Ms. Colon's Classroom Edit display name

Past projects 31

• Kinder Meteorologists

  Funded Oct 30, 2024

  Thank you so much for all of your generous donations. Thanks to you we are getting the materials we need to make our little meteorologists experts in their field. We can’t wait to share pictures of all the learning and exploring we do with all of our new tools.”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Colon

  This classroom project was brought to life by The DonorsChoose Community & an Anonymous Partner and 4 other donors.

• Bilingual Readers

  Funded Sep 28, 2024

  Thank you so much for your generous donations. We can’t wait to get our new alphabet teaching tubs so that we can continue to build literacy skills in two languages. Thanks to you we are one step closer to becoming biliterate!!! We can’t wait to share photos of our learning.”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Colon

  This classroom project was brought to life by The Gates Foundation and 2 other donors.

• Light Table Math!

  Funded Mar 21, 2024

  I initially thought the light tables would be used to teach math in my classroom and although we have used them for math we've been able to use them for so much more.

  The light tables have made our learning more beautiful and inviting across all subjects and its thanks to your generous donation that we have access to these materials.

  In math we explored shapes and counting In literacy with explored letters and words. In science we explored artifacts from the natural world.

  I can't wait to see what other fun and engaging ways we put these beautiful materials to work and we thank you for supporting our learning!”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Colon

• Read Through Play!

  Funded Dec 31, 2023

  Watching my students transform from passive readers to active readers has been amazing. Childrenlearn best through experience and play and thanks to you they have the materials that help them engage in this type of learning. They now have access to multi-sensory tools to help them learn the letter sounds through play and exploration .

  Having different types of multi-sensory tools has also helped give my students different options to approach learning sounds and how to read. Students know what they like and what they can and cannot do and its great to let them be leaders of their own learning.”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Colon

• Beautiful Spaces = Beautiful Experiences

  Funded Oct 30, 2023

  Having beautiful materials to learn and play with has made learning more purposeful in our classroom. Students have cozy places that are inviting to share a book with a friend or to just dive into a book alone. Students don't feel like they are doing work because everything is beautiful, inviting and joyful.

  Students are able to use the toys and props to reenact some of the stories and concepts we've read and learned about in class. They also get to act as experts in their field of study and consider themselves "botanists" , "meteorologist" and "authors".”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Colon

  This classroom project was brought to life by Equitable Foundation.

• Classroom or Garden? Both!

  Funded Sep 29, 2022

  Having plants and plant play in our classroom has completely transformed our classroom to a brighter, earthier and homier place. Students love the plants and take a lot of pride in caring for them. Students independently schedule how often the plants get water and who takes a turn watering it. They are also getting to apply their learning on plants and trees to care for their plants.

  Students are able to use the plays to reenact some of the stories we've read and to experience things that we can't experience because we are an urban school.”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Colon

  This classroom project was brought to life by An Anonymous Classroom Supporter.

• This Kinder Can Read!

  Funded Mar 21, 2024

  My students loved all of their new games and manipulatives! Our classroom learning environment has become more joyful and experiential because we have these materials. Students are using hands on materials to build and read new words. They are counting and comparing quantities with their new math balances. And overall just engaging with the learning in a fun way!

  My students continue to develop early reading and math skills.As well as develop habits of character such as collaboration and perseverance as they learn to share materials and solve problems together.”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Colon

• First Grade Engineers!

  Funded Dec 13, 2022

  Students loved all of their new play and exploration materials.

  In our unit about the sun, moon and stars students used their new fort set to continue practicing our habit of character collaboration and to build a spaceship.They used their new magnatiles to build space stations, satelites and NASA headquarters.

  Then for our unit on birds we used our tree blocks and lego tree bricks to build habitats for birds from all around the world.

  Learning about the sun, moon and stars and birds has never been so much fun!”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Colon

  This classroom project was brought to life by an Anonymous Classroom Supporter and 4 other donors.

• First Grade Astronomers!

  Funded Dec 24, 2022

  Thank you for helping make my classroom a classroom fit for future astronomers and astronauts! All of the materials help bring all of our learning to life.

  My students especially loved coming into the room and seeing the stars/ sky light filters as well as the plants hanging from our ceiling.

  Students were able to play in dramatic play and dress up like astronomers or astronauts. They loved to dress up and reenact the stories we read as a class. Students were also able to design and collaborate to build a rocket ship.”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Colon

• Birds Need Us and We Need Birds!

  Funded Sep 29, 2022

  My students have become bird experts all because of your generous donations. Students were able to play with authentic materials that made them feel like bird scientists, park rangers and bird advocates!

  Students were in love with their bird care center where they were able to "rehabilitate birds" that were sick. They also love the bird costumes and loved reenacting some of our favorite bird stories.

  Last but not least they loved their light tables and were able to create beautiful scientific drawings of their expert birds!”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Colon

  This classroom project was brought to life by An Anonymous Classroom Supporter.