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Mrs. Haer's Classroom

  • Stephen Decatur Elementary School
  • Philadelphia, PA
  • Nearly all 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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  • The Wild Robot Escapes!

    Funded Sep 9, 2023

    Thank you so so much for providing funding for this project! The Wild Robot escapes is the sequel to The Wild Robot , which my third graders absolutely loved! This will be their first experience at reading a book, then a sequel! This will teach them to also follow an author they like! Thank you so much for caring about public education!”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Haer

  • Safe, Responsible, and Respectful Behavior Deserves a Reward

    Funded Aug 2, 2023

    Thank you so much for choosing to help public school children! Their safe, responsible, and respectful behavior will be rewarded with the candy and prizes you have helped to fund. My students are going to be so happy to use their Decatur Dough to choose their own prize! Thank you so much!!”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Haer

    This classroom project was brought to life by The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and 3 other donors.
  • Rewards for Outstanding Behavior and Kindness Needed

    Funded Mar 6, 2022

    Thank you so much for your donation to fulfill this project! The students are so excited to use their "Decatur Dough" to buy some of these amazing treat! My school is working on a Positive Behavior Support Incentive program, and children who show respectable, responsible, and safe behavior are rewarded with Decatur Dollars. The kids can save them up for an activity at the end of every month like a trip or special assembly. They can also use them on Fridays to "purchase" some of the treats this project funded. Thanks so much for helping me to provide treats the students really like and are willing to behave appropriately for! You are truly the best!!”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Haer

  • Prizes for Super Third Graders!

    Funded Mar 15, 2023

    Thank you so much for your donation to fulfill this project! The students are so excited to use their "Decatur Dough" to buy some of these amazing treat! My school is working on a Positive Behavior Support Incentive program, and children who show respectable, responsible, and safe behavior are rewarded with Decatur Dollars. The kids can save them up for an activity at the end of every month like a trip or special assembly. They can also use them on Fridays to "purchase" some of the treats this project funded. Thanks so much for helping me to provide treats the students really like and are willing to behave appropriately for! You are truly the best!!”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Haer

  • Terrific Terrariums

    Funded Oct 11, 2022

    Thank you so much for funding this project for our classroom! Currently, our two terrariums are sitting on top of a bookcase getting sunlight and being taken care of by my students. Everyone contributed to the building of these projects. Each child had a job to do in order to complete each terrarium. Watching them change and grow has been an afternoon activity for my students.

    In our forrest terrarium, one student spotted an ant. The kids decided to name the ant, Edward Tulane, after the main character of a book we read. They check on Edward each day, and worry when they don't see him. It's really touching to see the kids asking each other questions about his whereabouts. The desert terrarium has had no visitors, but the kids are still looking!

    Thank you again for funding this project! Thanks to you, my students will always know what a terrarium is and can say they made one in the third grade. This has been a learning experience for all of us, and I plan to try and do this again next year!”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Haer

  • Color Pinter Needed for Third Grade Writers!

    Funded Aug 12, 2021

    Thank you so much for this wonderful printer! The children and I are so excited to publish our written pieces! This printer even prints in color, which makes my students even more eager to get their writing done. I am also using the printer to show the children photographs of places they have never been, and this has encouraged their learning of these new places. I feel so privileged to have a piece of equipment like this! Being able to research and print examples of important teaching points make the lessons so much more realistic for the kids. We are so excited for the future, and can't wait to see what we can do with this amazing printer!! Thanks so much!!!”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Haer

    This classroom project was brought to life by Bill Gates and 6 other donors.
  • Interactive Reading and Math Lessons Needed!

    Funded May 3, 2021

    Thank you so much for funding this project! I have been able to purchase amazingly interactive lessons from Teachers Pay Teachers. My students have learned so much with these lessons. Everything I needed during the time we were home because of the Pandemic, I could find on Teachers Pay Teachers.

    Teachers who are skilled at making interactive lessons for third graders share their work on TPT. I was able to go on the website and search up any topic we were learning about, and then I could purchase the lesson and share it with my students.

    I continue to use TPT, and was love all the great lessons. This donation was so helpful in me getting my students to stay engaged with the lessons. That was probably the hardest part, but this donation helped me to do just that!

    Thank you again for this wonderful donation!”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Haer

    This classroom project was brought to life by William Penn Foundation and one other donor.
  • A MacBook Air Needed for Hybrid Learning

    Funded Apr 14, 2021

    Thank you to everyone who helped to fund this project!! I am so excited to tell my students that soon we will have a new Apple laptop for them to work online to improve their Reading and Math skills. The kids will now be able to use this laptop for interventions that cannot be performed on tablets. This is such exciting news, and it is all because of people like you!! Thank you 100 times over for caring about public education and for providing a gift for my third graders will be used everyday by kids working hard to improve their Reading, Writing, and Math skills!! Thank you to everyone who donated to this project, and your kindness has made a difference in the lives of children!!

    With this laptop, students who do not have a computer at home, will be able to sign it out, and practice their Math and Reading Interventions at home. This is such a wonderful gift!! This will make a world of difference in a child's life! Thank you for caring about public education, and the battle teachers face in providing all that our students need.”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Haer

    This classroom project was brought to life by William Penn Foundation and 6 other donors.
  • Art Supplies Needed for Creative Kids!

    Funded Dec 1, 2020

    Thanks to you, my students were able to use their brand new art supplies to show off all their talented drawings. My students were so happy to be given the sketch book and all the drawing/coloring items. My student teacher and a I bagged up each student's gifts, and handed them out in the parking lot of our school before Christmas. It was the first time we were able to physically SEE our students! We gave each student their bag of art supplies and the kids couldn't wait to get home and use their new things! This was such a wonderful project to write, and even more wonderful to see it get into our students' hands. Each day we have art, the kids take out their new supplies and now we all can do art together. Now, no one can say they don't have any paper, crayons, or markers. It's a wonderful feeding to give children something they truly needed, and Donor's Choose made that possible! (along with all the amazing donors!!!!!!!). Thank you to everyone who helped make this project come to life!!”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Haer

    This classroom project was brought to life by FamilyAlbum and 9 other donors.
  • Interactive Lessons Needed for Distance Learning

    Funded Oct 9, 2020

    Thank you so much for providing the funding for these resources which have helped my students stay focused and learn while remain 100% virtual since the beginning of school. Competing against today's video games for my student's attention is not an easy task. With them being home, there is an increased amount of time they are interacting with technology that looks almost real!! Teaching and getting their attention has provided some obstacles, but the funding for this project has helped me tremendously.

    While using TeachersPayTeachers, I have been able to find interactive lessons that my students enjoy! They appreciate having more than just writing on a document for a class lesson. The lessons I have purchased allow the kids to drag and drop, create text boxes, draw pictures with tools, and other exciting ways to learn.

    Each time a new skill comes up, I can't wait to go looking for a fun, yet productive way to teach my students. I do not have the technological skills to create the type of lessons I would like to teach my students, so because of this funding, I am able to use a website that provides those choices for me! Thank you so much!”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Haer

My name is Mrs. Patricia Haer and I teach third grade for the School District of Philadelphia. I have been teaching third grade for many years now, but I used to teach 7th and 8th grade. All of the children in my class receive free breakfast and free or reduced lunches. My philosophy in teaching is to treat my students the way I want my own children treated in their classrooms. I am a very concerned teacher with not only their academics in mind, but their social and emotional well being is important to me. Switching from 7th and 8th grade students to the third grade was a tremendous change for me. I have been working hard to provide my students with everything they need to be successful in the classroom. Even little things like pencils, erasers, and paper have had to be purchased for my children. I love teaching the little ones, and want very much to help them learn everything they need to feel proud!

About my class

My name is Mrs. Patricia Haer and I teach third grade for the School District of Philadelphia. I have been teaching third grade for many years now, but I used to teach 7th and 8th grade. All of the children in my class receive free breakfast and free or reduced lunches. My philosophy in teaching is to treat my students the way I want my own children treated in their classrooms. I am a very concerned teacher with not only their academics in mind, but their social and emotional well being is important to me. Switching from 7th and 8th grade students to the third grade was a tremendous change for me. I have been working hard to provide my students with everything they need to be successful in the classroom. Even little things like pencils, erasers, and paper have had to be purchased for my children. I love teaching the little ones, and want very much to help them learn everything they need to feel proud!

About my class

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