better than moving around and increasing focus for students? \r\n\r\nThis student-led project is going to help create a healthy and fun learning environment for my students. I would like to use the Wobble stools at my guided reading table because it would help my students release extra energy, meet special needs that they may have, and get them moving at least 60 minutes during the day! \r\n\r\nThese Wobble stools will surely impact their learning, their confidence, their focus, and overall, their well-being. Thank you for considering this student-led request. My littles are so excited for these materials and we would appreciate your donation!
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My students need 6 Wobble Chairs to release extra energy, increase focus and create a healthy and fit student-centered classroom!
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167,234 |
p017664
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3ea827002c5846ca59f347ff9d5e7ebe
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Mrs.
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IL
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2017-01-04 22:00:16
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Grades PreK-2
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Applied Learning, Math & Science
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Early Development, Health & Life Science
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Help Hatch Baby Chicks with Room 103!
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My kindergarten students come into my room with a sense of wonder about the world. Our classroom motto is to \"grow our brains everyday in every way\". They are excited to learn, enthusiastic, and hard working. Our classroom culture is that of a family that supports and loves one another. \r\n\r\nMy students are proud to represent their school as Bulldogs! My students attend a public school in an urban environment. Our school is located in a very diverse neighborhood and therefor many of my students face the challenges that come with a language barrier when they come to school. 79.7% of our students are considered low income but every single student is offered free breakfast and lunch.
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This spring we will be focused on studying the life cycle. My students will be able to observe and explore the eggs developing in an incubator. They will then be involved in the hatching process, and will see the chicks in the first weeks of their life. They will be able to understand the life cycle by experiencing it first hand. Students will make predictions as they observe and learn. This incubation kit will make it all possible!\r\n\r\nThis will be a hands on experience they will never forget. Students will also learn important lessons about responsibility as they care for our newly-hatched chicks. This incubation kit will allow us to have meaningful scientific discussions and get my kindergarten students engaged in their science curriculum.
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My students need an incubation set to explore the different stages of the life cycle by hatching eggs into chicks!
| 1 | 1 |
72,687 |
p227087
|
40e97ca663a04efe641e81a92ee76758
|
Ms.
|
MN
|
2017-01-05 16:10:03
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Grades 6-8
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Literacy & Language
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Foreign Languages
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Let's Deutsch It To The Next Level
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My students are a joy to work with because they come motivated and always wanting to learn more. Many express personal connections with German language and culture because they either have relatives who speak German or one day see themselves studying/living in a German- speaking country.\r\n\r\nMy students come from various economic and social backgrounds, with various traditions and lifestyles, which they often love to share about in class!\r\n\r\nAs German is a more unique foreign language choice for students, I have less students than my other foreign language colleagues and thus have very small, tight-knit classes; I get to know my students very well and vice versa, which with time makes my classes almost feel like extended family.
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The Powerpoint clicker will help me better engage with my students by enabling me to move more freely in the classroom. I've noticed incredible increase in engagement when I'm not stuck behind my desk or just standing at the same spot in the classroom. The buzzers will make learning more fun, interactive and hands-on. My students love to play games to learn and review material -- it makes learning so much more fun. \r\n\r\nThe German dictionaries give my students the ability to look up words without having to ask me each time and, more importantly, give them the chance to expand their learning on their own.
| null | null |
My students need these German and classroom supplies to help learning become more interactive and to take them to the next level.
| 0 | 1 |
82,547 |
p215359
|
9cc7051992c36d049f442d550384e2af
|
Mrs.
|
CA
|
2016-11-01 20:34:46
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Grades 3-5
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Literacy & Language, Math & Science
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Literature & Writing, Mathematics
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We Are Charged, Secure and Ready to Learn!
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I have the honor to teach energetic, talented, eager and curious fifth grade students! These students contribute to the success of our school which is surrounded by a strong and diverse community. \r\n\r\nMy students are always seeking to discover something new and investigate a topic further. \r\n\r\nFifth graders love to use technology to do just this. There is a wide range of learners in my classroom including English Language Learners, GATE students, students with special needs and so much more in between! Each student learns in a different way and technology can open so many doors for all students to be life long learners!
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My students are eager to use the Chromebooks every day. Whether they are researching a topic, publishing a story or creating a Google slideshow, the chrome books are a vital part of our everyday learning. \r\n\r\nWe are in need of a secure and reliable charging station to house our 4 newly funded chromebooks we are so grateful for! \r\n\r\nPart of effectively using technology in the classroom, is for students to learn how to responsibly take care of it. The Chromebook charging station will allow the students to place our Chromebooks in a secured, locking safe and get a full charge so they are ready for each day's new learning experiences. Not only will the students have access to their Chromebooks every day, they will learn how to properly care for them as well!
| null | null |
My students need a reliable and secure Chromebook charging station to hold the newly funded classroom Chromebooks!
| 1 | 1 |
107,138 |
p176326
|
ca24ca827139ae18c12944342f39927b
|
Mrs.
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OK
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2016-08-17 08:54:08
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Grades 3-5
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Literacy & Language, Math & Science
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Literature & Writing, Mathematics
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Technology is The Future!
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I teach at a suburban school that almost appears rural when you look out the windows. Across from our school is a big pond where many activities go on. Our school is surround by a nature trail. It's not unusual to see all types of bugs and other wildlife. Our students range from various types of living situations from apartment complexes to very nice homes. There is a huge gap between our learners and their exposure as well as parent involvement.
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Not all of our students have access to technology at home. These chrome books would level the playing field and allow all students to have access to technology. Chrome books can and will be used in the classroom in many different ways besides the traditional learning to type. Students will be provided with interactive apps to make learning and rote memorization such as multiplication facts a bit more exciting. The students would be able to collaborate in groups and prepare digital presentations which a needed skill in most workplaces. The students will also have the opportunity to learn safe habits.
| null | null |
My students need chrome books because technology is a huge part of our world. They will need these skills to be a productive citizen and worker in the future.
| 0 | 1 |
151,439 |
p127623
|
f5658c1575ce6318e2311ed46b4fc82a
|
Mrs.
|
NY
|
2016-12-01 23:14:31
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Grades PreK-2
|
Special Needs
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Special Needs
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Communicating With Color
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My class is composed of up to 8 students who are significantly developmentally delayed. Many of these children come from poverty stricken homes, as I teach in a low-income/high poverty school district, and often have little to no materials to work with at home. We do our best to enrich their learning environment when at school so that they can hopefully generalize what they learn into society. \r\n\r\nEach one of these angels is special and unique in their own way. They bring a smile to your face even on the darkest day. All of my students love music and learning. They enjoy engaging in a variety of multisensory activities. \r\n\r\nThese beautiful children learn through the principles of Applied Behavior Analysis and follow a strict routine throughout each school day. Our classroom is filled with visual schedules, activity bins, music, and hands-on activities. Some of these children are not yet communicating expressively and utilize communication books whereas others are beginning to speak in two to three word phrases. Behaviors include pica, physical aggression, self-stimulatory motor and visual movements, perseveration, and non compliance. \r\n
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My class is full of color with an array of life skills levels. They use PECS (Picture Exchange Communication) to communicate, we are constantly creating new social stories, and their every movement is connected to a picture to help them move throughout the room independently. Color gives everything so much more meaning and helps them to connect the pictures to their real surroundings.\r\n\r\nYour generous donation to my project will help bring color to my students' voices.\r\n\r\nA color printer will be a welcome tool to easily create all of the above mentioned necessities, to enhance my students' ability to communicate and learn.
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My students need a color printer in the classroom to help develop their PECS (Picture Exchange Communication) for communication, social stories and schedules.
| 0 | 1 |
82,176 |
p198281
|
8a36908b63f64e6a7482bf8ce5a0adda
|
Ms.
|
CA
|
2016-08-20 20:41:39
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Grades 6-8
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Math & Science
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Mathematics
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Wanted! School Supplies
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Despite the different levels of ability, all of our students are excited when they master a mathematical concept. They all love to learn, and we want to provide them with the most fruitful experiences in math to keep that spark alive throughout the complicated, middle school years. Our mission at our school is to ensure that our students develop the academic and character strengths to prepare them for high school and the real world that they will soon face as adults.
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Teachers are faced with the daily challenge to motivate students as well as to deliver an appealing instruction to capture their attention. Our goal is to create a classroom where students are actively engaged and provide a classroom environment that offers plenty opportunities for learning. I'm requesting pencils, paper, ink, and other basic supplies. These supplies will be used and assist 170 students. It is important that teachers have basic supplies to conduct the lesson for students to benefit from the delivery of instruction. Students will also have access to printing material that will introduce or reinforce concepts learned. Our school has a limited amount of copies per teacher and the wait time to receive copies is between 2 and 5 days.
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My students need basic school supplies for instruction. Any and all donations will be used towards enhancing student learning in my classroom by providing easy and accessible materials for students to engage.
| 8 | 1 |
54,374 |
p174960
|
455088f420dde79f27614d629155964c
|
Ms.
|
KY
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2016-09-17 14:13:17
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Grades PreK-2
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Literacy & Language
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ESL, Literacy
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Once Upon a Time...Part II
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Books open up a new world to students. I want to open that world for my students. \r\n\r\nMy school has over 25 countries represented in it. My school is also a Title One school and forty-seven percent of our population is English Language Learners. My students live in neighborhoods where poverty and crime are the norm. My students face numerous struggles each day. They come from families that are not always able to provide supplies or academic assistance. \r\n\r\nGiven all of the challenges my students face each day, my hardworking second grade class comes to school everyday with a smile on their faces and love of learning in their hearts. It is very simple; my students love school. School is their safe place. It is more than just the place where they come to learn. It is the place where they are loved! In many ways, my students are typical second graders. They are full of wonder, joy, and laughter. They love books, puzzles, and markers. Life is not always easy for these kiddos but they have learned that hard work and perseverance pays off. It is a honor to be their teacher.
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Literacy is an important part of the day in our second grade classroom, probably one of the most important parts of our day. I meet with each student in a small guided reading group each day. While I am meeting with my guided reading groups, the remainder of my students are participating in a variety of centers. My students favorite center is the listening center. In our listening center, each student has a copy of the book and listens to it being read to them from a CD.I put a different book in the center each week. Given our huge population of ESL students, listening to books being read to them, is an important step for becoming a fluent reader. The tools in this much needed project would be used everyday. My students would treasure them.\r\n\r\nBy donating to this project you are giving the gift of learning.\r\nOnly a small percentage of my students are on grade level for reading. The tools in this project would help books come alive for my students. My students love the listening center and by funding this project, you are encouraging my students to love reading!
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My students need books on CD for our listening center to become better readers.
| 8 | 1 |
137,635 |
p240484
|
996ed28e21b82cfbf0ac030d1beb9da9
|
Teacher
|
LA
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2016-08-23 16:00:49
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Grades 6-8
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Math & Science
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Health & Life Science, Mathematics
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Rebuilding Our Classroom After Flooding
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My students are what keep me going each day. I work in a special education environment, and my students struggle academically. However, they are like most any other student. They have the same ambitious goals as almost any teenager; they want to be accepted by their friends, they want to work in some field or another, and more importantly, they want to be treated with respect.\r\n\r\nOur school principal and staff have worked very hard to create an atmosphere of \"sunshine and rainbows\" for the students that we serve, however, record rainfall and flooding have created losses to both homes and schools in our community.\r\n\r\n
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Our school and community has suffered unbelievable losses due to the recent record-setting rain and flooding. 90% of the homes in our community have suffered losses from the flooding, and many of our students and their families are displaced; living with family members, or in shelters. With so much lost in both the community and school district, my project is to try and rebuild my classroom so that my students have a safe environment to return to here at school. Our school district will need to replace so much within the 15 schools that were flooded, and my goal here is to ease the burden on my students and school district by working towards gaining some assistance for rebuilding my classroom environment for my students.\r\n\r\nThe sooner I can get my students back into a safe and comfortable environment here at school, the sooner they can continue to learn and continue to build and rebuild their lives. \r\n\r\nMy wife and I have created and initiated campaigns to produce supplies and uniforms for the students at our school, and this is an attempt to rebuild my classroom for the students returning to what was for some a safe environment prior to the devastating circumstances incurred by the flooding.\r\n\r\nThank you in advance from the bottom of my heart for your time in reading this appeal.
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My students need tables and chairs because the tables and chairs in our room were destroyed in the floods.
| 0 | 0 |
179,844 |
p178139
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54f2bacd9f64850e28d6348d81a85f09
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Mrs.
|
AL
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2016-06-18 19:16:03
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Grades 3-5
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Music & The Arts
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Visual Arts
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Art Room Needs a Drying Rack!
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I am the art teacher at a small Title 1 school with 300 students. Over 90% of my students receive free or reduced lunches. This means the majority of my students come from low income families. \r\nThe students come to the art room for a weekly thirty minute art class. During art, they explore different media such as drawing, painting, collages, sculpture, and ceramics where they are taught the elements of art, the principles of design, art history, famous artist, and different cultures.
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The use of the drying rack will be a daily occurrence by all students school wide. Because my classes are back to back, we have limited space for the students to store their artwork until it can dry and be filed until their next class. With your help, the students can place their artwork on it at the end of class with confidence that it will be safe and protected. There will be no worry that another class might accidentally mess it up. This addition to the classroom will help with storage, organization, and responsibility for the students at North Highland Elementary.
| null | null |
My students need a drying rack to store their artwork during art class.
| 0 | 1 |
172,607 |
p220360
|
02bccf5c109ace4f3dcbce819a46daa1
|
Ms.
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NY
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2016-10-18 20:59:52
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Grades PreK-2
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Literacy & Language, Music & The Arts
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Literature & Writing, Visual Arts
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We Are Writers and Puppeteers!
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I teach a dynamic group of fabulous kindergarten students in an extremely diverse school in Brooklyn, NY. My students love reading funny stories, writing, poetry, creating art, exploring in science, learning new words, building, dancing, singing, playing math games, playing with puppets, and learning new facts. My class loves our beloved puppet, Chef Lotsa Words. He cooks up sight words, poems, vocabulary words, and books each day in his \"magic\" pot. My students are funny, enthusiastic, inquisitive, compassionate, and sweet.
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My kindergarten students are in love with our class puppets, especially Chef Lotsa Words. Our puppet friends make appearances throughout the day. Our puppet center is a popular center as well! I would love for my students to have supplies to create paper bag and Popsicle stick puppets. We need the Jumbo Popsicle stick people, wiggly eyes and paper bags. I know my students will have a blast creating their own puppets! My students are learning how to form letters correctly. They are learning how to use three lines when they write. I would love for them to be able to use colorful three lined story paper when they write.\r\nYour donation will help my students become stronger writers in addition to providing materials for them to create their own fabulous puppets!\r\n
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My students need writing paper, paper bags, wiggle eyes and Jumbo people puppet sticks.
| 350 | 1 |
102,555 |
p099503
|
9a501a39da20f8d046ecc0ca7aa35f3c
|
Mrs.
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NV
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2017-04-05 13:32:20
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Grades PreK-2
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Literacy & Language
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Literacy, Literature & Writing
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White Boards and Erasers
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My students come from backgrounds that are difficult and challenging. They experience situations that would be difficult even for adults. Despite their hardships they come to school with a love of learning and are always caring and kind. They make the best of what they are given.\r\n\r\nThey work hard to better themselves, our classroom, and our school. They are a funny group that works together to create a fun and supportive learning environment. I am lucky to be their teacher.
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We have some white boards, but are in need of some more for other groups. Ideally, it would be nice if every student had their own white board and eraser that they could access whenever they need them. \r\n\r\nStudents will use these white boards and erasers to practice their handwriting, answer questions, and use it for other various classroom activities. The white boards are double sided which makes it really nice for them to practice their writing. I can see right away if they're making letters too big or too small. Sometimes I give students questions and they can use the white boards to answer those questions; that way I can see everyone's thinking at once instead of just the quickest to respond.
| null | null |
My students need some white boards and white board erasers to answer questions and practice writing.
| 27 | 1 |
117,746 |
p196127
|
b8b18288b83d03c24b4d499df9116b6f
|
Mrs.
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OK
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2016-12-20 15:24:44
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Grades 3-5
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Literacy & Language, Math & Science
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Literature & Writing, Mathematics
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We Need Sound!!
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Students in my 3rd grade classroom live in a rural community. Our community suffered a tragic fire destroying over 300 homes. Many of my students are still displaced. Our school is made up of 70% free and reduced lunches. The excitement for learning is often restricted by the lack of resources and funding. \r\n\r\nMy students refuse to allow circumstances out of their control to hinder their education. They are hardworking, resilient, and compassionate about learning. My students are all about helping others without wanting anything in return. Due to the Oklahoma budget cuts in education, we are looking for alternative ways to fund activities in the classrooms. My students deserve the tools to excel and the opportunity to be successful.
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My students will be using these headphones throughout their daily activities. Children today enjoy playing (learning) interactively! My students like to hear the sounds of the learning games they play. However, without headphones they are not allowed to hear the sounds. My students will also be able to listen to stories, watch educational videos, and have the ability to hear while on their IPads and Chromebooks. \r\nBeing able to listen to the unlimited amount on-line resources will greatly improve the self-esteem of my students. Those who struggle to read will gain the independence they thrive for daily. Headphones will be a great opportunity to keep all of my students engaged.
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My students need headphones to work on IPads and Chromebooks interactively without disrupting others.
| 9 | 1 |
40,249 |
p062557
|
1c435e0888677949bd640670adc3ee8a
|
Mrs.
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TX
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2017-04-07 10:17:01
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Grades 3-5
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Literacy & Language, Math & Science
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Literacy, Mathematics
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Light the Fire Within
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Our community depends largely on oil, so we see many ups and downs that affect everyone in our community. \r\n With every challenge we face, my students come to class everyday excited about what they get to learn each day. They love doing research projects and being able to share their new found knowledge with everyone!\r\nI strive to create an open, safe, and inspiring environment for them to call their own! My goal is to make them feel confident and prepared for anything!
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We will use these tablets on a daily basis, not only in our reading station, but also math, science and social studies! With the use of the thousands of educational based apps, we will be able to keep the fire burning as the students won't get burnt out by ordinary worksheets.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe students will also be able to use the kindles durning free time to expand on personal interests in arts and technology! This is great for them because it is a motivational tool that really is individualized for each student!!\r\n\r\nDuring our stations we work through 3 stations a day in groups of 4. So with these 4 Fires, each student in the group will be able to log in and have their own Fire. This will help as the results will be based on one student, instead of the entire groups results!!\r\n
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My students need the opportunity to use technology in their learning experience!
| 1 | 1 |
30,702 |
p076263
|
41a36d424dd384950b823c6d5f664fba
|
Ms.
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IL
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2016-07-04 17:23:19
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Grades 3-5
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Literacy & Language, Special Needs
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Literacy, Special Needs
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Flexible Seats for Flexible Kids
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I work on the west side of Chicago where the majority of my students cross gang territory to get to school. They do not get a chance to get outside to play, run around and just move around often due to parental fears, and hectic schedules of modern day society. So, when they are at school they have lots of energy. So much energy, that they do not know what to do with it. On top of this, because they do not get enough exercise they have not developed their core strength and balance. Without there skills my students begin to also lack in sensory skills. \r\nLiving in Chicago, each of my students have witnessed some type of violence and have experience the loss of someone close to them as well in their young lives. Safety is a major concern for our students. Giving them the opportunity to move around when they are learning needs to be a priority when they come to my classroom if I am ever going to get them to learn. \r\n
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I work with small groups of students, four at a time. I have never witnessed all four students sitting in their chairs at the same time. It seems to be an impossible task and I have given up trying! My main concern now is SAFETY! Students are kneeling on their chairs, leaning on them, some even decide to stand instead of using a chair. \r\n\r\nI want them to be comfortable and focused when they are in my classoom so that they can learn. By having 2 Hokki stools my student will sit comfortably and sill move around at the same time. This way we can now focus on learning and I won't have to spend so much time redirecting them to sit safely in their seats. These stool are made so that the students can safely rock while sitting on them. They are made for the active child, they are made for my students! \r\n\r\nI am looking to replace the thinking putty that I purchased last year with my own money. It was such a hit in my room. It was a great tool for students to use while they were reading to keep their focus on their reading. They were only allowed to use the putty if they used it to \"think\" about the story while they were reading. I need to replace the putty since many students asked to take some home to help them read over the summer.
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My students need 2 Hokki stools and gift set of thinking putty.
| 69 | 1 |
65,490 |
p182359
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d5ac19541e3e11fbb31f95c857489b69
|
Mrs.
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UT
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2016-08-01 15:35:16
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Grades 3-5
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Math & Science
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Environmental Science, Mathematics
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Supplies Needed to Be Successful!
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Supplies make the classroom go 'round and my students are in need of supplies to be successful. Our classroom is full to the brim of eager, bright-eyed students just waiting and wanting to learn.\r\n\r\nOur class is made up of 40% Native Americans and is a Title 1 school which qualifies for a free lunch program. My students range from pre-kindergarten to sixth grade learning abilities. My class is in need of basic school supplies to help make this year a success.
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My students are in need of glue sticks to use in their science,math and vocabulary journals as well as many other projects. We also need poster paper to create anchor charts and do group work, crayons to use in our journals and to use during art, hanging file folders to organize student work, and expo markers to use on their individual white boards for working.\r\n\r\nI will make a difference in the life of each student, but I need your help.\r\nPlease help make our classroom an environment where each student will have the basics in order to be successful.
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My students need glue sticks, crayons, expo markers and so much more to be successful. Please donate to our project.
| 5 | 0 |
109,349 |
p046124
|
75d5a04654f6289e6d8be956c22ad17a
|
Mrs.
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TX
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2017-01-01 22:36:43
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Grades 3-5
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Literacy & Language
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ESL, Literacy
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Fostering a LOVE of READING - ATPE Member
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I teach fifth grade students at the smallest school in our somewhat large school district. We are in a small community of hardworking middle class families just on the outskirts of Houston. Our students are an extremely diverse group of children. We represent all socioeconomic statuses, races, talents, abilities, and needs. I teach approximately fifty of these awesome students each day. \r\nMy goal this year is to help foster a love of reading within each of these young minds. It is sad, but in recent times many kids have simply become test scores. I know our kids are much more than that and that is why my primary goal each year is to help students become readers and thinkers. This is why I need to make sure my students have a wide variety of books at their fingertips.
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Research has proven that the best way for children to improve as readers is to simply READ MORE. The National Reading Panel has proven that a \"positive relationship between programs and instruction that encourage large amounts of independent reading and improvements in reading achievement.\" In order to help my students improve as readers while fostering a love of reading I would like to build our classroom library. Adding a wide variety of new and highly rated texts will put more books in the hands of children. \r\nReading skills and passing tests are important, but it is even more important that children are able to love reading in order to really grow as thinkers. These fifth graders are currently in their last year as elementary school students and it is my hope that students will enter middle school with a thirst for reading.\r\nI am asking for books of all genres (in order to expose students to new thinking that just might spark their interests) as well as some teacher resource books so that I can improve as a reading teacher.
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My students need a access to a variety of texts in order to spark a life-long love of learning.
| 4 | 1 |
55,704 |
p064554
|
4232fb5b5f360f6f3674d7ad07f534f2
|
Mr.
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NY
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2016-09-05 13:48:07
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Grades PreK-2
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Math & Science
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Applied Sciences, Mathematics
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Nurturing STEM Skills
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Students enter the school day energetic and eager to learn, yearning for opportunities to expand their knowledge. They are inquisitive, creative, and love exploring. They love discovering new ideas and strategies in order to figure things out. As critical thinkers, they examine the world from various perspectives, and have an ongoing thirst for knowledge.\r\n\r\nSTEM is a concept that our students are currently exploring. Over the last year, our students have begun taking steps into understanding scientific concepts by experimenting, collaborating, revising, and engaging in the engineering design concept.
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These materials will make a major impact on the STEM learning occurring at my school. Students will have an opportunity to develop their ideas, skills, and knowledge throughout all content areas. Furthermore, they'll be able to understand the Engineering Design Process, which will allow them to revise and edit their ideas in order to strengthen the outcomes.\r\n\r\nBy providing these resources to the students, they will have multiple, differentiated opportunities, to engage in STEM learning. The DVD'S Let's Learn Volume 1 and 2 will engage our younger scholars in STEM education through videos. The workbooks will help provide more individual and collaborative learning as students begin delving into activities and tasks. All in all, students will have a stronger skill set in STEM education.
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My students need learning materials such as workbooks and dvds to continue developing their STEM skills.
| 6 | 1 |
94,725 |
p081184
|
53fec5511db1cef496fb9e1a40beca32
|
Mrs.
|
IL
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2017-03-06 14:08:39
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Grades 3-5
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Literacy & Language
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Literacy
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Let Our True Colors Shine!
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Life was meant to be colorful and teaching in an inner city public school certainly provides us that unique experience! I teach third grade students in a bilingual, low-income school in Chicago Public Schools. We are a technology magnet school and have created some amazing and fantastic projects through technology. I am a lucky teacher in that each one of my students is interested and eager to learn. Our class has the positive attitude that we all are learners and teachers together. Each student comes to my class with the opportunity and responsibility to learn and share their discoveries with others in the class. Though they come from backgrounds that are mostly low-income and are limited resources, they are willing to work together to achieve incredible things. With your help, we will be able to bring these deserving students a tool necessary for classroom success.
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One desire I have for my students is to create meaningful colorful projects that demonstrate their excitement and ownership of their learning. Some of these projects include: book reports, posters, pamphlets, comic strips, webs, diagrams, graphs, essays and presentations. A classroom printer would allow each student to have a published copy of their work to display in the classroom and later to share with their families. \r\n\r\nMy students will benefit from the experiences they have producing projects that represent their individual learning styles while simultaneously reinforcing classroom concepts. \r\nIn addition, we will use the classroom printer to print off colorful anchor charts, task cards, bookmarks, and reference sheets for each of the students, which will be utilized all year long!
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My students need a printer so we can create fun and engaging classroom materials and assignments that support classroom learning activities.
| 10 | 1 |
62,288 |
p227209
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2126d139c9e95e58385da14fd2cb671f
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Ms.
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NY
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2016-12-25 23:18:11
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Grades 3-5
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Literacy & Language
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ESL, Literature & Writing
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Superstars aspire to become Super Readers!
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My students are extremely poor. The school is a Title One school. I teach students English as Second Language. The students have just arrived from their native countries. The students populations consist of the following: Bangladesh, Lebanon, China, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Senegal. Many students lack foundation skills because they have not attended to school previously. The students academic deficits are in the following subjects: Reading, Writing and Math. However, despite their academic deficits the students are eager to learn. Therefore, our school is committed to supporting students and families by providing school materials, such as notebooks, pencils and book bags. At the same time, we develop within self-confidence and independence which will enable the students to move to their next level of education.
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The students will benefit from the Literacy materials by engaging in speaking activities while using the Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension materials. The students will use the Vocabulary Photo Cards to describe what the see. The students will describe visual aid by using Nouns, Verbs and Adjectives. Students enjoy speaking activities especially, if they involve visual aid and reading prompts. \r\n\r\nStudents are eager to learn. Especially, in the content English Language Arts. The students reading and writing skills are poor. However, I am requesting the Lined White & Wipe Boards, Markers and Erasers to support the students writing skills. Therefore, the literacy materials I am requesting will enhance their learning experience.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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My students need Vocabulary Development Photo Cards, Teaching Reading Skills Activities Centers and Single Line Write & Wipe Boards to develop speaking and writing skills while being superstars.
| 8 | 0 |
81,884 |
p139013
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4d7ee8317e9c4d4b3c249406100f5ee5
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Mr.
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IL
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2017-01-25 12:56:50
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Grades 6-8
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Literacy & Language
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Literacy
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Help Us Read and Hear Better!
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My kids are city kids from one of the biggest cities in the nation. They take the train or bus to school and have more wherewithal than many adults when it comes to the city. However, they need help. Our district is hurting financially and many of our teachers were let go because of this fact. I do not want this to hurt the kids! I also want every kid to have a book to read and the materials necessary to learn! Please help make this possible.
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My students have been reading a ton this year and I am trying to get my library full of awesome books for them to enjoy! These books that I have chosen are ones my students have asked for specifically and I hope that I can use this to get more and more students to read! \r\nOne problem I also have come across is when we are using technology and watching CrashCourse videos, for example, my students do not have their own headphones which causes unneeded distraction. This is why I asked for the headphones so my students can be focused and learn in a better environment.
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My students need books to read and headphones to help them utilize our technology to its fullest.
| 12 | 1 |
47,791 |
p204967
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bee7a874b92c6f4bd1aa8ce922b1d7ba
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Mrs.
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AL
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2016-10-14 11:09:23
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Grades 9-12
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Literacy & Language
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ESL, Literacy
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Project to Connect
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Our high school is located in the Northwest corner of Alabama. Our total population is around 10,000 residents. Our demographics have changed considerably over the past 10 years. The addition of Pilgrim's Pride chicken processing plant is one of the major places of employment.\r\nOur student demographics consists of 9% African American, 28% Hispanic, and 63% white. Our free and reduced lunch is over 60%. Very few highly skilled jobs with opportunities for growth exists in and around our area requiring both parents to work or experience poverty levels.\r\n\r\nOur students will benefit with enough donors to be able to turn the media center in to a classroom by using a mounted ceiling projector. Students often have to lose valuable instructional time as we hook up an outdated projector to one or our computers and project it onto a portable screen. A ceiling mounted projector that is a permanent fixture would help us easily convert a part of the library into a classroom on demand. \r\n\r\n
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The media center is a classroom just as classrooms for math, science, history, or English. However, while these classrooms receive more technology support with each having a mounted ceiling projector, to date, the media center does not. \r\n\r\nIn order to create a learning atmosphere, the Russellville High School Media Center needs a ceiling mounted projector. This will allow me to better conduct classes on digital citizenship, how to conduct an effective media center search to complete projects, and how to use reliable sources and conduct research in an effective manner. This project will benefit our 700+ student body and our faculty, as it allows the media specialist to become a peer teacher.
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My students need a projector mounted in the media center in order to create a classroom situation.
| 1 | 1 |
20,787 |
p137203
|
4c5dbce902265b9ea7ab5445270451be
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Mr.
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GA
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2017-01-10 14:20:23
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Grades 3-5
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Applied Learning, Math & Science
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Community Service, Environmental Science
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Come Fly With Us!
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I have the most creative, amazing, quick-witted, talented students who are pleading for a chance to shine! My students come from a large military town and transition frequently. My students deserve the best and I hope you will choose to partner with our class to make that happen.\r\n\r\nOur students come from primarily single-family households, living in poverty-level conditions. They are deserving of the best life has to offer and yet, frequently are exposed to the worst. They often deal with situations that many adults would have problems with.
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Our school has is on a mission to improve our environment. We however cannot always walk around and observe everything daily. That is why we need a Phanton 3 drone to video our school and surrounding area to give us better information quickly so that we can take better care of our environment. We also are asking fro an extra battery to extend the run time of the drone so we can fly for more than 15 minutes at a time. This would give my students a different perspective of our environment and our community as the camera would be filming an aerial view. We hope that you will partner with us in bringing this project to life!
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My students need a DJI Phantom Drone to survey our school so that we can improve our environment.
| 80 | 1 |
854 |
p040748
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a77a64e8066912e84c0becdf466814c7
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Mrs.
|
TN
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2016-09-02 11:54:51
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Grades 6-8
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Math & Science
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Applied Sciences
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Full STEAM Ahead With \r\nLittleBits Student Sets!
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The students I serve share one librarian between two middle schools, which are the only two middle schools in our small town of 18,000. From the four elementary schools, two of each feed into the middle schools. Elementary students from a primarily higher income area join together with elementary students from a primarily lower income area, creating a greater disparity in social/economic status among the students. Students from the lower income housing areas tend to be more transient, and thus are more likely to fall behind. Just over half of the students at each school are eligible for free or reduced lunches. In total, the two middle school libraries engage, assist and support around 700 students. Both schools serve children with disabilites and children with special needs. \r\nThese children, especially, seem to enjoy the challenges that come with creating their own landscapes out of our MakerSpace materials. The MakerSpace area also attracts more of all types of students into the library, enabling us to better engage them in conversations about reading, literacy, and their lives, thus building relationships that help us, to hopefully, get the right book into the right hands at the right time.\r\n\r\n
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Help our library in our endeavor to create a state-of-the-art, potentially life changing MakerSpace where our middle school students can gather to imagine, explore and invent. Students at our school come from economically disparate backgrounds. Our library endeavors to help level the playing field by actively engaging our students in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) education and learning how all things relate to each other, in school and in life. \r\n\r\nOur current MakerSpace is really just beginning to soar! Students are coming to the library to create with donated Legos, magnetic building tiles, and some used art supplies such as markers, crayons, coloring pencils, tape, glue, scissors, coloring sheets, and drawing paper. Helping us give our students the LittleBits Student Sets will elevate the space to one where true learning can begin. STEAM education helps students understand relationships in ways that help them become flexible, responsible, and connected to the world around them. Our middle grade students are at the age where they are beginning to take a less concentric world view. It is our hope that we can help guide them in their search for meaning and inter-connectedness through play and learning, at the same time!
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My students need a LittleBits STEAM Student Set featuring guided projects.
| 0 | 1 |
78,703 |
p257208
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a2145b80b3dd16601f5008dead5afbea
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Mrs.
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WV
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2017-02-14 18:38:09
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Grades PreK-2
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Health & Sports
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Health & Wellness, Team Sports
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Physical App-ucation
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I teach elementary physical education in a rural WV community where the funding for equipment is very limited. \r\nMy students are eager to attend physical education class and I'm always looking for new ideas to keep them moving. \r\n\r\nI have awesome classes of physical education students. Every day, my students come to class ready to learn, laugh, and have fun. I love to see my students staying active and healthy. They are constantly looking for the new next thing since they need to be stimulated mentally and physically.\r\n
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My project is to purchase an Apple TV. Currently, I connect an iPad to a projector using a lightning to VGA connector. However, I am constantly moving back and forth to the iPad and projector to stop and start the activity. The Apple TV will allow me to wirelessly display my device screen on a Projector.\r\nWith the use of Apple TV, teacher and student iPads are capable of presenting from anywhere in the room. This allows groups to report to the rest of the class, individuals to present from their seats, or the teacher selecting student work to share with others in the classroom.\r\n\r\n
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My students need Apple TV to wirelessly connect an iPad to a projector.
| 1 | 1 |
94,667 |
p104242
|
73e3042920d44dbfa527b83d9574b028
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Ms.
|
CA
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2017-02-22 13:38:14
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Grades 9-12
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Health & Sports, Special Needs
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Health & Wellness, Special Needs
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#Bulldogstrong#Hygiene\r\n#Growth#Pride\r\n#Life Skills
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My students range from non-verbal, low IQ disabilities, to higher functioning students who can read some words and write and have a conversation. The mixture of this classroom comes with some great dynamics and hard work. It is a challenge to accommodate all student levels and unique individual needs but we try our hardest in our classroom. \r\nI have the sweetest kids and they love education and seeing what they accomplish. They want nothing more than to be like the other students on campus. They are your typical teenagers with the same wants and needs. To be liked, respected, and cared for.
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The students often leave home without breakfast, without washing their faces, brushing their teeth or showering in a few days. Most of them dont know how to use or perform these daily tasks. Some of them cant afford the items needed for proper hygiene care. \r\nStudents with special needs require extra support and assistance in life skills specifically hygiene. Many of my students lack the cognitive ability to understand how to take care of these basic survival needs. They require built in lessons, demonstrations, as well as support in the classroom and at home. They love the feeling of being like the other kids on campus.
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My students need daily living skills to build on their independence.
| 0 | 1 |
8,407 |
p200809
|
e02628506ce19ce96928d969de91c7d9
|
Ms.
|
MD
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2017-04-07 13:48:02
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Grades PreK-2
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Literacy & Language
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ESL, Literacy
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Mo' Mo Willems
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My students attend a Title I school, they receive free or reduced priced meals, and they come from extremely challenging backgrounds. In addition to the economic limitations they face, my students are also all learning to speak and read English as their second language. Despite all of the adversity they face, my students come to school each and every day with a smile on their face and a love for learning that you can see from the look in their eyes.
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My students attend a Title 1 school and come from low socioeconomic status homes. This directly impacts the number of books they have read to them at home. When my students arrive in Kindergarten, many of them have never even held a book- much less read one or had one read to them. \r\n\r\nMy students' lack of exposure to books directly impacts their academic success, by donating to our project, you would be putting engaging, humorous books into the hands of children that may have never held a book before. Your donation will help level the playing field, and give my students the experiences that their more wealthy peers have already experienced. \r\n\r\nI'm not just asking to you to donate any old books to our class, our project is for Mo Willems books, which are about the funniest, most engaging children's books on the market right now. These books introduce students to dialogue and character development in a consistent, yet extremely amusing format.\r\n\r\nMy students would read these books each and every day in the morning after breakfast, during independent reading time, after recess, and at the end of the day. They would also be well-loved by my students at home, through the check-out program we have in our class. We currently only have 5 Mo Willems books in our classroom that the students have borrowed from the school library that are the most popular books in our class. For this reason, I would love to have enough Mo Willems books for each student in my class to have their own. \r\n\r\nThis project would enable me to provide more engaging, funny books for my students to check-out and read at home, thus helping them become familiar with books and practice their reading skills.
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My students need engaging, entertaining Mo Willems books to read and write about.
| 11 | 1 |
181,139 |
p061294
|
83a25ea9efd29d6799d17fa5e1c2166a
|
Mrs.
|
NC
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2016-07-24 17:56:59
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Grades 3-5
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Literacy & Language
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Literature & Writing
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Wobbling to Success!
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My students are hard working, energetic, and inquisitive . I taught my students in first grade and looped with them from first to second grade and will be looping again this year from second to third.\r\n My students and I were very eager to try flexible seating last year in second grade. We absolutely loved the opportunity to try something new and found it to be very beneficial to everyone. We would like to continue this year in third grade.
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My students benefited from flexible seating last year. We would like to add more options this year to give us even more flexibility and choices. By having flexible seating last year I found that behavior issues decreased due to the fact that students were given choices on where to sit, who to sit with, and what to sit on. We used yoga balls, small stools, large floor pillows, etc. \r\nStudents are able to maintain focus for longer periods of time when they are allowed some kind of movement while working. The wobble chair will allow students to move in all directions while remaining in one location. This will allow students to work individually, in collaborative pairs or in small group settings. These stools are light weight and durable allowing students to move around the room to their desired location. Being allowed to move and expend energy without distracting others while working is undeniably a benefit to all of my students.
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My students need WOBBLE stools for our flexible seating options. We have taken out our desk and chairs and replaced them with other flexible seating arrangements.
| 0 | 1 |
156,652 |
p123234
|
845771327be9b9994617f93a12201e01
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Mrs.
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NY
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2016-10-31 11:24:07
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Grades 3-5
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Literacy & Language
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Literacy
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Reading is Fundamental!
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My students love using technology to learn. My biggest challenge is helping them acquire English, but using great technology will get them there in June. \"Children are like wet cement, whatever falls on them makes an impression\". \r\nMy students are 5th grade bilingual students.\r\nThey are sweet, kind, and caring. They are a hard working group eager to learn and passionate about soccer. Our school is a small school with a large population and so we are a very large class. Even though our class is big, we are doing great things. We love using technology to learn, and we love and enjoy sharing and working to teach and learn as a classroom community.\r\n
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These books will make such an incredible difference in the lives of all of my students! These leveled readers will help my students to independently monitor their comprehension and fluency skills while making leaps and bounds in their grade level reading skills. \r\n\r\nThey will be able to work in small, structured learning groups and share the stories with their peers. They will be able to develop book reports based upon what they have read. These books will make a world of difference in the daily lives of my students. They will be so thankful and appreciative. Please consider us! Thank you!
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My students need leveled readers to help develop reading fluency and comprehension.
| 4 | 1 |
120,915 |
p111841
|
ceaaa8f9a9ed575735e6a6c9acdae895
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Ms.
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VA
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2017-01-18 17:07:35
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Grades 6-8
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Health & Sports
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Health & Wellness, Team Sports
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Belts of All Sizes
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Our school is a public school in Virginia with large classes of sixth-eighth grade students. Students come to PE class ready to participate in a variety of fitness and skill-building activities. They are excited and ready to move from the moment they enter the gymnasium. \r\n\r\nWe aim to provide a meaningful class experience through a variety of fun physical activities and sports! During Physical Education class, students learn about how to use their bodies to perform different skills while also learning about different types of fitness and exercise they can do outside of school. \r\n\r\nWe want to expose students to activities and skills they can use for a lifetime of physical activity in and around their school and community. Our Physical Education classes provide students with opportunities to move and learn in a physical setting while adapting to different challenges.
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These belts will be used as team identifiers for all units in Physical Education class! Students will be able to easily identify teammates and opponents without having to wear a stinky vest or pinnie! In addition, since flags can easily be added to the the belts, students will also be able to use them for tag or invasion game practice activities. The colors can be used to divide students into 4 different teams or groups and will allow for fun and fast-paced action!\r\n\r\nStudents will love wearing these belts during competition as they are visible without inhibiting movement. These larger sized belts will also make students of all shapes and sizes feel comfortable in the physical activity environment.
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My students need 6 extra flag belts for students who need a larger sized belt.
| 65 | 1 |
11,826 |
p120430
|
0e755afa8506f1715bdf71e702b913f9
|
Mrs.
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SC
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2016-10-02 21:27:10
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Grades 6-8
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Math & Science, Literacy & Language
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Applied Sciences, Literacy
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STEAM/STEM: Robots and Coding
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My sixth and eighth graders are full of energy, excited to learn, and naturally inquisitive. They want to be engaged in the lessons, instead of being passive learners. The days of sitting at a desk listening to a lecture are in the past! Students need to know why it is important for them to learn the material taught, and when they will use it in real life. \r\n\r\nWith STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math), Problem-Based Learning (PBL), and Computer Science (coding) students are engaged, and solving the problems that today's scientists and engineers are also working to solve. \r\n\r\nMy school has over 900 diverse students coming from different socioeconomic statuses. I have set my standards high for them knowing that they are the engineers, scientists, health care workers, problem solvers, and innovators of our future. They are eager to learn, eager to invent, eager to design, eager to move, and eager to change the world!
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I teach my students to dream big, and that STEAM /STEM careers will be abundant when they finish college, or join the workforce. My students need the right resources to entice, cultivate, and build the interests, in those careers. In my class, I teach a unit on computer science, and my students code the Dash robots to complete different tasks, and the students will create their own projects for Dash to complete. \r\nThanks to Donorchoose.org donors, we currently have 9 Dash Robots and Kindle Fires for class sizes of 33 students. My students currently team up for their coding projects, but I would like for my students to have more robots for a better hands on coding experience. \r\n\r\nCoding and computer science is a language my students are going to need to know how to read and to write. Middle school is a time when students start thinking of future careers, and I want to expose my students to as much computer science, coding, engineering, and design as possible. My students learn teamwork, collaborate, and higher order thinking skills as they work as a team to solve different task for their \r\n\r\n\"Kids may know their way around a computer, but in order to get a job in the new economy, they will have to know how to write a program, not just use one\"-Peg Tyrerobots.
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My students need Dash robots and Amazon Fire with protective covers to learn coding!
| 40 | 1 |
49,145 |
p185352
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bf27dc2834a3ebc724e686ce40359e3a
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Mrs.
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CA
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2017-02-15 23:04:30
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Grades PreK-2
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Math & Science, Special Needs
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Mathematics, Special Needs
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Let's Not Let Wiggles Get in the Way of Learning!
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I teach students with special needs in a low to mid socioeconomic area. About 80% of students in my classroom receive free lunch. I have students from military families, migrant workers, single and unemployed mothers. Most of the students in my class have qualified for special day class placement through autism or a learning disability.\r\n\r\nSpecial education is truly a special place to be both for teachers and students. Small groups, individual support, and fun makes learning possible here. I have taught special education at my school for over 12 year and sincerely enjoy my work. My classroom size fluctuates from between 10 to 15 students, depending on the year. I usually teach three grade levels in a year. This year I have transitional kindergarten, kindergarten, and first grade.\r\n\r\nLearning can and must be fun for all students. This is extra important when it comes to students that are facing additional life challanges. School needs to be a fun, safe, inviting and an exciting place to be so that learning will flourish.\r\n
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Wobble chairs allows for body movement as students are working on tasks that otherwise would require them to be still. These chairs have a rounded bottom that allows for and encourage student movement. Movement of the body help reduce fidgeting and increase focus and learning.\r\nWhen students are allowed to move, concentration will increase and students will stay on task and become more focused and successful learners. Wobble chairs help active students stay focused for longer periods of time. These chairs will be used for all subjects throughout the day. I believe these chairs will make a great difference in my students' learning.
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My students need Wobble chairs to help them stay focused on work during independent desk time.
| 1 | 1 |
19,370 |
p232932
|
0fbe1a03612ac8702a9f0a4986cccc52
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Mrs.
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OR
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2016-06-28 16:00:22
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Grades PreK-2
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Literacy & Language
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Literacy
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Make Our First Grade Dream Come True!
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I teach at a Title I school in Portland, Or where 85 percent of our students qualify for free breakfast and lunch. We also have a backpack food program for the weekend and holiday breaks. \r\n Despite so many hardships, my students are eager to learn and do their best. They want to be in school because they have a desire and curiosity to learn about the world around them. . My classroom has high expectations for everybody and we all know that we will succeed!
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Most of my students come from homes that do not have a print rich environment. These leveled libraries will give my students access to several books at their level. The non-fiction readers will help them develop their inquisitive skills, and enable them to read and comprehend the text. Please help me turn this class of 6 year olds into lovers of reading! The other materials and supplies will enhance their learning and help to develop organizational skills.\r\n All of these supplies will empower my students to become successful! I believe in these children, but I need additional supplies to assist them in their journey. \r\n
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My students need to develop a true love of reading! These non-fiction and fiction leveled reader book sets will enable that dream to become a reality!
| 0 | 1 |
35,790 |
p135400
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a66ca6e43fc3e9d4cfe13c65429354af
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Mrs.
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TX
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2016-08-02 00:04:32
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Grades PreK-2
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Health & Sports
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Health & Wellness
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FIT TODAY FIT TOMORROW!
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As I look at the diversity in my classroom I notice they all have one thing in common, excitement. Excitement to learn and grow. Not only do they learn in their native language but they are learning a second language. The students in my class have diverse backgrounds and come together to learn Spanish. \r\nStudents come together from all over the city to attend this program. This program offers students the opportunity to learn and grow while being taught in both English and Spanish.
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Starting the school year and returning to a healthy routine is a must. Promoting fitness in the classroom begins with the teacher introducing healthy habits. By using pedometer watches the students awareness will be raised and it will help them understand how each step makes a difference in their daily exercise routine. \r\nThe fitness ball chair will improve posture and will help kids with higher energy levels release their wiggles. It is a proven platform that these are used in other schools and research shows that this tool is used mainly but not limited to students that have ADHD, Autism and other disabilities. It would love to have these in my classroom!
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My students need j pedometer watches to track their fitness and fitness balance ball chairs to help posture and keep students focused and learning.
| 2 | 1 |
82,912 |
p181932
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20e72410695c3e26f735eef150ddd877
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Mrs.
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PA
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2016-11-21 15:14:04
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Grades PreK-2
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Applied Learning, Math & Science
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Early Development, Mathematics
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Learning to Code with Osmo Coding Sets!
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We Can Code! is a new initiative in our elementary computer curriculum that allows learners to experience coding with kid-friendly activities. There are approximately 250 kindergarten and first grade students within our school building. We all know that children learn best through play. The inclusion of Osmo Coding would provide opportunities for our youngest of learners to practice hands-on coding through play. \r\nCurrently, 65% of our students receive free or reduced breakfast and lunch, and many of these kids do not have technology experiences outside of our school. The technological advancements of Osmo offers an introduction to coding in a fun, real-world application of essential 21st-century skills. Learning to code at an early age fosters lifelong skills of problem solving and critical thinking.
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Our school district and the state of PA are trying to expand the STEAM initiative. The STEAM movement is looking at providing opportunities in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics. Osmo Coding is one of the most engaging ways to introduce coding to children ages 5-12. Osmo Coding Sets provide independent and small group learning. Students move high quality tangible blocks (placed on a tabletop in front of their iPad) to code a playful character to explore new worlds, meet new friends, and go on a strawberry-munching adventure.\r\nAs teachers, we are faced with the challenge of preparing our students for jobs that don't yet exist. Employees are looking for graduates who can face challenges, think through problems, and develop creative solutions. During elementary computer class, I want to promote students' interest in STEAM concepts and give ALL of our students opportunities to learn to CODE.
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My students need 5 Osmo Coding Sets to learn coding, by combining tangible blocks with an interactive iPad app!
| 10 | 1 |
62,888 |
p134960
|
56e54584a69a70bcdf0750dc1ddb71e5
|
Mrs.
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TX
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2016-05-24 14:04:27
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Grades 3-5
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Literacy & Language
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Literature & Writing
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Just the Basics!
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Our school is a title 1 school, it is located in a low socioeconomic area. The majority of our students receive free breakfast and lunch. My students are full of energy and excited to learn. I am always encouraged by my students; they do not let their hardships affect their learning. They may not have everything that they need to be ready for the day, but that doesn't stop them! Their struggles only propel them to go farther, fight harder, try harder!
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My students will greatly benefit from having basic school supplies in their classroom. My students come from low social economic families, often raised by a single parent or grandparent. They have enough to worry about by just getting to school on time, they shouldn't have to worry about not having the proper school supplies to start their year of the right way. My students would be use the pencils, erasers, glue, paper, and other school supplies to be successful writers and readers. \r\n\r\nBy donating to my project we can have a positive influence in our students' lives! Research has shown that students who have success in reading will have success in other subjects. I want them to feel they can succeed, graduate, and continue on to college.
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My students need basic school supplies to help their year get started.
| 27 | 1 |
94,519 |
p031313
|
5ddc660289bec31f3c210f8ee1454815
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Mr.
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HI
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2016-10-29 16:03:05
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Grades 6-8
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Math & Science, Applied Learning
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Applied Sciences, Other
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Googling Science
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My students are 160 6th graders in a rural Title 1 school. Many of the students are on the free and reduced lunch program. Many of the parents work two jobs and may not have the resources that other students have. The students enjoy using technology and collaborating with each other while learning. One of the major pushes at our school is to incorporate STEM and technology in our curriculum. My students enjoy using technology to make their learning more relatable to their everyday life
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The chrome books and software will help students research and complete assignments quicker. Students will learn to collaborate and work with each other as well as learn 21st century skills such as being productive and effective users of technology. Students will learn how to relate science to their every day life. The chrome books will also help students digitize there learning. With the chrome books and software, students can work anywhere and with anyone at any time. Many of the skills students will learn, will be helpful in the real world, when student grow up and become citizens in the world.
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My students need chromebooks to help with comnpleting assignments and collaborating on projects
| 10 | 1 |
103,692 |
p047100
|
9326dd7c014f0daf539f0666fe5068ab
|
Teacher
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NC
|
2017-03-30 15:08:52
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Grades 3-5
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Literacy & Language, Math & Science
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Literature & Writing, Mathematics
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Help us expand our learning with tablets!
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I teach 23 amazing 3rd grade students at Langtree Charter. They are a diverse group of students who have come together and blended together very well!\r\n\r\nMy students are 8 and 9 year olds who LOVE technology! Each classroom in my school gets 4 or 5 computers for the students to use. This is helpful, but I would love for each student to have their own. With more tablets in my classroom, I could be so creative and do so many more things with my students.
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A common problem in my classroom is not having enough technology. If each student had a tablet, I could do SO much more with my students! I want to be able to research online, play educational games, respond to online polls I post and incorporate global awareness in my class. \r\n\r\nThese tablets could be used in EVERY subject. For math and reading, the students have login information to several websites that are great and help students to grow. There are also several websites that the students can go on to play educational games on a certain topic.\r\n\r\nIn social studies and science, students can research topics, as well as look on Time for Kids to see current events, and see what is going on around the World!\r\n\r\nAnything you can do to help this happen would be GREATLY appreciated!!!! :)
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My students need tablets! I love to incorporate technology in my classroom! I would love for my students to be able to research topics in ss and science, record peers explaining different concepts, andplay educational games.
| 0 | 1 |
49,122 |
p234014
|
48fa871556d8061593ebc83233975682
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Mrs.
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TX
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2017-02-14 15:09:05
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Grades PreK-2
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Literacy & Language
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Literacy, Literature & Writing
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Help ATPE Teacher Build Strong Readers!
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My students are spontaneous, clever and funny. They make my heart melt. As a teacher in a low-income, high poverty school district, my students are faced with several challenges both in and out of the classroom. Despite the many challenges they face, I am looking to keep things simple and provide my students with creative and meaningful learning experiences.\r\n\r\nI teach at a school in Dallas, Texas where 100 percent of our students receive free breakfast and lunch. My students are growing and learning in the community that inspired me to be a teacher. They are dreamers, thinkers, talkers, and questioners. They are mini inspirations to themselves and others around them, even if they don't know it yet. They are budding ambassadors, world travelers, scientists, entrepreneurs and teachers. They are our future and I want to give them a great start to their long successful lives and careers.\r\n
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One area my students struggle the most with is listening and speaking. Being an English Language Learner I can definitely understand how nerve wracking it is to try to overcome learning a new language and having the confidence to speak to native peers. I'm requesting a listening center, story books and other letter manipulatives that will assist my classroom in grasping the English language as well as building on their native language. \r\nIn my classroom, we practice listening and speaking daily using cooperative learning strategies. The addition of these activities would give my students a much needed boost of practice in the areas of listening and speaking. Students who are confident in their listening and speaking abilities will be ready to face the challenges of higher education and the workplace.\r\n
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My students need a listening center and alphabet activities to start reading!
| 8 | 1 |
51,598 |
p064092
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25dafff48a8b6a7894e21c3f30292bfe
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Mrs.
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NE
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2016-06-07 14:48:37
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Grades PreK-2
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Applied Learning, Special Needs
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Early Development, Special Needs
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Wiggle Those Waggles Away
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One of my main priorities this year will be to build a strong community within my students. We have a unique school setting with students coming together from many surrounding towns. The school is growing quickly, but I strive to maintain a safe, caring classroom family. The students learn to care for and support each other. I am switching our classroom to a flexible seating class to add to a relaxed atmosphere in which individual needs are met and celebrated. We are excited to grow together while respecting individuality.
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5 year olds should not be expected to sit all day and pretend they are adults. Children are expected to do more and more at a younger age. Their little bodies still need to roam and explore, but we require table time, listening, and practice more than ever before. Studies have shown that children learn best when allowed to explore naturally. This might mean wiggling while working or lying on the floor to practice skills. I want to provide a classroom with many options for each learner. Traditional chairs and desk do not provide the best environment for the majority of learners. \r\n
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My students need inviting alternatives to traditional chair and desk to meet their learning needs. We need a carpet with enough space for everyone to sit for group learning.
| 0 | 1 |
123,617 |
p022105
|
c99fbaf0fb8ec9ea29f8562d4d14bb65
|
Ms.
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MN
|
2017-01-17 18:10:24
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Grades 3-5
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Math & Science
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Applied Sciences, Environmental Science
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Science! Science! Science!
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Low-income. Homeless. High poverty. These are words that people often use to describe our scholars. \r\nHowever, the words people should concentrate on are: high achievers, determined learners, and creative thinkers. \r\nWe are scholars who have a hunger to learn, a passion for knowledge, and a need to succeed. We are looking to expand our critical-thinking skills, explore our creativity, and develop our talents for twenty-first century learning. We are looking to develop our gifts and talents and need your help to do so.
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We are currently reading about science when we should be doing science due to the fact that we are lacking materials for our Science Lab. \r\nLearning Science Activity Tubs will allow us to create a space where scholars can use hands on experiences to generate their own conclusions. \r\nSince science involves hands on learning, we need materials to support learning. With these kits we will be able to setup hands on rotating stations that scholars will have access to. This will allow for individual exploration and discover. Science is a key tool to the future so it is important we set our scholars up for success with the right experiences and materials.
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My students need science kits to help explore scientific concepts in our science lab!
| 3 | 1 |
170,950 |
p161935
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a3694b53a359f670ca49da161b257750
|
Mrs.
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LA
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2016-08-01 09:45:45
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Grades PreK-2
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Math & Science, Music & The Arts
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Mathematics, Visual Arts
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Sprout Cubbies used to grow good thinking!
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My students live a small rural community; although, some may ride the bus for over an hour. The elementary, middle, and high school are located on the same block. There is no red light located in town. Our school is located amongst farming land with lots of cows and many farms within the vicinity. Most of my students are on free or reduced lunch; however, they come to school eager to learn with smiles on their faces. You wouldn't or couldn't believe how much of a pleasure and how rewarding it is to teach within your community. \n\n\n
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With your donation to this project my students will be effectively engaged during center time through the use of technology. I usually rotate students around the room completing various learning activities related to math or reading. My students need games and activities that focus on the alphabet, letter recognition, and writing, as well as math activities to explore with at Learning Center time. Our students will use these to explore their abilities. Your generous donation to our project will improve our first grade classroom by building a stronger reader and mathematician. This will change our students' lives for the better. They will love school and feel success at an early age --- having fun while learning! Also, this would ease paper use.
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My students need cubby tablets to keep them engaged during center time.
| 0 | 1 |
149,973 |
p207219
|
8e32b281ace21b5ca14981a11ef9a8cb
|
Mrs.
|
WV
|
2016-10-25 16:26:33
|
Grades 6-8
|
Applied Learning, Health & Sports
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Character Education, Health & Wellness
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Mindfulness Tools for Self Regulation\r\nin the Classroom
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Our school houses approximately 300 students in grades sixth through eighth. My kids come from suburban neighborhoods, rural farms, and public housing.\r\n\r\nMy students are full of life, curious about the world, and amazingly kind. Our school's motto is that \"we're a family,\" and my kids live out those words every day. They care for their peers and look out for one another. My kids are a joy to be around. I love being in the classroom with them and looking for new ways to explore their interests and their creativity.
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Several teachers within my school have been trained on mindfulness, and we have implemented the practice into our classrooms. We've seen tremendous results, and we want to build on those successes. \r\n\r\nI want students to become aware of their emotions, and I want to provide them with a positive outlet when they feel they have become overwhelmed. Every teenager experiences stressful situations at home and school, and sometimes their emotions cause them to behave in ways that are disruptive in the classroom. I am working with our students to recognize their emotions and to understand that every stimulus does not need to be met with an immediate fight or flight response. Sometimes a pause is the best choice. This project will provide my students with tools to use during that pause.\r\n\r\nThese items will make up a meditation/reflection space within our school. Students will be encouraged to identify their needs and take that pause when necessary. They will have a variety of options like the singing bowl or the sound machine so that they can identify what is most effective for them at the time.
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My students need supplies for a relaxation room that will give them a moment to pause, reflect and reset.
| 14 | 1 |
121,300 |
p117654
|
3ea547636adcea872b8c8a68b5f92e8e
|
Ms.
|
CT
|
2016-10-24 19:16:38
|
Grades 3-5
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Literacy & Language, Math & Science
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Literature & Writing, Mathematics
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\"You Guys Made Me Ink!\"
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Everyday my students come to school, having all had different experiences before they arrived. It is my job as their teacher to help them begin school on a positive note, and feel their day will filled with learning and love. My students are being raised in an urban district. \r\nMost of the time, districts like ours are known to be underachieving and far behind suburban districts. That is not the case here! As a school, we strive to achieve high levels of learning and are raising the bar we set for ourselves every year. Although academics are the primary focus of most schools, we also focus on the whole child, including character and positive behaviors. We believe in each and everyone of our students!
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Like most resources in an inner city schools, our printer/copy machine is often out of service. Many days I go into work looking to make copies of morning work, class work, or homework, and I am out of luck. Students are unable to learn such concepts that require paper...which is just about everything!\r\n\r\nIf I had ink in my personal all-in-one-printer, I would be able to provide students with such materials. They would not miss a beat! Having ink in our classroom also allows students to use the printer as well. They will be able to print essays and projects to bring their work to life.
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My students need i ink to have access to work when the printer is out of service.
| 5 | 1 |
54,826 |
p225144
|
45310bbba95d58aa97e1750a6393e441
|
Ms.
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KY
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2016-07-21 11:56:27
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Grades 3-5
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Literacy & Language, Math & Science
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Literature & Writing, Mathematics
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Flexible Seating and Flexible Learning
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I work with a group of Kindergarten through fifth grade students who receive special education services at a Title I school in the west end of Louisville. Specifically, my classroom is a self-contained classroom geared towards helping students with their social and emotional needs. Our class focuses on learning social skills, building our academics, anger management techniques, and appropriate behaviors not just for the classroom but for success in day to day life. My students are so talented and our capable of being successful both in and outside of the classroom given the right tools and environment. I am working on building a safe, flexible, and engaging classroom for my students. So they can stay on task, have choices, and be engaged in their learning.\r\n\r\nMy students deserve and need an engaging and safe environment to learn in. The outside environment that my students are a part of can lead to barriers in their learning. Our school receives free and reduced lunch and our culture within our school is on the rise! We want our school to be a fun, safe, respectful, and a successful place for our students and teachers.
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My students struggle daily with both academics and controlling their behavior. Having flexible seating in my classroom will allow them to have choice which will build my classroom community. The seats will also allow for them to be actively moving while still learning. Flexible seating is a way to engage students and keep them on task while in the classroom. \r\n\r\nResearch shows that flexible seating that requires core and motor skills improves on task behavior and engagement in learning. I want my students to have the opportunity to be the best learners they can be. When given the right environment and support, my students are capable to learn just like students in the general education classroom. They deserve to be part of a classroom community that is engaging, safe, and supported.
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My students need flexible seating to keep them engaged and on task while learning.
| 0 | 1 |
125,661 |
p182756
|
4b4600c2f01e135ef5abe2cebd138e5e
|
Ms.
|
OR
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2016-09-25 23:21:44
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Grades PreK-2
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Special Needs
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Special Needs
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Sensory Supports for Exceptional Students!
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My students amaze me every single day. A group of diverse learners K-5, all 28 of them are eligible for special education services. They have high needs that include functional life skills, academics and behavior support. My team and I work hard to provide them with the everything they need to access instruction. Despite being placed in an Intensive Skills Classroom, we seek to include them in general education classes with typical peers as much as meaningfully possible.\r\n\r\nAll research shows inclusive practice increases student growth for both students with special needs, and their typical peers! \r\n\r\nIn order to support our diverse group of learners, we need to provide them with specialized programming. A large portion of this programming includes alternative sensory supports. Your contributions to our sensory activities will help our students self-regulate their bodies and minds to support their access to instruction in all settings.
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My students need access to a variety of sensory tools to regulate themselves throughout the day! Some students are impacted by the highly stimulating environment of elementary school and need tools to keep loud stimuli out. Other students are in need of more input than a typical day of elementary school provides and need tools to get their bodies moving and shaking!\r\n\r\nWhen kids have the tools to keep their minds and bodies at peace, they have greater capacity to access the incredible instruction of our school's teachers. Special education students have the right the receive the same core instruction alongside their typical peers that all other students do!\r\n\r\n\r\n
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My students need a diverse set of items to satisfy their sensory needs so that they can be prepared to learn everyday!
| 0 | 0 |
9,884 |
p247982
|
859c3af6f70faaeff2a3ba4aa85e682d
|
Mr.
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MA
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2016-05-16 19:05:29
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Grades 6-8
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Math & Science, Literacy & Language
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Health & Life Science, Literacy
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KINDLE FIRE SCIENCE CLASSROOM LEARNING
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I would like my students to learn 21st Century digital literacy. I want to begin the class by accessing warm ups and short assessments using kindles and immediately using that data to provide digitally rich lecture, web, and app supported instruction and learning.
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My students are a snapshot of America and are our future. We are a diverse low income city and district, but we are rich in positivity, possibility, and passion. My school is an oasis in an inner city. We are a family of Teachers, Administrators, and Families who share a common bond and goal of seeing our students safe, achieving, and being successful productive members of our school and city community. \r\n\r\nAs a school site, we are passionate about providing substantive learning experiences comparable to those received i the surrounding more affluent towns. We have a functional wireless Internet infrastructure, but we lack the sufficient numbers of wireless devices needed to offer the rich learning experiences offered by combining classroom instruction with the world wide web.
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Burdened with 2 packs of paper/month, digital technology is one very cost effective means to bringing a wealth of educational knowledge and virtual experiences to my mostly low income students. \r\n\r\nMy students will utilize the materials to access online textbooks and educational resources such as Brainpop, Discovery education, PBS Learning media, Teachertube, and NPR podcasts. \r\n\r\nStudents will utilize these devices to responsibly create, access, and use email services. Students will leverage the science learning standards to content specific essays, blogs, PowerPoint slides, spreadsheets, and classroom online forums. Students will also access and create content specific podcasts.\r\n\r\nStudents will use these devices to do classroom warm ups, polls, access a classroom website and learning management system.\r\n\r\nStudents will also be able to take short online standards based assessments and get immediate personalized feedback and be able to be retaught with the access of multimedia rich resources.
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Hamstrung by a diminished paper budget, for this project I am seeking to create a \"less paper\" Kindle classroom. Your support will improve the quality of instruction, enable greater learning accommodations and modifications, and expose our low income and English language learner population access to world class 21st Century technology skills and responsible technology use in improving their quality of education. Students will graduate with skills needed for online learning.
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My students need 15 preowned or new Kindle fire tablets to access online textbook and other rich multimedia learning resources.
| 3 | 1 |
62,906 |
p181640
|
484afe9fb410490f74de8f51e5308de0
|
Ms.
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CA
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2016-10-15 10:22:32
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Grades PreK-2
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Math & Science
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Applied Sciences, Mathematics
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Next Stop, STEM Station
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Hello, Hola, xin chào, Hallå, Kamusta, سلام, and welcome to this STEM proposal that supports the science and math education of energetic and enthusiastic first graders who represent five languages.\r\n\r\nThese loving children attend a high poverty, inland school in a state that is #1 in prison spending and #49 in education spending. Though we have neither counselors nor teachers for art, music, P.E., the library, or computers, our students benefit from an attentive, caring staff, and a \"village\" of generous supporters.
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During math and engineering station time, students will explore, design, and create with Geo D-Stix and Magformers (stored in the requested plastic boxes); engage social and cognitive skills with Make a Splash, chess, Code Master, and other board games; and practice focused attention and problem solving with single player games, such as Balance Beans and Shell Logic. Fine motor ability, attention to detail, pattern development, independence, and social awareness are all skills important for STEM careers. The Tibetan singing bowl will remind us to practice mindfulness and the pandeiro will get us up and moving.\r\n\r\nThank you for reading this proposal for STEM manipulatives, mindful materials, and a musical instrument, and if funded, please join us for an afternoon of constructive play.
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My students need Magformers and activity book, Geo D-Stix, board and solitaire games, Tibetan singing bowl, a pandeiro, and plastic boxes.
| 224 | 1 |
86,992 |
p207418
|
56dc4398d26874ed08a5ace90e2d9e95
|
Mrs.
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TX
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2016-08-08 11:26:04
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Grades 3-5
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Health & Sports
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Health & Wellness
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Kid Inspired, Physical Movement In The General Education Room
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How can we teach children about being healthy and living an active lifestyle when all they're told to do is \"sit still\" in their desks? A review of student grades and school-wide data indicate that students who are offered movement and activity in their lessons often do better with meeting goals and objectives.\r\n\r\nThe students in my classroom are children with military parents. \r\n\r\nMany of them have experienced many hardships in their lives and have difficulty with stability and with trust in their own level of learning. My class will serve as a leader in the new \"flex seating\" and \"movement in the classroom\" set up. Most classrooms in my school and on my particular grade level have limited movement opportunities and a much more structured environment. I want to offer my students things that most of us were not offered as children. After all their parents do for our great nation - isn't this the least we can do for their children?
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My students have requested anything and everything that requires them to get up and move from one spot. I have already eliminated almost all the desks to include choice flexible seating. \r\nThese items that I'm requesting will be used to help my military students move as much in their classroom setting as they move to different states and countries with their parents. :)\r\nCones and arrows will encourage a safe flow of students as they fulfill designated assignments and meet goals in the classroom that are at multiple stations. Students will also be encouraged to work with others through the use of items like the walking straps. Timers, scales and tape measures will give students access to measurement during their math period specifically instead of just using rulers and worksheets
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My students need team walking sticks to encourage working together in a physical education type way. Cones and colored arrow sets will be used to control traffic flow & station set ups around the room.
| 2 | 1 |
121,360 |
p161327
|
44b79132cbc05062634b615a5d09ded2
|
Ms.
|
OR
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2016-08-22 16:16:06
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Grades 9-12
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Math & Science
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Health & Life Science
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AP BIOLOGY at Madison , year 3
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My students deserve to have the course opportunities that their peers across town have. We have been able to add many AP and college level classes at our school through the generosity of donors. My students are smart, sophisticated, gracious, and kind. They are eager to learn, and they don't give up easily. They love this class, both the content and the hands on laboratory experiences. When they are working on experiments, it feels like a happy beehive in the spring.
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My students need access to replacement lab materials for kits purchased last year. We will continue to offer 2 sections of AP Biology. Finally we have inertia, and can continue our goal of having all students take the AP exam with confidence. I have ordered replacement materials and kits so that we can use kits and materials purchased over the last 2 years to further our work. We also need some consumable items such as cleaning supplies and gloves, as well as some basic supplies to maintain the kits that we currently have. This year we have 60 students taking the class.
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My students need replacement lab kits, gloves and other consumables to continue the AP Lab course for Biology.
| 7 | 0 |
42,462 |
p201030
|
4408f06d41eda7b120455f1b0abaaff6
|
Mrs.
|
TX
|
2017-02-07 21:40:07
|
Grades PreK-2
|
Applied Learning, Literacy & Language
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Character Education, Literacy
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Teaching Students to Regulate and Empower Themselves
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As parents and teachers, we want to afford tools and opportunities that provide our students with the best. \r\n\r\nMy second grade students come from all different types of backgrounds and families, but they all come to school looking forward to the day and ready to learn! \r\n\r\nIn our ever-changing world of exploration, our classroom shouldn't be any different. Today's generation of learners include different learning styles, social, and emotional needs; in which are our responsibility to embrace and support .\r\n
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Having character and social skills books in my classroom will readily equip myself and my students for any situation that may present itself.\r\n\r\nEvery morning we sit together in a circle on the rug for morning meeting; what a positive and opportunistic way to share a story on responsibility, socially acceptable behavior and how to handle and express feelings. \r\n\r\nWe can properly address social behaviors, for example \"The Booger Ghost\" is a story that shows children the proper way to take care of their nose and why it’s important. Another example is \"Lying Up a Storm\", which teaches the children how even a little white lie can turn into something big! \r\n\r\nChildren will identify with characters in the book on emotions and situations that they themselves experience. \"I Can’t Believe You Said That!\" allows kids to see why it’s important to think before you speak, understand other’s feelings, as well as their own. These books will allow our class to address social and emotional life lessons\r\n\r\nChildren are constantly learning; It may be through direct teach or through watching others. Regardless, they will imitate behaviors so let’s show them the correct way. \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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My students need books that teach them how to regulate and empower themselves while attending to their social, emotional wellbeing through stories children can relate to.
| 1 | 1 |
47,721 |
p129063
|
4f5851a9d4e6530b8626b95b29f95223
|
Ms.
|
FL
|
2016-11-23 09:16:50
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Grades PreK-2
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Literacy & Language, History & Civics
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Literacy, Social Sciences
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Alexa, Can You Help Us Learn at School?
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We are five, six and seven year olds in kindergarten/first grade multi-age classes located in South Florida. I am so lucky to have my children in our class for two years. The first year the children are the youngers and the second year they are the olders. The olders are given the opportunity to be mentors and leaders to their younger friends. \r\n\r\nOur kindergarten/first grade multi-age class is made up of a community of learners, we help each other learn and grow as we actively engage in activities. Young children learn best by doing and the hands-on approach in our classroom and out of the classroom allows the children to learn, grow and discover. \r\nThe population at our school has changed through the years. Around 50% or so families are getting free lunch and we have a large ESOL population. Free breakfast is available for everyone!\r\n
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If we had an Echo in our classroom, my students would be able to explore, and gain knowledge from this devise. Alexa, from the Echo, would answer my students questions about history, geography, science literature and more. Alexa could even help my children with spelling, and math. Alexa could bring more music and movement in our classroom. \r\nYoung children learn best by doing and an Echo would allow my children to explore content without leaving our classroom and motivate them to want to learn more and more! \r\nAn Echo is a modern way for my children to learn. I hope Alexa can join our classroom soon. We would welcome her to our class and our learning.\r\n
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My students need a Echo for help and motivation in classroom learning.
| 28 | 0 |
149,966 |
p114838
|
270e4cb977d3294cfdd62c0dd7178ea4
|
Ms.
|
OK
|
2016-12-14 17:50:33
|
Grades PreK-2
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Literacy & Language
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Literacy
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Books for young readers
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My students attend school in a high poverty neighborhood in Oklahoma City. They come from different cultures. Our school is a Title 1 school where 100% of our students are on free or reduced breakfasts and lunches. \r\nMy students are eager to come to school and enjoy doing learning stations. They are allowed to go to learning stations during our reading block. They are eager to be able to hold books and be able to read to themselves and each other. \r\n
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This project will allow my students to have access on a daily basis to books that are on their level and be of interest to them. My students love to read or have someone read to them. The moving cart will allow us to keep our books organized and stored. \r\nEarly literacy is an important foundation for young readers to become strong older readers. Students need the opportunity to be able to practice those skills through reading books on their level and become those accomplished reads. With this project my students will be given the opportunity to become those strong readers.
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My students need access to level books that they can read independently.
| 0 | 1 |
33,860 |
p137673
|
75bd7ea2b5efb1bd9a8333732e516293
|
Mrs.
|
AL
|
2017-04-20 13:47:32
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Grades 6-8
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Literacy & Language
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ESL, Literacy
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Learning (and Playing) With Words
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They are passionate and apathetic, sometimes about the same topic.\r\nThey are an enigma, and I enjoy the challenge of figuring out the puzzle. My students come from diverse backgrounds. Our school is about 76% free or reduced lunch. Our ethnic or racial breakdown is almost equal thirds Caucasian, African-American, and Hispanic. I have many first generation English speakers. I have several who will be the first in their family to graduate high school. There are others in my classroom who are related to farmers, and they want to farm, too. Our school is full of community pride. We attend ball games, open houses, and harvest festivals because we love our community.
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Scrabble and Catch Phrase are two great games. Scrabble builds vocabulary, and Catch Phrase builds communication skills and encourages teamwork.\r\n\r\nMiddle school students love a little competition. I'm excited to bring these two games into my classroom as a new motivation tool for reward times, brain breaks, and a great new way to learn vocabulary. My ESL students will especially benefit from these two fun ways to use words.\r\n\r\nI have always wanted to incorporate Scrabble into my classroom. I can't wait to see the excitement on my students' faces when I teach them how to play Catch Phrase, and they have to think of new, creative ways to explain words and phrases to their teammates. How exciting!
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My students need word games to build both vocabulary and teamwork skills.
| 6 | 1 |
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