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Ms. Smith's Classroom

  • PS 139 Alexine A Fenty
  • Brooklyn, NY
  • More than half 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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  • Starting the Year School Supply Strong!

    Funded Aug 23, 2018

    Thank you so very much for funding this project. I cannot even express how excited I am to begin the year with these supplies. These supplies will allow my students to jump into the year ready and empowered for new learning and exploration.

    I am excited to share the portraits and art my students create; I know they will be all the more rich with the use of these supplies.”

    With gratitude,

    Ms. Smith

    This classroom project was brought to life by News Corp and 4 other donors.

  • We Need Diverse Books in 3rd and 4th Grade

    Funded Jul 11, 2018

    The project has been fully funded! I am so grateful and excited to dig into these books, add them to my library, and share them with all my students!

    Thank you for your generosity, kindness, and commitment to bringing diverse books to my group of learners. We will grow stronger together.”

    With gratitude,

    Ms. Smith

  • Building Our Reading Skills

    Funded May 28, 2018

    Thank you so very much for choosing to fund my project. I am so excited to get these materials into the classroom and into the hands of my students!

    We will keep building and growing our reading skills and reading lives with all these lower leveled readers and audio books.”

    With gratitude,

    Ms. Smith

  • Where Should I Sit? Flexible Seating for 4th Grade Class

    Funded Aug 14, 2017

    My students and I want to thank you for your generous support towards the learning and community of our classroom. When my students walked into the classroom on the first day of school they were incredibly excited to see the tent and bean bag chairs. Since then, we have slowly rolled out all of the accessible seating options and each item is used every day.

    Students have a bean bag chair schedule to which they religiously adhere; checking it each morning and then grabbing a clipboard to do their work when it is their turn. Students share the ball chairs; some need it as the full replacement of their chair, while others use it more randomly - we are flexible. The tent is used as a quiet working or reading space or as a place to hide from the world and calm and regulate our emotions. During read aloud, students sit or lay around me on bean bag chairs and wobble cushions.

    I have included one "Thank You" note written by a student, but here are quotes from others: "Thank you for the ball chair because it is my favorite. They are really comfortable," "Thank for the stools and they have us learn," "Thank you for the bean bag chair because they make us relax," "Thank you for the ball chair and everything. I love class 216 more."

    Thank you for making it possible for me to say at the end of a lesson, "Okay, find a comfortable seat and get to work!"”

    With gratitude,

    Ms. Smith

    This classroom project was brought to life by Sergey Brin Family Foundation and 8 other donors.
Flexible seating options will improve my students' engagement throughout the day in all subject areas. My students struggle staying still and calm for extended periods of time. These seating options will improve their attention, interest, and excitement for each activity. My goal is to create a truly inclusive space in my self-contained classroom. Flexible seating creates options, encourages choice and and self-advocacy, and increases accessibility to the subject matter. They will be able to transition from a bean bag chair for reading, to a bouncy chair for math, to the tent for a break, to a wobble cushion for read aloud. My students have a variety of sensory and emotional needs and would benefit from having more options throughout the day. With improved engagement these seating options will provide, my students will be able to be more successful and happy in the classroom.

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Flexible seating options will improve my students' engagement throughout the day in all subject areas. My students struggle staying still and calm for extended periods of time. These seating options will improve their attention, interest, and excitement for each activity. My goal is to create a truly inclusive space in my self-contained classroom. Flexible seating creates options, encourages choice and and self-advocacy, and increases accessibility to the subject matter. They will be able to transition from a bean bag chair for reading, to a bouncy chair for math, to the tent for a break, to a wobble cushion for read aloud. My students have a variety of sensory and emotional needs and would benefit from having more options throughout the day. With improved engagement these seating options will provide, my students will be able to be more successful and happy in the classroom.

About my class

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