Past projects 7
Maraca-lous Beats!
Funded Apr 2, 2025Thank you for donating to our "Maraca-lous Beats" project. Your donation will ensure that every child in my classroom has an opportunity to play an instrument during music therapy. This will encourage socialization, self-expression, communication, and motor skills in a fun and engaging environment! We feel blessed to be the recipients of your generosity. It warms my heart to know that our community is filled with angels who genuinely care about our students and their learning. We appreciate your support and are forever grateful!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Johnson-Walls
A Writer's Paradise
Funded Sep 24, 2024There aren't enough words to adequately express my happiness and sincere gratitude for your generous donations to our class project.
As soon as I learned that our project was funded, I immediately shared the news with my students. There were hugs, high fives, and even tears of joy (from me, of course). In that moment, each of us realized that our dream of creating a Writer's Paradise in our classroom had become a reality because a community of angels, many of whom we had never met, cared about us and were willing to take action to ensure that we had access to high quality and engaging writing materials.
My students see themselves as authors and enjoy writing about a variety of topics. Spooky Halloween, Winter Wonderland, Math, and How to Be a Friend books can be found throughout our classroom. They are writing letters to friends, family and even Santa Claus! They love using gel markers to add details to their writing and illustrations. Simply put, our Writing Center is buzzing with excitement!
I am excited by how much my students love to write and feel blessed to be the recipient of your kindness and generosity.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Johnson-Walls
This classroom project was brought to life by Amazon and 2 other donors.We Paint Our Dreams, We Paint Our World!
Funded Feb 7, 2025"Thank you for donating to our "We Paint Our Dreams, We Paint Our World" project. Your donation will ensure that every child in my classroom is able to creatively express their emotions, thoughts, and dreams while experiencing the calming power of painting. We feel so blessed to be the recipients of your generosity. It warms my heart to know that our community is filled with angels who genuinely care about our students and their learning. We appreciate your support and are forever grateful!"”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Johnson-Walls
Strengthening Skills and Building Independence
Funded Aug 27, 2024Thank you for donating to our "Strengthening Skills and Building Independence" project. Your donation allowed every child in my classroom to have access to student-centered, engaging activities that allowed them to focus on a set of skills and deepen their knowledge and abilities in that area.
We added the new activities to our center rotations and the children loved them! They could choose from a variety of "hands on" activities and practice their academic skills independently. Every student was focused and engaged! I especially appreciated that many of the centers could be easily differentiated to meet the individual needs of the students who were using them.
I am forever grateful to you for helping my students strengthen their skills and build independence!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Johnson-Walls
Strengthening Skills and Building Independence
Funded Feb 16, 2024Thank you for donating to our "Strengthening Skills and Building Independence" project. Your donation allowed every child in my classroom to have access to student-centered, engaging activities that allowed them to focus on a set of skills and deepen their knowledge and abilities in that area.
We added the new activities to our center rotations and the children loved them! They could choose from a variety of "hands on" activities and practice their academic skills independently. Every student was focused and engaged! I especially appreciated that many of the centers could be easily differentiated to meet the individual needs of the students who were using them.
I am forever grateful to you for helping my students strengthen their skills and build independence!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Johnson-Walls
We Are Authors!
Funded Aug 2, 2023Thank you so much for contributing to our "We Are Authors" project. Thanks to you, my students will have an opportunity to publish their very own books. They have spent the past few months brainstorming their ideas, organizing their thoughts, meeting with their peers, revising their writing, and creating their illustrations. Next month, they will begin publishing their stories.
The idea of becoming an author has generated so much excitement in our classroom that we decided to host a publishing party where families and friends will be invited to our classroom to listen to our authors read their stories.
Not only are my students excited to write, but they are more confident writers. They are proud authors and illustrators who are creating memories and developing skills that will last for a lifetime!
This would not be possible without your support. We are forever grateful!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Johnson-Walls
This classroom project was brought to life by The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and 2 other donors.More Non-Fiction and a Place to Store It, Please!
Funded Feb 16, 2017There aren't enough words to express my happiness and sincere gratitude for your generous donations to our class project.
As soon as I learned that our project was funded, I immediately shared the news with my students. There were hugs, high fives, and even tears of joy (from me, of course). In that moment, each of us realized that our dream of having more informational texts in our classroom library had become a reality because a community of angels, many of whom we had never met, cared about us and were willing to take action to ensure that we had access to high quality informational books
My students have become "first grade experts" on so many topics. I am constantly bombarded with information. Yesterday, one of my students asked me, "Did you know that a farmer uses parts of two apple trees to start a new tree?" Another student was amazed to learn that some of our clothing is made from cotton that grows on trees.
My students' vocabularies are growing as well. I chuckled to myself as a student read that a butterfly looks for a mate. She went on to say that a mate is someone/something that you may want to use to reproduce :)
I am amazed by how much my students have learned and feel blessed to be the recipient of your kindness and generosity.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Johnson-Walls