Past projects 29
You Sunk My Battleship!
Funded Feb 22, 2019Thank you for helping me give my students access to a fun strategy and math skills building game. Playing games like Battleship promote strategic thinking and teach the math concept of coordinate planes. Our daily goal is to explore learning through personal experience.
Battleship is the the original graphing coordinates game. It is the game in which players try to sink the opponent's hidden ships. We practiced strategic thinking and coordinate grids all in the name of fun. This game provided my class with the opportunity to engage with peers rather than play/work individually.
We had a class Battleship tournament! We practiced sportsmanship, strategic thinking and the 5th-grade math standard coordinate planes. The games are now in another classroom where they are hosting a Battleship tournament also.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Hanson
Notable Notebooks
Funded Mar 26, 2019It is with much appreciation I write to the all donors who value education and understand that sometimes quality comes with a financial price. The materials provided through donated dollars take education to not only a more enjoyable level, but provides deeper understanding and greater engagement by a larger cross-section of students.
These nicer quality and differently grid lined paper, notebooks really motivate the students to take interest in their lab reports. Their diagrams, charts, tables are are more descriptive and readable with the grid paper rather than lined paper.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Hanson
Shhhh! I'm Thinking
Funded Aug 21, 2018Thank you for your generous donation. The sound reduction ear muffs, are popular in my class. They help the students block out distracting noises around them so they can focus. It is important that all students are able to choose to wear them as this helps reduce the stigmatization for those with the highest need for this specific accommodation. Secondly, having a flexible seat choice also helps students learn to self-regulate their needs. With this funding we received four Kore Stools that are very popular as well. Students are doing awesome sharing the stools and have requested more.
Thinking and producing quality, ability appropriate work requires focus and with your support we are closer to achieving our goals everyday.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Hanson
TIME for Kids!
Funded Aug 24, 2018Thank you for giving students regular access to current events. The TIME for Kids magazine keeps them connected to a global reality. Informational text reading is key for fifth grade students who are transitioning from learning to read to reading to learn.
The students report that the TIME for Kids magazine is fun and interesting to read. They especially like that the copies are theirs to keep and take home to enjoy.
My class looks forward to the issues arrival. I look forward to them reading and expanding their knowledge base! The content crosses multiple subject areas and offers prompts for class discussions. Thanks again for supporting a young minds need for current events and connection to their world.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Hanson
Self Published!
Funded May 9, 2018Thank you for honoring our request for a bookbinding machine so we can self-publish our writing. Throughout the year we write poems, stories and create works of art that are now enhanced by being bound in a professional format. The binding machine makes our hard work preserved for decades of viewing.
A minimum of three books are made by each student. One book is a collection of their poetry, the second is a collection of portraits they have illustrated throughout history and the third is a collection of short stories written by each class member.
The teacher resource books have helped me be a better creative writing instructor. The classroom poetry books make access to examples of poetry from notable poets throughout history a daily opportunity. We just might have the next great poet in our class!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Hanson
This classroom project was brought to life by Livingston Education & Bozeman Schools Foundations and one other donor.Civil War to Civil Rights Wax Museum
Funded Feb 14, 2018Thank you for supporting education. Meaningful experiences are often thought up, but not carried out do to finances. This well-loved rite-of-passage project is a culmination of social studies, fine arts, language arts, reading, and writing. Each student painted their stage on an extra large canvas. This is the LARGEST canvas they have ever painted at 48" x 48"!
After a year-long study of our history from the Civil War to Modern Day Civil Rights, students selected a historic, heroic figure to represent in the "Hall of Heroes" wax museum. They dressed in costume as their figure and stood like a wax statue in-front of their painting. Their corrugated cardboard canvas sat upon an easel for the performance.
Honoring another human being by researching, writing, painting, and embodying them is a moving experience to participate in as well as witness. This project not only embodied the heroes of the students, but it embodied the true purpose of our fifth grade goals.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Hanson
This classroom project was brought to life by Livingston Education & Bozeman Schools Foundations and one other donor.Note-Booking in Science
Funded Mar 27, 2018It is with much appreciation I write to the all donors who value education and understand that sometimes quality comes with a financial price. The materials provided through donated dollars take education to not only a more enjoyable level, but provides deeper understanding and greater engagement by a larger cross-section of students. Specifically in this case, reading about how scientist use notebooks to further their understanding and record their experiences helped motivate the quality and the personalized look of their own notebooks.
Students used hands on learning- engaging in discovery as they dissected their perch. They fish anatomy model is something my students asked for when I let them review the science supply catalog that came in the mail. They furthered their processing by identifying the organs on the model after the lab was done. Students made entries into their science notebooks about their findings and experience.
Whenever packages get delivered to the room the students ask, "Is that for us?"”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Hanson
This classroom project was brought to life by Livingston Education & Bozeman Schools Foundations and 3 other donors.Owl Pellets: Puke not Poop!
Funded Jan 26, 2018It is with much appreciation I write to the all donors who value education and understand that sometimes quality come with a financial price. The materials provided through donated dollars take education to not only a more enjoyable level, but provides deeper understanding and greater engagement by a larger cross-section of students. Specifically in this case, the owl pellets, lab dissection mats and framed biorama changed the way students think about food chains and ecosystem.
Students used hands on learning- engaging in discovery as they dissected their owl pellet. They furthered their processing by identifying the bones found within their sample. Students built/assembled a skeleton(s) of the prey animal and charted their overall findings. Actually doing the owl pellet lab built greater understanding and connections than watching or reading about food chains.
Whenever mail gets delivered to the room the students ask, "Is it donors choose?"”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Hanson
This classroom project was brought to life by Livingston Education & Bozeman Schools Foundations and 5 other donors.Industry & Immigration in the 1900's
Funded Jan 19, 2018It is with much appreciation I write to the all donors who value education and understand that sometimes quality come with a financial price. The materials provided through donated dollars take education to not only a more enjoyable level, but provides deeper understanding and greater engagement by a larger cross-section of students. Specifically in this case, the books and movie supported student understanding and thus produced higher achievement scores.
"The Matchbox Diary" reading was historically appropriate to our Immigration Unit of study. The following simulation where students navigated a mock-up Ellis Island and presented their Matchbox item (in an actual matchbox provided by donors dollars) brought a sense of being in the skin of someone else. Ending the unit with the movie, Triangle Fire, was not only entertaining but meaningful as it followed the teacher chapter book read-aloud "Ashes of Roses.
whenever mail gets delivered to the room the students ask, "Is it donors choose?"”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Hanson
This classroom project was brought to life by Livingston Education & Bozeman Schools Foundations and one other donor.