First Grade is Out of this World

Funded Aug 9, 2009

This letter is just my small way of saying thank you for helping my students in such a big way. It is so wonderful to find other people that share my passion for teaching young children to read. Now that my first graders are confident readers we started our "Out of This World" space unit and we have been able to use all the great resources that you provided for us. We have been reading all the grade level books to gather information for our planet reports, we are using the scaled models to explore the solar system and we have put together the floor puzzle many times. Without these resources my children would of had to read texts that were too hard and very frustrating. Now they are excited about exploring the planets. They run to me with their book in hand to tell me what they have learned.

As you know schools and teachers are faced with constant budget cutbacks. It is nice to know that there are people out there that still value the education of our youth and they understand that teachers can't do it alone. You have made me feel like I have a partner. My class will be enjoying the books for years to come.”

With gratitude,

Mrs. Goodwin