Past projects 46
EB Academics Make Back To School EZ
Funded Nov 21, 2021Thank you for making this project possible. Just this year I became an EB Writing teacher, and my kids and I have loved every minute. Their writing has flourished, and in turn, I've discovered the engaging activities of EB Academics, a company created by 2 former teachers. This project has allowed me to purchase many hands-on, engaging activities for my classroom created by these lovely ladies. We've solved crimes, entered into a carnival of commas, went on a treasure hunt, played a groovy grammar game, and more, all while learning 6th grade core standard material; and this was all made possible because of the creative ladies at EB Academics and your generous donations! Now, that I've found EB, I plan to continue on this EB path, so my kids can continue to be engaged and excited about school and the learning they are doing. Thanks again!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Merrifield
Photo, Print, & Perfect!
Funded Sep 24, 2021Thank you for helping make this project happen. This little printer has brought so much joy to my team! We have used it to print pictures we've posted to our school's instagram page and our class's instagram page, but my favorite use for it has been with our shout outs. Throughout each week, students can write shout outs to each other for any act of kindness they see happen. I hang these shout outs up on a bulletin board out in the hallway. Now, I can add a fun picture of the student sending or receiving the shout out as well. This brings not only color, but also personality to our "Look Who Got Caught Being Kind" board, and the kids love it. They stop and read them more often, which is the purpose. Kindness spurring more kindness, and this little photo printer is helping that happen! Thanks again for your donation to our team.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Merrifield
This classroom project was brought to life by Bill Gates and 7 other donors.Teachers Pay Teachers & Teachers Love Students
Funded May 10, 2021Thank you so much for donating to this Teachers Pay Teachers gift card. This project was fulfilled near the end of last school year, so I saved the gift card to use at the beginning of the year; as I know there's always so much involved in starting a new school year. A new year brings new excitement and new ideas, so this gift card allowed me to purchase materials to help bring these ideas to life! We were able to create "My 9," a visualization project, engage in the text "Eleven," with a wide variety of hands on activities and projects for the kids to pick from, and write Bio Poem to learn about each other, just to name a few. Without your support, these activities wouldn't have been possible, so I say thank you again!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Merrifield
6 Minutes of Listening & Journaling
Funded Mar 16, 2021Thank you so much for providing our class with this Teachers Pay Teachers gift card. Because I was able to purchase the 6 Minute Podcast bundle on a discount day, not only was I able to get the Q&A for the podcast, but I also have $20 left over to purchase other great products created by amazing teachers! Your donation allowed me to provide key lessons on listening skills, a skill often left to the side, all while supporting teachers. With the left over funds, I plan to purchase a set of materials focused on "this day in history," so my kids can respond to historic events and comical occurances on various days of the year. Therefore your donations provided listening, reflection, and writing practice to my kiddos, and for that, I am forever thankful!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Merrifield
This classroom project was brought to life by The DonorsChoose Community and 3 other donors.Divide and Focus
Funded Dec 8, 2020Thank you so much for bringing this project to life. When we returned from winter break, the focus dividers were here. It was perfect timing because we had our middle of the year progress monitor testing. We broke out the dividers, read the positive messages on them, and got to work. I got our class results back yesterday, and we had a 128% growth rate! The kids didn't have the distractions around them; instead, they were surrounded with positive messages about how wonderful they are. During this trying year, this was especially appreciated, and the kids were so excited with the results of their tests. Thank you for making this possible & bringing smiles to the faces of many, many children!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Merrifield
Candy for Creative Kids
Funded Oct 29, 2020Oh my goodness! This project made an even bigger impact than I expected. This year has been rough, to say the least, with all the COVID precautions. We all know they are necessary, but that doesn't mean they don't make things tough. I have tried to design lessons and our learning in a way that allows us to be as "normal" as possible during the school day, despite the masks and added cleaning. Throughout it all, the kids have struggled to really engage with each other, even when I've given them 10 minutes to work with a neighbor. However, this candy did the trick! It was a little bit of "fun" and "normal," and they were so engaged. They were talking together, sharing thoughts, helping each other. It almost brought me to tears. I'm so glad this entire project was HUGE bags of various candies, so I can keep this going. I don't alway advocate for candy because we want healthy options, but their entire lives revolve around healthy behaviors right now; and offering a little candy once a week to increase their learning is an easy trade off for me, at least for this year. Thanks again for making this possible. It is through support from people like you that keep this teacher going and keep my kids learning!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Merrifield
This classroom project was brought to life by The DonorsChoose Community and 7 other donors.Books, Bookshelves, and Big Brains
Funded May 5, 2020Thank you so much for making this project come to life. Each year I try to gather books that represent the kids in my class, as well as titles my kids request. This means each year my classroom library grows, which I love. However, that also means my classroom library runs out of space. Yet with generosity like yours, this year, my classroom library earned some extra bookshelves and a few new titles too! The 2 added bookshelves allowed all the nonfiction texts to have a shelf for display, and it gave a home to the poetry and picture books as well. I always say any reading is helping you become a better reader, so I am so glad my library now has room for all of our books. Thanks again, and happy reading.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Merrifield
This classroom project was brought to life by SONIC Drive-In and 5 other donors.Representation Matters - A Book List
Funded Jul 18, 2020Oh my goodness! You are amazing! These books are already in the hands of my kids, and they are loving them! By day 4 of this year, my kids had already started asking about these titles because they had seen them on display. In my 18 years of teaching, I have never had kids select their books as quickly as this year. They could see themselves in these books; they could relate to the characters, and they couldn't wait to dive in. Even today, I had 2 girls come in and ask if we were going to have time to read to day. They asked to read!!! This is amazing. A kids' love of reading is something I love to foster and build, and because of you, it has already started in less than a week of school. In today's world, with so many unknowns, it is great to know there are people like you out there supporting our kids' education and growth in identity.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Merrifield
This classroom project was brought to life by Google.org and 5 other donors.Book Series for Smiles
Funded Dec 26, 2019Oh my goodness! The smiles that you created with this project were amazing! We received these books when we came back from winter break, so the kids felt like it was still Christmas! LOL! I had a wait list before I could even read all the titles out to them. They have been so into these 3 series, they didn't need me to say much; they just wanted the books, so they could start reading! How cool is that?!?! You made this possible! You brought smiles to middle schoolers faces. . .over books! I can't thank you enough for bringing this project to life, for adding these books to our library, for feeding the love of reading in my students. Because of people like you, students feel loved and teachers, like me, feel loved as well.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Merrifield
Books & Crayons Make Our Lives More Colorful
Funded Dec 2, 2019Thank you for helping bring this project to life. I have the perfect example of the smiles you helped create. As I unboxed the books, the kids realized I ordered 2 copies of the books, so I immediately had friends coming up to ask if they could read them together! They were creating their own little book clubs, all from your kindness! With that, I currently have 3 mini-book clubs happening, and all I did was open the box! You also brought great smiles to my "colorful" kids. These are my kids that add color to their notes, create drawing to make sense of their learning, and just need a little extra color here and there. They sat and sharpened crayons as soon as the crayon sharpener hit the table!
You generous gift has brought so many smiles to kids, already, and it will only continue to give in the future as more kids read together and more kids add color to their lives!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Merrifield
This classroom project was brought to life by CRUNCH and 7 other donors.