Past projects 4
Differentiating Student Learning Through Flexible Seating
Funded Aug 29, 2016Dear Donors,
Thank you so much for helping fund our "Flexible Seating" project. It has already made an impact on our learning. We have already tried out our seating options and we absolutely love each and every one.
Right now we are trying out our seating at center time and various times during the day. Once we have learned which seating we like best we will be able to have the option on where we can sit after the holidays. We also learned who we work best sitting by and who might not be a good choice. I can't wait to see how this turns out.
I still have a few more things that we need to work out, but the class is super excited to get to pick where they sit. Thank you again for helping enrich student's lives by contributing to our project.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Dougherty
We Love To Read!
Funded Mar 28, 2016Dear Donors,
Thank you so much for taking the time to donate to our project. With the funds you donated we were able to add a ton of books to our classroom reading library. These books range in reading level to cover all the student reading levels in our classroom. They also included fiction and nonfiction selections.
Your donations allowed us to have more of a variety of texts to read from when we are at our read to self or read to someone station. We were excited when we got to book shop from the new selections. We truly enjoyed reading these new books and will pass them on to the next kindergarten class.
We now have nonfiction texts in our library and we were able to learn about dinosaurs, volcanoes, polar bears, and other fun topics. We have expanded our knowledge and we have become better readers because of your donations. Thank you again for investing in our future's success.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Dougherty
This classroom project was brought to life by #BestSchoolDay and 8 other donors.Ready to Read!!!
Funded Aug 25, 2014Thank you so much for your donation to our project. My students were so excited to see the boxes come and when I opened them they jumped for joy at seeing their new books. They were so excited, they could not wait to get their hands on them. I had an audience as I opened the boxes. They wanted to see everything that was in there. We opened the boxes and set everything up on our reading shelf and I explained to the class how we would use these books and that they would get to pick which ones they would like to read. They were very excited to see the selections in each tub.
Your donations have helped us begin creating a leveled library to use during our read to self time. Our class is now able to choose books that are on their level and they are able to read them during our D.E.A.R. time and read to self time during Daily 5. They are loving being able to independently select a book that they can read. Thank you so much for helping our class. We truly appreciate your generosity.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Dougherty
This classroom project was brought to life by Gates Foundation Back To School and 4 other donors.Making Words Work
Funded Feb 16, 2012Thank you so much for your donation to my project. I was so excited to get it funded and the students where very excited to see the package when it was delivered to our classroom. It really made their day and mine as well.
We have been using our magnetic letters and white boards during our small group reading time when we blend and sound out words. They have really enjoyed being able to manipulate the letters as they are making the words. We have also enjoyed the word stretchers. They have really helped those that have been struggling with phoneme segmentation. Thank you for providing them with something hands on that they can work with.
Thank you again for helping us make our words work for us.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Dougherty
This classroom project was brought to life by George & Fay Young Foundation and 2 other donors.