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93,953 | p210227 | 5dbe024540a58cd1dd05ee06241640eb | Ms. | NY | 2016-08-26 11:07:55 | Grades 9-12 | Literacy & Language | Literacy, Literature & Writing | Classroom Chromebooks for College Bound Seniors! | My students are high school seniors who are simultaneously excited for and terrified by the prospect of college. In order to help them prepare for the academic demands of college, I have placed a heavy writing requirement in our ELA class spanning essays, poetry, memoirs, etc.\r\n\r\nMy students are the definition of survivors. They have grown up in some of the toughest neighborhoods in New York. They fight the norm that surrounds them every single day by making the decision to stay in school and better themselves - both academically and emotionally. This group of students has made it to their senior year of high school - a milestone that too many of their friends, family, and former classmates have not yet been able to achieve. They have big plans for college and want to go on to become doctors, lawyers, teachers, and investment bankers. They have only a short year until they will have to navigate the world outside of the school that many of them have known since sixth grade. I want to ensure that they are given all the resources necessary for them to transition from high school to college and beyond. | Without computers at home, many of my students hand write multi paragraph essays, or type them out line-by-line on their cell phones. Adding 5 Chromebooks to our classroom will allow my students to practice the essential skills of the writing process on a computer. These skills — such as the basic mechanics of typing, or the revision of a rough draft — will be necessary for their colleges and careers. With 5 Chromebooks, my ELA students would be able to type up their personal essays for their college applications, persuasive essays, poetry, and research papers. In addition, they will start building a writing portfolio through Google Drive that will serve and support them for the rest of their academic and professional careers. The writings and subsequent teacher and peer feedback that they receive will no longer be lost after they have turned in their assignments, but will remain with them as long as they have access to the Internet.\r\n\r\nEvery week, new technologies emerge that could engage students and transform their academic understanding into real world action. But without student computers, our learning remains stagnant. Through the addition of these classroom computers, my students will be able to engage in a world outside of the four walls of our classroom. They have the ability, motivation, and passion to change the world, but can only do this if they have access to the resources they so badly need and deserve. | null | null | My students need 5 Chromebooks and Google EDU Management Console Licenses. | 4 | 1 |
112,432 | p139578 | 8c7e696ee8e6a4e0676d4e2096d895b5 | Mrs. | GA | 2017-01-13 12:23:58 | Grades 3-5 | Math & Science | Applied Sciences | STEMulating Lab- Phase II | My students are the hardest working, loving students on the planet. They have many barriers in their lives, but know that our school is a safe place where they are cared for. Many of them act as interpreters for their parents in conferences and translate important information sent home. They and their parents truly understand the value of education. \r\n\r\nAuthentic experiences are the key to making connections and success. It is important for concepts to be taught as concretely as possible. They learn best by being able to touch equipment, watch the reaction, or act out the story instead of just reading about it in a book. \r\n | About a year and a half ago, we committed, as a school, to adapt a STEM approach to teaching Science. Since then, kids and teachers have fallen in love with Science. We created a STEM Lab in which to create and test and collaborate in. All of the materials we put in there initially were perfect and met our needs where we were.\r\nNow, we are ready to take it to the next level! Our experiments and projects are more in depth and more complex. We have found that we need scales and a heat source. We need hot glue guns to help them put their big ideas together (so they will stay).We are ready to start some chemistry and launch rockets. Our Lab needs some \"big girl, big boy\" science materials to catch up with our new, BIG way of thinking. | null | null | My students need more STEM lab supplies to continue their good work as scientists. Since phase I of our STEM lab has been up and running, our science scores have soared! | 5 | 0 |
54,396 | p183828 | df08722126fffb565cc14cd9e15fc745 | Ms. | TN | 2016-08-19 09:53:48 | Grades 6-8 | Applied Learning | Other | Teaching Daily Living Skills To Special Needs Children. | The students that I service are exceptional. My students are often not included in the general education setting due to behaviors, physical limitations, and other factors. My students are often left out of opportunities that their general education peers experience. \r\nIt is my goal to help provide my students with experiences that are real life and also provide them with tools they need to grow and become successful and productive citizens. \r\nThe students that I service are from low socio-economic environments. The household size is large and sometimes food and clothing is scarce. There have been many days where I have had to provide clothing and food to my students and their families. \r\n | The materials in this project will be utilized to teach and prepare the students daily living objectives. \r\nThe students that I teach are in a self-contained setting for 90% of the day or more. It is my responsibility as their teacher to help prepare them for the real world. A lot of these students do not have the opportunity to participate in Home EC and other classes that teach living skills to their peers. \r\nThe materials in this project will allow them to prepare meals for all times of the day. The students will have the opportunity to make these meals and serve them as well. For example, the students will utilize the toaster oven to make simple meals and snacks. They will learn about cooking safety and how to feed themselves and their potential family .\r\nBy teaching practical and basic skills to students with special needs, they are more prepared to take care of themselves in the real-world setting. | null | null | My students need items that will help them learn through hands on experience activities that are needed for daily living. Planning, cooking meals, and other daily living activities. | 11 | 0 |
31,010 | p249773 | d67475db24ddddb705f9b981edfa1c70 | Mrs. | TX | 2017-04-09 14:38:55 | Grades PreK-2 | Warmth, Care & Hunger | Warmth, Care & Hunger | Clean, Tidy and Ready to Learn | Our school has a high population of economically disadvantage English Language Learners. My Pre-K class is a community of learners, where we learn through hands-on activities. 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. \r\nThey are our future and I want to give them a great start to their long successful career. My students are dreamers, thinkers, talkers and writers. They are mini inspirations to themselves and others around them, even if they don't know it yet. \r\n | Students in poverty not only lack proper nutrition, but also proper sanitation which leads to low self-esteem and lack of hope. The polo shirts, underwear and socks are for those students who come to school with the same clothes day after day. Also, keeping our Pre-K classroom germ-free is a challenge. The clorox disinfecting wipes, the purell hand wipes, kleenex, swiffer dusters and dial antibacterial liquid soap will keep the germs away.\r\nYour donations will help my students’ self-esteem soar high without worrying about being dirty in old raggedy clothes and being in a dirty classroom. Together we can give to a child in need a clean and tidy environment where they will be ready and willing to learn. | null | null | My students need a clean and tidy environment where they can concentrate in their learning. | 4 | 1 |
164,920 | p224675 | 293ca4c3acba74062356a4c4ace91352 | Mrs. | VA | 2016-10-08 12:06:23 | Grades 6-8 | Literacy & Language, Special Needs | Literacy, Special Needs | Listen to Learn | Many of the students I work with are from loving, but extremely stressed, low-income homes. Over fifty percent of the students in my classroom qualify for free or reduced school meals. The majority of the students that I teach have been diagnosed with educational related disabilities. As most of these relate to reading and text comprehension, my students need the ability to access text in a variety of ways. \r\nMy students have a variety of comprehension levels, which range from approximately third grade to eight grades. | If the students in my 8th grade English classes could enjoy listening to books, from Cd's that I would create from the leveled, differentiated text available through our reading series, as well as books associated with childhood favorites, I am positive that their fluency, expression, accuracy, and comprehension skills would gain great strength. Simultaneously, this would allow me to continue working with small, guided reading groups, where I can also further these capabilities, coaching the expression and fluidity of the students gathered around me. \r\n\r\nIn guided reading, students practice their reading in a safe, risk-free environment, while I continue to provide another model of strong oral expression. Independently, via this compact, organized listening station, students will have the support of another reading model in the classroom, technically benefiting from \"doubled guided reading time.\" \r\n\r\nIn order to fully support and nurture reading across a variety of levels, according to this research based program, students need daily doses of listening to literature. This listening center will allow my students to hear more and more examples of accurate, expressive reading, in order to become more fluent, comprehensive learners themselves. \r\n | null | null | My students need the ability to access literature in a variety of formats to support their learning needs. | 0 | 1 |
132,776 | p084630 | ce7fa338d3117e0b666db833fe6eb6fc | Mrs. | FL | 2016-07-30 10:58:19 | Grades 3-5 | Literacy & Language | ESL, Literature & Writing | Help Me With My Wiggles! | \"Class, class!\" \"Yes, yes!\" These echoes from my classroom as I keep up with 22 active students; each with their own personality, each with their own burdens. \r\n\r\nMany of the parents work very hard and have made sacrifices for their child's education. Behavior is a challenge as many are bilingual and the demand to perform well with standard tests is difficult. Behind their tough expressions are hearts of gold who long to be loved and believed in. Their school is a warm community, however struggles in funding. | As students enter 4th grade there is a high demand placed on the students to produce an excellent academic level within writing! However, students cannot focus when they are wiggling around. My goal is to give my students different seating opinions which will allow them to move. When students are able to to move throughout the day than they are able to focus longer and work on the given skill set. Frustration is eliminated and a joy for learning is grown. I have less battles with behavior and students are excelling! Help out get their wiggles out and reach their academic goals this year! | null | null | My students need bouncy bands for chairs, fidget pencil toppers, and wobble cushion. | 16 | 0 |
163,125 | p155111 | 36ce1dab82355f361fcfe5b9cffc3ab9 | Mrs. | OR | 2016-08-08 11:59:49 | Grades 3-5 | Health & Sports | Health & Wellness | Burn Calories At Your Desk | Many of my students come from low income homes where basic supplies for school are too expensive, and many students go home and just sit in front of the television. Education is not on the top of many of these parents' or students' lists; they are just trying to survive. \r\nMy students do not have access too many physical activities outside of school or do not eat healthy. Therefore it is my job as their teacher to make sure that they get as many experiences as possible to help them succeed and have a positive school year! | Last year my students would tell me how tired they were getting in class because of the uncomfortable chairs and desks. So I asked them what we could do. They came up with an idea of ways to burn calories even while they are in the classroom by having places to go in the classroom and items attached to their desks to help them. Students came up with the list of items I am asking for in this Donor's Choose to keep them active and to burn calories while in the classroom. \r\nThe standing desks will help them burn calories by letting them stand up and be more comfortable. The wobble chairs support posture and they can't slouch like they can in a traditional chair. The desk bands let them bounce their legs up and down but not distracting the rest of the class and they are also staying fit because they aren't just sitting. \r\nThis project will help my students by keeping them active all day while they are in class, not just when they are in PE class!\r\n | null | null | My students need these items to stay active and to still burn calories the standing desks and wobble chairs will help them while they are in class! | 11 | 1 |
160,294 | p141608 | fb2eebce0753e0b20121e04954401b5d | Ms. | NC | 2016-07-01 18:59:35 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language, Math & Science | Literacy, Mathematics | Pedaling for Proficiency: pedal seats and alternative seating options | A typical day in my classroom is very interactive. We start the morning with fun and instructional centers while I teach guided reading lessons. Even though students have engaging tasks, it can sometimes be hard to concentrate on the task given to them.\r\nI have 18 fantastic kindergarten students this year! My students are revved up to learn and have bubbling personalities. My students love to learn but can be easily distracted at times. One of my goals this year is to help my students learn skills needed to concentrate and complete tasks. My students are young kindergarten students who need to have the ability to move around while learning. I have a mixed population of Caucasian and African American students. Our school is a title one school. 55% of our students receive free or reduced lunch. Our school is incredibly welcoming and supportive, but there is not always extra money for concentration aids in the classroom. | In a state where academic expectations are increasingly becoming more difficult and recess time is being reduced, my students need a healthy outlet for their energy. Students are experiencing more and more pressure at a young age to succeed, yet their opportunities to release stress are being reduced. Kindergarten students are now expected to add, subtract, decompose numbers, and read level D books by the end of the year. Our sweet children need to be taught ways to hardness their energy for their benefit. I believe this project will allow my students to find fun ways to learn! In my classroom, I try to provide my students with as many opportunities as possible to move. We learn through movement and play, but students are expected to sit and complete tasks at times. These pedal seats and other alternative seating options will allow students the flexibility to learn their way! I may not be able to give my students more recess time, but I can transform my classroom into a playground for learning! | null | null | My students need pedal seats, resistance bands, and balance balls for alternative seating options. | 3 | 1 |
171,883 | p239113 | 9b49db4ada1b8967f4e22ebdc77b1ced | Mrs. | SC | 2017-03-31 09:38:07 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language | Literacy, Literature & Writing | Inspiring Readers and Writers Through Technology! | My students are amazing! This year I am working as the reading interventionist at my school. We are located in a county that has the highest unemployment rate in the state and was hit extremely hard during Hurricane Matthew. Many of my students lost everything including their house during Hurricane Matthew. The students at my school all receive free lunch. My students do not get many opportunities to explore the latest technology or even leave the county. \r\n\r\nMy students deserve exciting opportunities that will help improve their reading and writing instruction. Through small group instruction, I am empowering them as successful readers and writers. | My students deserve exciting new opportunities to explore reading and writing with modern technology. The iPad Pro and Osmo kit will enhance their instruction in reading and writing and inspire them to be successful academic scholars. These technology tools will replace our dry erase boards and magnetic letters and allow my students to complete word work activities in innovative ways! \r\n\r\nI want my students to become lifelong learners and succeed long after they leave me. I want my instruction and time with them be something that they will always remember. These tools will enrich their lives and our time together and inspire them to be the best readers and writers they can be! | null | null | My students need an iPad Pro and an Osmo kit to complete word work activities during small group intervention. | 2 | 1 |
60,999 | p134150 | 2a0f21819e04603371b8dc45bb853a2d | Mrs. | CO | 2017-04-27 10:46:18 | Grades 9-12 | Math & Science, Special Needs | Health & Life Science, Special Needs | Flexible Seating | My students are low socioeconomic students. They are hard workers and strive to prove themselves. I work with special education students who are primarily identified as having learning disabilities. This upcoming year I will begin working with students who have been identified as having Autism. I am constantly amazed by the amount of work and effort my students put forth towards being successful. Throughout this past year they have consistently amazed me and I am so proud of everything they have accomplished. | Flexible seating will give my students the opportunity to take ownership of and create their optimal learning environments. I have done a lot of research on integrating flexible seating into the high school setting and the impacts of flexible seating on Special Education students. It allows for them to work where they are comfortable. Many flexible seating options allow for students to wiggle or move as they work, creating options for sensory feedback and regulation. I believe that integrating flexible seating into the high school environment will allow students to focus better on their work and will increase student engagement. | null | null | My students need flexible seating in order to learn in their optimal environments. | 0 | 1 |
58,266 | p212851 | 8a5a4d58b80d26b6865ae1d22b84bd7d | Mrs. | SC | 2017-01-27 15:18:14 | Grades 3-5 | Health & Sports | Gym & Fitness, Team Sports | Fun PE Equipment | I teach the most amazing students at my school. We currently have 547 students in grades 5k-5th. They come from a variety of backgrounds and have different skills, talents, and interest. Some student live active life-styles and have past athletic experiences, while others do not. Some students are just trying to get their basic needs met. \r\n\r\nWhen students come to PE class, I want them all to feel comfortable to participate and motivated to do their best no matter what their backgrounds are. Physical Education not only teaches students about living a healthy life-style, but it also provides a chance for students to have fun while being physically active. It is great opportunity for students to forget about any stress and enjoy life. | The soft multipurpose balls are great for fun fitness games and for practicing a variety of skills. The smaller ones can be use for throwing, catching, tennis, and other games. The larger ones are great for eye hand coordination challenges, throwing, rolling, and striking. These balls are durable, but soft which is beneficial to all skill levels. The softness will decrease the students' fear of the ball. \r\n\r\n Overall, the soft multipurpose balls will increase motivation and physical activity during PE class. It will allow us to add variety to our current practices and games. The students will be so excited to use the new equipment to play new games. \r\n\r\n | null | null | My students need a variety of soft foam multipurpose balls to enhance their Physical Education program. | 0 | 1 |
164,647 | p096988 | f8b4bb256a4baac2347cb2ffe531616a | Mrs. | VA | 2016-06-26 10:41:55 | Grades 6-8 | Literacy & Language | Literacy, Literature & Writing | Making Insiders of Outsiders | I am teaching 8th grade English for the first time beginning this fall! I will teach double-blocked 8th grade English classes for students who need extra support in literacy and language. Some of the students in this class in past years have tested as much as five letter grades below their target level. Many are English Language Learners, while others have significant learning disabilities. \r\n\r\nThese students face real academic challenges because of their deficits in reading comprehension and fluency. In order to support their success in reading and literacy, I need to compile a class set of the high-interest YA novel, The Outsiders. | Reading The Outsiders as a whole class inevitably sparks important conversations with middle schoolers about self-image, peer pressure, and stereotypes. \r\n\r\nBecause it overly addresses highly relevant social issues, The Outsiders helps establish a climate of respect and openness in the 8th grade classroom. The personal discussions which arise from this text foster a sense of belonging even for struggling readers. Additionally, the whole-class novel approach is a valuable way for me as the teacher to model reading strategies and to introduce key literary concepts that students can later apply to their independent reading. Finally, this text is written at a level that is manageable for students reading below grade level. | null | null | My students need a class set of The Outsiders, a high interest young adult novel which addresses social cliques and stereotypes. | 1 | 1 |
106,026 | p240286 | 6dca8146d7cdc2f124ad3ca411f843c6 | Ms. | WA | 2016-07-30 14:26:57 | Grades PreK-2 | Math & Science, Special Needs | Applied Sciences, Special Needs | Inspiring STEM Activities in Kindergarten | \"I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.\" -- Christopher Reeve\r\n\r\nI currently teach in an Integrated Kindergarten Setting. I have 7 students that require specially designed instruction with the support of an Individualized Education Plan and 11 typically developing peers. \r\n\r\nAs we embark on a new school year my hope is to create an inclusive environment and build a classroom community that inspires students to strive to do their best to be successful and to become life-long learners. | Donations to to this project will make a difference with my students' learning because they will have hands-on materials to develop inquiry and exploration skills. \r\n\r\nResearch from the University of California has confirmed that early math skills are a better predictor of later academic success than early reading is. With this STEM Bundle, counting collection manipulatives and more, students will be able to engage in activities that are of high interest, hands on and related to the common core state standards. \r\n\r\nStudents engage in math activities each day, however our science kits are on rotation and we only have three per year. These activities will allow my students to engage in STEM activities ALL throughout our school year and not just when it is our turn with a kit. \r\n\r\nMy students will be able to use the inquiry an exploration skills across curricular areas and for years to come as they begin their journey to become college and career ready. | null | null | My students need the Lakeshore STEM Bundle for K-Gr. 1 and counting manipulatives because \"inquiry and exploration are foundations for math and science and are also the foundations for early learning.\" | 10 | 1 |
161,335 | p041087 | ece2b20d244eb58838bf2d8fa81b6186 | Ms. | OK | 2016-09-01 12:37:39 | Grades 3-5 | Applied Learning, Special Needs | Other, Special Needs | iLearn with iPads | “Sorry about the laughter, volume, chaos, and mess, but we are LEARNING!”\r\nMy students are brilliant young learners who are challenged in their day to day learning by multiple disabilities. \r\nIn order to unlock the knowledge that we know is inside, we take a different path to learning than most classrooms. Learning in our classroom needs to be hands-on because my students learn best when they are in the middle of the activity. We use teaching methods that us all of the senses—sight, hearing, taste, smell, and touch. We try to employ technology as much as possible, because it allows our students greater access to all materials. | One of the main things we struggle with in our classroom is making learning accessible for all students. Many of my students have severe cognitive or physical disabilities that limit their interaction with learning materials. \r\nThrough technology, we can open up the world of learning to them in many ways. My nonverbal students can use iPads to increase their communication. All of my students can experience history and science through videos and simulations. iPads allow them to access read-aloud books that otherwise they would not be able to read. Students can improve social skills through social stories and activities. \r\nIn addition to all the ways we can use iPads to enrich the learning of my students, we also need to keep the iPads safe. This is why we are also asking for cases for the new iPads and the iPads we already have. | null | null | My students need 3 iPads so they can engage completely in their learning, plus really sturdy cases for those iPads and the 3 iPads we already have. | 4 | 1 |
80,628 | p218971 | da80f91467c9cfea902786aa94d3e234 | Mrs. | IN | 2016-07-29 21:07:25 | Grades 3-5 | Literacy & Language, Math & Science | Literacy, Mathematics | We can be innovative! Providing tools for interactive engagement! | I am third grade teacher in a low-income, high-poverty school. My students come to school every day with different challenges they are facing inside and outside of our classroom. \r\n\r\nMany of my students have diverse special needs that inhibit them from learning in typical learning situations. I feel like it is my duty to meet each one of their individual learning styles, whether they are a typical student or one with specials needs. I have a wide range of learning abilities in the classroom; although we have our differences, our ultimate goal is to be successful in and out of the classroom. | By adding an iPad and an Osmo to our classroom we will be able to add a new level of excitement to our learning. When students are engaged in interactive activities that meet their learning style needs, they are more likely to develop a life-long love of learning. \r\n\r\nUsing these tools together will also promote collaboration and critical thinking through the art communicating with others and by using problem solving skills that are required to solve the challenges being faced. When the students in my room are able to gather around the iPad and Osmo they will not only be learning in an fun, interactive way, but they will be working on critical life skills that will benefit them for years to come! | null | null | My students need an Osmo and an iPad to transform our classroom into a interactive, engaging space where students will learn in ways that will meet their diverse learning needs. | 1 | 1 |
30,694 | p153158 | 9cad8d790e89deaa529fdd343ff7509b | Ms. | TX | 2017-01-07 17:44:36 | Grades 9-12 | Math & Science | Mathematics | Demonstration Tools for Learning and Fun. | My students attend a Title 1 school where free breakfast is offered to everyone. At first glance you may think my students come from an average middle-class American home. However, as I have come to know them I have found out otherwise. In addition to seeking an education, many of them have been forced to take on adult responsibilities in caring for themselves and younger siblings. For others, they must overcome language barriers because english is not their first language. There are also those who move physical locations often. All these factors put together makes teaching an even greater challenge and privilege.\r\n\r\nWhile most my students are economically disadvantaged and labeled \"at risk\" I see even greater resiliency in them. I am proud to see them grow in their understanding of mathematics. And student test performance keeps improving! | Daily I lead instruction while writing and drawing math on the whiteboard. Therefore, it is in this aspect of teaching that my students would benefit the most from new demonstration tools. It makes sense that their understanding of geometric properties would improve when they can accurately see the properties unfold before them. For example, when studying circles my students should see me draw a true circle with every point on the circumference equidistant from the center. That requires a tool made expressly for the whiteboard. \r\n\r\nIn sum, my project is aimed at providing a greater degree of accuracy in showing geometric figures and boosting student learning. My second goal is to find more ways to increase student engagement through fun math activities that are content based. Since Bingo is a favorite among all age groups I selected sets for the two subjects I teach.\r\n | null | null | My students need more opportunities for visual learning. As a result, I am requesting funds that assist me in drawing geometric figures with accuracy. | 1 | 1 |
1,871 | p053303 | bf5d71acd1f7e69a56c28e3f0b4ba3b5 | Mrs. | OR | 2016-10-16 15:00:21 | Grades 3-5 | Health & Sports | Health & Wellness | Wiggle Room-Flexible Seating Options for Small Groups | My 5th grade students are active kids with lots of energy and a thirst for knowledge. Many do not have the opportunities to participate in activities outside of school. Many have home struggles and can have a difficult time focusing on their school work. Anything that I can do as their teacher to encourage engagement or help focus their attention will be beneficial to their emotional, social, and academic well-being.\r\nStudents in my class come from diverse backgrounds with diverse needs and it is my goal to support them in every way possible. Family and home life for these kiddos is tough. I want their school life to be a safe, positive place in the midst of their struggles. I want them to feel like they have control and choices in their education. | Think of how you work best...is it propped upright in a stiff hard chair at a perfectly flat solid table? Probably not. All kids need the ability to sit comfortably in order to do their best learning. For my students, having some flexibility in their seat choices, would be a powerful decision to help them take control of their own learning. As they learn what helps them, I want them to have the ability to choose how they work and be content doing it. Allowing them to be comfortable, allows them to focus their attention on their work, rather than on their lack of physical comfort.\r\nThese alternative seating options, placed strategically at small group centers in the classroom, will provide students with a comfortable learning environment. Students will have the ability to work at backless stools, at low tables sitting on relaxing pillows, and on yoga balls for the wigglers. Taking control over their physical environment is empowering and more enjoyable when working at a comfortable place, not to mention the health benefits that come from correct posture and core strength involved with alternative seating. | null | null | My students need flexible seating options for help focusing during small group activities. | 0 | 1 |
118,727 | p214771 | 25d793a54cfc4c04284d32eab0305ffd | Mrs. | MN | 2016-08-12 23:35:37 | Grades PreK-2 | Health & Sports | Health & Wellness, Nutrition Education | Transforming Stationary Learning into Active Movement Opportunities | My students are energetic and eager to learn, but they want and need to move in order to both expand their minds and build healthy bodies. They face many challenges in their young lives, so they ask for opportunities to move and stay active while in the classroom because it may be the only time to get in their sixty minutes of activity during their day.\r\n\r\nIn my classroom, there are 22 unique, creative, diverse, and brilliant students, each bubbling with potential. However, there are many barriers that get in the way of them achieving what they are capable of doing. My school is a Minnesota focus school, meaning it is in the lowest 10 percent of schools that receive Title I dollars in our state. Many are English Language Learners with little to no exposure to the English language outside of school. Over 75% of students qualify for free and reduced lunch, and the student body is very diverse, including African American/Black, Latino, Somali, Asian, Native American, and white students. Our school has a high population of homeless and transient students, and many students have experienced great deals of trauma in their young lives. | My students are always eager to move while they learn! So far, we have discovered ways to move and groove while dancing, running, jumping, and exercising along with active videos on our Smart Board and while playing movement games and singing songs during large group activities. But there is still a problem. While we are finding time for active \"brain breaks\" in between lessons, my students have asked to go further, saying that they need to move while they are typically sitting DURING their lessons. \r\n\r\nSo they have come up with a solution to their problem: active seating! Therefore, they are requesting Hokki stools and balance balls that will allow them to wiggle and move while sitting. These special seats will help them to move in all directions while they seem to be just sitting still. This type of active sitting is critical to student development as physical movement both increases well-being and encourages the physical and intellectual maturing process. \r\n\r\nFurthermore, my students will learn about and teach each other about healthy eating with the interactive MyPlate felt kit, and they will stay hydrated so that they can stay focused while moving and learning in our classroom with the addition of classroom water bottles. They are also excited to build sight-word recognition while moving and jumping using the sight word step mats. \r\n\r\nMy students are eager to track their movement this year, seeing how these additions will help them to reach their goal of sixty minutes of activity a day, and to learn about nutrient-dense foods so that they can make healthier choices in their daily eating. | null | null | My students need Hokki stools and balance balls to transform stationary sitting into activity, sight-word steps to move while building literacy skills, water bottles to stay hydrated, and a MyPlate felt set to learn about nutrition. | 5 | 1 |
40,383 | p152601 | 1816a7861f7ddde41ea8d4d0cdc0fad6 | Mrs. | MO | 2016-06-22 09:43:22 | Grades 3-5 | Health & Sports | Health & Wellness | Moving & Grooving in 5th Grade! | My students are remarkable,\r\nunique, I guarantee! \r\nThey make each day enjoyable, \r\nmath, science, and ABC's...\r\nMy students come from various homes, \r\nTogether, broken, and in between, \r\nSchool offers a safe home, \r\nfor learning, love and a place to achieve! \r\nBut kids need much more options, \r\nWhen sitting throughout the room, \r\nThese seats would offer choice, \r\nfor moving, grooving, each afternoon!\r\nPlease approve our offer, \r\nFor flexible seating in 5th grade, \r\nLakeview is the place to be! \r\nOur students need a place to be loved and move, \r\nOnce we are funded, you will SEE! :) \r\n | Donations to this project will help fund opportunities for students in the class to move around. With funding short in the district, we will have up to 30 students in the classroom. With 5th grade bodies, opportunities to move around are vital. I would love to provide wobble seat cushions, exercise balls, stools, specifically standing desk options. With many bodies in the room, providing organized areas will help the students be able to learn while standing, sitting, and everything in between. It is important that students can be comfortable and ready to conquer any difficult learning concept that comes their way! This project will provide organized opportunities for students to learn and still be able to move and groove! | null | null | My students need opportunities to move and groove in an organized manner to enjoy the learning and discovering process in fifth grade! | 0 | 1 |
60,017 | p198196 | 7c20304f5cf26d4dda5c174b2bc1b00e | Ms. | NC | 2017-03-01 18:34:16 | Grades 3-5 | Warmth, Care & Hunger | Warmth, Care & Hunger | Taking Care of Our Bodies Is Now One Less Concern | Although the majority of my students come from poverty-stricken homes, they are some of the hardest working, intellectual students you will meet. My students are faced with challenges every day, but they do not allow such challenges to defeat their purposes in life. All students in my school receive free lunch and breakfast due to their socioeconomic status. In addition, several of my students either live in single parent homes, foster homes, or relative placements. Although these attributes typically prevent students from doing their best, my students rise above the trials they face. \r\nFailure is not an option for my students, and they prove their desire for success daily at school. Despite the challenges they face, one goal as their teacher is to offer them hands-on, meaningful learning experiences. My students are fearless, adventurous, and determined. They enjoy helping others; learning about new ideas, cultures and places; and spreading awareness to the world about what they learn. They come ready to learn each day and look forward to the knowledge they obtain through rigorous lessons and activities. Although their home lives are beyond our control, I am hopeful that I can inspire them to become successful adults.\r\n\r\n | Students attending our school come from various backgrounds, cultures and traditions. Because of that, several students here are not afforded the resources and opportunities to take care of many of their basic needs. As a teacher, I feel that it is not only the responsibility of a family to aid in rearing our students, but it is also the duty of the community to help families when they fall short. Many of my students' families have fallen short in finances, therefore causing lack in other areas of their lives. \r\n\r\nThe students in my class are some of the greatest children you will ever meet, and they come to school daily ready to learn despite the struggles they may face at home! Because of this, I want to ensure that they have everything they need in order to be successful in all they do. The toiletry items I've requested (i.e.--toothpaste, floss, toothbrushes, combs, hair brushes, hair ribbons, tissue, wash clothes, lotions, bath and body sets, etc.) will help my students to care for their personal hygiene. Laundry detergent further helps them by allowing the students to be able to keep their clothing clean. The tote will be used for storage of the items at school, and the drawstring bags will allow the students to carry their items home discreetly. Since all students in our school receive free lunch and breakfast, every student in my class will be receiving these items to take home. Students will receive items on a monthly basis, and more often if needed. These items will definitely boost my students' self-esteem, and will therefore also build their confidence at school when completing their schoolwork. Please join me in helping my students become successful in all aspects of their lives. Thank you in advance for all of your help! | null | null | My students need detergent, body wash sets, lotion, floss, wash cloths, soap, tissue, sanitary napkins, toothbrushes and toothpaste to take care of their personal hygiene needs on a daily basis, and a totes/bags for storage. | 8 | 1 |
125,500 | p139761 | 2309acee50d1f6b2dea75de511337adb | Mrs. | FL | 2016-12-21 00:20:08 | Grades 3-5 | Literacy & Language, Math & Science | Literacy, Mathematics | The Chrome Zone | My 5th grade students are an inquisitive group who love to bring learning to life! We have a strong and tight knit bond in our classroom. They are kind and supportive to one another. \r\n\r\nIt is my goal to create a classroom where they feel supported and are able to be open and honest about their needs as they learn and grow. \r\n\r\nWe have an enthusiastic classroom where students are passionate about their work. They take responsibility for their learning and their futures are bright!\r\n | The Chromebooks will allow for different structures of learning in my classroom throughout all subject areas. In reading, students will be able to access e-books and reading intervention programs. During math and science, students will be able to participate in online lessons and labs. For writing, students will be able to publish their pieces. The uses for the Chromebook are endless and and every subject can be enhanced with the tools a Chromebook provides. \r\n\r\nAs teachers, we are preparing students to thrive in a world where technology drives communication, creativity, and critical thinking. My students have endless possibilities ahead of them. These Chromebooks will ensure that they are being given every opportunity to succeed in the 21st century.\r\n | null | null | My students need 2 Chromebooks to provide opportunities to complete interactive activities. | 40 | 1 |
28,288 | p108236 | 8099e67646189c797f5bc54e86a79fa5 | Mrs. | TX | 2017-01-03 19:05:42 | Grades PreK-2 | Math & Science | Applied Sciences, Mathematics | Coding in Kindergarten! | My kindergarten students are amazing! They love learning and help me learn everyday. Not a day passes that I don't leave the school feeling inspired and challenged by their love for learning. They are like sponges just waiting for me to pour the knowledge into their brains. \r\n\r\nMy school is filled with families who care deeply about their child's education and students who are responsible, eager to learn, and caring. It is a blessing to teach my little learners each and every day! | My students are exceptional thinkers and creators! I see a need everyday to provide them with more challenging and enriching activities, especially activities that will strengthen the 21st century skills for my modern day thinkers, which is why I have asked for materials to help learn coding, game designs, and STEM projects, as well as literature about computer programmers, written in a kindergarten friendly text.\r\nThe materials I am requesting will allow my creative thinkers to be challenged and will develop their 21st century skills - problem solving, creativity and imagination, collaboration and team work, and critical thinking. Research has shown these are the skills that students today need to learn in their youth. | null | null | My students need activities to enhance and strengthen 21st century learning skills. | 72 | 0 |
173,254 | p057477 | fc5cac56816490a20544446c02362dcf | Ms. | NJ | 2016-11-01 08:38:30 | Grades 6-8 | Music & The Arts | Music | Let's Accessorize! | My students are silly, adventurous, and ready to make music! After teaching in the Elementary schools for 6 years I've moved up to Middle School with my kids and we are all extremely excited to start a new school year together. Our classroom is new, clean, and ready to be filled with music. We just need your help to bring those notes to life. \r\nWhere you are from does not determine your destiny, it's the choices you make that really matter. By choosing to be a part of something bigger than just an individual activity my students will experience a different level of teamwork and camaraderie than many other places.\r\n | Upon inspecting my classroom for the first time this September, I noticed that most of our drum heads, sticks, and percussion equipment in general was in bad shape. It seems that this section has been neglected over the years and the fact that drum heads last longer than reeds has been taken advantage of. The neck straps the saxes come with are rarely comfortable and my students cannot afford to go to the music store to buy their own cushioned ones. As a woodwind player, I understand the importance of comfort in order to master technique. Small items like mouthpiece patches and thumb cushions facilitate success and encourage development in our class. \r\n\r\nYears of use by middle school students have left us with few working supplies and even fewer quality materials that are necessary to create the caliber of music we are striving to achieve. Help us restore our percussion section and continue to build our skills as musicians to create audible art to share with our friends, family, and community. | null | null | My students need accessories to keep up their skills! Help up replenish the supply! | 7 | 1 |
115,361 | p070347 | f587a0e5e2d5354c70455de948d98b62 | Mrs. | WV | 2017-03-30 14:35:42 | Grades PreK-2 | Health & Sports | Gym & Fitness | Teamwork in Preschool | My student's abilities range from slightly delayed to severely delayed. I also service student's with an Autism diagnosis. My school is a Pre kindergarten through fifth grade school and is very diverse. Some students receive special education services including occupational, physical and speech therapy as well as Title I pull-out services for extra help with reading and math. We also have a dental clinic within the school where the children can get their teeth cleaned and be seen by a dentist. The school offers an after school program where the students receive help with their homework, can participate in activities (ex. going to the symphony) and sit down for dinner with their friends. At the after school program, children can also attend counseling groups as well. Counseling is also offered throughout the school day with our school counselor and our community counseling partners. All students also qualify for free meals. | The materials I have requested for my project will be used to make an obstacle course. My students have been working very hard to master ball skills (throwing and catching), kicking, learning the rules of kickball and t-ball and how to play both as a team. The physical therapist has started to complete obstacle courses with the children and our children have requested to do that during gross motor time. We have collected smaller items for this, but need a few larger items to wrap up our course. \r\n\r\nMy students are 3 and 4 yr old children with special needs and the goal is for them to work together to make an obstacle course and complete the course independently. | null | null | My students need gross motor equipment that will be used to make an obstacle course. | 6 | 1 |
17,884 | p089412 | 5c4c8411284e661fd6fa81db71d6c406 | Ms. | MN | 2017-02-11 21:02:23 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language | Literacy | The Other Side of the Fairytale | As an IB school, we strive to develop not only strong academics but also strong social and communication skills! As teachers we are here to guide and foster learning through inquiry.\r\nI am a teacher at a truly diverse school.\r\nWe are a Title I school. The population of the school consists of seventy percent students of color, sixty four percent of the students receiving free or reduced price lunch, and forty percent English Language Learners. Many of the students speak English as their second or third language.\r\n | We will read various fairy tales and fractured fairy tales and use this in two ways. The first is comparing and contrasting points of view in literature. The second, and the part I am most eager to teach, is to have students take the role of various characters from fairy tales.\r\nWe will have whole class, fishbowl discussions to determine if the \"villain\" is innocent or guilty.\r\nThis project will help improve my classroom by providing the opportunity for students to think, discuss, and demonstrate their learning on a higher level.\r\nIt will teach students how to work collaboratively and discuss, debate, and make decisions based on multiple perspectives.\r\n | null | null | My students need various fractured fairy tales to practice point of view. | 0 | 1 |
177,380 | p011615 | 637c89d69c4ce73b28b3c9cdaec90229 | Mrs. | CA | 2016-08-16 02:06:23 | Grades 6-8 | Literacy & Language, Math & Science | Literature & Writing, Mathematics | Organization And Planning Are The Keys To Success | The majority of my students are poverty stricken with very little opportunity for life experiences outside of their own.\r\nThey are the students that want to get ahead in life, want to make a better future for themselves but do not have the means outside of school. They are the students that although they do not have much, are grateful for what they do have and appreciative of what is given to them. They are the students, that if given the chance, will make the world a better place. | In my school, 6th grade is the last year my students have as elementary school students, in one classroom, with one teacher, before being thrust out into the world of middle school with multiple classes, teachers, books, and assignments. Often times, these students are not prepared for what lies ahead of them and often get flustered and frustrated when they realize they haven't learned how to organize their homework assignments, their long term projects. By getting them planners now in 6th grade, I can teach them the skills necessary to organize and take responsibility for their assignments and help guide them until they can utilize them independently in middle school, high school and beyond. It is a lifelong skill that is never too early to learn. | null | null | My students need student planners to help teach them the organizational skills necessary to carry them through the rest of their lives. | 6 | 1 |
115,962 | p132381 | c446ee44e56c6268924b40d0e78b941f | Ms. | MO | 2016-10-21 11:09:09 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language, Math & Science | Literacy, Mathematics | Math and Reading Is What We Are Needing! | Coming from a high poverty background, my students exemplify grit and resilience. They come to school each day with a purpose and intent to do good. Despite the short comings of poverty they experience at home, they spend each day working hard to further their knowledge and expand their futures. My students set goals for themselves each day and each year to become better students, people and beyond. Instead of just considering their own needs, I constantly observe them trying to meet the needs of others and help their fellow humans (teachers, administration, family, and other students). \r\nWhile my school is a magnet school with students from all across the Saint Louis Metropolitan area, there is a deep feeling of community connecting all students and staff no matter what neighborhood they come from. At Lyon Academy 100% of our students are at or below the poverty line, and all receive free breakfast, lunch and after school services with dinner. We pride ourselves in doing our best each day, and working together to take care of one another. It is truly like one big family. | I am a first year teacher at Lyon Academy at Blow. Lyon is an urban school, serving students from all over the Saint Louis City area. Over 95% of our students and their families fall at or below the poverty line. We strive to create a school environment of support, community and family where we take care of one another and aid each other in becoming better people. \r\nMy students have come to me with below grade level reading levels, and so we are dedicating a lot of our time to intervention practices. A leveled library would greatly aid our efforts in this area by providing students with the ability to choose books that both interest them and are on their level. This tool is essential for students as they go up reading levels. Most importantly, it will create a culture of more independent and engaged readers. \r\nAnother area that my classroom will benefit from additional resources in is mathematics. Being a first year teacher, I have been working hard to supplement math instruction with manipulatives and games that have been handed down to me and I have purchased. If we are able to gain the math tools, games and manipulatives in this project, that will be a tremendous advantage to my students. They deeply enjoy math when they feel successful at it. These tools will increase their interest, engagement and overall mastery of math skills for both my first and second graders. Being in one classroom together can be difficult, especially when it comes to differentiating math instruction, but these resources will allow me to create math lessons and stations with a high impact and interest. \r\n | null | null | My students need a leveled library to allow them to choose books that interest them on their level. They also need manipulates and games that will aid in conceptualizing and mastering mathematics skills. | 0 | 1 |
173,145 | p224018 | b4d49599326a631112a8c958bdbe5167 | Mrs. | AZ | 2016-07-12 13:01:50 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language | Literature & Writing | Read Teach Repeat | The students I have the pleasure of working along side with, are the best group of dedicated students that I have ever come to know. It is unbelievable the love they have for learning and the respect they give to their teachers and classroom supplies. My students come to school everyday to learn from as well as teach one another. Not many students have the ability in first grade to work with special supplies with little to no problems. My students work with preferential alternative seating with respect and maturity. | Reading centers have proven success within the classroom. The following supplies and games requested will make reading centers a fun but also productive time for the students. \r\n Reading centers allow students to work individually on their specific needs that are not always covered in the assigned curriculum. The goal is for students to rotate each school day to one reading center. The centers will consist of recording reading, games, teacher time, and puzzles. All of these activities will seem like games to the students but in fact will be teaching them the exact skills they should be working on. Fun in key when it comes to learning in my classroom. | null | null | My students need a variety of fun materials to use during reading centers to facilitate differentiation in the classroom. | 1 | 0 |
148,132 | p063839 | 5539b1e0f3b828317b7e9015b65e54b7 | Mrs. | NC | 2016-08-18 14:28:41 | Grades 9-12 | Math & Science | Applied Sciences, Mathematics | Angry Birds & Physics | My science classroom is designed to challenge students to think and apply the science concepts to real world applications. My students' various backgrounds and interests [farming, wildlife, mechanics, military, health/medicine] provide for a unique learning experience during discussions where they learn to value the opinion of others while being true to themselves. Many of my students face daily challenges in both home and school environments including: financial challenges, limited English proficiency, autism, and various other learning and emotional disabilities. \n\nTo increase student's learning potential, I try to provide project based learning which allows my students to use their natural cleverness and creativity to make learning fun. Hands-on, project based learning allows students to overcome some of the challenges that are faced in a traditional classroom. I believe students that experience a positive learning environment with continuous encouragement and support, will maximize their potential for growth. Hopefully, witnessing their own growth in a science class will inspire my students to take charge of their own lives so that they can become the person that they desire to be. \n | The requested materials would allow small groups the opportunity to problem solve, work with technology and engage students as they learn physics concepts. Each small group will receive a storage container that contains the game and build rules as well as the materials allowed for the design projects. Students will need to apply their understanding of trajectory, angles, force, motion, kinetic energy and potential energy. Students will be given blocks to design a tower that will protect the 'pig cubes' and withstand the opponents 'bird cubes'. The each colored pig cube has a minimum heigh requirement that must be determined using the ruler. The bird cubes will be launched from the group catapult designed from materials from within the tote--2 styrofoam bowls, 2 plastic spoons, 1 balloon, 1 pencil, and a variety of sizes of rubber bands. Each materials box will have a specific amount of tape wrapped around the outside that may be used in any way except to affix the pigs to the tower blocks. Each group will use calipers, TinkerCad and a 3D printer to create a special protection tower block. The technology used in this activity will allow students to practice precision measurements, computer added design and manufacturing, skills that are currently unavailable in the Physical Science curriculum. Project based learning allows my students the opportunity to work in small groups, problem solve, have fun learning physics concepts and most importantly prepare the students for the future as scientists and engineers. | null | null | My students need calipers to create a 'special' 3D printed block which will be used within the tower structure design to protect their pigs [cubes] from the birds [cubes] launched by another groups specially designed catapult. | 0 | 1 |
70,049 | p024600 | 435abd8d220cc0cb401d7d809b15b9af | Ms. | AK | 2016-12-20 14:31:35 | Grades 3-5 | Applied Learning, Literacy & Language | College & Career Prep, Literature & Writing | Google Apps Helps Us Create! | My school is a true melting pot of cultures, economic status, homes, and families. This school is considered high poverty, over 60% of our students are economically disadvantaged, and our school has now qualified for free lunch and breakfast for all of our students. \r\n\r\nWe have over 10 different cultural backgrounds in our classroom with such diversity as Alaskan Native, Samoan, Filipino, and American Indian. Our neighborhood has small apartments as well as large houses for homes of my students. Some are even living in hotels as they can't find reasonable housing. \r\n\r\nMany of my students struggle with attention and focus issues. They try to focus for learning but much of life gets in the way.\r\nRemember when we would be outside playing for hours every week? What happens when you can't for whatever reason? While some of my students are very active, others aren't or can't be.\r\n\r\n | My students need Google Chrome books so we can have access to our Google Apps. Our district provides each student with a Google App account. The students start to use it in my 4th grade classroom and their work continues to follow them throughout their school career, providing a digital portfolio for them. \r\n\r\nMy students love creating Google Docs and Presentations which we could do a lot more of if we had Google Chrome books in our classroom for regular use. These are 21st century skills which are very important to teach our students who struggle to have these resources at home. \r\n\r\nWe do our spelling work on Google Docs. We also write/ type our stories and essays in Google Docs. Then we use Google Presentations for science and social studies. Students are able to present their information and ideas easily. \r\n\r\nI have had students continue to use these skills as they enter middle school as well as high school. Chrome Books would allow more of my students to use these Apps as well as create more opportunities for different presentations. \r\n\r\nIf enough students have access, then I can begin to teach the students Google Sheets to track their own progress in their math skills. | null | null | My students need chrome books to learn 21st century skills using Google Apps specifically Google Docs and Google Presentations. | 17 | 1 |
83,415 | p145010 | 2e41dfcbc8f55b930f4622bebd34e15c | Mrs. | TN | 2016-09-04 12:16:08 | Grades 3-5 | Math & Science | Applied Sciences, Mathematics | STEM for K-2 | A typical day in my classroom looks like controlled chaos. There are students working on computers, students selecting reading materials, students reading quietly to themselves, as well as students working on research projects and more.\r\n\r\nWe are a K-5 school with a wide range of nationalities represented. We have a thriving gifted program as well as those with special needs. Our students come from a variety of backgrounds, and we are a Title I school. I allow students in my school to access the library at any time of day. Because of this, students are constantly streaming in and out of the library because of their love of reading. Many students come in daily. | STEM is extremely important for our students to learn. Oftentimes, students in K-2 are not given the opportunities to learn these subjects due to perceptions that the subject is too difficult for them to handle. Students will be able to work on these concepts during the school day as well as given an opportunity to participate in an after-school club.\r\n\r\nStudents in grades K-2 love STEM projects and need the appropriate materials to help them master the concepts and apply them to new learning. Learning how to program Ozobots, using the colored markers and the Blockly programming language will help with logic and mathematics. K'Nex will help our K-2 students learn simple machines and how they work in practical applications. In time, they will be able to combine both of these concepts. | null | null | My students need Ozobots, K'Nex simple machines kits, and accessories to learn more about STEM. | 10 | 1 |
18,520 | p213719 | b29cfe7337785269db235df8b0aaa9ec | Mr. | NY | 2017-02-10 16:17:57 | Grades 9-12 | Music & The Arts | Visual Arts | Making Pens and Pencils for Ourselves and Others! | My students are tactile learners who need the satisfaction of creating things with their hands. They enjoy the idea of making things, and their curiosity guides them in their desire of wanting to know how things around them are made, how they work, and how they can fix them.\r\nMost of my students come from an industrial area of Brooklyn, and will likely find jobs that require specific, industrial skills. My goal is to help them explore these skills earlier on in their lives so they can enjoy the experience of learning. | My students are a curious bunch who are constantly trying to figure out how things are made and whether they can make these things by themselves or not. I have had several projects funded through this website, and with the generous donations I have been able to start a Makers Club where students can learn how to make things from scratch.\r\nMany of my students come to school without the most basic need for a student; a pen/pencil. I am constantly giving out pens and pencils, and I thought, how great would it be if I could teach students how to make their won pens and pencils!\r\nWith the lathe that I've requested, I will be able to teach my students how to make pens, pencils, and they will be able to make keepsakes for themselves and others. | null | null | My students need a lathe so they can learn how to turn wood. | 3 | 1 |
91,549 | p003634 | 8f23c0dec8f058178a1fb74cb7b8d385 | Mrs. | WV | 2016-12-08 10:56:03 | Grades 3-5 | History & Civics, Math & Science | History & Geography, Mathematics | Stand Up for iPads! | Our students are learning to be Tech-Savvy as digital citizens of the 21st Century. They are creative, clever and embrace all new types of technology. This year we have a 4-1 ratio of iPads for students use in the classrooms so we have been exploring the many Apps that are available in an educational setting.\r\nWhile many of our students have challenges in their home life, at school we focus on their potential constantly encouraging a growth mindset.\r\n\r\n We may not be able to control their home lives, however, we 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 and discover the many ways technology can impact our lives. | We recently introduced the students in K-5th to the Touchcast App on the iPad that allows them to transport themselves to faraway places using the Green Screen technology. They can become newscasters and take you on location to the desert, or demonstrate new math skills incorporating interactive video and whiteboards or retell a story placing themselves on location in another state, country or setting. Using their imagination and ingenuity and the green screen technology they can find pictures from anywhere in the world and make it look as if they are there on location. 5th graders are studying presidents and presenting newscasts from the presidents place of birth, then going onsite to a memorial commemorating that president. There are no limits to their creativity! | null | null | My students need adjustable height Floor Stands with iPad holders for use in creating their Green Screen TouchCast productions. | 0 | 0 |
40,525 | p083582 | 6e5fb0c85dab6d6162634ab4aafdd2e8 | Mrs. | IN | 2016-08-08 09:40:23 | Grades PreK-2 | Applied Learning | Early Development | Daily road maps for the children | My students come from a variety of backgrounds. The one thing that they have in common is that they all have special needs. Their needs span a wide spectrum from speech and language impairment to autism to multiply handicapped. The one thing they ALL need is picture schedules to guide them through their day.\r\n\r\nDo you use a calendar to let you know where you are supposed to be and when? If so you already know how important it is to have a road map for your day. This is what picture schedules do for the children. It helps not only with transitions but also helps them know when things are different than usual, such as school picture day or a fire drill. All children, like all adults, do better when they know the routine but children with autism in particular benefit from picture schedules since visuals are more meaningful to them then verbal directions. Your donation will provide our room with the materials needed to create these important schedules. | Picture schedules help all children, put in particular those with special needs who are often non-verbal, know what their day is composed of. It helps with transitions and eliminates frustration. In addition to picture schedules, the material will be used to create communication books for non-verbal children. Software is used to create the pictures which are then printed out in color, laminated, and Velcro added so individual schedules for each child in the room can be created.\r\n\r\nThank you for your donation to our developmental preschool program. It will make a difference in the lives of the children for years to come. These picture schedules and communication books can be used year after year. | null | null | My students need picture schedules printed in color ink, laminated, and Velcro applied so they know what to expect throughout their day. | 0 | 1 |
63,902 | p130186 | 6a35a503e604a8eb264c64db8a157f13 | Mrs. | WA | 2016-08-01 15:22:16 | Grades PreK-2 | Health & Sports | Health & Wellness, Nutrition Education | Getting and Staying Healthy | My students are hard working and eager learners. Above all my students and I view our classroom as a family. We are here to support the social and academic learning of all of those in our class. First and foremost, the classroom is viewed as a safe place for all to take risks and try out new learning; this may be academic, language, or social. \r\n\r\nMy students come to school with the expectation of learning something new everyday. This new learning may be a new word that they can teach their parents at home since the majority of my students speak another language at home. My classroom is currently blessed with 6 different languages. In addition to having language barriers most of my students come from families that are experiencing poverty, and that must hold down 2 or more jobs in order to survive. These parents have high expectations, just like I do, for their kids to work hard and learn as much as they possibly can. | My students come from all different backgrounds and from all over the world. But the one thing they all have in common is that they are all learning how to take care of themselves and be healthy.\r\n\r\nThe younger a child learns how to take care of his/her body and lead a healthy life the easier it will be to carry this knowledge into adulthood. That is why I want to teach my 1st graders not only how to take care of their teeth and body. Once my students learn proper nutrition, dental care, and anatomy they can bring that information home and teach it to their parents, brothers, sisters and other family members. This learning will help my students to learn, implement, and carry on life long habits that will help them live happy and healthy lives. | null | null | My students need books, charts, and activities that will teach them about their bodies and how to stay healthy. | 0 | 0 |
60,371 | p031554 | 6ffd3d6ca7acc6a50ccf123f81fd1d19 | Ms. | OH | 2016-11-11 20:05:10 | Grades 3-5 | Math & Science | Applied Sciences, Mathematics | Modeling for Multiple Learning Styles | My students are a delight to get to know better each and every day. They are an amazing group of unique individuals who work hard daily in school. With up to 24 students depending on the subject, there is a wide variety of learning styles within the classroom.\r\n\r\nMy class and school are diverse, and full of students and staff who put forth all their effort to achieving success. This creates a school culture where there the focus is challenging students to achieve.\r\n\r\nOver 70% of students receive free or reduced lunch. My goal is to support these students in any way I can. Each student brings their own distinctive gifts and talents to the classroom community, and I want to acknowledge those gifts and support the areas of need in any way possible.\r\n | Having a document camera would be an incredible asset to the classroom. It would assist me in teaching material explicitly in every subject area. In reading, I could easily show all the students text features in any book and highlight important information. In science, it would allow all students to see experiments close up and observe materials. In math, a document camera would be an incredible tool to use to model using manipulatives, as well as to magnify worksheets and activities to avoid student confusion during directions. A document camera would also cut down on the amount of paper copies I would need for students.\r\n\r\nStudents really enjoy using technology and this tool would create an engaging component to any lesson. | null | null | My students need a document camera to see projected materials on the board. With the help of a document camera, they will receive explicit instruction with easily modeled lessons for their multiple learning styles. | 0 | 1 |
126,519 | p133389 | 612b6070dabe722835a63fd2e5c4f06c | Mrs. | CO | 2016-06-14 15:51:22 | Grades PreK-2 | Applied Learning, Literacy & Language | Early Development, Literacy | Creative Technology | \"If we teach today as we taught yesterday, we would rob our children of tomorrow\" -John Dewey \r\nMy students are tomorrows future and they deserve to learn in an environment that mirrors the reality of the awesome, interactive, world around them. \r\n\r\nOur school is a fully inclusive elementary school with a preschool program. Our students are diverse, creative, energetic, and extremely curious. As educators we look at the whole child and create curriculum that best meets our students needs. These technology tools would provide young learners with endless opportunities to deepen their intrisic need to learn independently and collaboratively. | This project would give my students the opportunity to be actively involved in new learning experiences and increase their motivation during whole class activities. In addition, learners will be able to interact with a visual timer, Online behavioral systems, and create a social platform to communicate with other schools. \r\nThe document camera will be used to explore books, the concept of print, and objects of interest from Show & Tell events to our classroom nature walks. \r\nThe projector will allow us to view clips of educational content, create our own weather repots, movies and interact with our Morning Message and Question of the Day. \r\nThe interactive white board will be a tool for students to work with. Young learners will use a drag and click method to sequence, graph, and organize. They will also learn how to use a reveal tool to count along on the number line daily. \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n | null | null | My students need one wireless document camera, one projector, and one interactive whiteboard system to enhance their exploration and collaborative learning. | 1 | 1 |
171,782 | p135741 | fe59ac2b4f1fa36259a26e09e6be9338 | Ms. | SC | 2017-03-14 11:04:38 | Grades PreK-2 | Math & Science | Applied Sciences, Mathematics | Hands on Math and Science tools for SUPERhero class! | I have a class full of 20 eager students! All of my students have a desire to learn as much as they can! They come in every day and try their hardest! \r\nMy school has a very diverse group of students that come from many different backgrounds. Many of my students come from different countries and English is not their first language. These students have such a passion for learning and it shows! I want all my students to be successful and have an equal opportunity to learn all they can! | My students will thrive with these materials!! It will allow us to become a more hands on class. Each students will have the necessary materials to have a one-on-one hands on approach to learning and will not have to share with a big group. Having such a diverse group of students and students that are ESOL they need the visual references to grasp the concept. English has some tricky Math and Science terms and I want to make learning those terms as easy as possible for ALL of my students.\r\nMath and Science can be some of the hardest subjects to master without having manipulative's to use. Having the hands on approach makes it easier for students to see and comprehend the material being taught. Two-digit addition and subtraction are extremely tough for young students to grasp so having the snap cubes and base-10 blocks will allow my students to see the steps and make it easier to process. | null | null | My students need all of the following items to help them be EXTREMELY successful in Math and Science! | 0 | 0 |
169,035 | p079202 | 86a0d940ae38b09c137251931b446bca | Ms. | CT | 2016-08-24 15:39:11 | Grades 6-8 | Literacy & Language, History & Civics | Literacy, Social Sciences | Adventurous & Amazing Books for Our Library! | I'd have to describe my students as smart, inquisitive and fun. My students will be in grades 5-8, and will be completing language arts courses with me. \r\nMy kids love to see new and interesting selections in the library. We have a \"featured books\" rack where the kids and I can create collections based on current event, topic of choice or a specific author. Kids love to check the featured books rack to find a new story, poem or biography to read!\r\n | Learning to love books is something every teacher tries to instill in their students. Part of engaging young readers includes having an awesome selection of current texts in good condition. I love to lend books to students so that they can read at home or in their study halls. However, we need some new texts to be able to achieve this goal.\r\nWhen a student sees an exciting book and says, \"Can I check this out?\", my day is made! The best part of being a teacher is discussing texts' twists, turns, surprises and characters with a student who is EXCITED to be reading a book. I'd love to add these newer titles to my classroom. Having brand new books that have recently been released helps to ensure that topics are relevant. \r\nWe can't wait to post photos of our new library additions. We thank you for considering our project, and for donating to help us to have an even better 2016-2017 school year! | null | null | My students need new books to fill up our classroom with exciting, engaging literature choices. | 55 | 1 |
27,427 | p151407 | 74506155f41383318160c9b29056eb88 | Ms. | NY | 2017-01-20 14:05:52 | Grades 6-8 | Literacy & Language, Special Needs | Literacy, Special Needs | ICT CLASS NEEDS A CHROMEBOOK | Every child deserves the tools to learn. Well by giving us this donation you will be providing my class with the necessary tools they need for learning. I work in a Title I school. Most of the families in my school fall into the category of low income. My students are very eager to learn and want to be in school. They want to have the same opportunities as other children in other schools. So even though they have some access to the internet with the two computers we have in the classroom. Having the extra laptop will provide more access for other students. | My students do a lot of research projects. We use them to write informational writing pieces. currently we are working on writing essays on different holidays. We are a class of 32 students with two teachers. We only have two computers to use. so it is very hard to rotate a class of this size using only two computers. So having an extra internet source would be very helpful. \r\n\r\nGetting this Chromebook would be a great start to expanding our classroom technology. Having the access of the internet for more students will help stimulate my students curiosity for learning more about things they are not familiar with. | null | null | My students need an HP Chromebook to do research in class. | 5 | 0 |
58,365 | p152403 | 682aa721782820869fcb0c5ead40b16a | Ms. | FL | 2017-03-30 10:31:49 | Grades PreK-2 | Math & Science | Mathematics | Coding with Sphero! | I have been teaching for 12 years. Over the years I have seen a lot of changes in education. Some for the best, some not so good. \r\n\r\nEducation is something that is changing daily. I have to stay on top of the best way for my students to learn.\r\n\r\nI teach in a school where 100% of the students receive free and reduced lunch. Most of the students I serve come from a background of poverty. These students need an environment, that is fun and safe to go to every day. Students need to feel secure and comfortable in their learning environment. | In our technology advancing society students need exposed to every bit of technology possible! Students learning to code will help them gain tremendous skills. Coding can help students learn to think critically, and how to problem solve. This will help students become better learners and thinkers. By learning coding students will have a vast opportunity, and skill set that will put them far above others. Starting students at a young age will only help enhance and strength their knowledge as they grow older. This will give them a skill set that they will be able to take with them their entire life! | null | null | My students need a sphero+ to help them learn about coding! | 15 | 0 |
126,835 | p209701 | c414725efc13a665626d3c3792186b9f | Ms. | IL | 2016-09-23 13:43:45 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language | Literacy | Imagination with Digital Storytelling | As a teacher in a low-income, high poverty school district, my students endure a multitude of challenges day-in and day-out. Although the majority of my 1st graders have stressors on their minds that others may take for granted, the moment they step into the classroom they feel safe and cared for. They are eager to learn and create a stable and successful future for themselves. My day-to-day goal is to provide all the tools my students need to establish meaningful and innovative learning experiences.\r\n\r\nMy students are enthusiastic, spontaneous and full of creativity.\r\nThey are extremely hands-on, love to read a variety of books that cater to their vibrant personalities and they feed off positive attention. Their life experiences may not be “typical” and many of them have factors in their lives which prevent them from focusing on learning outside of school. However, when they walk through my door I strive to make the most out of their day and control what I can, focusing on their potential and growth when they are with me. By doing all this in a creative and positive way, I am hopeful to inspire our kids to continue on a path of academic excellence. | Having a listening center for our reading block will allow the students to work independently while I am meeting with a small group of students. They will be able to listen for fluency and expression, as well as expand their vocabulary through listening to the stories digitally. \r\n\r\nIn my classroom, we practice listening and speaking daily using cooperative learning strategies. Listening technology can introduce children to new genres, cultivate critical listening, and highlight the humor in text, among many other benefits. Understanding the message of the story, thinking critically about the content, using imagination, and making connections are at the core of what it means to be a reader and why kids learn to love books. | null | null | My students need a listening center with a set of 6 headphones to build vocabulary and model phrasing and fluency. | 0 | 1 |
106,566 | p081559 | 6d0ae3d8d93ee88c0e6255d126e632d8 | Mrs. | NJ | 2016-05-12 13:46:14 | Grades 9-12 | Math & Science | Mathematics | Supplies Should Not be A Limiting Factor | Do you remember Math class in high school? The word Math often inspires terror in people of all ages. Imagine that same struggle, except you are lacking in the basic supplies needed, such as paper and pencil. It takes a difficult subject to a much higher level. | You hear the buzz words: high poverty, free lunch. It creates a picture in your mind of the students that school serves, often created by Hollywood. But, my students are more than labels and buzz words. They come to class every day ready to work and excited to learn. Every day is filled with new discovers in Mathematics and an eagerness to see what new thing we are going to do today. They attend a high performing school and strive to continue it. They take Algebra 2, Pre-Calculus and AP Calculus. | I'm requesting the basic supplies that are often taken for granted. I would like for them each to have a binder, dividers to organize it, and loose leaf to fill it. In addition, they each have a supply bag assigned to them, stocked with a number 2 pencil and an eraser. Your donation would allow me to add different color pens and highlighters to these bags so that students can learn good note-taking skills that will allow them to succeed in college. | Imagine a classroom where the only barrier to learning is the difficulty of the subject, not the lack of the proper supplies. This is the gift you would be giving my students. \r\n\r\nSeveral items are particularly geared towards my AP Calculus students to allow them to create study materials for the AP Exam next year. Donating would give you the ability to part of their success. | My students need binders, dividers, and lined/graph paper to better organize their notes. Students need colored pens and highlighters to learn good note taking skills. | 1 | 1 |
32,863 | p030781 | 71a3946bd5e25c525758cde2e31a3f3d | Mrs. | CA | 2017-04-22 19:19:07 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language, Music & The Arts | Literacy, Music | Using Music to Teach Reading | My wonderful students joyfully walk into my classroom every day ready to learn and explore new learning activities. I kindly greet each student. I want my students to know that I care for them, believe in them, and want them to have a wonderful learning day.\r\n\r\nI teach at a Title I school in Fontana where 100 percent of our students receive free breakfast and lunch. Despite 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 | The students at my school do not have the opportunity to have a \"music teacher\" until they are in Fourth Grade. These musical supplies will allow my students to have a musical experience at a young age. I have just been to a professional development class where I have been taught how to use the rhythm sticks, finger cymbals, and egg shakers effectively in a classroom setting. Now, I just need the musical supplies.\r\nStudents will be able to enjoy music while learning to read. I have specifically chosen these musical instruments to enhance phonemic awareness skills in my students. Students will be able to learn rhythm to help them to read with intonation, and to be able to hear sounds in words.\r\nI need your help to allow my students to bring music into my classroom, and to help them enhance their reading skills. Thank you. | null | null | My students need rhythm sticks, egg shakers, finger cymbals, and a multicultural rhythm stick fun CD to help increase music into our classroom and to help teach phonemic awareness. | 3 | 1 |
39,631 | p246239 | 372846cc5a1386f44ed72db24a847ae5 | Ms. | TX | 2016-09-08 16:19:49 | Grades 9-12 | Math & Science | Environmental Science, Mathematics | Exploring the Earth Through Seismicity | Our school has an outstanding academic reputation within the Houston ISD school district and beyond. Our magnate program, Integrated Technology through Career Pathways, emphasizes the role technology will play in nearly all future career opportunities. Our school offers over 63 different pre-AP and AP classes, promoting college-readiness and providing students with the critical thinking skills necessary to succeed in a STEM-driven workforce. \r\nTeachers at our school are committed to top-notch instruction, hands-on learning, and access to dual-enrollment college courses and internships within the community; our school boasts a 4-year graduation rate of over 92%! We are proud to serve a diverse student population (including ethnic minorities, English Language Limited, Special Education, and economically disadvantaged), while still providing individualized instruction for all students! Our school is committed to helping students succeed! | Current science teachers are facing the challenge of implementing the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) which focuses on the integration of science, technology and engineering and pushes students to investigate the natural world through the practices of scientific inquiry.\r\n\r\nTexas Educational Seismic Project (TXESP) promotes 'Educational Seismographs in Schools' to augment Texas' K-12 teachers' 5E lesson plans for science, engineering, math while learning inquiry-based methods. TX-ESP's goal is to expand linear problem solving skills of the K-12 student towards an enhanced creative analysis and cross-cutting assessment skillset. TX-ESP uses seismology as a stimulating teaching tool to accomplish this goal.\r\n\r\nThe school will own an independent seismograph and computer for recording seismic waves. A TXESP Content Expert will liaison with the school for curriculum and class experiments. Students will make observations of seismic waves, gather and process data, build hypothesizes and apply knowledge thru inquiry. TXESP's clients can register with Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) \"Seismic in Schools\" program and contribute to \"real-time\" global seismic data repository (www.iris.edu). Participation allows schools to be designated as an IRIS global seismic monitoring site. | null | null | My students need a seismograph! Our students will contribute to a national seismic network and explore exciting STEM concepts in real-time! | 0 | 1 |
77,598 | p123336 | ef044c96deda7dbce434e990a7e95340 | Mr. | OH | 2016-09-13 19:26:37 | Grades 9-12 | Music & The Arts | Music, Performing Arts | We \"Rise\" Above It All! | For several years I have worked at the elementary level. This coming school year I will be taking the helm as the choral director at D. High School. I have already had the opportunity to meet several of my students. They are very musically talented and are excited about going to the next level in their musical achievement. D. is in an inner city district and is one of the most historic schools in the city. It has a rich history of student achievement despite the fact that many of its students live below the poverty level. | We all have those memories of performing at school concerts as youngsters, standing on the risers and looking out into the audience to see our parents and family cheering for us. I feel that ever student should have that experience. Risers are very important equipment to a good choral program. They help to make the logistics of performing easier. Currently our school does not have a set of rise that we can use for our choral performances. \r\n\r\nThese risers will add to the professionalism and quality of our choral performances and set the atmosphere for an excellent show for every student! | null | null | My students need risers to use for our performances throughout the year! | 9 | 1 |
78,134 | p226436 | 2a7a495839f123da72da82ca318dba68 | Ms. | ME | 2016-09-05 13:02:45 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language | Literacy | Our Fairy Tales and Folktales are Falling Apart! | My kindergarten to sixth grade students are enamored with fairy tales and folktales, and love to compare and contrast the various versions they hear! They are quick to find morals and lessons in the stories, and appreciate the well-written details and descriptions. Over 60% of our students qualify for free or reduced lunch, and for many this is their only exposure to classic literature. Additionally, classroom teachers will often borrow these stories to help support with learning in the classroom. | According to Scholastic's \"Myth's, Folktales, and Fairy Tales\" website, \"When we read these traditional stories from around the world, we find that the things we value most highly, fear most deeply, and hope for most ardently are valued, feared and hoped for by all people...Each culture has a unique response made richer by details from its society and the local ecology. Whatever the explanation, stories that have been told and cherished for countless generations are bound to be good. They fire our own imaginations. As we read, we ask ourselves, what do I think is true, or fair, or good, or beautiful? How would I tell my story?\"\r\n\r\nI use fairy tales and folktales in library to introduce my students to a wide variety of cultures and traditions. Through our literature studies we compare and contrast these stories, and find that we are all not so different after all. Fairy tales and folktales are important for fostering children’s imagination and creativity, and many also contain valuable lessons that can offer unique learning opportunities\r\n | null | null | My students need fairy tales and folktales to help with literature studies, the ones we currently have in our library have been well-loved, but are falling apart. | 5 | 1 |
66,491 | p151089 | f5ee2f3c17893ff466389a4a247ec71d | Mrs. | WA | 2016-08-09 23:42:27 | Grades 6-8 | Math & Science | Applied Sciences | Ambitious Science Teaching: Why Will the Alaskan Way Viaduct Collapse? | Lakota Middle School students are diverse learners and thinkers. Despite being in a low income school, and many being on the poverty line, they long to learn and explore the world in their own way. There is community at Lakota Middle School, and that is driven by living in a city that doesn't have much sometimes. These students are more than a test score, free and reduced lunch tally, and reading/math intervention student. They are future scientists and world changers. | In my classroom I will use your donations to teach scientifically why the Alaskan Way Viaduct in Seattle, Washington could collapse. There are many aspects to this phenomenon everyone is worries about. My unit is the beginning story of earthquakes and volcanoes. Many students have heard about the viaduct, or driven on/under it, and this unit will teach them part of the reason why \"The Big One\" will happen, which will then make the viaduct collapse. This unit helps students to be engaged in science that is contextualized. It is no longer text bok, worksheets, and facts. It is real world and helps students master much more than the Next Generation Science Standards, but being a scientist and critical thinker. The lab supplies (density cubes, rheoscopic fluid, jars, graduated cylinders and brushes) will help perform different various labs, which are critical in building a foundation of density and convection currents. The various colored paper and Post-It notes helps students modify and revise their thinking. It also allows me to asses their thinking and gather data on where they have misconceptions, mastering content, as well as seeing how their reasoning and critical thinking skills are growing. | null | null | My students need various lab supplies and assorted paper to explain real world scientific phenomenon like real scientists. | 0 | 1 |
38,604 | p227335 | 910ff622858acf6fa131702235529cb9 | Mrs. | MS | 2017-01-13 16:33:20 | Grades 9-12 | Applied Learning | College & Career Prep | Unleashing Potential | The culinary students are bright energetic students who desire to express their talents through hands-on expression through food inspired creations.\r\nThe students are eager to learn from class room instruction which comes to life through the lab projects and assignment that brings learning to a higher level. Work-based projects can develop leadership roles, team work and self morale , which will aid them in the world of work. Obtaining the needed resource is the first step of success for them. | Currently our culinary students do not have a working lab area to illustrate or create learned skill sets from class room instruction. The need for knives and cutting board are crucial to mastering knife cuts. \r\nThe students are learning proper cooking methods and temperature of food items and the need for butane burners in absence of a stove would be incredible. The portable Chef station will allow the instructor or guests to demonstrate on site tasting and skill illustrations to the students. Also, apron are in need for sanitation of food preparation and cleanliness of the student uniforms. Success Success . | null | null | My students need a work space to demonstrate learned skills from classroom instruction. | 1 | 1 |
89,476 | p136610 | fbb974764f68117c500373e840fbc914 | Teacher | SC | 2017-01-10 07:57:24 | Grades 3-5 | History & Civics, Music & The Arts | History & Geography, Music | Get Gullah With Us! | My students are awesome! They are creative and excited about learning. I am privileged to teach music in a rural public school serving 900 students in grades Kindergarten through 4th, including a special group of children facing severe physical and mental disabilities. In this school of high poverty, I strive daily to provide an equitable music experience to all students. This experience includes exposing students to new instruments, musical cultures, music history, and music as an expression of self. Because many of my students lack the funding or physical ability to travel to unique musical settings, I strive to bring the creative musical world into my classroom. | I want to make my students' study of the history and culture of South Carolina more fun by including a study of the Gullah people who come from the Islands along the coast of South Carolina and Georgia. As a music teacher, I want to include folk songs, folk tales and other interesting facts. \r\n\r\nNot only will it make our own studies more interesting but with the inclusion of songs of the Gullah people, we can share (through preforming songs) the music with the community. We can pass on what we learn to others and educate even more people about the history of our state. | null | null | My students need 21 books about the Gullah Geechee history and culture of South Carolina. | 137 | 0 |
104,668 | p027559 | bb6a333e596a0acca12cc8f64ae33799 | Mrs. | MO | 2017-03-27 14:03:28 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language | Literacy, Literature & Writing | Texts For All! | I am lucky! I have 24 students enter our classroom every day with smiles on their faces ready to work hard, learn, and have fun!\r\nMy students are active, loving, intelligent, and caring. They come from a variety of backgrounds and bring different strengths. Out of over 600 students, 100 of them are learning English as a second language. Over 40% of our students receive free or reduced pricing on lunch. We work together to have fun learning while building relationships with each other. Our students are in Kindergarten through 2nd grade. We have 28 classrooms filled with eager learners. \r\n | Read aloud's are a vital part of a balanced literacy curriculum. Students are exposed to a text, and then spend several days studying text features, story elements, writing styles, and making connections (just to name a few...). Currently, we only have one copy of each text in the classroom. Students will be learning fundamental reading skills from these books, yet they do not have access to practice the skill on an ongoing basis due to the lack of instructional materials.\r\n Having multiple copies of each book will ensure students have adequate time with the text in order to master the specific skills that are taught since the books tie directly into the Reading Workshop curriculum. Students build their reading ability through practice. Having multiple copies of each text allow for students learning to continue independently. They are able to revisit the text to continue their investigation and learning. | null | null | My students need personal copies of read alouds texts to help grow their desire and excitement for reading! | 3 | 1 |
58,407 | p082026 | f4f281ca1e1ecf03c5e39ab171f19732 | Ms. | CA | 2017-01-24 23:39:55 | Grades 6-8 | Literacy & Language, Special Needs | Literacy, Special Needs | Language and Reading Intervention | My students have language and learning disabilities that affect their communication and ability to access and succeed in the classroom compared to their typically developing peers. These middle school students are reading anywhere from kindergarten level up to 2-3 years below grade level. \r\n\r\nThey attend a large urban school district in the Bay Area. Many students have a low socio-economic background. There are approximately 1,000 6th, 7th and 8th graders in the building. Our school is rich in diversity, with many different cultural backgrounds and languages creating a unique learning environment. \r\n | Headphones are a requirement for this web based language and reading intervention program. Students need a quiet environment since they are differentiating between similar sounding phonemes and building cognitive skills such as attention, memory, sequencing and organization, as well as building new vocabulary, grammar, syntax and comprehension skills. \r\n\r\nThey can't do the program without them. The program is 5 days a week for 30 minutes in their special education, reading intervention, or English Language Development class. They use a Chrome book with the headphones to access the program. Headphones seem to not last very long and they are a necessity! | null | null | My students need headphones to use in a web based language and reading intervention program. | 0 | 1 |
36,603 | p141735 | b26fad6a94b7f0fa104ff144dcbe5828 | Mrs. | LA | 2016-09-01 00:10:42 | Grades 3-5 | Literacy & Language, Math & Science | Literature & Writing, Mathematics | Bridging the Gap | Imagine being the student who is always last to finish, never fully understands a question, reads the letter \"b\" instead of the letter \"d\", struggle to complete homework every night...etc...but you KEEP trying. \r\nThese students live in the suburbs of New Orleans and exemplify cultural diversity. \r\nMy special education students struggle and persevere EVERY day. They amaze me with their determination. They want to catch up to their peers and keep pushing on. With support, motivation, and resources, these students WILL bridge the gap. | These word processors will help my students become better prepared for the end of year assessments as well as better prepared for college. We have a limited supply of technology, yet we use it daily. \r\nThese students need more resources in order to be successful. There are so may free online resources available, but my students do not always have access to it. My students will use technology and it's available resources daily and I know they will love it!\r\n Please help me bridge the gap for these students so that they may have a fighting chance in this competitive world. | null | null | My students need computer processors to develop typing skills needed for online testing and for functioning in the digital world. Students must develop these skills in order to compete in this digital world. | 0 | 1 |
49,256 | p010979 | ac3d575cd2d7a58063677162afd90f7d | Mr. | NY | 2016-12-11 18:35:48 | Grades 9-12 | Math & Science | Applied Sciences | Can you hear me now? | In a typical day in my classroom, 30 students work on basic Biology & Chemistry labs. They are engaged and enthused about learning biological & chemical principles. They work collaboratively and actively participate in class. At the end of the year, I want them to gain proficiency in Biology and Chemistry and see its relevancy.\r\n\r\nThey speak English, French, Spanish, Wolof, and Igbo among other languages. They are typical teenage students who are going through typical teenage challenges: peer acceptance, relationships, etc. They also have some challenges that are germane to their environment. There are gang related issues, poverty, and unemployment. This project is particularly aimed at providing them with opportunities to examine macroscopic chemical phenomena. | There are a number of online resources that students can utilize to gain an understanding of chemistry principles. In my class, we use resources such as Brainpop, Kahn academy, Georgia Publishing Broadcast, and PhET interactive simulations. These sites provide tutorials, animations, models, simulations, etc. that provide our students an additional means of accessing the content. Some of the students do not have access to the Internet at home so we provide students an opportunity to access these resources in the computer lab. The only challenge is that our school does not have enough headphones so the students often use the resources all at once and the noise from the audio playing is often disruptive. | null | null | My students need headphones to watch science videos, animations and simulations in a differentiated classroom. | 74 | 1 |
89,371 | p029729 | 9dc6655baaa282c423c117e2e7965426 | Mrs. | NC | 2016-05-06 08:36:12 | Grades 3-5 | History & Civics, Literacy & Language | Civics & Government, Literacy | Election -Fall 2016 Materials | I was so excited when I received the email from Scholastic that we can now place advance orders for the Election 2016 magazine. I used these in my classroom 4 years ago and they were great in helping students understand the process. Looking forward to providing this resource to students next year | Our school is a small (approximately 400 students) elementary school in rural North Carolina. I teach gifted education and serve 4th, 5th, and 6th grade. Students come to AIG in a pullout setting for 40 minutes a day. We use various instructional methods to ensure students are challenged. | Students will use the Election 2016 to learn the election process on local and national level. I honestly feel that students will be engaged and eager to learn because the presidential election is shaping up to be one of the most controversial in history, While students can not vote we will perform mock election and I will also encourage students to share what they learn with there parents make sure they go vote and exercise their right to make a difference. | This unit will help students be knowledgeable of the election 2016 and also future election. They will become familiar with the issues and where the candidates stand from both sides. They will learn about the parties and what history tells us they should and should not represent. | My students need Election 2016 Magazines. | 1 | 1 |
178,579 | p070903 | fe49b717658f4516d414a5e64f71a739 | Mr. | IL | 2016-07-12 00:37:18 | Grades PreK-2 | Health & Sports, Applied Learning | Nutrition Education, Other | Full Tummies= Full Hearts and Full Minds | My students come from all over the United States, although some have lived in this neighborhood their whole lives. 97% of students from our school receive free or reduced lunch, and many of them overcome obstacles just getting to school each day. Regardless of this, I continue to see growth, not just academically, but also socially, emotionally, and in their own family units. \r\n\r\nAs a second grade teacher, I really have a great chance to inspire and empower them to achieve their fullest potential, as well set them on a path that will help them to succeed for the rest of their lives. | In our school, our youngest scholars eat lunch very early in the daytime. At 10:30, my scholars eat their lunch, and have to go the rest of the day on that food. I try and buy snacks, as well as their parents, but with 97% free and reduced lunch students, there are many days where we are not able to have a snack. \r\n\r\nMy hope is that this project can provide my classroom with enough snacks in order to fill their bellies until they get home from school. When scholars leave specials, they can come back to my room, eat their snacks, and calm down before we begin our science topic of the day. This allows students the chance to socialize, and to fill their stomach, which can fuel concentration and allow them to work at their full potential! I have many healthy snacks (including goldfish, pretzels, tortilla chips, and popcorn (unsalted), and one package of chips for when a student has a birthday, or we have a special event at our school! | null | null | My students need snacks for the afternoon time. Most of these snacks are healthy such as crackers, popped popcorn, and fruit snacks. | 17 | 1 |
116,943 | p154497 | 1e2c55b2cf7a71e97bc152ecc777f42d | Mr. | CA | 2016-10-01 04:44:42 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language, Math & Science | Literacy, Mathematics | Help Young Learners Access Technology! | As a teacher in one of the lowest income/high poverty areas of Southern California, my students are faced with several challenges both in and out of the classroom. Despite the many challenges they face, my students' parents hope to provide them with the basic necessities, such as food, clothing, and shelter. With monetary constraints the parents lack the opportunity to provide their children with 21st century technologies that build on the creativity and imaginations. These circumstances prevent them from learning 21st century skills that will prepare them for their future academic endeavors and make them college and career ready. As their teacher I am looking provide my students with creative and meaningful learning experiences. From the minute they walk in to the classroom I focus on their potential and seek academic growth. By connecting students to the technological possibilities of today I hope to inspire even the youngest of learners to continue on their academic path of excellence. \r\n | I am requesting funding for an iPad mini and Apple TV to allow my students to have access to educational apps and the internet on a regular basis. I would like to cut the transitional time from one activity to the next. Without these two devices it takes several minutes to transition.\r\nWith these two devices I can create a hassle-free experience with little educational time loss. In addition, we will be able to use these educational apps to take our learning to the next level. I would like to give students opportunities to express themselves using a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing. This could be in the form of a PowerPoint presentation or an audio/video book presentation. I'd like my students to take ownership of their classroom by also implementing educational apps, such as, class dojo. Students will be able to use the iPad to document their learning and share it with their classmates and parents. \r\n\r\nThe possibilities are endless. My students are 100% invested and engaged when I have a lesson that uses technology. With your help we will create life long learners and ensure future academic excellence. \r\n | null | null | My students need an iPad and Apple TV to enhance their learning and take them above and beyond the walls of their classroom. | 0 | 1 |
143,380 | p234890 | 9a10e1d13a9c3fc3bdecacebdd781b37 | Ms. | CA | 2017-02-17 12:49:24 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language | Literacy, Literature & Writing | Give Them Possibilities to Read Their Favorite Books | Most of the students at this school are from low -income families. They don't have access to books at home, but they love to read books when they are in the library. Many of them are still struggling with reading because they just arrived in the United states. They need interesting fictional books to help them develop a love of reading. More fictions books need to be purchased to provide the students with reading materials they will want to check out. | My students need engaging picture and chapter books to get them excited about reading.\r\nMy Students\r\n\r\nMost of the students at this school are from low -income families. They don't have access to books at home, but they love to read books when they are in the library. Many of them are still struggling with reading because they just arrived in the United states. They need interesting fictional books to help them develop a love of reading. More fictions books need to be purchased to provide the students with reading materials they will want to check out.\r\n\r\nMy Project\r\n\r\nThe purchase of these books will increase my students' learning of vocabulary and expose them to subjects such as science and history. For example, many students have asked to read Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events and the Magic Tree House but there are no copies available in the library. Most of these students do not have access to books at home, and their parents work long hours and don't have time to take them to the public library.\r\n\r\nIt would be wonderful to surprise my students with the purchase of some of their favorite title | null | null | My students need their favorite books they like the most to read | 1 | 0 |
75,728 | p008875 | 010d2387c6d501f8199d635221a3feb5 | Ms. | NY | 2017-04-17 21:44:56 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language | Literature & Writing | Notebooks for Young Writers! | My students are entering kindergarten for the first time. Most of them lack the skills required and will need a lot of help with basic skills. They are attending a public school in a high poverty area. Education is the key for them to have a productive life. They are eager learners who will shine with an education that highlights gaining knowledge that enhances their life. The school is unable to purchase supplies for the students and classroom yet, they need them for better learning. | Teaching young writers to print and write requires a special type of notebook. They require a book that teaches spacing and the formation of the the letters. \r\nPrinting and writing is a skill that requires special treatment for young writers.\r\nThese notebooks not only do this but they let the young writer see how the letters sit on the lines. How words are spaced and the size needed for a writer to print clearly. But not only that it gives them space to illustrate their thoughts since many of them are beginning to print for the first time. It does not focus entirely on the printing as a form of writing but realizes young writers drawing is their first step into the writing world. What a perfect notebook that all young writer should have during the school year. Lets make this happen for these group of students. With your help we will help create the next generation of writers who not only have the skill of writing but the love of writing. | null | null | My students need storybook notebooks to gain the skill of writing and the love of writing! | 76 | 1 |
63,600 | p001147 | 323ad26003887c802effe0edff1bf3d1 | Ms. | NC | 2016-10-02 12:59:08 | Grades 3-5 | Math & Science | Applied Sciences, Environmental Science | Keep Everything from Weighing the Same! | My students are our future. They come in ready to learn and engage with each other, and to engage in learning science and social studies - the subjects I teach. \r\n\r\nAs a class we love, love, love to do experiments! I believe there is no better way to learn science than to do science. Consequently, my students love to come to class and they are confident, collaborative, reflective, innovative, and caring little scientists. They are full of wonder and appreciation for what we learn every day.\r\n\r\nMost of my students were born in North Carolina, where I teach, and have never been outside of their town. Some are well-off and some struggle. Some have learning disabilities and some are the type of learners that need extensions beyond our regular curriculum. In our classroom everyone is welcome. We help each other and accept everyone for who they are. | This year is my first year teaching 5th grade science, and already I am having trouble with preparing valuable science inquiry for my students because the elementary scales we have are not accurate. They are plastic, old, inaccurate, and of the wrong type to measure anything.\r\n\r\nWe were conducting different experiments, designed by the students, involving mummifying hot dogs, and we couldn't weigh the hot dogs. We ended up using the weight from the packaging, but as the hot dogs dehydrate, we will have no way to accurately measure the process. Another day, we were shooting cars across the floor with different forces, and different masses, to see the effect on distance traveled and acceleration, but we couldn't get accurate masses on the cars to compare them to each other. These are just two examples, and I try to do en experiment three to four times a week with each of my three classes.\r\n\r\nTriple-beam balances and an electronic scale would make my students so happy - and me, too! The students would really feel like they were getting accurate data, and truly conducting experiments and answering questions. These scales would be used consistently throughout this year and the years to come. | null | null | My students need accurate scales to use to conduct science experiments in force and motion, as well as in the properties of matter. | 0 | 1 |
153,213 | p104822 | db131403ab041631925091b0d114378a | Mr. | NM | 2016-05-06 17:28:22 | Grades 6-8 | Math & Science | Applied Sciences, Mathematics | Let's Use Math to Understand the World!!! | Math is the language of the universe. We need it to understand what is happening, explain things, to predict outcomes, and to use the laws and rules of nature for advancement and to help people. My classroom prepares students to read the world. | My students are 11-15 years old from a, mostly poor, rural town in New Mexico. These 70-80% Hispanic children have strong ties to agriculture, ranching, and farming. There are few role models for people from our town advancing in STEM careers. I want my students to know what is possible and the know that they can achieve great things. For some very poor students, going into a STEM career will change the lives of their whole family. | Calculators to use the tools mathematics, to more on to more advanced mathematics. Clinometers will be used to measure angles of elevation of items while the range finders will calculate the distance. With this information, and some mathematics, students can calculate height of buildings, light poles, and many other items. We will be using classroom mathematics in the real world | Our students can achieve so much if given the opportunity, motivation, and a coach to help them the there. Mathematics education is so important for the children of our community. It is a way for they to have opportunities. Engineers, Doctors, Nurses, Scientists, Surveyors, .... Having a strong math foundation will give my students options. | My students need include classroom calculators. A range finder and a pair of clinometers for students to take measurements to use geometry in real world situations | 0 | 1 |
57,162 | p095716 | 79450e8f7076e3aae728bb62449d727b | Ms. | NV | 2016-12-14 01:04:56 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language | Literacy, Literature & Writing | Loving Literacy | The students in my class are very eager to learn. Despite the fact that only about half of them attended preschool, they are learning how to read and comprehend texts of different genres. Many cultures are represented in my classroom as well, but they all love to read and to be read to. Their favorite time of the day is our read alouds! \r\n\r\nLittle do my students know, but they are practicing their reading skills while being read to! Through questioning strategies, I guide the students to be fully immersed in the text as they learn to think more deeply about the connections to their lives with the stories being read.\r\n\r\nMy favorite part of the read alouds is when the books we have previously read are on our library shelf and the students take turns reading the books to each other! Their use of prosody and questioning strategies with each other lets me know that they are truly engaged learners.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n | This is my first year teaching Kindergarten. My library is sparse, so I would like to enrich it with a variety of texts that children can relate to and engage with on a simple level. I would like for my students to have about ten books each at a time to use for their independent reading time. Students will pick their own books from books that have been shared previously during our read aloud time.\r\n\r\nEach time the students are exposed to the words and vocabulary, they practice their reading skills, therefore solidifying their reading skills.By having a variety of books, I can provide reading enrichment on many levels. My students love to listen to stories. But they love to re-read the stories to each other after they have heard them read to them. \r\n\r\nI have my students use these books to find sight words, word family words, and vocabulary words. We also use the books to write story extenders or writing a different ending. Books are not just for reading...they are our whole experience in Kindergarten. | null | null | My students need a variety of books to not only enrich their reading skills, but also expand their experiences and mindsets. | 1 | 1 |
64,008 | p144015 | 1addbf81122ee7646aff219774ea8549 | Mrs. | NC | 2017-03-06 14:37:54 | Grades PreK-2 | Math & Science, Literacy & Language | Health & Life Science, Literacy | I'm All Ears | I teach 19 loving kindergarteners in a rural school with high levels of poverty within the community. All of my students receive free lunch. They are full of energy and excitement. At this time, majority of my students are struggling readers and others with varying abilities.\r\n\r\nThey are in need of more differentiation of instruction with the use of technology. \r\n\r\nIt would be awesome to implement this project. It would serve as a scaffold allowing my students to read beyond their reading level. My struggling, on and above grade level students could be afforded the same experience that fluent readers have every time they read a book. \r\nThis project would enable my little ones to to create a positive attitude toward reading. The audio books will help instill reading habits that will develop lifelong learners.\r\n\r\n | Audio books not only engage children's imagination. It enables children to get an entertaining head start on their reading and listening skills. These books and cd's are just the perfect level for students learning to read on their own. The pictures and text are colorful and vivid that will draw the children into the story. A science series of nonfiction text has also been included that will help them learn about animals through National Geographic books and Cd's. New vocabulary is nurtured as my children can hear and see words, making them more likely to be retained. My students will not just passively listen they will be able to visualize mental pictures easier. Many different different literary elements are enhanced by using classroom read alouds. Comprehension checks will follow through journals and reader response logs. Ultimately, comprehension of the text will take place. Reading is the heart of everything we do. What better way to impart this knowledge through the avenue of technology for our 21st century learners. | null | null | My students need audio books enabling them to read beyond their own reading level and improving fluency. | 1 | 1 |
171,283 | p237671 | 4652fea0927b7a994477760bc924562c | Ms. | KY | 2016-10-06 20:42:31 | Grades 3-5 | Health & Sports | Gym & Fitness, Health & Wellness | Tetherball Courts for Health and Exercise | We are a diverse group of learners. Our class is a true class family. We have come together to support each other in all that we do. We are caring and compassionate and love to learn. We especially love reading and books.\r\n\r\nWe service low income students. Almost 50% are English Language Learners from all different countries. We have many refugees in our school and other students with challenging backgrounds. Our students are hard workers and dedicated to learning. We are a close nit family of teachers and learners. | Our school does not have a playground. Playgrounds are enormously expensive and we do not have the funds for a full playground. While our kids are used to having fun with nothing but a ball, having some tetherball courts would go a long way in increasing their enjoyment during recess.\r\n\r\nTetherball courts would provide healthy exercise and fun for many students. Having 5 tetherball courts would help many kids work towards physical fitness and help increase excitement towards exercise. Your generosity will go a long way in helping kids have an enjoyable recess and help them get healthy at the same time. | null | null | My students need several tetherball poles and balls for health and exercise. | 11 | 1 |
156,083 | p167157 | 15a2e13392651bdd879b4b7a84438203 | Ms. | NJ | 2016-08-18 23:40:35 | Grades 3-5 | Health & Sports | Gym & Fitness, Health & Wellness | CARNIVAL INDOOR RECESS FUN! | What makes my students special? The fact that they are amazing. They are our future of our country! They are like sponges and soak up every piece of knowledge they can. In the heart of a big city, my students are pushing forward and learning more than they ever thought they could. \r\nDespite their everyday struggles, they come in each morning with a smile on their face ready to learn. I could not ask for a better group of students to teach. They are my inspiration for teaching. They continuously challenge me to be a better teacher, and I wouldn't have it any other way. They are simply my heart. | My students love anytime they can get up and move! These materials will turn my classroom into a physical education room for recess! My students requested these materials so they can get their energy out during inclement weather days. \r\nMy students are trying to make sure they can still be active in bad weather by having active indoor recess! They think it would be a great idea to have a carnival game indoor recess. They told me how great it would be to have different activity stations they could rotate around at during indoor recess. These materials would help make indoor recess active and fun! | null | null | My students need various physical education equipment to have indoor recess in the winter. It has ring toss, jump ropes, cones to have races, balls to play \"crate basketball\", and even a fitness DVD! | 7 | 1 |
126,620 | p171817 | 7f39c75b159b1f0881b166ffc29c5cfc | Ms. | CA | 2016-11-17 23:43:33 | Grades PreK-2 | Math & Science | Applied Sciences, Mathematics | Building and Bots | My students are a dynamic and creative group of 6 and 7 year olds. Their favorite part of the day is STEAM. They love every aspect of our STEAM activities. They are constantly asking me what is the engineering project or science experiment we will do that day. \r\n\r\nStudents in my classroom are getting READY to take on their world! Our school is nestled in the coastal region of Northern California amongst the redwoods. It is a rural region with a high level of socioeconomically disadvantaged students. It is my daily endeavor to provide our students with a rich environment for learning, exploration and preparation for their future!. | Ozobots will support my First Grade STEAM curriculum and allow my students a engaging way to learn about programming and robotics. These miniature robots will delight and empower my students to code, play, create and connect the physical and digital worlds. K'NEX supports STEAM education as well by offering a building tool that incorporates physics and motion. \r\n\r\n My students love to build and use technology, their imaginations soar when they can be surrounded with the right tools. \r\n\r\nOzobots and K'NEX will be used everyday in my classroom. Students will explore the endless, creative, and problem solving possibilities of these new learning tools. | null | null | My students need engineering and programming tools to help them prepare for the exciting world that awaits them. K'NEX are and Ozobots are fantastic tools for First Graders! | 4 | 1 |
130,848 | p121281 | 0cae37fc6e172201bfb1591a18513576 | Mrs. | IL | 2017-04-06 11:37:31 | Grades 9-12 | Applied Learning, Special Needs | Other, Special Needs | Shredding Through the Oldies | Somewhere deep in the heart of the Midwest lies a tiny town called Elmwood. It is the quintessential rural town that has always been described in books, television, and movies since the beginning of time. Families have lived here for generations and take pride in everything that the small town has to offer. The townspeople come out in force at the annual Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast, as well as the Strawberry Festival. They crowd the stands to see their hometown team play ball and line the streets during the annual homecoming parade. It is, indeed, a tiny piece of Midwestern paradise.\r\nOur high school special education classroom is a place of growth in academics, personality, and citizenship. We celebrate each other's successes while learning from each other's mistakes; in short, we try our best and come together as one team with the common goal of becoming productive citizens in a global society. \r\nMy students don't let their disabilities define who they are or what they are capable of; instead, they embrace them and the challenges they pose without fear. They play on all of the sports teams, hold jobs in our community: They are Elmwood. | One aspect of being a special education student is having an Individualized Education Program (IEP). This document lets teachers know how they are to educate students with disabilities. It is by far one of the most important pieces to each special education student's puzzle, and therefore is updated at least once per year during IEP meetings. Additionally, special education students are evaluated every three years to see if they are able to continue with special education services. As one can imagine, this creates a large file for each student in my 20 student classroom.\r\nWhen the IEP is rewritten each school year, it creates more than 20 sheets of paper with personally identifiable information on it; therefore, it is imperative that the old IEPs be disposed of properly. A paper shredder is a fantastic way for us to do this. This way, I know the paper has been shredded and no personally identifiable information can be taken from it. Although something as simple as a paper shredder may seem fairly unimportant in most classrooms, in my special education classroom, it is one of the ways that I can help keep my students' personal information safe. \r\n\r\n | null | null | My students need a paper shredder to safely dispose of old copies of their Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) and other special education documents that contain personally identifiable information. | 3 | 1 |
48,619 | p023366 | e74b17b21be9d3a9211f883ceefd4466 | Mrs. | NY | 2017-01-08 22:09:52 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language, Math & Science | Literature & Writing, Mathematics | Taking a Closer Look! Through Modeling and Independent Learning! | My students attend elementary school in a rural school district. We have a very large school district with 10 elementary schools. Our school is unique in that our students attend a K-3 building. They are an excited group of second graders that love to learn. They are very invested in their role as independent learners. Our district utilizes a workshop model for instruction. This model creates an environment where students require modeling to help enhance their understanding of the material. | Do you remember huddling around a small table to watch your teacher demonstrate something? Or following along with a book that your teacher was reading, but wishing you could get a closer look at the words or the pictures? It was a tight squeeze but every once in awhile you would get a glimpse of something awesome! This is the year ALL students will be able to see throughout the entire project!!\r\nThey want to learn through hands on activities and see experiments unfold with their own eyes. Our class sizes keep increasing through the year, so to gather around to see what I am demonstrating is getting more difficult. Our students need to be able to see the demonstration the first time, so they can start exploring and working on their own. They will become more independent. | null | null | My students need a document camera. This document camera will give them the opportunity to take a closer look at the modeling and examples that are being provided in the classroom. | 2 | 0 |
160,763 | p149785 | 087d2db0a6f0e970e8d0329ca420522e | Ms. | CO | 2016-08-04 13:20:19 | Grades PreK-2 | Health & Sports | Gym & Fitness, Health & Wellness | Getting Fit With OZO Pedometers | My students come from many different backgrounds and represent a wide variety of learners. As a general education teacher, I strive to provide all of my students with an environment where they can learn and grow to their full potential. My kids are thriving in our new movement-based classroom and are learning how they learn best.\r\n\r\nI have 24 bright-eyed first graders that are full of energy and full of life! They love to learn and move and always give the best hugs! | Last year I drastically increased the amount of education and awareness about fitness, movement, and healthy eating. I purchased a Fitbit for myself and wear it daily. To increase the number of steps I got during the day, I walked the perimeter of the playground during recess time. Not only did this increase visibility, but it also helped to improve my health and wellness! The kids started asking questions about why I was walking at recess and we had several productive discussions about why it's important to get at least 10,000 steps a day. A few of my students became increasingly interested in getting their steps for the day and would walk the playground or participate in an active game when they had previously sat around during recess.\r\n\r\nMy students wished they could have their own device to track their steps so they could increase and track their physical activity.\r\n\r\nAfter my students expressed such great interest in tracking their own steps, I talked with the P.E. teacher and we thought it would be amazing to start a pedometer program with our elementary school students. I would love to purchase a set of OZO clip-on pedometers so that my students (and other elementary students) could wear them throughout the day to track their steps. We will share the resources and a schedule will be created so that all students will get to participate in this fun and engaging way to increase physical activity.\r\n\r\nStudents will set their own step goals, track their progress on bar graphs, and be encouraged to experiment with different ways to increase their steps (walking at recess, playing soccer after school, etc.). By using pedometers, we will be able to increase awareness of the importance of getting 60 minutes of physical activity every single day! | null | null | My students need 40 OZO Fitness Pedometers to help them reach their daily step goals. | 6 | 1 |
172,806 | p235755 | 73952f57255553b6362551eb013048e4 | Ms. | OH | 2016-08-13 18:24:00 | Grades PreK-2 | Math & Science | Applied Sciences, Mathematics | Full STEM Ahead! | Any teacher will tell you, the best way to learn is by doing! My students flourish with hands-on activities and open exploration. They love working things out with concrete materials! They have a hunger for learning and demand to be challenged.\r\n\r\nMy kiddos are exceptional.\r\n\r\nYou would have to look high and low to find a more resilient group of 1st graders. Their passion for learning inspires me everyday. Their ability to come in to school, ready to put their difficult situations to the side and learn as much as they can is commendable. They may not come from stable homes, but they aren't going to let that stop them! | We need this STEM bundle to help challenge our students. There is something magical about when a student has that ah-ha moment while doing something challenging. Their faces change from confused to proud, steam stops coming out of their ears, and a huge smile spreads across their face. I want more of these moments in my classroom, my students demand it! Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said \"The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character, that is the goal of true education.\" STEM helps to do both. It encourages students to think critically, and to persevere to find an answer. \r\n\r\nPerseverance is one of the most difficult, and perhaps most important, lessons to teach.\r\n\r\nBy having access to these materials in our classroom, students will be able to have that hands on experience they crave. | null | null | My students need the opportunity for hands on experience with a STEM bundle! | 11 | 1 |
59,041 | p019702 | e691a3cfff877608f81332d9745c7de4 | Mrs. | TN | 2016-08-13 22:06:06 | Grades PreK-2 | Health & Sports | Health & Wellness | Move to Music | I serve over 500 awesome students in Tennessee in kindergarten through fifth grades. My position is the school librarian, and I love their weekly library class visits. Almost 100% of our students receive free breakfast and free lunch. The children represent a variety of backgrounds, but they are all similar because they want to learn and grow every day. As an educator, I believe I can help them achieve their goals by encouraging them to be their best healthy selves. | Last year, as the librarian, I noticed that students are becoming more sedentary at home. Students shared that they do not play outside much, but spend time watching television and playing video games. To promote physical activity in a fun way, I chose books, songs and music that encouraged physical movement, such as, dancing, marching, jumping, stretching. swaying and wiggling. Many authors recommended musical equipment to use, and the students asked why the library did not have them. Unfortunately, I had to explain about budget cuts and why additional funding was not available to improve their learning.\r\n\r\n I asked the students to give examples of how the addition of musical equipment could improve their physical experiences and movements while in the library. The students discussed how they could use rhythm scarves and rhythm ribbons to the wave to the words of I See a Song by Eric Carle. Students shared how they would love shaker eggs, maracas shakers and tambourines to shake to the song I Know a Chicken by the Laurie Berkner Band. When listening to We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Helen Oxenbury, the students would use bean bags to copy the movements in the story. So the students who love television and video games definitely have ideas about engaging in fun movement activities in a safe environment. \r\n\r\nThe library encourages physical fitness and healthy development to help our children prevent conditions, such as, obesity and diabetes. Our hope is to provide a foundation for children to include physical fitness as a fun part of their lives now, so they can choose to be healthy adults in the future. A donation to our project would provide musical equipment to help students in several grades \"move to music\" for many years to come. | null | null | My students need musical equipment, such as, rhythm ribbons, rhythm scarves, egg shakers, tambourines, maracas shakers and bean bags to use with music and movement activities in the library. | 32 | 1 |
63,656 | p041606 | 03087f8b71d11c9072f65f7b73e3cd44 | Ms. | GA | 2016-08-10 12:05:55 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language | ESL, Literature & Writing | Put on Your Listening Ears | I have a diverse group of students. They are eager to learn and work so hard. I make learning exciting. My students mostly are made up of low income students from various backgrounds and many are English language learners. They are not only trying to master the foundation that kindergarten sets they are also trying to master the complex language of English. My student are willing to work hard to get the job done and to reach the goals that I set for them. | These materials will be used as a center in my classroom. I think that this will make a difference in my students lives because many of my students are English Language Learners and it helps them to hear the story read by a voice other than my own. \r\n\r\nListening centers are also great for students to begin learning how to read. They are able to track the words and follow along as they are being read too. I think that this will be an awesome use of technology for my students and I will be able to use this for years to come. | null | null | My students need a listening center because this is a very important center in any kindergarten classroom. | 2 | 0 |
89,445 | p181220 | cb8908ae3ca4919ee774a337a599565e | Mrs. | SC | 2016-11-28 21:04:04 | Grades PreK-2 | Math & Science, Literacy & Language | Environmental Science, Literature & Writing | Mom! Dad! Did You See My Work in My Portfolio? | Our school is a small rural Arts Focus school, and the children who attend have hearts bigger than the stars in the sky! \"Mrs. Kimbrell, I love you!\" My students express this sentiment throughout the school day. They are loving, kindhearted children and I look forward to spending each day with them. \r\nMy second graders are eager to read, write, explore, and take chances in our classroom because they feel safe and know they are loved in return.\r\nI would give them the moon if I could! | My students have been exposed to real audiences through student portfolios that we have accessed via Chromebook apps. Engagement in my classroom is at an all time high because the students know that what they are learning and doing is being seen by their parents, grandparents, teachers, and classmates. \r\nStudents are excited to share book talks, writings, science experiments, stem challenges, and math concepts either through pictures that include captions or videos they have created all by themselves.\r\nParents have expressed how much they love being able to see what their students are doing and learning in the classroom! My students love creating and connecting with others via the apps on Chromebooks. | null | null | My students need 5 Chromebooks so they can connect their learning to real and authentic audiences. | 0 | 1 |
120,250 | p098555 | 4d4f7f777ff9ae817e20f110d7a1fac0 | Mrs. | TN | 2016-12-09 10:35:59 | Grades 3-5 | Literacy & Language, Math & Science | Literature & Writing, Mathematics | 21st Century Technology for 21st Century Learners | My students are amazing! They are smart, fun-loving 4th Graders that deserve a challenging educational experience. Each student in my class strives for success each and every day. \r\n\r\nValley View Elementary is a Title 1 school in Tennessee where the majority of our students receive free breakfast and lunch. My students come to school with burdens that I cannot help or control. However, one thing I can control is their classroom environment. I know my kids have greatness inside of them and I am excited about bringing that out this year! | My students need access to technology that will make them more successful throughout their lives! Valley View is a low-income, rural school. Many of my students do not have internet at home or even a smart phone to use for homework. We avoid doing rigorous projects due to lack of resources! I do not want that to be the case any longer!\r\n\r\nWithout technology in the classroom, many of these kids will never learn how to compete in a 21st century world.\r\nBy adding Ipads to our learning, we are adding research, creativity, and growing opportunities. Learning should be fun and I believe adding this technology will help with that! | null | null | My students need an ipad, keyboard case, frisbees to be used as white boards, and expo markers to write on the frisbees with! | 2 | 1 |
177,506 | p250870 | 941afa984bb100aa059f6a463bfa17cd | Mrs. | SC | 2016-05-26 08:27:54 | Grades PreK-2 | Math & Science, Music & The Arts | Environmental Science, Visual Arts | Science and Art Together? No WAY! | My students are a wonderful bunch of second graders in a high-poverty school in Greer, SC. These little ones love to learn by experienceing things that turn the unfamiliar familiar. \r\nEverything is awesome in our classroom! We love math, science, and reading. Our newest students love coming in and seeing the fun things we do to make learning meaningful and rememberable! Many of my students do not have the things other kids their age have such as puzzles, games, and books. But we love to learn and we have so much fun doing it! | Second graders in South Carolina have a huge biomes unit where they study the different biomes. What better way to create an authentic learning experience than to allow students to study the biome they currently live in? With this project, students will be able to create biocubes, collect samples, and create artistic renditions of the things they collected on artist tiles. Students will get to act like real scientists and will have the opportunity to incorporate art into science. This project combines science and art to make a fun, integrated learning experience that will allow students to make connections to the world around them in a meaningful way. | null | null | My students need supplies such as aluminum tubing, heavy gauge wire, colored pencils, artists tiles, and drawing paper to make biocubes and create artistic renditions of what they find in their cubes. | 6 | 0 |
125,474 | p190568 | 2d41f4721ed5f60c9f1617ef6641a460 | Mrs. | VA | 2016-09-14 19:23:11 | Grades 3-5 | Literacy & Language, Math & Science | Literature & Writing, Mathematics | Classroom Supplies | Every Child Matters is our motto this year and as school we are encouraged every morning on the school announcements. I work in a Title 1 school where we serve 100% of our students free breakfast. Our school comes from a variety of different economic backgrounds. Our students walk in the building daily full of excitement and ready to learn. They want to be in school to be successful and learn all they can. We are \"one team, one goal.\" | These materials will make a striking difference in my effort to communicate and distribute information to my student's parents/guardian in many ways. As one can imagine there are several vital supplies that are necessary to assist and enhance a teacher's learning environment and effort. The simple use of a stapler is one supply that is often overlooked in terms of importance and usefulness in a classroom. \r\n\r\nA stapler is critical to the organization and likelihood that ALL papers that require parental review get home intact and in the order in which I send the information. A quality stapler will increase the likelihood that my students' important documents and classwork make it home intact- opposed to being scattered throughout their book bag. | null | null | My students need supplies to support them in the classroom when they don't bring the supplies from home. | 1 | 0 |
38,276 | p089424 | d374998935f4cfc6c13ffa6360ee9241 | Ms. | OK | 2016-11-30 22:00:07 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language, Math & Science | Literacy, Mathematics | Back to Basics: School Supplies for Classroom | I am fortunate to be working with 17 amazing students in North Tulsa, an area that struggles with economic disadvantages. The majority of my students are African-American or Hispanic and receive free breakfast and lunch from the school. \r\n\r\nWhile our district works tirelessly to provide every opportunity possible, my students come to school every day to a classroom that has broken chairs and limited resources to ensure they receive the education they are entitled to. Oklahoma is facing many educational challenges. As a region, Tulsa is coming together to create a brighter future for our students, but there is so much to be done. Closing the achievement gap and changing the educational landscape of Tulsa takes the help of many, not the few. As I begin the school year with this amazing group of students, I commit myself to doing everything I can to provide them with the tools they need to be successful. | The supplies and materials sought will give basic tools to my students such as pencils and notebooks to write in, crayons and markers to express their learning, storage to provide an organized classroom environment and manipulatives to explore mathematical concepts in concrete ways. \r\nMany of my students lack materials and the ones they have are often lost or taken by others. Some struggle to bring backpacks, some have had them taken from their lockers during their day, and it impacts their ability to complete and bring back homework and school supplies. \r\nBy making them available in our classroom students don't have to worry about things outside of their control. School remains a safe place where they can truly receive the educational opportunities they are entitled to through our public school system. | null | null | My students need supplies in order to grow as young scholars. These supplies include materials to express their learning in artistic ways, to examine math concepts with concrete materials and have basics like pencils. | 4 | 1 |
61,696 | p136809 | edf51497ee79a0ad0a81da4d3cdce77f | Mrs. | AZ | 2016-10-06 12:03:09 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language, Math & Science | Literacy, Mathematics | Empower Young Minds - flexible seating in our classroom | I teach Kindergarten at a Title I school in Phoenix, Arizona. My students come from hard working, low income families. They are energetic five and six year olds who have a strong desire to learn everyday. Many of my students face hardships daily. School is one of the only consistent things in their lives. My classroom is a place for them to feel safe, learn, grow and be the best they can be. \r\n\r\nEveryone is different and learns in different ways. I need to support my students needs and allow them to be comfortable in their learning environment. Each student deserves to learn in the way that best suites them. They will be empowered each day to choose how they will work best that day. \r\n | My students will be empowered to decide how they learn best. By providing my students a choice in seating, such as the wobble stools and the balance ball chair, they are able to decide how they learn and work best. I want them to take charge of their learning.\r\n\r\nI want to make the classroom a fun and safe learning environment that will maximize their learning and potential. My students lives are not typical of five and six year old children. 90% are on free and reduced lunches. Students often come to school hungry or tired. I cannot control their home lives but I can control what happens at school. \r\n\r\nResearch has proven that providing flexible and alternative seating can be LIFE-Changers for active kids, kids with ADHD and autistic kids. Movement on a wobbly chair or balance ball increases blood to the brain and thereby quiets the requirement for fidgety kids to move. Kids learn better and are more productive.\r\n\r\n\r\n | null | null | My students need options for seating in the classroom. These choices will include stability balls, web chairs and wobble chairs. I also want to provide them with the choice to use clipboards and lap desks. | 0 | 1 |
165,803 | p032455 | d841d1fc59300eb461293b544bd21791 | Mrs. | TX | 2016-09-27 15:06:21 | Grades 3-5 | Literacy & Language | Literacy, Literature & Writing | Loud and Proud | My students are very special to me. Our school serves students K-5 and provide rigorous academics, wonderful teachers, and a safe learning environment. As a result, we have been nominated as a Blue Ribbon School. Most of my students are from a low- income family that receive a free or reduced lunch. We also have a very high mobility rate in the area that I teach at. This makes it very difficult for myself and my students. My students have been faced with several challenges both in and out of the classroom. As a teacher, I may not be able to control their home life, but I can make the classroom a positive learning experience. I want to see smiles as they enter my classroom and know that I have made a difference in their lives!! | The wireless microphone will enhance my students ability to read with confidence. They will enjoy reading with the microphone and this will also make it fun! I believe the students will practice more at home and in the classroom if they where able to use the microphone in the classroom. \r\n\r\nA wireless microphone will allow my students to read with confidence. I try to make reading as fun as possible. I try to reach those students who have a hard time in reading. I think the microphone will help keep their interest in reading. Reading is the key to success. | null | null | My students need a wireless microphone to make reading more exciting for them in the classroom. | 6 | 1 |
124,863 | p229748 | c4c2027bebdb7cdfc5546602005fab25 | Ms. | LA | 2017-03-18 21:40:39 | Grades PreK-2 | Math & Science, Applied Learning | Applied Sciences, Early Development | Picking Up STEAM in Kindergarten | I teach at a Title I school where my amazing students are energetic, optimistic, full of life, and ready to see just how high they can reach. The neighborhood I teach in was ravaged by the historic flooding in Louisiana earlier this school year. As you can imagine, the flooding strained our already tight budget. In addition, with 100% of our students receiving free lunch, the children face material hardships quite often. Despite the hardships brought upon us by the flooding and everyday life, we remain positive and are staying vigilant to instill a love of life and learning. | What exactly is all this talk about STEAM? STEAM is Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts & Mathematics and it is paving the way for our boys and girls to become innovators, inventors, fashion designers, graphic designers, video game creators, engineers and astronauts as well and anything and everything in between. STEAM instills and enhances critical thinking skills, problem solving skills, and immerses children in the growing world of technology. \r\n\r\nHaving the Dash & Dot robots in my classroom would introduce my students to programming, coding, robotics, and much more. Dash & Dot will teach and encourage critical thinking and problem solving skills by having children write their own coding sequences to do just about anything. For example, if the robot goes left but they need it to go right they must find where they programmed the direction and fix it. They can program Dash & Dot to launch objects, play instruments, draw pictures, navigate a maze, build or knock over a tower, pick up objects, and anything else their little minds can come up with. The possibilities are truly endless! | null | null | My students need the Dash and Dot Robots to explore coding and robotics. | 6 | 1 |
11,030 | p072492 | 34e0f91475e14200b2f8f995cbf33690 | Mrs. | GA | 2017-02-28 19:11:23 | Grades 6-8 | Math & Science | Mathematics | Time Saved and Learning Maximized | My students love coming into my classroom to learn. I am constantly thinking of ways to challenge them. I want my students to enjoy coming to school to anticipate the math lesson. Simply put, math should be cool and I aim just for that target!\r\nMy school serves a diverse population of approximately 1,100 students in 6th-8th grade. Our urban Atlanta location brings together a wide range of socioeconomic, racial and cultural backgrounds. We have students at all performance levels, necessitating differentiated instruction — as well as a large number of students served by Special Education. Despite having the largest number of students living in transitional housing of any middle school within the district, my school has lost Title I funding. This is a significant financial loss to the school’s operating budget, making it more difficult to fund even the most basic resources like copy paper, ink and school supplies. However, even with all of the challenges, our dedicated staff and hardworking students consistently produce outstanding work, in both academics and in extracurricular activities. We are proud to be the highest scoring middle school in our district. | In my classroom, we utilize the technology that we currently have in a variety of ways. There are countless programs that can assist students in developing key skills in order to be successful in whichever path they choose later in life, specifically math. Many of our students come in with deficits in math, and we are able to use online programs to provide individual instruction that can promote growth in math by meeting each student where he or she is. There are also countless opportunities for enrichment with students who are already performing well above grade level, such as webquests, computer adaptive programs, Skyping with other classrooms around the community to get a better sense of the world as opposed to just our school.\r\n\r\nBy providing my classroom with five Acer Chromebooks, you are allowing my students the opportunity to greatly expand our classroom walls and have our own personal computer lab. | null | null | My students need , 5 Chromebooks in the classroom to minimize transition time to the computer lab. | 4 | 1 |
46,019 | p018236 | 5c3399d7a70892daf723d18e6c4be3be | Ms. | CA | 2017-01-19 12:17:33 | Grades 3-5 | Literacy & Language | Literacy | Graphic Novels to the Rescue! | I teach a group of curious and creative third graders in an urban neighborhood in Southern California. My school is a Title 1 school located in a working-class neighborhood. All of my students receive free breakfast and lunch. \r\n\r\nMy students come to school every day ready to learn. As they enter the classroom, they are excited to explore new concepts. They are excited to share ideas and love to use technology in the classroom. Furthermore, my students are a talkative bunch, who love to have conversations on any matter. It is all these things that make our classroom a loud but exciting place! | These books will add diversity to our classroom library. All of my students like graphic novels but we only have one or two in our classroom library. This donation will add much needed books to our classroom and will give more students a chance to read. Furthermore, these books will foster a love of reading in my students and will help my students progress in reading by motivating them to practice reading. \r\n\r\nThis donation of graphic novels will improve my students school lives by providing choices in their reading materials and encouraging reading practice. Some of my students are struggling readers and as such sometimes are discouraged to read books. graphic novels will help to motivate them to kept reading by providing engaging reading material in a high-interest reading genre. | null | null | My students need graphic novels to add to our classroom library. | 19 | 1 |
99,924 | p068629 | b6ba77d840c436e755224b4446e475ee | Ms. | CA | 2016-09-01 09:09:55 | Grades 3-5 | Literacy & Language, Math & Science | ESL, Mathematics | All Fun and Games While Making Academic Gaines | \"We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.\"- Walt Disney \r\n\r\nThis quote is one that perfectly describes my students. They are each hardworking, motivated students who are eager to unlock new paths in their brains and try new things! I have several English Language learners this year in my class and they inspire me to help them discover the joys of learning new things and in new ways. | From phonics to photosynthesis, vocabulary to coding, Osmo can make a world of difference in a young learner's classroom experience! The Osmo may look like it is all fun and games, but I firmly believe that this tool will teach my students valuable information. This year, I have several English language learners and a few other students who I feel could greatly benefit from using this technology. \r\n\r\nThe Osmo incorporates fun into core subjects like language arts and math. I feel this would greatly help my students who need extra help because it would encourage them to not give up trying! They would love to play the games and would learn along the way! I would be most excited about using the Osmo to help my students with spelling and vocabulary. This device would greatly assist my English Language Learners who struggle in learning 5th grade level spelling and vocabulary words. \r\n\r\nOsmo also would help me get my students excited about the world of coding! I believe that coding can help students think better and be more creative! Also, over the next 10 years, over 67% of the jobs in our world will be technology related! I want to give my kids the best chance of success that I can! The Osmo can definitely help me do that! \"Osmo Coding uses hands-on physical blocks to control Awbie, a playful character who loves delicious strawberries. Each block is a coding command that directs Awbie on a wondrous tree-shaking, strawberry-munching adventure.\" Osmo does not stop there, I feel it would also increase the confidence my students have in math. Osmo has amazing math lessons disguised as fun games that the students will not want to put down! | null | null | My students need an Ipad mini, protective case, Osmo and Osmo coding kit to get started learning with technology and begin to learn to code! | 6 | 0 |
114,396 | p245514 | 0fdd5bd93e9a0a61d85f4ff1bec3901d | Mrs. | CA | 2016-07-13 20:25:14 | Grades 3-5 | Literacy & Language | Literature & Writing | The Best Seat in the Class! | As a teacher in a low-income/high poverty school, my students come to school each day with their glass already half full. Walking in to a classroom full of forward facing desks and hard chairs makes it difficult for a student relax and focus on the day's lessons.\r\n\r\nSchool is the constant in my students' lives and as their teacher, I am looking to make our classroom as inviting and comfortable as possible. The first step to this is creating a more comfortable learning environment. The environment I hope to create will allow students to move freely about the classroom, just as we do in our adult lives. The structured environment will promote collaboration amongst peers while promoting self-choice.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n | Incorporating alternative seating, like Wobble Chairs and Exercise Balls, in our writing class will promote a sense of choice in our student-centered classroom. For students looking to work independently, they can move their Wobble Chair to a 'just right spot'. For those with attention deficit disorders, the ability to fidget on a \"chair\" of choice while they work will promote increased focus on work.\r\n\r\nYour donation to our classroom will improve our overall classroom environment. Classroom environments should be conducive to open collaboration, communication, creativity, and critical thinking. This simply cannot be done when kids are sitting in rows of desks all day. Wobble Chairs and Exercise Balls can help change this in our classroom! When we empower student choice, we can increase student engagement, and improve student participation. | null | null | My students need 4 Wobble Chairs and 6 Exercise Balls to enhance classroom seating. | 0 | 1 |
4,820 | p127051 | 8b996f6d87703d2630413100b590dd62 | Ms. | CA | 2017-01-10 15:17:44 | Grades 3-5 | Math & Science | Applied Sciences | Chromebook and Robotics = STEM \r\n Part 2 | \"The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.\" - Martin Luther King, Jr.\r\n\r\nMy students are inquisitive, self-motivated, inspiring, active, and an amazing bunch of students. They inspire me to be the best teacher that I can for them because of their love and passion for learning. They love to read, sing, be creative, explore, and participate in activities that keep them fit. They love to learn new things and challenge themselves to be the best that they can be. | My students need materials such as a Chromebook and Lego Mindstorm in order to create a STEM space. The materials I am requesting would be to create a STEM space in my classroom. In a STEM space, students will have the opportunity to challenge themselves and be creative.\r\nThe purpose of the STEM space is to allow students to invent, create, experiment, design, plan, and code freely.\r\nStudents will be given the opportunity to code through robotics or websites, such as code.org. This space would be for students to collaborate with each other without teacher input. I am trying to build a foundation where students have the opportunity to be motivated and the courage to try STEM activities. I believe that by creating a STEM space in my classroom, it will enable my students to want to design, invent, experiment, code, and much more. They will then see how amazing science, technology, math, and engineering is. Hopefully, the STEM space will inspire many of them to think about STEM-related jobs in their future. | null | null | My students need a chromebook and Lego Mindstorm in order to create a STEM space. | 78 | 1 |
71,580 | p128525 | e9dd863dad49940b7133e4d4bf206c58 | Mr. | FL | 2016-08-11 20:30:17 | Grades 3-5 | Literacy & Language, Math & Science | Literature & Writing, Mathematics | Print my World in Color! | I am I PROUD 5th Grade teacher. A lot of teachers make that face when they find out I teach 5th Grade, but they can be the sweetest, most caring kids on the face of the planet. I have been trying to find ways to enhance the classroom experience so that this enthusiasm for learning inspires my 5th grade students to imagine BIG!\r\n\r\nI teach at a Title 1 school where 100% of the students have Free and Reduced lunch. My students are from all walks of life and, in the past, they have struggled with language arts, mathematics and scientific concepts. Many of them don't realize that learning is happening around them every day. I want them to understand how their learning connects to their everyday lives and experiences. | Standard, monochromatic, school-issued printers prove the bare minimum to our students. However, a color printer would increase engagement and make all handout materials more accessible to these wonderful 5th grade students. Color stimulates the imaginations of both student and parent. The presence of color will ensure parent collaboration and engagement. \r\nA color laser printer would ensure that these 5th grade students have an outlet to spread their ideas and make an impact on the world around them.A 5th grade student could conceivably create entire worlds out of the their imaginations.\r\nMy 5th Graders will enjoy a wide variety of experiences in thier last year of elementary school and my team will make sure they are challenged and educated.\r\n | null | null | My students need a color printer in order to provide FULL COLOR images that they have created to show that they have the skills to showcase their learning and provide colorful examples of their work. | 3 | 1 |
164,987 | p112998 | 2c6bcedcb20c0ebdb7374f75ba190c39 | Ms. | CA | 2016-09-01 03:38:02 | Grades 3-5 | Applied Learning | Other | Our Classroom Wish List This Year | My students have disabilities and are low income which makes it hard for them to get school supplies like paper backpacks pencils erasers, snacks, and munipulitives for math and other subjects. Every year my classroom runs out of printing, binder, construction, and graphing paper. I personally go out and buy these supple and it is hard on me because as everyone knows we ad educators do not make a lot of money. So I am asking for donations or grants to help us this year since our school is a title one low income school.\r\n\r\n\r\n | With the right supplies and materials my students will have the ability to learn more efficiently and not have to worry about their classroom running out like we have done every year. They will have all of the essentials needed to have more of a learning opportunity in our community. It would be nice to see my students come into class knowing they do not have to have their parents struggle to try to buy school supplies it would give them peace of mind to just come to learn and have a stress free environment in school and be able to enjoy to learn. | null | null | My students need school supplies and classroom materials for a great learning environment. | 4 | 0 |
14,635 | p180915 | e58491718b3ec520910d7dc5e0fa2085 | Mrs. | OK | 2017-04-20 11:24:38 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language | Literacy | Exploring and Enjoying Life Through a Great Book. | My second grade classroom is full of students that love reading different genres of books to explore life through reading. They all come from different types of homes and sometimes just sitting down and reading a book is not an option for them. \r\nOver 60 percent of my second graders receive free or reduced lunches. Our school serves a variety of students. Even though my students come from different social and economic backgrounds, their number one priority when they walk into my classroom is to learn to their best ability. Any time we get ready to take a test or learn something new I always say \"Always do your BEST!\" Giving them the confidence they need to be successful in life is my number 1 goal! | Having a comfy and cozy place to read will allow my students to explore new things through reading. I feel it is important for students at a young age develop a love for reading. By giving the students a reading area to enjoy their book will encourage them to read, not only for school, but to read a book for enjoyment.\r\n I encourage my students to read books they are interested in and to learn something from each book. Today's children spend so much time on technology and playing video games, I want to give them a safe quiet area so they can explore life in other ways instead of just through technology. \r\n | null | null | My students need an area to read and enjoy a great book. | 4 | 1 |
4,723 | p093013 | ab9215854c8deb19bd4a56d79a6a8dbc | Ms. | PA | 2017-01-08 15:11:44 | Grades PreK-2 | Literacy & Language | ESL, Literature & Writing | New Year's Resolution: Become AMAZING Readers!!!! | My students are an AMAZING group of 60 dual language learners. My students are learning all subjects in both English and Spanish each and every day. \r\n\r\nMy students live in one of the most poverty stricken areas of our city. The neighborhood is contaminated with public drug use, violence, and crime.\r\n\r\nIt is my goal to make our classroom a welcoming environment, where they can forget about the awful circumstances going on outside of the school. I would like to create a fun and engaging classroom where my students WANT to be. My students deserve the materials/resources so that we can reach our goals! | We are trying to engage in literacy centers in our classroom! Not only do the children love literacy centers, but they play a very large role in improving their reading skills. \r\n\r\nLiteracy centers are a very important part of our school day. During literacy centers I am able to engage in small group guided reading. Guided reading plays a big role in helping the children become better readers. I get to read with the children at their reading level and help them advance to the next. \r\n\r\nIn order to keep this going, we need the proper supplies to do so. My students and I would appreciate it so much if we could get the help we need to make this happen!! | null | null | My students need copy paper, laminating sheets, dry erase markers, ink, and books on tape! We need this all for our literacy centers. | 8 | 0 |
129,073 | p142544 | 522cc1828dfaeb2069cbbcb50870e4fc | Mrs. | WA | 2016-05-24 10:25:49 | Grades PreK-2 | Special Needs | Special Needs | Meeting Students Fine Motor and Sensory\r\n Needs in Special Education | I will be transitioning from a Middle School Life Skills classroom to a Elementary Life Skills Classroom that serves students with a variety of disabilities. My classroom will include a mixture of K-5 grades. The curriculum used in the classroom will focus on meeting the students individual goals in the areas of social, adaptive, fine motor, and daily living skills along with academic skills.\r\n My new classroom is in need of fine motor supplies and sensory bins in order to create a classroom that is more student centered and engaging. Donations to this project will greatly enhance the learning experiences of all the students in my life skills classroom. | One hundred percent of our classroom focus is on the special needs of our students. We serve a variety of students with different disabilities which include physical and emotional supports. Most of the students in the classroom have trouble with fine motor skills, sensory input and regulation. With the items I receive from this project I will be able to create sensory bins and individual work stations that are not only fun, but will provide opportunities for the students to practice fine motor skills that can be extended to teach matching, counting, sorting, problem solving, and specific skill recognition such as numbers and letters. | null | null | My students need sensory items and fine motor items such as shape it sand and helping hands fine motor tool set to create a engaging environment focused on their special needs. | 0 | 1 |
131,128 | p181528 | e8a704f9ec9d9da99777d2ff625acf22 | Ms. | NJ | 2017-02-22 21:46:52 | Grades 3-5 | Literacy & Language | Literacy | Books for All Reading Levels | My students are growing up in a low-income school district without many books in their homes. They come to school eager to \"shop\" in our classroom library for books to read in school and at home. Since my students love telling me about great books they've read, I started a chart in my classroom where students can recommend books for me to independently read. After I personally read the book, I give a quick book talk to the class and ask who else wants to read it. The entire class is then excited to read the book as well!\r\n\r\nMy students are very passionate about their learning and sharing their discoveries with others. They are becoming wonderful researchers as they discover nonfiction books pertaining to natural disasters. They cannot wait for their next chance to be able to present to the class all that they've learned. I cannot believe how many students are becoming avid readers because of these reading research projects! | My struggling readers and ESL students have a hard time finding books on their reading comprehension level that are not just picture books. The books need to look like chapter books, otherwise fourth graders consider them \"baby books.\" However, since many of my students are still learning the English language and speak Spanish at home, they are at a lower reading comprehension level. My students need more lower level books that aren't just picture books. It is challenging to find books at these lower levels that have some type of story/plot line to practice various reading strategies. My students will use these books to practice retelling or summarizing the story. They will also practice identifying various characters and how they interact with other characters in the story. Eventually, my students will be able to point out the most important event in the story and explain why it was important. \r\n\r\nMy students would greatly benefit from these resources because if they are reading books at their comprehension level, then they can better practice their comprehension skills to become more confident readers. As students become more confident with comprehension and reading strategies with books on their reading level, they are able to increase their reading comprehension at a quicker rate. My students would improve their reading skills with more books on their reading level, rather than struggling with a book that is too challenging for them. | null | null | My students need more books at lower comprehension levels since some students are just learning English. | 3 | 1 |
38,079 | p027296 | 36c0911c48c1fd8da64c378594adb98b | Ms. | CA | 2016-08-23 19:31:14 | Grades 3-5 | Applied Learning, Math & Science | Character Education, Mathematics | Engaging Ourselves With Technology | We are a diverse group of students located in CA. We come from all walks of life and create a wonderful classroom family at school. \r\nMy students are respectful, caring, and supportive. It is important for these students to have a sense of empathy and care for one another as much as possible. We have a large population of English Language Learners. We also have a large population of military families. Both of these populations have difficulty when it comes to managing home and school life. \r\nThis is why we are always supporting each other and understanding that all students need an opportunity to learn and succeed, even if we run into obstacles on the way! | There are so many uses for an iPad in the classroom. For our classroom we have 3 specific uses that we will be using it for, but it will give us so many more options!\r\nThe students will be able to read stories digitally and see interactive videos, helping explain topics when applicable. There are also additional tools such as review games, tutorials, and webinars for the students to take part in.\r\n\r\nAs a cross curricular behavior management system, my students participate in a classroom economy. With an iPad, my students will be able to use an artificial banking app for kids in order to realistically learn the ins and outs of finance and managing money.\r\n\r\nLastly my students will use an iPad to digitally check books out of the classroom and keep track of all of the books in the classroom. They will be able to organize the books by genre and have a larger bookshelf to choose stories from.\r\n\r\nThere are so many additional ways to use an iPad in the classroom. This iPad will be used daily and would be a wonderful addition to our classroom! | null | null | My students need an iPad to engage themselves in the Language Arts Curriculum as well as the classroom economy. | 1 | 1 |
17,065 | p041020 | 344c4956b7637e667499168f167e5cb2 | Mrs. | FL | 2016-09-02 16:42:44 | Grades 3-5 | Math & Science | Applied Sciences, Mathematics | STEM Readers! | My students are my motivation! They make this teaching journey so worth it. They come to school everyday excited for what they will learn. Even though they know that we are going to have to work hard, they always live up to the challenge.\r\n\r\nI work at a Title 1 school in Florida where 86% of students receive free or reduced lunch. They come from so many walks of life and some even from different countries, having to learn a new language and a new way of being. I have many English Language Learners, but what amazes me is every students' love for learning. We always finish our days with congratulating ourselves on the work that we've done but also setting goals for the next day. | Many times students come into my math and science class and forget that reading is an important part of every subject. These books will help them make the connection while still being submerged in math and science. \r\nYour donation to this project will help students see the importance of a well rounded education. Reading is needed in every subject and by giving them these topic specific books, they can find something that interests them in science and math, while helping them to practice their reading. There are so many great topics in this group of books that I can't imagine my students not eating them right up! | null | null | My students need math and science books to make connects to the real world. | 3 | 1 |
122,856 | p207270 | c7724d7f7efe04b05469b5cc251cfc09 | Mrs. | PA | 2016-08-18 14:33:19 | Grades PreK-2 | Math & Science | Applied Sciences | Kindergarten Stations: Full Steam Ahead | “Give the pupils something to do, not something to learn; and the doing is of such a nature as to demand thinking; learning naturally results.” John Dewey\r\nMy classroom is made up of 18 five and six year olds, in a full day kindergarten program.\r\nStudents enter my classroom at many different academic levels. Our school is located in a small, rural area with 69% of the student population receiving free or reduced meals. My desire is to create lifelong learners. Learners who are curious and thirst for knowledge. Learners that make an impact on the world. I am a teacher on a mission to challenge each of my students, in a time where education has faced severe budget cuts.\r\n | I am asking for materials to enhance my teaching in STEM/STEAM areas. The STEM Science Stations, Engineer a Coaster set, Turn and Learn Gears and Bee Bot will allow my students to independently explore our current Common Core Science curriculum. The K-1 STEM Station includes a magnet station, motion station, and sink or float activities!. Another exciting piece included in my request is the Bee Bot, a programmable robot! The Bee Bot will allow my students to produce code and visualize the effect of what they create. Skills include: identifying positional words and cause and effect. Students will also develop critical thinking skills, sequencing, counting skills, planning, left-to-right reading, and problem solving as they navigate their Bee Bot. All activities can be used in both a whole and small group setting.\r\nChildren are competent and capable of building their own theories about the world around them.\r\nI am asking you to embrace their inquisitiveness and help me give my students the opportunity to answer their \"why\" questions through inquiry based learning.\r\n\r\n | null | null | My students need STEM/STEAM stations in our kindergarten classroom. STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math) activities give my students a hands-on opportunity to work on critical thinking skills, collaboration, problem solving, and discovery. | 5 | 1 |
107,516 | p187539 | 2c35bf6c943828ca05815e2405cfbd40 | Mrs. | TX | 2016-09-01 09:00:31 | Grades 3-5 | Math & Science | Environmental Science, Health & Life Science | Starbuck Goals | We are a title one campus with students that are great children. We are challenged with everyday responsibilities and strive to provide our children with as much as possible. Allowing students in my classroom to have and share ideas about their learning is an awesome feeling and lets me know learning is taking place. \r\nI have eager 4th grade students who are ready to learn and make connections with the world around them. We would greatly appreciate any and all help! | Walking into a Starbucks the first thing we all notice , beside the awesome smell, are the seating arrangements and everyone using technology. I have given my students the opportunity to select from a few seating options this first week of school. The attention and happy faces are letting me know that some wonderful learning is taking place. If my students are enjoying learning, I'm ready to add more options to our classroom. Technology is adding to the fun. We are able to quickly research topics and share our learning with our peers. We can work on the sweet smell of coffee next year! | null | null | My students need technology and flexible setting options for our daily learning. | 5 | 0 |
743 | p021419 | ecf618ab9e1355818fcb7583c29b6982 | Mrs. | TN | 2016-06-29 23:40:35 | Grades 3-5 | Literacy & Language | Literacy, Literature & Writing | Books in Hand= Adventures in School! | We are a large school with a wide range of abilities & reading levels. They come from a variety of cultures & backgrounds but when we sit down and share stories, they all come together as one. My school has a Friday celebration to honor those that have reached weekly milestones or done something great the week before. They love a positive environment & work harder because of it. Our students are amazing & we want to share it with the world! | I have always collected books for my students to have a diverse library in our classroom, but it's time to take it to a whole new level.\r\nMy students need a variety of genres to help bring our learning to life! \r\nI've partnered up with a brilliant teacher & compiled a list of great books my students need in their classroom. These books will challenge my students and help them to read, write, and speak daily in our classroom as well as be exposed to a wide variety of genres and authors.\r\nPlease help make this dream a reality for my kiddos! | null | null | My students need books that are suited to all learning types & abilities!! | 0 | 0 |
30,408 | p032192 | 9169176bc828135d6834e838812fccff | Mrs. | GA | 2016-09-16 16:19:07 | Grades 9-12 | Literacy & Language | Literacy, Literature & Writing | Digital Classroom Library | My students are talkative, creative, and bursting with energy. They love to write, take videos and pictures, make play lists, and connect to the outside world through their devices. They also are thinkers. They write, take notes, are detectives, and analyze the old fashion way. They like to get out of their desk to do their learning. \r\n\r\nMy school is part rural/part suburban, located in western Metro Atlanta. We love to see our students shine through their projects and activities.\r\n | I am requesting a set of Kindle Fires and cases so that my students can have more options with reading. Kindles allow for e-books, which have multiple uses for students. They can annotate text, have it read to them if needed, and more. It allows my students to have more options in their reading so they are not limited to what the school may offer. This is something they may not be able to get outside of school.\r\n\r\nWhen students are able to have choice, they become more engaged in the content, and learning is differentiated.\r\nThe Kindles will allow my students this option. I will be able to help them grow as students and readers. With these devices, they will be able to raise their reading scores and levels as well as becoming adults who like to read. | null | null | My students need Kindles and cases to expand their reading options. | 4 | 1 |
28,284 | p166587 | 6cc8848244c3f0f3cde29d386285623e | Mrs. | NY | 2016-07-08 13:41:11 | Grades PreK-2 | Applied Learning | Early Development | A Just Right Red Chair for Pre-K | Most of the children come from low socio-economic backgrounds and many are second language learners. In our school, 100% of the students receive free lunch. We are a large, urban school in New York City and many of the children come from families who struggle financially.\r\n\r\nOur families value education and are excited when they see their children learning and engaged in learning.\r\n\r\nI am responsible for educating eighteen three and four year old children for six hours per day. The children in my care are curious, sweet, loving, adventurous, caring, optimistic and resilient.\r\n\r\nOur school is located in an urban area and the residents are faced with many different types of challenges. This is why I try so hard to give my young students a wonderful year!\r\n | The little children I teach are so happy to be coming to school for the first time. Our room is cheery and bright and I am constantly trying to improve it. I am presently working on adding a cozy reading area with small sized furniture and a carpet. The children love to sing, hear stories, read, and spend time with friends in the library area of our classroom. Our Pre-K room could really use a clean, just right chair for when they want to be alone or with a friend to read a book.\r\n\r\nThey are away from home for the first time and are dealing with detachment issues and have a need for security. This new little red comfy chair would give them security and a place they could call a \"a comfy chair at school.\" The children will be able to go there when they need to be quiet and at peace. Comfortable furniture is necessary in every early childhood classroom and is recommended by the Association for Early Childhood Association. | null | null | My students need a red comfy chair for our Pre-Kindergarten library. | 191 | 1 |
133,908 | p130824 | d057388e4923e58a289ebfd5ffc73a1d | Mrs. | GA | 2016-10-10 13:42:24 | Grades 3-5 | Math & Science | Environmental Science, Health & Life Science | THAT's What's In An Owl Pellet?!??? | Our school is full of very diverse learners who need hands-on learning experiences! My students come from various backgrounds in a transient area of our school district. Some students are very reluctant to engage in learning without hands-on tools. \r\n\r\nOur school is a Title I school and some of our students do not have access to books or other learning materials when they leave school. I am hoping that this project will inspire them to become life-long learners by giving them real life examples of how food chains work. | My students love science, but learning about food chains and food webs can be rather abstract. \r\n\r\nA great-hands on way for learning about food chains and food webs is to dissect an owl pellet, and understand how owls fit within a food chain and web. \r\n\r\nWhen students get to discover the variety of animals that an owl can catch and eat, they will begin to see that a food chain is part of a food web, and the abstract nature of life science will begin to be cemented into a hands-on experience that they can rely on when continuing to learn about Life Science in the future. | null | null | My students need Owl Pellets with tools and charts to understand food chains. | 13 | 1 |
121,591 | p163089 | b342099c8f559dafa7bdba9afde24287 | Mrs. | WI | 2016-09-16 21:19:09 | Grades 3-5 | Literacy & Language | Literacy, Literature & Writing | iPads To Motivate & Engage My Students to Love Reading | Our school is full of wonderful teachers who help our students achieve their highest potential. I'm lucky enough to be the reading specialist who supports the students of Amy Belle Elementary. My role is to support literacy instruction of every child who walks through our doors and make sure each child has the resources to become successful by meeting individual needs of students.\r\n\r\nI want to cultivate an enthusiasm and a love for reading that my students will carry with them throughout their lives. A number of my students do not see the value in reading because it is difficult for them. My goal is to increase engagement and motivation in all of my students.\r\n | Reading is essential for success in the classroom and in our world.\r\n\r\nWith the availability of so many productive technology tools and apps now at hand, educators are recognizing the reality of how those tools can assist us in lessening gaps with struggling students. I believe through the use of these iPads and available ELA apps, I can find productive ways to help reduce reading gaps with my students.\r\n\r\nGiving children opportunities to learn through technology will help motivate and engage students in small group reading interventions. I hope to be able to fund this project and see an increase in both student engagement and achievement. | null | null | My students need i iPads to access personalized lessons and activities to build phonemic awareness, fluency, phonics, vocabulary and comprehension skills. | 1 | 1 |
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