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My students and I cannot fully express our thanks for your generous donations to our project! We are delighted that you value outdoor/environmental education as much as we do and cannot wait to get started!
The tools that you have funded will enable students to grow and nurture their own plants indoors in exciting and non traditional ways. In addition, students now have the opportunity to get up close and personal with butterflies and meat eating plants! Rainy days will never be dull as you have brought the outdoors, in for us. The cameras will allow our Eco club to make videos and posters to encourage students to help the planet in a variety of ways. The cameras will also create a means for the garden classes to share their learning with the rest of the world.
Thank you very much! We know there were many projects to choose from and we feel very fortunate that you chose ours. ”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Wisehaupt
This classroom project was brought to life by Disney's Planet Challenge and 15 other donors.
Thank you very much for donating books on California's Regions to our class. We learned all about California history and chose to focus on the Missions of California. Your donation of books got us so excited about where we live! Our students had a tremendous wealth of background knowledge about the setting of their missions due to the high-quality non-fiction texts all about California geography and history. Our California book bin has been checked out almost all year!
Our students have made incredible growth in their reading abilities this year, and your donation of high-interest informational books have helped make that possible! Thank you again for your generous donation! Integrating social studies into our English language arts instruction and learning is having a powerfully positive impact in our lives!”
Thank you so much for your help with our classroom library. Your donation added much needed and appreciated resources to our classroom. My students have read many books this year but the math and science books are some of the most popular. Math is the favorite subject in our classroom and reading stories that highlight math concepts is a treat for them. Individuals and companies like you who invest in our children are so important. My students understand that someone out there who they may never meet is sowing seeds into their future. So aside from the materials you provide with your donation, you also make a powerful statement to children. They know there are people outside their small circle who believe in them and expect their future success.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Johnigan
This classroom project was brought to life by Dow Chemical Company and 7 other donors.
Thank you so much for all of your support of our classroom project! All of my students were so excited to see the boxes of magnetic letters and letter tiles arrive in the classroom. They couldn't wait to start using them right away!
In our reading groups, we have been able to do so much more word-work now, and the kids get so excited when I get the letters and whiteboards out to start using them. Having the magnets to manipulate around seems to make learning more fun and enjoyable. What used to seem like boring work, now is exciting! All of my students are benefiting, as will all of my classes in years to come.
We have been overwhelmed with the generosity of Donors Choose donors this year, and are so grateful for your help in providing new materials to us. It really has helped the kids with their spelling and phonics skills. Thank you so much again! ”
I wanted to thank each and every one of you for donating to my classroom project. With your help, my students were able to learn about the impact we have on our environment and how our choices positively or negatively affect our planet. Your donation helped pay for lab materials, where students explored how greenhouse gases are created and how they lead to climate change. My students are excited about making our school and our community more green. I have witnessed the steps they have taken to do so, from changing their recycling habits to encouraging me to stop driving to work and ride my bicycle instead!
At our school, all of our students are English Language learners, many of whom have had interrupted education in their lives. My students speak over 30 different languages and bring with them extremely diverse and interesting backgrounds. My students want more than anything to engage in their learning, and your donation of lab materials really helped them do so. We really appreciate what you have done for us. ”
Thank you very much for supporting the healthy development of my scholars. Your generous donation to my classroom has enabled my students to have fun while getting exercise at the same time. Since many of my students live in an urban environment, playing outside every day is not always an option. This game interests them because it practices skills focused on one of their favorite sports, basketball! The best thing about the game that you helped donate is that it encourages students to use important social skills like cooperation! My students enjoy playing the basketball skills game immensely. In fact, it's been such a hit that other classrooms at our school have been asking to borrow it during their PE times. Your donation is helping over 800 students develop basketball skills and healthy exercise habits. Wow! Without your donation, this would not have been a possibility. From the bottom of my heart, thank you!”
Thank you so much for your generous support of our classroom. It always amazes me when people step in to show children that they really are cared for, which is what each of you did for all of my students. All of the comprehension materials that you helped provide for these kids were very much appreciated.
Third grade is a very tough year for many children, and comprehension is one of the hardest concepts to understand. They know how to read, but struggle with understanding what they are reading. The many games and card sets that you helped get for us have really benefited my students in a big way. They have been able to play games with each other that helped them with the various comprehension strategies. Before our state testing, they were able to practice test prep materials with the many card sets. Overall, they just had a huge variety of new materials to choose from. Instead of fighting to have to learn something, they are now having fun.
We really want to thank you for what you have done for our class. It means a lot to know that people do care for children and their futures. My students are going to work hard to prove to all of you that they can succeed in their futures. Thank you again for your support! ”
I chose to become a teacher because I loved the thrill that came with seeing the faces of young people light up when they mastered a new idea. It is something I love so much I would do for free, but as you all know enriching our sparse classrooms and curriculum isn't something that can come purely for teacher excitement and dedication. I requested the supplies in this project in an attempt to add to feeling of inclusiveness everyday. The classroom environment benefited tremendously from your gifts; although a small thing, the individual whiteboards have provided an outlet for all students to voice their ideas. To say thank you for your support would not be enough to show the depth of my gratitude.
I am challenged to help students build critical literacy skills. We practice reading, writing, speaking and listening everyday, but with difficult material it is easy for the students to give up. As many of my students have skills below their stated grade it is critical that they participate as often as possible to add to their tool kits. We have used the whiteboards to build this participation, and create a greater comfort level for a number of students. Many demonstrate a willingness to speak up, albeit in their written responses, that they didn't have before.
I, as well as my students, are truly grateful for your generosity. Please continue to support amazing teachers and their projects on donorschoose.org. It is a gift that has instant impact and meaning.”
Thank you so much for supporting our project of bringing books into our classroom. It was such an amazing experience to watch the excitement of my students seeing boxes mailed in and unpacking them! With the help of my students, we have been able to create a dynamic classroom library and we have initiated a library card system where students can check out books to read at home.
Thank you so so so much for supporting this project. You have made my students feel special and helped usher in a culture of love of reading.”
We have been using the water polo balls for games and drills every Friday in our swimming class. The students have gotten more skilled at throwing and catching, dribbling with the ball, and shooting into the goals. We are working on positions and short games, but mostly building up their stamina in the pool to be able to play a good game. I can say they love passing and catching in the pool the most, which is extremely hard to do while treading water all the while! It is very tiring. Shooting at the goal is another favorite drill; they line up and shoot at the cage with a goalie trying to block the shot. One at a time, they shoot, shag the ball, and dribble it back to the end of the line. They can do these types of drills for a long period of time. We have invited the local Junior College coach to come by to help us out and add some new activities to our classes. The great thing about your donations is that we will continue to use this equipment year after year with each new group of students that we have each year. Thank you, DonorsChoose and thank you to all of the individual donors. You are truly generous and kind.
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With gratitude,
Ms. Burger
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