21st Century Learning: Professional Publishers!

Funded Oct 16, 2015

First, I would like to thank everyone who donated to our fifth grade writing project. My students have greatly benefited from your financial contributions. With your donation, my students were successful this year in using USB flash drives for the first time in their lives. I was able to instruct my students in learning how to copy and save important documents, as well as insert photographs and text into documents in previously saved writing pieces. My students were taught to scrutinize information found on the Internet, while researching report topics, and further instructed on how to use their new USB flash drives accordingly, to save files and drafts of their writing. This year my students typed and wrote numerous opinion pieces, narratives and informational reports- all saved, revised and edited using their USB flash drives.

Additionally, the purchased lanyards and binders elevated my students success in writing on organizational grounds. By being organized, my class has been able to manage their writing drafts more effectively and have been more time efficient in the writing process. The three donated products have made the process of writing fun and enticing. My class enjoys using technology and the USB flash drives truly allow them a path of becoming technologically prepared for higher education.

Furthermore, the products that were purchased have helped my students learn the importance of the writing process as a form of intelligent communication. My students have been introduced to writing and technological skills, in which they will continue to develop and rely on all the way through college. I am thankful for the support you have shown towards my students and the role you have played in their education. I have emphasized the importance of work quality through revision and attention to detail in their writing. They will now be able to take these acquired skills to 6th grade and beyond.”

With gratitude,

Ms. Rosen