Past projects 3
Bringing Guided Reading to All Students
Funded Jun 4, 2013My intellectual disabilities team and I cannot thank you enough for your donations. We were able to take the art supplies you provided and use them to adapt guided reading books for our students with intellectual disabilities. These are students who require specialized teaching and instruction in order to make small steps in progress. Because of the supplies you provided we were able to watch them become engaged in reading- something many people assume they cannot do.
Your donations and generosity allowed us to meet the needs of our students and bring literacy to them. Because of you we are able to give our students similar experiences and lessons that we give to typically developing children, using the same books and materials, just presented in a different way.
Our students eyes light up when they see their new books. They are excited to read and show an increase in comprehension and understanding as they interact with a book. Thank you for being a part of that!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Lipsett
Touch, Smell, Taste, and Experience a Good Book!
Funded Dec 2, 2012Your package arrived in our classroom the day before winter break- a true Christmas miracle! We opened the box and immediately got to work. The first thing the students wanted to do when they saw the toy barn and all the animals was to act out the Mrs. Wishy Washy story.
Of course, the true miracle was that the art supplies arrived in time for me to take them home over the break and start adapting great read alouds to make them touch-and-feel books. Now The Snowy Day is even more engaging than it was before. The kids were able to touch the snow that was piled up higher than Peter, feel the stick Peter used before the snow went PLOP! on his head, and add Velcro-ed pictures of key vocabulary to the story (especially to help us out with the vaguer aspects of the book that would otherwise have gone over my students' heads.)
We are currently reading Click, Clack, Moo, Cows that Type and there is nothing better than listening to the students quietly get out the animals and retell the story, changing their voices to be angry when Farmer Brown comes along, and then changing them again when they are speaking "Moo". Watching them act out the stories shows me that they do understand the books. Thank you for being a part of showing that although my students have intellectual disabilities that they can still truly enjoy, understand, and embrace excellent children's literature.
Thank you for being a part of our learning and growing.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Lipsett
Hey Goldilocks!
Funded May 1, 2012I cannot thank you enough for funding our project. The class was beyond excited to receive the boxes and get to work re-telling stories. We immediately dove in and begun retelling Mrs. Wishy Washy stories. The students LOVED acting out Mrs. Wishy Washy with the farm animals. They could spend hours at the center re-enacting the story. I love listening to them do different voices for the characters and repeat their favorite lines from the story "Wishy Washy, Wishy Washy" they'll say as they put the cow into the bath.It's amazing to watch them act out a story when they are not able to answer specific questions about the story. It is clear that they understand not just the story itself but also the concept of a story and what characters are. It has encouraged me to look at different ways I assess for understanding and change my teaching to meet my students' needs.
Thank you for giving my students the chance to show what they know!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Lipsett