Past projects 5
Kindergarten STEM Kits Fit Just Right!
Funded May 3, 2021My students and I cannot thank you enough for the awesome fairy tale STEM kits that you provided for our classroom. They are so incredibly excited to bring the next module of our literacy curriculum to life with the building materials and fairy tale characters! These materials will give them the opportunity to experiment with concrete materials that coincide with what we will be learning in our literacy curriculum in module 2, which is all about the farm. They can learn by "building" a house for the Three Little Pigs and we will be able to test whether or not it withstands the Wolf! They cannot wait! In addition they can use the characters to reinforce their story retelling skills! I'm sincerely grateful for your support and generosity!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Martin
This classroom project was brought to life by Ford Drive 4 UR School and 6 other donors.Kinders Need Technology, Too!!
Funded Jul 31, 2019We cannot thank you enough for the laptop we use every day in our classroom!! Your generosity made this possible for us and we are so grateful!
My students are able to use programs in our classroom like Lexia for literacy and Imagine Math for math. These programs support my student's learning and we are afforded more access to the programs for all my students with this laptop.
I am also able to communicate with parents and families of my students using the laptop and Class Dojo. Parents love knowing what is happening in my classroom and it is much easier with our laptop! Thanks so very much!!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Martin
This classroom project was brought to life by Yellow Chair Foundation and 6 other donors.Clean, Healthy Firsties are Happy and Productive!
Funded Oct 25, 2018I am so completely blown away by the kindness of strangers! My First Graders and I cannot thank you enough for your generosity!
The Clorox wipes and other cleaning materials have made a huge difference in my classroom this year by keeping us in school!! We made it through cold and flu season with only one of our First Grade friends getting the flu! That is HUGE for us!
We are able to clean all seven of our student tables before and after we eat on them and that is helping us all stay healthy! We are grateful to you for helping us have the materials we need for this! Thank you from the bottom of our hearts!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Martin
This classroom project was brought to life by The Clorox Company and 12 other donors.Firstie STEM Engineers!
Funded Aug 22, 2018I can't possibly thank you enough for the Science Technology Engineering and Math materials your donation made possible in my classroom! The impact the materials have had on my students has been awesome and it has all been possible thanks to your amazing generosity!!
It warms my heart to see A. develop a love for addition and math through the Double Dice. I love how N. will focus on building something with the STEM Vehicle Builders and will work cooperatively with J. Both of my resource students especially benefit from the hands-on learning experiences these STEM materials provide. My English Speakers of Other Language Students love learning new vocabulary as they work with others in our STEM choice buckets.
THANK YOU for supporting me and my First Graders!!!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Martin
This classroom project was brought to life by Craig Newmark Philanthropies and 4 other donors.Fired Up About Reading!!
Funded Aug 16, 2018My students and I cannot thank you enough for the amazing Kindle Fires. This was my very first Donors Choose project, so we were beyond excited to receive boxes of new materials! My students had no idea what was in the boxes and the looks on their faces were priceless as they helped me open them!
When I explained that the new Kindle Fires were purchased for us by some friends, family and kind people that care about us and want to help us learn, they were amazed. T said, "I didn't know people we don't know cared about us!"
Since then, we have been very busy readers! I was able to download some awesome books that came free with the Fires and my First Graders were excited to be able to read on them. Most of us are beginning readers, so I used the Fires to introduce my students to Accelerated Reader. I read a big book whole group to my class, then five of them at a time could reread the same story on the Fires and were then ready to take a quiz on the book.
I've been able to use the Fires for small reading groups, which has given us so many more choices of books to read! My students love the apps and games that I've downloaded for them on the Fires, so I have created a reward in conjunction with our behavior system where they can earn twenty minutes of free time on the Kindle Fires. They absolutely love it and work extra hard for that reward, all of which was made possible by generous donors like YOU!
Thank you for making such a difference in my classroom and in the education of my First Grade students!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Martin