Ms. Velazquez's Classroom Edit display name

Past projects 8

• Printing Kindness Cards

  Funded Oct 22, 2024

  Thank you so very much for your kindness. Your generosity will allow many students to follow along in your kindness to spread the word of kindness and generosity throughout our school and community. Thank you so very much for helping my students create thier vision and for allowing my students to express themselves.”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Velazquez

  This classroom project was brought to life by The Allstate Foundation.

• Community Service Project to Make Adapted Books

  Funded Dec 25, 2023

  Thank you so much for funding our community service project to make Adapted books. My students will be able to use meaningful illustrations and use symbol- supported text when reading or participating in any other given task. These books are the key. Students often go without, but in our classroom the world is open to them through using adapted books I can't wait to share your generosity with them. I can picture the excitement on their faces. It makes me smile.”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Velazquez

• Bean Bag Sensory Corner

  Funded Oct 11, 2023

  Thank you so much for supporting my students. They will be so excited to see and use the beanbags in the quiet corner to help them keep calm. They will enjoy using the beanbags as alternative seating options and will help them self regulate their bodies. We so appreciate you and your donation.”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Velazquez

  This classroom project was brought to life by The DonorsChoose Community & an Anonymous Partner and 3 other donors.

• Sensory Play

  Funded Oct 11, 2023

  We are so grateful for all you support. You have allowed my students to experience a calm sensory toys. They will be able to regulate their emotions and keep calm to learn the rest of the day. Thank you so much for your support of my students and I. Thank you!”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Velazquez

  This classroom project was brought to life by The DonorsChoose Community & an Anonymous Partner and 3 other donors.

• Calm Sensory Reading Corner

  Funded Mar 30, 2023

  We are so grateful for all you support. You have allowed my students to experience a calm reading corner. The seats will be good for my students to rock as they read and the books they will be able to regulate their emotions and keep calm to learn the rest of the day.”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Velazquez

  This classroom project was brought to life by The DonorsChoose Community and 3 other donors.

• Engaging Our Senses

  Funded Nov 7, 2022

  Thank you so very much for supporting my students in their goals towards a calm and sensory safe body. We are ever so grateful for all your support. We will be using these every day to work on keeping calm and engaging in sensory reading activity. We have so thankful.”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Velazquez

• Social Emotional Learning

  Funded May 9, 2022

  The expression on my students faces when they were given the tools they needed to help them describe their emotions were priceless. The students made facial expressions out off play-dough and used play dough mats to guide them to complete their task. The students couldn't wait to share what they made and tell us how they were feeling.

  We are all so grateful for your support. My students continue to use these supplies and we have seen significant growth in their social and emotional skills. Thank you again.”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Velazquez

  This classroom project was brought to life by Neukom Family Foundation and 4 other donors.

• Social Emotional Learning to Help Us Reach Our Goals

  Funded May 3, 2022

  It is true when they say that "a picture is worth a thousand words". I read a book to my students called, The Mean Bean". The Mean Bean is a children's book about anger management, jealousy, and bulling. A book about emotions and feelings for kids. The mean bean was mean at home to her family and in school with her peers until one day a bean came up to her and told her that she was hurting everyone's feelings by the way she was treating everyone else. The mean bean did not like hearing about all the mean things she did. So the mean bean began to changed her behavior. She showed her peers and her family that she can be nice and express her emotions in a different way instead of acting out .

  While I was reading the book my students, they were expressing many different emotions because of the way the mean bean was treating her family and friends. The students did not agree with her. When I was done reading I asked my students to show me how would they treat their family and friends. My students were able to express their emotions by using play-dough matts to show the way they were feeling at the moment. Some were happy, some were surprised and some were sad.

  We are grateful for your donations thank you so much we really appreciate your generosity.”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Velazquez

  This classroom project was brought to life by SONIC Drive-In and 2 other donors.