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Past projects 8

• Wiggle While You Work

  Funded May 7, 2024

  Thank you so much for your generous donations to this project! Our school year has just started, but students are so excited to be here and are ready to learn. The new flexible seating is a great addition to the classroom and the students have been excited to explore how to use them. These seats are great for students that need to move around, and find places in the classroom that are best for them to learn. The TPT gift card so far has been used for some new visuals for reading groups! These bright and colorful additions will brighten up our learning space, while also providing support for students emerging literacy skills. Thanks for all your support!”

  With gratitude,

  Mrs. Therrien

  This classroom project was brought to life by The DonorsChoose Community and 2 other donors.

• Early Literacy Success for Kindergarten and 1st Grade Learners

  Funded Oct 24, 2023

  Thank you so much for your support with this project! I have spent the last few weeks actively working to learn this program, and so far am loving it! The program hits on all the important aspects of learning letters and their sounds in a highly engaging and motivating way, which is exactly what my littlest learners need! My students have been excited to come to reading group and we are starting to see them transfer their knowledge of letters and sounds into their general education classroom, which is so exciting to see. Thank you again for supporting this project. My students and I are thrilled to have this program to develop basic literacy skills!”

  With gratitude,

  Mrs. Therrien

  This classroom project was brought to life by A Donor Who Loves Teachers and 2 other donors.

• Colorful Literacy

  Funded Dec 30, 2022

  Our new supply of ink has been so great to have! The new visuals that are in my office are bright, cheerful, and colorful. The colored ink has really made the visuals on my wall "pop" and gets the attention of my students.

  This ink has also been used frequently for literacy and math games, which have been so much fun! My students really enjoy our Fun Fridays, and having colorful games to play has been a great motivator.

  We are so thankful for your support of this project. My students have been so excited about seeing our visuals, stories, and work in color.”

  With gratitude,

  Mrs. Therrien

• Bingo! Reading Games Are Fantastic!

  Funded Sep 7, 2022

  Friday has turned into the best day for reading groups! My students are working so hard during the week, and rewarding them with a variety of games on Fridays has been so great. Sight Word bingo and Can Do! are definitely a hit amongst my students.

  The games we received allow us to work on a variety of skills that are exactly at the level my students need. Not only does this help them to feel successful while playing the game, it has also allowed us to use our reading skills in new ways. I can see my students are becoming more confident in their reading abilities, socializing with other students, and working on cooperation/partner skills.

  I am so thankful for your generous donations that have allowed for us to have very Fun Fridays!”

  With gratitude,

  Mrs. Therrien

  This classroom project was brought to life by Valhalla Foundation and 2 other donors.

• Rockstar Readers

  Funded May 3, 2022

  The Jewel Box Words and Comprehension stories have been so helpful to have. My Project Read collection of materials is nearly complete, and it's been wonderful for my students to work with our program materials in new and exciting ways. I can see how excited my students are to come into group each day to learn.

  I have continued to add our new words to my Word Wall, and it is so helpful for the students. They seek out the words they are curious about and use it to help with their reading and spelling. The Comprehension stories are also a big hit! My students really enjoy getting to read new material, and the activities are very engaging.

  Thank you again for your support with this project. I appreciate it more than you know!”

  With gratitude,

  Mrs. Therrien

  This classroom project was brought to life by SONIC Drive-In and 4 other donors.

• Reading Superstars

  Funded Sep 3, 2020

  I am so thankful to each of you that donated to this project. Teaching remotely has been challenging on many levels, but these digital worksheets have been an absolute game changer.

  The Project Read curriculum is something that most of my students have been doing for at least a year. This goes through many different phonics skills, including blends, digraphs, and multi-syllabic words. We have done not only a review of skills from last year, but have also started learning some new phonics skills with the help of these worksheets.

  Although doing things paper-based is sometimes easier, having digital copies that we can work on together through Zoom or Google Slides has been very motivating for the students. It is also wonderful because it is one less thing that the students have to keep track of, since all their work is safe on the computer! They have loved being able to "take control" of my screen to manipulate words and sentences, find patterns, and read stories that are all displayed for them. Not only is it helping them with their reading, but it also allows them to work together with their peers as a team.

  Thank you again for your support with this project, I am so thankful!”

  With gratitude,

  Mrs. Therrien

  This classroom project was brought to life by AT&T and 5 other donors.

• Mobile Learning Center

  Funded May 8, 2019

  We have had a great start to the school year thanks to our new whiteboard. This whiteboard has traveled across the school to different locations for our reading groups and has been a great addition. My students love being able to drive it down the hallway instead of having to carry out materials. Student engagement has increased and everyone can't wait to have their turn to write on it! Students are motivated and proud to display their work up on the whiteboard for all of their friends to see.

  Not only are students super excited to use it, but so am I. It has been great to have a place to hang up my pocket charts filled with sight words and display worksheets that we can do together. The storage underneath has also been a life saver and my students are eager to help keep all our materials organized.

  Thanks to your donation, my students are more excited than ever to do work together up on the whiteboard. We sincerely appreciate your generous gift!”

  With gratitude,

  Mrs. Therrien

  This classroom project was brought to life by Google.org and 6 other donors.

• Instruction with iPads

  Funded Aug 17, 2018

  It has been a little over a month since we have received and set up our brand new iPads. My students are still in shock that we have our own iPads to use every day. It makes me laugh when they "remind" me to grab them, typically 15 seconds into our reading group when we have barely sat down. They truly are so excited to have this technology at their fingertips, and it is safe to say that it has vamped up my reading instruction.

  Over the past month, we have downloaded and tried many new apps. Reading A-Z has hundreds of books, and is organized into different reading levels that suits the needs of each student. The app will read the story aloud once, and then have the student try it on their own. This is helping my students learn because they get to hear and see the words at the same time, which helps build their word knowledge. Also, it prevents students from getting stuck on 1 word, as they can click on any tricky word so that it is read to them. The best part of this app is that there is a reading comprehension quiz at the end of each book to check for student understanding. The students think they are just doing a fun activity reading a book and answering questions, but they are actually giving me great data on what they still need work on! This is a great small group activity, and the students are always participating so they can be the one to put the answer in the iPad. My students are so focused when we are doing this, and are even motivated to go back into the text to find the correct answers if they need to.

  Some other great apps we have discovered are Epic! books, as well as many different games that help students to learn sight words, different letter sounds, and recognizing letters. I have also been using the iPads to help my students learn new vocabulary and make connections. My next step is to start using the iPads so my students can write about what they are reading. Whether it be answering questions on main idea, character traits, or basic WH- questions, I really think this will be a motivator for my students to write more and think deeper into what we are reading about, a skill that is challenging for most of my students.

  Having these new iPads has really helped my students become engaged and excited about reading group. I have created my own reading group behavior management system using Class Dojo, which gives them points for things like participating and being on task. Once enough points have accrued, they will be allowed to use the iPad to do an independent reading game or activity, while not having to share with anyone else (which is huge to them). This is the biggest motivator, and they feel special about the reward they worked hard to earn.

  Overall, these iPads have been a great addition to my reading groups, and student participation has been unbelievable. Thank you again for your generous contribution to my project; my students and I cannot thank you enough!”

  With gratitude,

  Mrs. Therrien