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Thank you so much for bringing STEM into my classroom! My students have exceptional needs and cannot always complete projects independently or understand the concepts. Your generosity to my classroom provides my students with STEM projects that builds curiosity, social skills, and allows students to explore with material independently.
Exploring with measurements and life cycles using stuff animals was a huge success. Students also created their own to measure speed, force, and Newton Law of Motion.
With your generosity students continue to have the opportunity to practice, explore, and apply STRM everyday in the classroom.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Kellie Blankenship
This classroom project was brought to life by General Motors and 3 other donors.
Thank you! Thank you so much for your love and generosity to my students! Education to the Core provides my students with STEM projects that meet their academic, cognitive, and fine motor skills. Students have access to Science and Math curriculum that meet their academic needs and provides self confidence to work independently on STEM projects.
Students used glow sticks in three different liquids to make hypotheses and test their hypothesis on how liquid effects glow sticks. Education to the Core provided step by direction and primary lined graphic organizer to meet the needs of students.
I look forward to more STEM projects with my students.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Kellie Blankenship
This classroom project was brought to life by General Motors and 5 other donors.
Thank you Allstate for helping my students spread kindness with mailboxes, student lead kindness letters and student lead mail delivery. My students are very excited to have their kindness project funded. I look forward to having students open the boxes and start this project! I am more excited to see how their legacy will carry on and provide Kindness Express for students moving up into my classroom.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Kellie Blankenship
This classroom project was brought to life by The Allstate Foundation.
Thank you so much Teachers Pay Teachers gift card to provide students with leveled STEMnotebooks. So many times STEM projects are geared for twelve year olds, my students are able to thrive with leveled notebooks. Students are able to cut, paste and manipulate STEM concepts on their own level.
My students have been thriving with rainforests, food chain, life cycles, and animal habitat. Thank you for giving STEM projects to my students. They are building social skills, problem/solution, and life science.
Thank you!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Kellie Blankenship
This classroom project was brought to life by General Motors and 3 other donors.
Thank you! Thank you so much for TeachersPay Teachers gift cards! I was able to purchase STEM projects for students. Students listened to read aloud books and completed STEM activities relating to the book. Some of the favorites were building a bridge after reading "Three Billy Goats" and making fossil sandwiches after reading "Fossils for Kids". Right now we are in the middle of a rainforest unit and students are thriving with habitat and food chains.
Thank you for your generosity to my students and increasing their love for STEM.”
Thank you so much for giving to my students! My students like to read easy picture books. You provided my students with chapter books that are excited about. Non fiction chapter books about basketball players, doctors, explorers, and inventors really excited my students. My students are eager to read these chapter books and ask for extra reading time.
Thank you for providing spark into my classroom, a love for reading, and appreciation for new genre. You provided more than books. You provided students with self- confidence, a love for reading, and appreciation for new genres. Thank you!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Kellie Blankenship
This classroom project was brought to life by Kaplan Early Learning Company and 6 other donors.
Thank you so much for Pete the Cat books and old Lady book series! You have brought a love to reading to my students.
Thank you so much for your generosity. My students actually get books from the classroom now! Your generosity brought a love of reading and books to my students.
Students loved Pete the Cat books! They always asked tor Pets the Cat. Now they have been introduced to new book: Old Lady. My students love the new addition to our classroom library. I greatly appreciate your donation and love to my class. Your generosity does not go unnoticed.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Kellie Blankenship
This classroom project was brought to life by The Mo & Cher Willems Foundation and 3 other donors.
Thank you so much for folktales from across the globe. We are on week three of this unit and students are asking for more stories around the world. So far their favorite book was "How Tiger Got its a Stripes" a folktale from Vietnam. Students were intrigued by the hats, farm land, and the water buffalo. Students asked so many questions about Vietnam and the school hours. This lead to a short research project. Thank you for creating curiosity and love for learning. We ended our folktale from Vietnam by painting cherry blossom trees. This was a highlight. Next week are doing Korea and the Philippines.
To start the story I use my silly voice and tell my class now its time for folktales around the world. The part of the day where I come and use my "voice actor" to read to well, a folktale. I love hearing my students laugh and move closer and closer to see each page.
Thank you for fostering my idea and brining this project to life. It is going so much better than I played in my head.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Kellie Blankenship
This classroom project was brought to life by The DonorsChoose Community and 15 other donors.
Thank you so much for your love and generosity to my students! My students really enjoy pony books and "DogMan". My students ask for these books in the morning during flashlight read. I have one student with intellectual delay and he was motivated to pick up "DogMan" and now can orient a book correctly without hesitation. We have worked on the skill every week since September. Your gift of "DogMan" has taught this one student to hold a book correctly. Another student who can read was reluctant to pickup a chapter book. He now has taken four quizzes over the books you provided. From holding a book, comprehending a book, and now formulating opinions over a book, your generosity has made reading enjoyable for my students. This is truly a priceless gift! Thank you!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Kellie Blankenship
This classroom project was brought to life by The Mo & Cher Willems Foundation and one other donor.
Thank you so much for your love and generosity to my students! I have been reading "Think Big" "Motivational Interviewing" and "Bite Size Teaching". These books have impacted my students in so many ways. My style of questions has created a sense of purpose and greater love for learning.
I have been able to explore and really tune in what my students are compassionate about. I have brought that compassion and love for learning to my students. This has been a game changer for my students and my co-workers. Thank you so much for funding my PD project.”
Your generosity will connect learning objectives across the curriculum and enhance each child's ability. The weather puppets are perfect for nonverbal students to demonstrate how to dress for rain and my higher functioning students can tell the class activities the puppet can do on rainy days which brings the conversation to why does weather change? Pre-writing skills are perfect for students just learning to write to students learning cursive. Our vision impaired therapist recommends yellow sand in the sensory table to reinforce academic vocabulary in a social setting. Letter titles and letter manipulative reinforce common strokes in writing and allows nonverbal students to communicate phonics skills. Letter titles can be used to teach the spelling of 'wow' or allowing students to use tiles to spell 'thank you for your generosity.
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Your generosity will connect learning objectives across the curriculum and enhance each child's ability. The weather puppets are perfect for nonverbal students to demonstrate how to dress for rain and my higher functioning students can tell the class activities the puppet can do on rainy days which brings the conversation to why does weather change? Pre-writing skills are perfect for students just learning to write to students learning cursive. Our vision impaired therapist recommends yellow sand in the sensory table to reinforce academic vocabulary in a social setting. Letter titles and letter manipulative reinforce common strokes in writing and allows nonverbal students to communicate phonics skills. Letter titles can be used to teach the spelling of 'wow' or allowing students to use tiles to spell 'thank you for your generosity.