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Ms. Van Peenen's Classroom

  • Belvedere Elementary School
  • Falls Church, VA
  • Half of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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  • Kinder Loves Colors

    Funded Nov 22, 2021

    Thank you so much for contributing to my project! Now I will be able to create engaging and dynamic resources to support letter learning, number fluency and daily routines!

    It can be challenging to access a color printer at my school, and having one in my classroom allows me to quickly and easily provide activities to my littles.”

    With gratitude,

    Ms. Van Peenen

  • Color Kinder Happy!

    Funded Sep 11, 2021

    THANK YOU. Your support means so much to me. This protect was funded in under 24 hours, and it speaks volumes. Circumstances continue to test and challenge all of us, but what I know is that I have a supportive group of people I am lucky to call my friends. Thanks for being in my corner and know I’ll forever be in yours! ❤️”

    With gratitude,

    Ms. Van Peenen

  • Now I Know My ABC's!

    Funded Oct 27, 2020

    I know this is late, but I owe you so many thanks. The money you donated has made a lasting impact on my students. With our conditions still being impacted by COVID, not only did my students utilize these materials daily last year, my students this year are able to have personal sets of materials we would otherwise have to suspend.

    I will never forget the enthusiasm my students had for their own sets of letters last year after months of learning together through a screen. When given a choice, students would pick their letter sets, build their names, sight words, match lowercase and uppercase, and more. Their excitement over recognizing letters was magical!

    Today I was reminded of how thankful I am to have such a supportive network of friends and this community at donors choose. Each of my students received their phonemic awareness phone for independent reading and it sparked so much excitement for reading and storytelling.

    There aren't enough words to thank you for the help you've given me and my students during such a difficult time!!!”

    With gratitude,

    Ms. Van Peenen

  • For the Love of Reading

    Funded Oct 18, 2017

    I cannot thank you enough for providing the resources my students need to build a love for reading. My library lacked books on an appropriate reading level for the various abilities of my students. Now, I have a wide variety of books that all of my students can access. I rarely hear from students that they don't have a book to read. Now, I am reminding them to stick to a book before starting the next because they cannot wait to devour these books. There is nothing better than seeing children get excited about a book. Thanks to you, my students LOVE reading!”

    With gratitude,

    Ms. Van Peenen

    This classroom project was brought to life by The DonorsChoose.org Community and 4 other donors.
  • We Can See Clearly Now!

    Funded Nov 6, 2017

    Thank you for assisting my class! The document camera is going to be an extremely useful resource and I am so excited to see the benefits in our classroom. My students thrive when they are able to teach one another, so being able to project it for the whole class to see is going to make learning from each other much easier.”

    With gratitude,

    Ms. Van Peenen

My goal in reading as a classroom teacher is to support my students reading interests. When kids enjoy what they're reading, progress always follows suit. With almost half of my students reading below grade level, it is imperative to provide books that interest them and are an appropriate reading level in order for them to close learning gaps. The biggest challenge I face is keeping enough books on the shelf to interest and motivate my students to read independently. The books I have chosen span across three grade levels of reading to support the needs of my students. They also include series my students love, but are not on the library shelves. In order to continue to build a love for reading, please help my class fill our shelves!

About my class

My goal in reading as a classroom teacher is to support my students reading interests. When kids enjoy what they're reading, progress always follows suit. With almost half of my students reading below grade level, it is imperative to provide books that interest them and are an appropriate reading level in order for them to close learning gaps. The biggest challenge I face is keeping enough books on the shelf to interest and motivate my students to read independently. The books I have chosen span across three grade levels of reading to support the needs of my students. They also include series my students love, but are not on the library shelves. In order to continue to build a love for reading, please help my class fill our shelves!

About my class

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