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Ms. Melissa's Classroom

  • PS 261 Zipporiah Mills
  • Brooklyn, NY
  • More than a third 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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  • Help Us Play With Our Food!

    Funded Jan 17, 2023

    Thank you for your extremely generous donation! My students are so excited to receive their very own copy of this book! They know that they will get a copy soon! We love looking at a page a day. We especially love all the silly funny faces made out of eggs. I hope that families are inspired to make healthy funny food together after receiving the book. I can't wait to see photos of their creations! Thank you for supporting my students. We appreciate your generosity immensely! Donors like you are our heroes!”

    With gratitude,

    Ms. Melissa

  • Kindergarteners Need a Bird Poetry Book!

    Funded Feb 1, 2023

    Thank you for your extremely generous donation! I am going to read a page a day during poetry month and then my students are going to take their own copy home. We learned about pigeons this week and my students adored the pigeon poem from this book! I know that they are going to love sharing this book with their families. The illustrations are awesome and the poems are charming. They are the perfect length for my students. This book reinforces what we have learned about specific birds! Thank you for supporting my students! We are very grateful for your generosity!”

    With gratitude,

    Ms. Melissa

  • Kindergarteners Need Gluten-Free Play Dough!

    Funded Mar 6, 2023

    Thank you for your extremely generous donation! Our play dough center reopened yesterday. The first thing my students said was, "What about Jack?". They remembered that he can't use dough with gluten in it. Everyone was thrilled when I said, "The gluten free dough has arrived!". Our class was overjoyed! Kids loved the color of the new dough! They happily created people out of dough and made pretend cookies with cookie cutters. Jack said that he wants to visit the center every day! We appreciate your generosity! Donors like you are our heroes!”

    With gratitude,

    Ms. Melissa

  • Kindergarteners Love Caps for Sale!

    Funded Mar 14, 2023

    Thank you so much for your extremely generous donation! My students were thrilled when they put their folders into their bins this morning and saw that they each had their very own copy of Caps for Sale. When our fifth grade reading buddies came to read to us today, they were delighted to learn that they would be reading Caps for Sale to their buddy! It was so lovely to watch my kindergarten students and their 5th grade buddies acting out the book together! I know that my students are going to love reading this book at home with their families! We appreciate your kindness. Donors like you are our heroes!”

    With gratitude,

    Ms. Melissa

  • Kindergarteners Need Phonics Games!

    Funded Mar 3, 2023

    Thank you for providing my students with phonics games and puzzles! Today, several students used the word spinners. They were a huge hit. It was a fun way to practice vowel sounds and blending! Kids identified real words and nonsense words! I know my students are going to love the puzzles and games! The spring is really a time where students blossom as readers! These games will help strengthen my students' literacy skills while helping them have fun with their classmates! I am thrilled to now have more CVC word games! Thank you for supporting my students! Donors like you are our heroes!”

    With gratitude,

    Ms. Melissa

  • Kindergarteners Want to Learn About Pigeons!

    Funded Feb 20, 2023

    Thank you so much for your extremely generous donation! My kindergarten students love celebrating birthdays with their "party" pigeon finger puppets. They were thrilled to learn that pigeons create a milk like substance called crop milk to feed their chicks! They were amazed to learn that pigeons can fly faster than cars! My students loved learning about fancy pigeons. Thank you so much for providing my students with a pigeon fact book of their very own! We appreciate your generosity! Donors like you are our heroes!”

    With gratitude,

    Ms. Melissa

  • Kindergarteners Want to Have a Dinosaur Party!

    Funded Oct 26, 2022

    Thank you so much for your extremely generous donation! Dinosaur Day was amazing! We danced to dinosaur songs, read a dinosaur book with our reading buddies, played dinosaur bingo, "excavated" dinosaur eggs, made dinosaur puppets, made dinosaurs using stickers, and filled pattern blocks templates to create dinosaurs. The banner and masks were huge hits! The stencils were added to a dinosaur party goody bag! Thank you for helping us have this phenomenal celebration! We appreciate your generosity immensely! You are "dinomite"!”

    With gratitude,

    Ms. Melissa

    This classroom project was brought to life by Panda Cares and 4 other donors.
  • Kindergarteners Need Art Supplies!

    Funded Jan 24, 2023

    Thank you so much for your generosity. I opened a shape art center using the stencils, colored pencils and copy paper. Students were really excited to replicate the art activity that we did at the Whitney Museum of American Art with the exact same stencils that we used at the museum. I know that students are going to love using these stencils. They were looking really excited about using the color pencils. I am going to add a set of these stencils to our painting center. Thank you for supporting my students. Donors like you are our heroes!”

    With gratitude,

    Ms. Melissa

  • Kindergarteners Love Making Cards!

    Funded Jan 26, 2023

    Thank you for your extremely generous donation. My students are going to absolutely adore making Valentine's Day cards for their friends and family! I will have enough stickers for next year as well. I will be able to put together packets of stickers and index cards for students who need materials to make cards. My students will also love decorating their Valentine's Day bags with stickers and cut out hearts. We are extremely grateful for your generosity! We are going to have a blast making cards! Thank you for supporting us!”

    With gratitude,

    Ms. Melissa

  • Party Pigeons!

    Funded Jan 21, 2023

    Thank you for your incredibly generous donation! My students love having the party pigeon finger puppets on their desks and they love being able to keep them as a birthday gift! Thanks to you, I will be able to have enough finger puppets for the rest of this year and for next year as well! I know that they will look back on kindergarten and remember their birthday party pigeon. Creating core memories around classroom traditions is important to me. We appreciate your generosity! Donors like you are our heroes!”

    With gratitude,

    Ms. Melissa

My first grade students are students are funny and inquisitive. They adore our classroom puppets!

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My first grade students are students are funny and inquisitive. They adore our classroom puppets!

About my class

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