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Mrs. Ruiz's Classroom

  • South Miami K-8 Center
  • South Miami, FL
  • More than half of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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  • Teachers Pay Teachers to the Rescue!

    Funded Mar 18, 2023

    I am so grateful for your generosity! My students and I are thankful for the opportunity to purchase engaging activities. I am looking forward to purchase activities and labs that will promote student learning through active learning activities such as hands-on labs and student-led center. Your help really means a lot to us.”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Ruiz

  • Help Brighten My Students Life to Help Them Learn!

    Funded May 4, 2022

    My students and I truly appreciate your help with all the materials. We are grateful to have access to a color printer in the classroom. I am able to print reading and science resources for my students to refer to and study with in color. It is more engaging for them and as a result will be able to preform better.

    I have noticed that the students are more motivated and utilize the reference sheets more frequently since it is in color. I also use the printer to print vocabulary in color and classroom printable educational posters so it will be more visually appealing.”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Ruiz

    This classroom project was brought to life by SONIC Drive-In and 3 other donors.
  • Clean Class, Healthy Kids!

    Funded Jan 12, 2022

    My students were extremely excited to know that our project was funded! Thank you so much! The look on their faces said it all.

    When the boxes arrived, all of the students helped me take out all the materials from the boxes and were so appreciative with your generosity. It is comforting to know that I have all these extra materials in class that are brand new in case a student forgets their materials or have lost it. Also, I love having all the Clorox wipes to disinfect the class. I am able to continue to keep my students safe and healthy as much as I can so they will not miss a day in school.

    I have plans on using the highlighters next week on a writing assignment were they have to search for figurative writing and highlight it so we can review as a class together. I am so very grateful for your donations and thank you again.”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Ruiz

  • Teachers Pay Teachers to the Rescue!

    Funded Mar 16, 2021

    I really want to thank you for providing me with a teachers pay teachers gift card that I was able to purchase resources for my distance learning students. I was able to use the gift card to purchase online review games for state testing. The students loved playing the review games and made learning and reviewing the material they learned more enjoyable in distance learning. I was also able to purchase an end of the year virtual memory book for the students to complete and share with the class. The students particularly loved this activity because they were able to reflect on this school year and the challenges that they faced through distance learning and how COVID had an impact on each individual student.

    I really want to thank you all for donating and providing me the opportunity to differentiate learning and purchase resources that engaged my students.”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Ruiz

    This classroom project was brought to life by The DonorsChoose Community and 6 other donors.
  • Help With Distance Learning

    Funded Dec 2, 2020

    My students and I are so very grateful for your donations. The students were so excited when they got new headphones with a microphone. The new head phones has helped me communicate with my students better and consequently make online learning easier for us!

    I love my new laptop and grateful for the opportunity to have access to a computer when the electricity goes out at the school or I have to work from home. I have been able to use my new laptop to work from home when assigning their work and checking all their online assignments.

    This has been a challenging year for both my students and I getting accustomed to virtual learning, you have brought smiles to our faces during these trying times with the materials you have helped provide for my class! Again, all this would have not been possible without your help. Thank you!!!!”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Ruiz

    This classroom project was brought to life by FamilyAlbum and 8 other donors.
  • Create And Laminate

    Funded Oct 31, 2018

    We want to thank you for giving us the opportunity for having our own class laminating machine and a document camera. The students we so happy when we received the materials and have loved having these items in our class.

    I have used the laminating machine to laminate vocabulary words and also articles that I want the students to use for years to come. The document camera has been the best addition to the class because I am able to project student work for all the students to see how a certain student solved a Math problem.

    Again, we are very grateful for you generous donation!”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Ruiz

    This classroom project was brought to life by Chevron Fuel Your School.
  • Help Feed Our Scientific Curiosity

    Funded Oct 2, 2017

    We are so very grateful for your generous donation. It is because of you that has helped my class have technology items to help them better understand science concepts and become life long learners.

    The Human Body and Space Technology items have helped my students become interested in these abstract Science concepts. When they finish their work early they gravitate towards those two items. They are able to learn about concepts they don't know and it has also grown a big interest to learn about concepts we have not learned in class yet. It teaches them how to research independently about items they are curious about in their new I-Pad.

    Also, they love their new electric sharpener and the ink to the color printer has come in use when we do class projects and need a certain picture in color. Again, we can't thank you enough!”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Ruiz

  • Investigate, Capture It and Share It!

    Funded Oct 7, 2016

    Thanks to you we are able to construct graphs on the computer and print it out in our brand new color printer. The students love the end result and ability to represent their data from our science experiments using the printer. The students absolutely love our class digital camera. They enjoy taking pictures of our class events and uploading the pictures in our class website so the parents can take a peek in our classroom.

    The students are most excited about using our digital camera. They enjoy taking the pictures and being able to upload and write about what we did in the particular lesson, science lab or field trip we took. They also like that I am able to use the color printer to print out class Math Vocabulary Words in color.

    Overall the entire class and I are extremely grateful for your generosity and are lucky to have access to a color printer, digital camera, and electric sharpener!”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Ruiz

  • Let Us Apply What We Learned In Class!

    Funded Feb 3, 2015

    Thank you for your generous donations. Once the boxes arrived at the school with the Math Enrichment Folder games and calculators the students were ecstatic!

    We are using the calculators to solve complex problem solving questions and brain teasers that require a calculator. The students are getting accustomed to the functions of a calculator and enjoy using a calculator are also use the Math Problem Solving Folder games to enrich math lessons that are taught in class. Students also use the Math Folder Activity when they finish with their classwork early.

    These materials are giving my students to opportunity to apply what they have learned in class in real world situations. They are also able to learn and use the calculator properly and know the different functions of the calculator. We are very grateful for your donations!”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Ruiz

  • Help Feed Our Creativity With Technology!

    Funded Oct 10, 2014

    Thank you so much for funding all the technology resources for our classroom. The students faces were priceless when the boxes arrived and they were especially thrilled to find out that we now have a class color printer and a class I PAD.

    We have used to I PAD to practice Math skills using a Math educational application. The students love it! We absolutely love the color printer! I was able to print pictures of the students when we made models of cells. I displayed the pictures of the students holding their cells on the bulletin board. I also printed out color certificates and displayed them outside our classroom for a challenging activity I had assigned the students to complete. The students were proud of their certificate and loved that the certificates were in color! The headphones are awesome, it was the perfect replacement to our broken, old headphones.

    Thank you once again, with your donations your have not only supplied my class with new technology items, but also inspired and encouraged my students. My students now want to behave well and finish their work because they want to work with our class I PAD. They also want colored certificates displayed so they are encouraged to reach for the stars!”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Ruiz

Welcome to our Donors Choose homepage! I teach Math and Science to gifted fourth grade students. I have two classes with a total of 44 fantastic fourth graders. My fourth graders are innovative and inquisitive. They love to working collaboratively on challenging math problems and discovering things about the world around them.

About my class

Welcome to our Donors Choose homepage! I teach Math and Science to gifted fourth grade students. I have two classes with a total of 44 fantastic fourth graders. My fourth graders are innovative and inquisitive. They love to working collaboratively on challenging math problems and discovering things about the world around them.

About my class

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