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Ms. Heiden's Classroom

  • James Curiale Elementary School
  • Bridgeport, CT
  • 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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  • Creating A Fully Equipped Classroom!

    Funded Nov 28, 2018

    Thank you so much for your support. I completed this project in my first year of teaching. While this thank you is very delayed I wanted to share how much this impacted my classroom. After December I was moved into a different classroom, which contributed to the delay. I absolutely love working in Bridgeport. I wouldn't want to work anywhere else. And thanks to donors like yourself I can receive the tools I need to make the impact in the classroom that I want. I hope you know that I will be forever grateful for the contribution you made to my room!”

    With gratitude,

    Ms. Heiden

  • Creating a New Planet

    Funded Nov 4, 2018

    I want to thank all of you from the bottom of my heart. This was my first time setting up a Donors Choose project page. It was a complete success and I could not have been happier with the outcome. All my students had the chance to create a physical representation of their planet. While their faces may not have been in the photos (due to the fact that I wanted to showcase all the cool planets) they all had smiles on their faces. This was an awesome experience thanks to all the fantastic individuals that either read, shared, or donated to make my classroom as amazing and as creative as I know it can be!”

    With gratitude,

    Ms. Heiden

    This classroom project was brought to life by Smarties Candy Company and 2 other donors.
My students learn about a new topic each month. I differentiate for each grade because I teach k-5. I am looking to take this project to the next level for 3-5th grade. With these supplies they can recreate their individual planet. The foam balls would represent the individual planet and the paint would bring the colorful world alive. The brushes would help apply the paint to the foam balls. It could come alive through color and through the physical form of the ball. This would add to their excitement in learning about the world and universe around us. This will make a huge difference in my students learning. Right now we have very little funding so their creative outlet has been limited to crayons, markers (which have died), and pencils. With these supplies students get a change to have something tangible to work with, going past the simple use of paper.

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My students learn about a new topic each month. I differentiate for each grade because I teach k-5. I am looking to take this project to the next level for 3-5th grade. With these supplies they can recreate their individual planet. The foam balls would represent the individual planet and the paint would bring the colorful world alive. The brushes would help apply the paint to the foam balls. It could come alive through color and through the physical form of the ball. This would add to their excitement in learning about the world and universe around us. This will make a huge difference in my students learning. Right now we have very little funding so their creative outlet has been limited to crayons, markers (which have died), and pencils. With these supplies students get a change to have something tangible to work with, going past the simple use of paper.

About my class

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