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Some things I need to create the classroom that my students deserve are the “Flagship Carpets Rainbow Smileys in Black Criss-Cross Applesauce Educational Area Rug for Kids”, where we will do most of our activities, “Fumete 12 Pcs Round Floor Pillows” for accessible seating, “Wizia Carpet Markers with Numbers” for lining up, and “Flex-Space Premium Wobble Chair” for additional seating for those kiddos that need to move! 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Although our school typically offers a garden class, unforeseen circumstances mean our students won't have that opportunity this year. I don't want them to miss out on the joy and valuable lessons that gardening provides. With a garden book and supplies to grow their own plants, my students will discover firsthand how seeds transform into living plants while developing patience, responsibility, and an appreciation for nature. These hands-on experiences also strengthen science skills, observation, vocabulary, and curiosity in ways that are meaningful and memorable.\r\n\r\nEvery child deserves the chance to experience the wonder of growing something with their own hands. My goal is to keep my students' love of gardening alive by bringing those experiences into our classroom, even without a dedicated garden program. My students are naturally curious, enthusiastic learners who ask thoughtful questions and celebrate every new discovery. 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To help make this possible, I am requesting essential classroom supplies that will help our year start smoothly and successfully. These include high-interest picture books, a pencil sharpener, name tags, colorful folders, and a back-to-school bulletin board set. Together, these materials will help create an engaging, organized, and welcoming learning environment where students are ready to learn each day.\r\n\r\nI am also hoping to provide my students with special “Welcome Back to School” goody bags to help build excitement and community at the start of the year. These bags will include small snacks, stickers, pencils, notepads, and modeling dough as a fun and encouraging way to welcome my students into our classroom family. Simple gestures like these help students feel safe, cared for, and motivated to begin the school year with confidence and joy.\r\n\r\nYour support will help create a positive and enriching classroom where all learners can thrive. 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Students deserve to have their basic needs met in order to help them reach academic success. \r\n\r\nStudents will have access to essential testing materials, including binders, bookshelves, paper, pens, pencils, and colored pencils. Maintaining a clean and learning space will help students excel by creating a distraction-free space. Binders and bookcases for binders will help students maintain organization of class notes, projects, and handouts. Paper, pencils, and pens will be essential in paper tests. Classroom charger will create a charging station for computer based testing with out the fear of the device powering down. \r\n\r\nTest-taking for students can be very stressful. Providing brain break activities such as blocks, letter play, SEL activities, and a snack. Students will be able to take brain breaks with coloring, mindfulness activities, and stress-free manipulatives. Students' basic needs of hunger will be met. 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At this foundational stage, students learn best through hands-on, engaging, and developmentally appropriate materials that help them explore literacy, math, fine motor skills, and social-emotional growth in meaningful ways.\r\n\r\nDonations through DonorsChoose will directly support the creation of a rich and nurturing learning environment where every child has access to the tools they need to succeed. Items such as classroom manipulatives, early literacy resources, art supplies, and sensory materials will allow students to learn through play, collaboration, and discovery.\r\n\r\nAs a first-year TK teacher, I am working to build a classroom that meets the diverse needs of all learners while fostering independence, confidence, and a love of learning from the very start of their educational journey. 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","totalPrice":686.00,"povertyLevel":"More than half of students from low‑income households","essay":"I am going into my third year teaching 1st grade. In my first two years, I was an intern, teaching and working on completing my multiple-subject teaching credential and master's. My classroom has mostly been funded by myself and kind donations from friends, family, and students’ families. Unfortunately, many of the things I was able to provide for my classroom were not the nicest quality and have been broken or damaged over the past two years. These items will get lots of use from my next group of first graders, and hopefully many more to come! I love my job and my students very much, and any help that you are able to provide helps me support them more! Some things I need to create the classroom that my students deserve are the “Flagship Carpets Rainbow Smileys in Black Criss-Cross Applesauce Educational Area Rug for Kids”, where we will do most of our activities, “Fumete 12 Pcs Round Floor Pillows” for accessible seating, “Wizia Carpet Markers with Numbers” for lining up, and “Flex-Space Premium Wobble Chair” for additional seating for those kiddos that need to move! 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