Past projects 9
Snack Time
Funded Feb 27, 2025Thank you so much for your generous donations! Your funding will make snack time possible for my first grade students for the remainder of the school year. My students love snack time and will be overjoyed to enjoy their snacks soon. I look forward to sharing their notes of appreciation with you soon.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Monsky
First Grade Essential Supplies
Funded Aug 28, 2024Thank you so much for your generous donations! They have been so helpful to my first grade classroom this year. I'd like to share a little bit about how we use these supplies each day.
The white board markers you funded are used daily for spelling and math. Students love to be able to sound out and spell words and sentences. The markers also help students complete their math work; using them on number lines and tens frames. They love that the markers have an eraser on the end, so they can quickly erase and move on to the next word or problem!
The ABC chart is so helpful for students. Everyday I see students looking up at it to remember how to write their letters and which letter makes what sound.
The favorite has to be the fruit snacks, though. Students love being able to have a snack each day. They are usually hungry before lunch time and the fruit snacks keep their brains energized to stay focused and hard at work.
My students love and benefit from all of the supplies, of course. I hope you are able to get a snapshot of how you have made such a wonderful impact in our classroom community. Thank you again!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Monsky
Reading Corner
Funded Mar 20, 2024Thank you again for your generous donation! With your support my first grade classroom was able to get four bean bag chairs for our reading corner.
As soon as the bean bag chairs arrived, my students were so excited to get to use them. With them bean bag chairs, students have been much more focused in their independent reading. They are so happy to settle into their bean bag and begin reading!
I look forward to many days ahead seeing my first graders fully engaged in their reading now that we have the bean bags. Thank you for making that possible! My classroom is forever grateful.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Monsky
Classroom Library
Funded Oct 12, 2023Thank you so much for your donations to fund my classroom library. These texts help reinforce phonics skills we learn each day. My first graders were so excited to be able to practice their new phonics patterns with the various decodable books. Students have used them in class during reading corner time, which they love being able to select their own books from the class library. Students have also enjoyed being able to take some of the books home to practice new phonics skills with their family members. By getting the reading practice at home and at school, my students have already shown tremendous growth thanks to your support!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Monsky
This classroom project was brought to life by The DonorsChoose Community & an Anonymous Partner and one other donor.Headphones for First Grade
Funded Mar 19, 2023Thank you so much for your generous gift to my first grade classroom! The new, high quality headphones have made such an impact in just the first week we received them.
My first grade students have been so excited to do their iPad learning now! They no longer have to worry about if they will have headphones that work or are comfortable to be able to listen and learn to the learning apps. This has already led to such a high level of focus and engagement on the iPads! Students are now excited to get out their headphones and get to work on the iPads. This is all thanks to your support!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Monsky
Get Ready for First Grade!
Funded Sep 6, 2022Thank you so much for choosing to support my first grade students! Your donations have been critical to every aspect of our classroom community! Please let me share some insight into all the ways you have supported us this school year.
With your donation, my first grade students have been able to keep their brains fueled for learning! The various snack packs that your donations supplied help ensure each student receives a snack each afternoon. Whether it be popcorn or fruit snacks, each day students get so excited for snack time. Your contribution truly makes for an exciting part of our day!
Further, your donation has helped us stay on track with our reading goals! The woodland creatures bulletin board supplies serve as a tracker for each time students make growth in reading. Students love adding a leaf with their name to the tree to show their progress, all thanks to your support!
Additionally, your donations help keep our classroom calm and focused. Your donations supported items for our calm down corner to help students express their feelings in a positive manner. This allows them to learn social emotional skills as well as maximize learning time. We so appreciate having the tools to allow for this space!
Finally, your items allow our first grade classroom to stay clean and organized. Student love getting to swifter and wipe down their desks as a part of our daily cleaning routines. Further, the numbered dots assist students in staying in order for lining up and at spots at the learning floor. These important items from your support all make our classroom run smoothly!
Again, thank you for your kind and thoughtful donation to my first grade class. Your support has been crucial to making this a successful year in so many ways. We use your donated supplies throughout each day and cannot thank you enough for that!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Monsky
This classroom project was brought to life by Bill Gates and 9 other donors.First Grade Class Ready
Funded Sep 24, 2021Thank you so much for choosing to support my first grade students! Your donations have been critical to every aspect of our classroom community! Please let me share some insight into all the ways you have supported us this school year.
With your donation, my first grade students have been able to keep their brains fueled for learning! The various snack packs that your donations supplied help ensure each student receives a snack each afternoon. Whether it be popcorn or fruit snacks, each day students get so excited for snack time. Your contribution truly makes for an exciting part of our day!
Further, your donation has helped us stay on track with our reading goals! The woodland creatures bulletin board supplies serve as a tracker for each time students make growth in reading. Students love adding a leaf with their name to the tree to show their progress, all thanks to your support!
Additionally, your donations help keep our classroom calm and focused. Your donations supported items for our calm down corner to help students express their feelings in a positive manner. This allows them to learn social emotional skills as well as maximize learning time. We so appreciate having the tools to allow for this space!
Finally, your items allow our first grade classroom to stay clean and organized. Student love getting to swifter and wipe down their desks as a part of our daily cleaning routines. My firsties also enjoy having individual book bins to store all of their math tools, such as number lines and counters. Further, the numbered dots assist students in staying in order for lining up and at spots at the learning floor. These important items from your support all make our classroom run smoothly!
Again, thank you for your kind and thoughtful donation to my first grade class. Your support has been crucial to making this a successful year in so many ways. We use your donated supplies throughout each day and cannot thank you enough for that!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Monsky
This classroom project was brought to life by The DonorsChoose Community and 6 other donors.Color and Draw in 1st Grade
Funded Sep 28, 2020My first grade students and I were excited to finally have crayons, markers and scissors for our classroom. Our class was able to put the new art supplies right to work! We have used to new materials for both class projects, sight word workbooks, free play and peace circles. The art supplies helped us complete our Thanksgiving class project and bulletin board. Students regularly use the crayons and markers to color for one another to build friendship with one another. Students also are always asking to use their crayons during indoor recess- it is the favorite indoor choice! The pencils have been essential as well as they allow students to all have a steady supply of pencils to complete their work. Pencils had always been in low supply previously, so this has allowed our class to always be prepared for work. Thank you for helping to make our classroom more complete with these art and school supplies. We appreciate all of your support!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Monsky
Happy Campers
Funded Jul 18, 2020My first grade class is off to a wonderful start this school year thanks to your generous support of my donors choose project! The supplies you helped to purchase have helped to create a warm, welcoming and comfortable classroom environment for my students. Everything helped to make our classroom theme of "happy campers" come to life, so I wanted to share some of those details with you!
The camping and inspirational signage welcome my students each morning and immerse them into an adventure each day. The camping chairs and tree stump stools are a favorite cozy spot for students to get to sit in as a reward or for some time to calm down. The tree bulletin board has made a wonderful reading growth tree for which my students add leaves to when they grow in reading. We have also loved learning about outdoor adventures and nature through the books funded for the project. These things have all made for a fun and adventure-filled first grade classroom and we are thankful for your support!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Monsky