Past projects 7
With One Rug...We Can Learn, Discover & Discuss Together!
Funded Aug 9, 2022I want to take this opportunity to THANK YOU so much for our class' new rug! Our meeting area is the brightest spot in our classroom. It doesn't only add eye-appealing beauty, but it is literally the area in which we come together everyday to learn and share with each other.
My students and I are so grateful for your generosity and hope you really understand how much our new rug and meeting area really mean to us. In these past four months, we have had countless class discussions in which we engage with each other. During math, we think about ideas and question each other; at other times, we use our new rug to get comfy and play a multiplication game to strengthen our fact fluency skills. Our class read alouds are so much more fun, now that we have a meeting area in which we can sit and travel to another world where we laugh, cry, & discover together. I love seeing my students' faces as we magically delve into another world and share the experience together.
My students now have the opportunity to turn & talk, and share ideas with their partners thanks to the practicality our new meeting area gives us. We can sit next to each other and share EVERYTHING we are doing, from our writing, to our math explanations, and many times to just share how we're doing today and do our SEL check-ins. Everything we do revolves around us, being in our sweetest spot of our classroom, sharing, exploring and discovering together....THANKS TO YOU!!”
With gratitude,
Ms. Herrera
This classroom project was brought to life by Bill Gates and 3 other donors.School Supplies Galore!
Funded Sep 10, 2021I want to take this time to THANK YOU so much for your generous donations that helped fund my School Supplies Galore project! Your kindness and generosity have reached not only me as a teacher, but my students as well! Their smiles when receiving their supplies said it all! Not to mention, that parents were very appreciative as well, as many usual supplies that go on the Back To School supply list were not listed for them to purchase!
With this project funded, I was able to put together Class and HW kits for my students. Class Kits were filled with supplies that they would need everyday in class, and HW kits were given to them to take home and use when needed to complete school work at home. My students were so excited and grateful as they received their Class Supply and HW Supply kits!
As you will see in the pictures, they were happy little 3rd graders completing art projects such as winter animal drawings for their informational writing pieces and our wonderful winter door display in which we used lots of the art supplies funded by this project to complete. Sheet protectors and printer ink were used to print fun math games for them to play and strengthen their math skills. This is just a tiny sampling of all the things we were able to do thanks to your generosity! This teacher is VERY grateful, and again, THANK YOU SO MUCH for everything!”
With gratitude,
Ms. Herrera
This classroom project was brought to life by Clorox and 10 other donors.3rd Graders Hooked on SEL!
Funded Jul 15, 2021I would like to take this time to THANK YOU once again for your wonderful and much appreciated contribution towards my Hooked on SEL project. Thanks to you, I was able to purchase teacher-made and approved SEL resources/curriculums to use with my class.
The resources include teacher-created and tested materials/curriculums that incorporate a wealth of social emotional learning activities through focusing on different units, such as EMPATHY, KINDNESS, MINDFULNESS, and the list goes on and on! Thanks to donors such as yourself, I have more than enough resources to use with my students to teach them about these essential life skills. We are also able to have meaningful discussions and opportunities in which they work together to explore these life skills further. As a result, they are able to hear each other's opinions and understand different perspectives on different SEL topics.
As a teacher, I am immensely grateful that I have these resources at my fingertips to use with my students. I know that I am giving my students meaningful instruction and providing them with many opportunities to get involved in activities that engage them in meaningful and important conversations with their classmates, all while learning how to be good citizens and acquiring life skills to help them tackle challenges that may come their way. My most sincerest thanks to you all!”
With gratitude,
Ms. Herrera
This classroom project was brought to life by Born This Way Foundation and 4 other donors.A Classroom Library is a Home for Diversity and SEL!
Funded Mar 14, 2021My students and myself want to take this opportunity to THANK YOU SO MUCH for the wonderful gift and addition to our classroom library! Our new books have brought new life to our library and students are more eager to visit and bookshop, knowing that there are new stories that they can delve into! I have enjoyed seeing their excitement when they call out my name to tell me something wonderful about the book they're reading. They've even taken them home and shared them with their families!
Students have been "seeing" themselves in these new titles, as they see characters that look like them, but also tell stories that they can relate to. In addition, the new titles have aided me tremendously this past school year with our SEL instruction. I have been able to use many of the books and introduce SEL concepts and skills, such as kindness, tolerance, and empathy through read alouds that have led to rich and meaningful class discussions. My students have grown more compassionate and have learned how to navigate certain situations that arise with more open-mindedness and a higher level of understanding. Their perceptions have changed and I feel like they are starting to learn how not only to control, but manage and address their feelings in an appropriate way.
Thank you again so much for this amazing gift you have given us! I am looking forward to sharing it with my students for years to come and using it to aid and benefit my SEL planning and instruction to deliver the best SEL lessons to my kiddos!”
With gratitude,
Ms. Herrera
This classroom project was brought to life by Allstate Foundation and 4 other donors.Breaking News: Printer Colors Ms. Herrera's Classroom!
Funded Sep 17, 2020I would like to take this opportunity to THANK YOU so much for the gift you have given me and my students. Our new printer is AMAZING! We have been using it for many things! Our printer has printed many eye-catching and colorful classroom resources that we have used to decorate our bulletin boards, and centers. In addition, because of the current pandemic and the need to reduce cross-contamination, students have been able to produce their wonderful work on their iPads and print them out to display inside and outside of the classroom!
Thanks to you our classroom is beautiful and lively. I welcome my students everyday into our colorful "home", in which they spend all of their day learning. This pandemic has made things way different, but I believe that our classroom environment lifts their little spirits up and gives them some sense of normalcy. There are no empty bulletin boards and their work is proudly displayed throughout. My students are even more motivated when completing their work, knowing that they will be able to see a perfectly polished finished product printing from our new printer.
Again, I cannot thank you enough! Rest assured that you have made a big difference with your help and support! It is greatly appreciated, and because of people like you, teachers and students have big smiles on their faces! THANK YOU!!!”
With gratitude,
Ms. Herrera
This classroom project was brought to life by The DonorsChoose 20th Anniversary Fund and 5 other donors.Let's Keep Reading Together!
Funded May 16, 2020I would like to take this opportunity to THANK YOU again, for your amazing kindness and generosity towards me and my students. Your gift has not put only a smile on my students' faces, but also given them the chance to continue on their learning journey and enabled them to keep growing that love of reading!
The most beautiful thing is seeing the smiles on their faces as they explore their new book and enjoy reading it together as a class. In my classroom, reading is FUN, and I strive to teach my students that reading is not a chore, but a wonderful tool to expand our knowledge and also have fun, and escape into different worlds and meet all kinds of people! This book has served to be a FANTASTIC continuation of our thirst for reading fun in our classroom, and also it has provided my students with something to engage with during this not-so-typical summer!
Again, thank you so much for your wonderful gift! My students and I truly appreciate it and are very grateful!”
With gratitude,
Ms. Herrera
This classroom project was brought to life by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and 5 other donors.Fun Time In The Summer!
Funded May 28, 2020I want to take this time to THANK YOU again for your kindness and generosity. By helping me get this project funded, my students were able to get wonderful and FUN materials to keep them occupied during this quarantine summer. They'll love blowing those bubbles, getting creative with the drawing paper and water paint, and enjoying the outside while scribbling on the sidewalk with their new sidewalk chalk. I'm sure that they will enjoy every single item included!
The greatest moment was when I was able to see them again after a long 3 months of remote learning, and give them their end of year care packages! The smiles on their faces were everything! It was great to hear their little gasps of joy and it let me know that they will definitely be benefiting from their end of year care packages. They'll get to be kids and enjoy a not-so-typical summer!
Again, many thanks to you for helping me make this possible!”
With gratitude,
Ms. Herrera
This classroom project was brought to life by The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and 7 other donors.