Past projects 8
Enhancing Learning for Neurodiverse Students through Technology and Sensory Support
Funded Sep 5, 2024Today is our first day of school and the kids are AMAZING!!!!! We definitely are a busy bunch and will absolutely thrive with all of these resources. We are sooooo grateful for your generosity! Pictures and thank you letters to come!!! Here’s to an amazing school year :-). THANK YOU”
With gratitude,
Ms. Wright
Scholar Life Essentials
Funded Oct 16, 2017My students were so very excited about having so many new books to add to our classroom library! When we got the packages, the students helped me label each book with reading level and Accelerated Reader quiz number. They could not believe the amount of new early readers we were able to receive!
Reading increased significantly, as the students each had books at their independent reading level. Also, having books that are included on the Accelerated Reader system helped with reading comprehension and accountability! Each time a student finished a book, they took a quiz testing their comprehension. If they scored 80% and above then they were able to move up in the classroom reading competition!
The best part of this DonorsChoose project being funded was that it evened out our library in terms of variety of early readers. It can often be hard to find high-interest and low level reading books, but this project certainly solved our classroom library issues!”
With gratitude,
Ms. Wright
This classroom project was brought to life by Life Essentials Supporters and 2 other donors.Leveled Readers for Every Child's Reading Level
Funded Oct 18, 2017My students were so very excited about having so many new books to add to our classroom library! When we got the packages, the students helped me label each book with reading level and Accelerated Reader quiz number. They could not believe the amount of new early readers we were able to receive!
Reading increased significantly, as the students each had books at their independent reading level. Also, having books that are included on the Accelerated Reader system helped with reading comprehension and accountability! Each time a student finished a book, they took a quiz testing their comprehension. If they scored 80% and above then they were able to move up in the classroom reading competition!
The best part of this DonorsChoose project being funded was that it evened out our library in terms of variety of early readers. It can often be hard to find high-interest and low level reading books, but this project certainly solved our classroom library issues!”
With gratitude,
Ms. Wright
Supplies for our Awesome Classroom!
Funded Nov 30, 2015My students were so very excited about having these seat sacks, computer mice, wobble stools, etc in our classroom. They could hardly believe that these things were actually ours to keep, 'forever' in 'just our class'. They all eagerly helped unpack each carton and there were plenty of 'ohs and ahhs' each time a box was unpacked.
Students are using the materials in the classroom in a variety of ways. All students are using their chromebooks and computer mice to help improve math computational skills as they eagerly practice their skills while playing a variety of games with bright colors, fast moving objects and great sounds. In addition, students are able to keep their computer materials organized in their seat sacks! Meanwhile, as they're diligently working, they are able to move around in their seat using their wobble cushions!
This project has really impacted my teaching and the learning of my students in many ways. First, there is a renewed excitement and enthusiasm in the classroom every time they walk in our colorful room. My students absolutely love everything! Especially how easy it is for them to now navigate their computers! At times, students will ask to earn additional time on the computer - in exchange for completing extra work.
Thank you so much for this generous supplies for our classroom. Your gift is a valuable and helpful academic resource which we are so lucky to have received!”
With gratitude,
Ms. Wright
Essential Ingredients for an Enhanced Learning Environment
Funded Sep 7, 2017We are so very thankful for your donations. Thanks to you, our classroom is becoming so full of resources that help us learn to the best of our abilities! We use our colored printer daily to print our work. Having a color printer makes such a difference because now our classroom is colorful with all of our work! We also love being able to charge and lock up our computers each night. We love knowing that they're safe and sound along with our computer mice and headphones! Our seat "wiggle cushions" are a big hit! Almost all of the students have their own now and can move around while doing their work in their seats!
THANK YOU!”
With gratitude,
Ms. Wright
Tools to Bring the World to Us!
Funded Sep 5, 2015Your generous donations have transformed the energy and student engagement in my classroom! We are one of the only classrooms to have technology for every student and it truly makes such a difference. My students can focus and practice their reading and math skills independently with the headphones and computers that you've helped to make part of our classroom! Having low fine motor skills can make using a computer frustrating, but with every child having a wireless mouse, it makes navigating the computer an easier task for my students. I am able to plan engaging and rigorous lessons incorporating technology that my students are always so excited about and I am forever grateful for you and your generosity!”
With gratitude,
Ms. Wright
Math Our Way!
Funded Jan 16, 2015I can't thank you enough for your generous donations! My students LOVE EVERYTHING you have made possible for our classroom to now have! We have already played every math game and loved them all! We have been so thankful for having new markers to color with, a projector mount to keep the cords out of our way, and love our pocket chart! We use it all the time to practice spelling and vocabulary words!
My students and I are crazy about our new "u" shaped table and want to spend every minute there! We can ALL sit around it at the same time and that way I am able to help them all from the same spot, when I used to have to be in 7 places at once! The students prefer to sit there over anywhere else because they know they will be able to ask me for help whenever they need it.
We use our projector 7 hours every day now that we have our projector mount, and the students are lucky enough to have an interactive whiteboard as a result of being able to mount our projector! We so love all of the materials we were able to get - thanks to you - and we are forever grateful!
Thank you!!!!”
With gratitude,
Ms. Wright
This classroom project was brought to life by Disney and 10 other donors.Gettin' Techie With It!
Funded Jul 31, 2014It's hard to find the words to express all of my gratitude for your generosity and to describe the remarkable impact that the Chromebooks have had on my students' learning so far...
I want to thank you for helping me share my love for technology to students who thrive off of learning in interactive ways. Your gift has significantly impacted the learning of my students and their active engagement with mastering skills and concepts that we are working on in class. My students rush into class each morning, inhale their breakfast, quickly complete their morning work, and then beg for their computers so that they can practice their math skills on Xtramath.org or Prodigy.com, or track their reading progress on Razkids.com. It's a teachers dream! All day long they are motivated to complete their work so that they can go on their computers and these wonderful resources online. When teaching lessons, now, I can present content to my students using presentations online, which allows each student to listen, process, and reflect at their own pace and with individual accommodations. It is amazing!
Becoming familiar with using computers and all that the Internet has to offer is not only extremely exciting for my students, but it is also a skill that they need to be exposed to for their future success and careers. With only two of my students having access to technology outside of school, I am so thankful to have the opportunity to share Chromebooks with them all throughout our school day.
Thank you for making such a big difference in my wonderful students' lives!”
With gratitude,
Ms. Wright