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Thank you so much for supporting my project of Warm Hooded Sweatshirts Keep Us Cozy and Warm. I am so excited to get these zip up sweatshirts for my scholars. Our MI winters are very chilly and sometimes our room can get a bit chilly. We are also blessed to have air conditioning for those warm days, and sometimes the room is still chilly. These sweatshirts are perfect to keep in the classroom so the students can put them on or take them off as needed. The best part is, they meet our uniform guidelines, so the students can wear them whenever they want.
I am so appreciative of the support and allowing me to receive these for our students.”
Thank you so much for supporting my project of Finish the Year Strong! My kids were so excited to see new head phones. These appear to be a nice sturdy set, so hopefully we can make use of them for the entire year. And this teacher was super excited about this tool bag! So many times I need just a simple tightening of a bolt on the students desk, or a screwdriver to assemble some flexible seating. When I can't find the custodian, I have to remember to bring the proper tool from home. Now these will stay right in my closet for my entire team to use. Paper?!?! Does a teacher ever have enough paper? I am so grateful for these amazing supplies for my classroom. I truly appreciate the support!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Tulgestke
This classroom project was brought to life by Valhalla Foundation and 4 other donors.
Thank you so much for supporting my project All Powered Up and Ready to Learn! I am so excited to get these chargers and a charging station for my classroom. My students bring their chrome books home every night and they have a charger at home. However, being an 8 year old, they frequently forget to take it out of their back pack, and it comes to back to school with only a minimal charge. These chargers will help ensure more students can plug their chrome book in first thing in the morning, so they are prepared and ready to go when they work at they're independent stations. Thank you so much for helping to make this happen!”
Thank you so much for supporting my classroom project of Warm Hooded Sweatshirts Keep Us Cozy and War. My kids were so excited to get these. In our cold winters, the temperature in my classroom fluctuates throughout they day. It is really nice for my kids to have a sweatshirt that they leave at school, so they can put it on and off as needed. Plus, because we are a uniform school, these sweatshirts are uniform acceptable, so they can wear them whenever they want! We also used a cricut machine to put their names on each one, so they never get mixed up. The kids absolutely love them!
Thank you so much for helping get this project funded!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Tulgestke
This classroom project was brought to life by Black History Month Partners and 28 other donors.
Thank you so much for supporting my project of keeping my classroom germ free. It has been an uphill battle staying ahead of the COVID virus, and these supplies will certainly help.
I had an air purifier funded in a previous project, so the filters are necessary to keep it running smoothly and doing its job to keep my classroom air clean. The students use their chrome books continuously throughout the day, and those little third grade fingers can make their chrome books rather gross!! The windex screen wipes and monitor wipes we use daily to keep the germs off their keyboards and screens. Hand sanitizer, need I say more!!! We go through so much sanitizer and I'm so blessed to get this giant bottle of sanitizer so the kids can keep the germs off their hands.
I truly appreciate your help in keeping my classroom healthy!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Tulgestke
This classroom project was brought to life by Black History Month Partners and 3 other donors.
Thank you so much for supporting my project of a Teachers Pay Teachers gift card. This resource is so helpful for getting additional print resources for my students who may have to quarantine, as well as differentiated work in my small groups.
Teachers Pay Teachers is a site where teachers just like us, develop fun, engaging resources for students of all grade levels. I love to use some of these sources in addition to our regular curriculum as extra practice, as well as downloading it on my Google Classroom for students that may have to work remotely for a short time.
I truly appreciate your help in getting this project funded!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Tulgestke
This classroom project was brought to life by Black History Month Partners and 3 other donors.
Thank you so much for supporting my classroom project of Keep Our Classroom Healthy and COVID free. I have been working very hard to keep everyone in my room healthy, and these supplies will be a great help!
The microban aerosol spray I use every morning before the kids come in my room. I spray down all the chairs and stools they sit on, and the areas of the chair they grab. The disinfectant spray is used multiple times a day to wipe down their desks. The kids eat breakfast in the room, so their desks get cleaned after breakfast, when they leave for lunch, and then again at the end of the day. It's a regular battle to keep COVID at bay, and these cleaning supplies are a huge help in this goal!
Thank you!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Tulgestke
This classroom project was brought to life by Black History Month Partners and 2 other donors.
Thank you so much for supporting my Small Group Success project. My students get very excited when they see new goodies show up in my room and they all wanted a pack of the different reading comprehension card! These are decks of cards with short reading passages on them and questions they need to answer. Because they are so small, the students feel accomplished after reading them. And ANYTIME I can get the kids to read is an accomplishment for me.
They also loved the Power Play pens. They practice their math facts, touch the answer, and it gives them instant feedback. They had so much fun playing with these.
Thank you again for helping out my students in their learning.”
Thank you so much for supporting my project of Toon Graphic Novels. My students were so excited to see a box arrive in my classroom, and they huddled around as I opened this treasure of new books.
These books have such a large variety of titles and genre for my students to choose from. Some titles are even in Spanish, which is awesome for my English language learners.
My scholars LOVE reading graphic novels. They quickly become over whelmed when they see a chapter book with pages filled with so many words. Graphic novels are in a comic book form, and help my students become confident readers, as they still like to see pictures on their pages.
I truly appreciate your support in getting these books in my kids hands.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Tulgestke
This classroom project was brought to life by TOON Books and 7 other donors.
Thank you so much for supporting my project of Scholars Supplies for Small-Group Success. I am so excited to receive all these pencils and a new set of headphones.
As we are rapidly hitting January, it is crazy how fast students go through pencils. I am so grateful for this new supply of pencils. I'm hoping this will take us until the end of the year.
I also received a new supply of headphones. The students do quiet a bit of independent work on their computers, so it's important they have headphones on so they are not interrupting other students who are trying to work.
I really appreciate the support of making sure my students have the supplies they need.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Tulgestke
This classroom project was brought to life by #TeachHealthy with Nature Made and 5 other donors.
My students are a very active bunch. They are always wiggling around. The littlest kids are even more wiggly because their sensory systems are still developing. That’s where ball chairs come in.
In response to the ball’s instability and in order to remain balanced while sitting on one, the body instinctively — and continually — engages core muscle groups. Constant movement is required in order to stay seated on the ball. And that movement, however slight, helps them focus. As children learn awareness and body control through movement, they become familiar with following instructions, listening for cues, and respecting others as they move together in the shared space
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My students are a very active bunch. They are always wiggling around. The littlest kids are even more wiggly because their sensory systems are still developing. That’s where ball chairs come in.
In response to the ball’s instability and in order to remain balanced while sitting on one, the body instinctively — and continually — engages core muscle groups. Constant movement is required in order to stay seated on the ball. And that movement, however slight, helps them focus. As children learn awareness and body control through movement, they become familiar with following instructions, listening for cues, and respecting others as they move together in the shared space