Past projects 10
Gelli Art Creative Exploration and Integration
Funded Dec 22, 2015I want to express my appreciation for your generosity in support of my classroom. Your donation helped me purchase art supplies for my entire classroom. These art supplies will be used in my classroom throughout the year, to assist students whose parents may have trouble purchasing what they need for school.
Your assistance means so much to me, but even more to my wonderful students. Over the last few months our class has been learning to use our gelli printing supplies. We have shared some pictures to show how excited we are to have these new art materials. Once again, thank you for your generous donations. My students are extremely grateful to have their new supplies.”
With gratitude,
Ms. Marrero
This classroom project was brought to life by an anonymous donor and 11 other donors.Sharp Minds and Cutting Edge Art
Funded Nov 26, 2014I want to express the deep appreciation we have for your support of our project. Your generous donation helped us buy materials that will help my students create their own books. My students continue to strengthened their reading and writing skills by creating: writing journals; poetry journals; personalized comics strips; and using their writing center.
Our classroom community writing center now has an easy to use pencil sharpen and lots of writing materials. Every day the students are excited to discover stories that they can create, read and enjoy.”
With gratitude,
Ms. Marrero
Help Organize Our Classroom Community Library
Funded Sep 17, 2013I want to express the deep appreciation we have for your support of our project. Your generous donation helped us buy some colorful book bins that now organize our classroom library. We further strengthened our classroom community by involving all the students in sorting and shelving our books in the new bins.
Our classroom community library now has bins of poetry, fiction, biography, science, and multicultural books, to name just a few of the categories. Every day the students are excited to discover books that they can read and enjoy.”
With gratitude,
Ms. Marrero
Using Art and Technology to Explore Cultural Diversity
Funded Apr 23, 2013Thank you so much for making this project come to life. My students were able to enhance their reading and writing skills without any effort. This year I was able to us the art supplies and books I purchased, to get my students excited about: math, science, social studies, writing and reading. My students learned skills that will be used for years to come. Most importantly, they developed a deeper understanding and appreciation for the arts and learned about the great art masters. We even explored various art techniques used by famous artists.”
With gratitude,
Ms. Marrero
This classroom project was brought to life by JP Morgan Chase and 8 other donors.Readers, Writers and Artists Need Book Making Supplies
Funded May 7, 2013Having art materials has allow students to create amazing art projects. The students have been able to create animal books, poetry books, folktales, science books, and many other categories. We have used the materials to complete various social studies and science projects.
My students have learned to care for the materials they received and are eager to share when the need arises. I have observed that having ownership of their own classroom supplies has taught them the responsibility of being part of our classroom community. Thank you so much for your support!”
With gratitude,
Ms. Marrero
Computer Center For Special Needs Students
Funded Nov 7, 2012My project has been funded, and I am tremendously excited! With your support, I will be able to turn my classroom into a more engaging place, where students of all abilities will be able to learn. Today, computers have become such a useful tool in helping students who struggle to learn in school. I am confident that having a computer center for my special needs students and second language learners to use, will boost their self-confidence, and thus increase their reading comprehension and reading fluency. The computer purchased will also be used to help the students create personalized books; research topics, learn new vocabulary, increase their math skills and much more.
Once again, thank you so much for choosing our project.
Cheers!"”
With gratitude,
Ms. Marrero
Readers, Writers and Artists Need a Book Binding Machine
Funded Jul 7, 2012My project has been funded, and I am tremendously excited! With your support, I will be able to turn my classroom into a more engaging place, where the students will be able to write and illustrate their own books. I am confident that this will increase interest in writing, and thus increase reading comprehension and reading fluency. The materials purchased will also be used to create books for our classroom library, document science experiments; collect and bind research materials related to social studies and much more.
Thank you!"”
With gratitude,
Ms. Marrero
Primary Students Love Hands-on Science
Funded Apr 23, 2012Thank you so much for selecting my proposal to fund. This hands-on science approach really has my students excited about learning! Your generous donation has allow my class to experience first hand the life cycle of a plant with the "Watch and Grow" plant kits, and plant theme boxes. They have learned to identify various types of seeds; they've learned about the migration of various seeds and even had the opportunity to dissect a bean and conduct several bean related experiments. This project has been a great vehicle for making learning science fun and exciting for my first grade students. They are learning to use scientific words and tools to describe and document their observations. Most importantly, they are having fun. The students rush into class every day and immediately run to their plant to check how much it grew.
Thanks again!
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With gratitude,
Ms. Marrero
This classroom project was brought to life by * and 4 other donors.Using The Digital Camera In A Primary Classroom
Funded Jun 1, 2011The digital camera provided to my classroom has allowed me to give my students exposure to fun and exciting activities related to photography and creative writing. Here is a sampling of some of the activities we have started to explore: journal writing - with lots of photographs; letter writing; creating a classroom newspaper - read all about us; fiction writing; and comic strips. In the future, we will be using the digital camera to make paper bag books; composing an autobiography; and writing, illustrating, and binding their own book for submission to a young authors contest.
Each and every child has some artistic abilities. In some these grow extensively and in others it needs to be continuously nourished. The primary use for the camera will be to inspire my students to write by employing the use of photographs that have a strong personal connection to the world around them. My goal is to make writing a fun and effortless process for my students. The broad impact of this project is to have my student leave my classroom with a general understanding of: generating photographs that help them document and express their individual ideas.”
With gratitude,
Ms. Marrero
Using Arts and Crafts to Motivate the Reluctant Writer
Funded Jan 3, 2011Thank you for your generous donation.
Over the last few months I have observed that even the most reluctant writer, is now eager to learn through drawing. I have discovered that my first grade students who are using visual cues to draw have shown a marked increase in reading. My entire class now stays on track for unbelievable length of time. They have improved in their writing and all other subject areas . Their journal entries include more details and there is a marked improvement in there ability to create their own stories.”
With gratitude,
Ms. Marrero