Past projects 12
Growing Our Minds With a Little Help From Our Friends!
Funded Dec 15, 2016Your donations have created a wave of impact on my student's independence and dual language learning. They have received Spanish- English dictionaries, a timer, math games, and a helpful hand-washing chart in Spanish and are forever thankful for your kindness.
I remember the day our box arrived. It was like Christmas in the classroom and every student had big, bright smiles from ear to ear. They all wanted to volunteer to arrange the dictionary shelf that had only 4 dictionaries at the time (for 28 students!). They even wanted a dictionary monitor as a new classroom job!
Because of your generous donations, I've witnessed the independence in my students rise! A surprising impact is that they also have built their stamina by challenging the timer, are more engaged with their work, and try their best to look up unfamiliar words during reading time, writing time, and even snack time! You've made cognate discoveries even more fun!
I hope you have a chance to see their smiling faces using the dictionaries. A huge thank you from all of us!”
With gratitude,
Ms. Rivera
A Magical Carpet to Bring Us All Together!
Funded Sep 14, 2016These past couple of weeks have been amazingly magical. Your donation enabled us to get the carpet of our dreams! We now have an area where we gather every morning and every afternoon, every mini-lesson and every read-aloud. We now have a comfortable spot to call our own and love to turn and talk to our neighbor sitting just one colorful square away. We've even come up with a name for our classroom carpet meetings: Talky Time Circle!
Writing this thank you letter to you, makes me think back to the day we first received the magical carpet. It was also the day of our Parent Night at school and the kids were so happy to know they would show off the new carpet to their parents! The smile on their faces and the sparkle in their eyes made me a million times more grateful! Grateful to you!
We are working on continuing our Talky Time Circle every day and plan to make it even more comfortable and inviting in the near future! Rumor has it, our rug is even helping us in math! SHHHH!
Thank you for your contribution, because we know the truly magical part of this whole process has been you! Thank you!”
With gratitude,
Ms. Rivera