Past projects 7
Raise the Roof for Reading!
Funded Jun 23, 2015Thank you for your donation to my classroom! My students love the reading loft and new supplies for the writing center!
The bunk bed turned reading loft has fulfilled a long dream of mine. With your help, I am able to give my students a place to get away and dive into reading. They are literally climbing to new heights with their reading. I love hearing, "I know that word!" or "I read this book by myself!" coming from the reading loft. The reading loft has given my students a quiet place to sink into a good book! I have seen students work together reading books as well as be fully engulfed in their own reading. The joy of knowing it is their turn to climb into a new book is precious.
The new materials for our writing center have helped the students take more pride in their work while also challenging them to do more. Our kindergarten writing is shaping up so quickly with the help of our newly improved writing center! Beginning writers love copying while more seasoned writers love the challenge.
Thank you for your commitment to education!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Snow
I Can Learn
Funded Oct 5, 2012Thank you so much for your donation to my classroom! My students absolutely love using the iPod Touch devices for learning! Every day they excitedly come in to see if they are on the list for this station.
Adding technology to our classroom has helped change their way of learning. They have been able to work in apps that are on their individual level as well as find a challenge as various games progress. Some of their favorite apps are Math Blaster, where they blast away addition problems and Beginning Sounds, a sound sorting activity.
The iPod Touch devices have also done something I didn't expect right away... sharing and patience. They have learned quickly to share with their friends, whether it is giving them a turn or working together.
Thank you for your commitment to education!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Snow
Can You Feel Me?
Funded Mar 21, 2012Thank you so much for helping bring 'Can You Feel Me?' to life! I am really looking forward to being able to use all of the new supplies for the entire school year and for years to come.
The last six weeks of school my students were practically glued to our sensory table! During our week of dinosaurs, my students became paleontologists hunting for dinosaur bones. They were so excited to a Tyrannosaurus Rex or Stegosaurus. When it was time to 'head to the farm', my students loved corralling all the farm animals.
These new supplies have also created new favorite literacy centers that also help with fine motor skills. Punching out the letters to spell sight words and using play dough to spell words has sparked a new interest in word work!
All of these great things would not have been possible without your generosity. Thank you again for supporting education!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Snow
Math Mania!
Funded Mar 12, 2012Thank you so much for your donation to "Math Mania!" Your generosity has helped increase interest in math in the amount of time we have had the supplies.
These new supplies have given me a chance to provide one on one and small group instruction for areas that students are struggling in. The file folder games have also helped to put my students in the driver's seat of learning new math concepts. They are able to choose a game to play with a friend or work on their own to discover numbers, patterns or money.
Thank you again for your help in bringing this project to life!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Snow
Learnings for Real!
Funded Sep 14, 2011Thank you for bringing the "Learnings for Real!" grant to life! My students have thoroughly enjoyed the new materials in our dramatic play center.
Playing in 'the kitchen' is livelier than ever with our new supplies! Grocery lists have been created, chefs galore have worked there and many animals have been taken care of in our veterinary clinic. My students love exploring the working world through our improved dramatic play center.
Thanks to your generosity, my students, this year and in years to come, will get a better grasp on community helpers and careers they can choose from in the future.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Snow
Creating Super Scientists in Kindergarten
Funded Feb 10, 2011Thank you for your donation to "Creating Super Scientists in Kindergarten!" Thanks to your generosity, my students are blessed with a positive, scientific experience.
The science folder games have allowed my students the opportunity to explore science concepts we wouldn't have necessarily covered in kindergarten! The folder games have also given them a choice in what they can independently explore.
Our new science activity centers have really helped solidify science skills we have covered in class. All of my students enjoy when I put out an activity they already know how to do. These activity centers have easy instructions for the students to follow which has helped them to be independent learners.
Everyday my students strive to learn something scientific, which is thanks to your kindness for helping fund this project.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Snow
This classroom project was brought to life by The Horace Mann Companies and 7 other donors.You've Got the Write Idea!
Funded Dec 30, 2010Thank you so much for your donation to "You've Got the Write Idea!" Your generosity has impacted my classroom in a huge way. Journal writing has gone from a 'do we have to?' activity to a requested daily activity. Any time we are transitioning to a new activity, they say, "Are we doing journals?"
Our journal entries have ranged from topics we are discussing, like polar bears or the letter E, to spur of the moment, student chosen entries. Teachers around the building are impressed with what my kindergarten friends are creating and writing.
Their desire to write and create has grown because of the supplies you helped provide. I could not have done this without your kindness!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Snow