You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). Keep up the great work!
Take credit for your charitable giving! Check out your tax receipts
To use your $50 gift card credits, find a project to fund and we'll automatically apply your credits at checkout. Find a classroom project
Skip to main content

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.

Mrs. Judd's Classroom

  • Benton Middle School
  • Benton, LA
  • More than a third of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

Support her classroom with a gift that fosters learning.

  • Monthly
  • One-time

We'll charge your card today and send Mrs. Judd a DonorsChoose gift card she can use on her classroom projects. Starting next month, we'll charge your card and send her a DonorsChoose gift card on the 17th of every month.

Edit or cancel anytime.

cancel

Support Mrs. Judd's classroom with a gift that fosters learning.

  • Monthly
  • One-time

We'll charge your card today and send Mrs. Judd a DonorsChoose gift card she can use on her classroom projects. Starting next month, we'll charge your card and send her a DonorsChoose gift card on the 17th of every month.

Edit or cancel anytime.

Make a donation Mrs. Judd can use on her next classroom project.

https://www.donorschoose.org/classroom/1518714 Customize URL

show projects from all time

Past projects 2

  • Understanding Rights and Responsibilities of Americans

    Funded Dec 3, 2013

    My students and I are so grateful for your generosity and support. Positive relationships between members of the community and parents, students, and teachers are so important today. The materials and books will be a huge asset to our classroom. Motivating students to read is a difficult task at times, and I believe the books I have chosen will spark interest in my young readers, including struggling readers who will benefit from the audio materials.

    The Time Magazine subscription will provide students with current information and will provide them with strategies for comprehension of non-fiction reading, as well as for a useful research tool.

    Once again, many thanks for your kindness and generosity.”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Judd

  • Fun Books for Accelerated Reading

    Funded Oct 30, 2012

    I and my students appreciate your generosity and thoughtful gift. Most of my students are struggling or reluctant readers. With technology advances, and interests in sports and after school activities, reading is not on the top of their to do lists when they get home. With homework tasks in other core classes taking them twice as long because of reading deficits, AR reading is a task they often ignore. Therefore, choosing books that interest them is a difficult task.

    Before receiving the "Middle School-The Worst Years of My Life" books, some of my students had not read a book all year. Once hooked on the book, students asked to read every day. The overall average score on the AR test accompanying the book was 80%. They enjoyed reading and want me to work on another grant to purchase the other books in the series. I have found that once a student gets hooked on a series, he/she becomes a lifelong reader, always looking for the next great series.

    I look forward to the possibility of working with you in the future. Thank you.”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Judd

    This classroom project was brought to life by Build-a-Bear Workshop Foundation and one other donor.
My students are seventh and eighth graders who are enrolled in a reading intervention course that provides them with the tools they need to improve reading fluency and grammar and writing skills in a nontraditional format. The are required to meet reading goals through the Accelerated Reader program, and I have a difficult time motivating them to read to meet the requirement since it only counts as ten percent of the overall grade. When I mention reading for fun, I am met with blank stares or friendly giggles. Library books to me, are magical, but to them, sometimes contain unfamiliar words, too much dialog to follow, and unfamiliar settings. They judge books in the first few pages and return them for another very quickly without finishing the book. This leaves them empty handed at the end of the grading period. James Patterson has written amusing books about the middle school experience that I think will amuse students and give them the opportunity to learn to love reading.

About my class

My students are seventh and eighth graders who are enrolled in a reading intervention course that provides them with the tools they need to improve reading fluency and grammar and writing skills in a nontraditional format. The are required to meet reading goals through the Accelerated Reader program, and I have a difficult time motivating them to read to meet the requirement since it only counts as ten percent of the overall grade. When I mention reading for fun, I am met with blank stares or friendly giggles. Library books to me, are magical, but to them, sometimes contain unfamiliar words, too much dialog to follow, and unfamiliar settings. They judge books in the first few pages and return them for another very quickly without finishing the book. This leaves them empty handed at the end of the grading period. James Patterson has written amusing books about the middle school experience that I think will amuse students and give them the opportunity to learn to love reading.

About my class

{"followTeacherId":1518714,"teacherId":1518714,"teacherName":"Mrs. Judd","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/136/teacher-placeholder-3_136.png","teacherHasProfilePhoto":false,"vanityURL":"","teacherChallengeId":249747,"followAbout":"Mrs. Judd's projects","teacherVerify":638934086,"teacherNameEncoded":"Mrs. Judd","vanityType":"teacher","teacherPageInfo":{"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"teacherHasClassroomDescription":true,"teacherClassroomDescription":"","teacherProfileURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/classroom/1518714","tafURL":"https://secure.donorschoose.org/donors/share_teacher_profile.html?teacher=1518714","stats":{"numActiveProjects":0,"numFundedProjects":2,"numSupporters":8},"classroomPhotoPendingScreening":false,"showEssentialsListCard":false}}