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Molding Behavior in a Positive and Tolerant Way

My students need to learn about tolerance. Using fidgets is a great way to calm down and get ready to listen to great literature that speaks towards tolerance and loving each other.

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My Students

My students bring joy and light to our small and community focused school. They are innovative, hard-working, and thrilled to come into school every day. I work at a Title 1 building with a diverse population of kids with many different backgrounds and needs. In addition to feeding hungry bellies breakfast, lunch and snack, we feed them love, acceptance, social skills and a hands on curriculum based education. Our school mascot is the Comet and is home to 425 students young fives through fifth grade. We pledge to be safe, respectful to our school, peers and ourselves. Every one of our students are active and always on the move, curious about everything and love trying new things.

This project is to create tolerance awareness.

If we start young we will build a community of tolerant, kind and educated people. I want my students to learn how to interact with others, relate to and value other people. I can do this by teaching respect through class and group discussions in a fun way.

My Project

Let's make each student feel special, safe and loved! We don't want to spare words of praise or affection! I want each student to see how fun and valuable it can be to spread kind words. We will have a time during the day when we will use our megaphone to share kind words towards each other so everyone feels special.

I want my students to learn how to interact with others by learning tolerance and respect.

I can teach my students this important skill by using a variety of different books that celebrate peoples differences and similarities, kindness, being fair and other important life lessons.

We will also model the correct behaviors in order to be a tolerant student and friend. If we cannot control our bodies, tools such as stress balls or fidgets will help us calm our bodies down and reset.

Mrs. Fitzmaurice Central Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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More than a third 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

80 students impacted 5donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
CALIFONE MEGAPHONE PORTABLE 8 WATTS - PA-8 • School Specialty $47.35 1 $47.35
BATTERIES ALKALINE RECLOSEABLE PRO PACK C PACK OF 12 • School Specialty $22.00 1 $22.00
Your Fantastic Elastic Brain: Stretch It, Shape It • Amazon Business $16.73 1 $16.73
Iggy Peck, Architect • Amazon Business $16.16 1 $16.16
You, Me and Empathy: Teaching children about empathy, feelings, kindness, compassion, tolerance and recognising bullying behaviours • Amazon Business $15.95 1 $15.95
Finders Keepers? A True Story in India (Mom's Choice Awards recepient) (India Unveiled Childrens Series) • Amazon Business $14.95 1 $14.95
I Am Strong: The Positive Power Series • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
What To Do With a Box • Amazon Business $13.29 1 $13.29
What Do You Do With an Idea? • Amazon Business $12.29 1 $12.29
Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon • Amazon Business $12.17 1 $12.17
Mesh Squishy Ball (Pack of 12) • Amazon Business $12.04 1 $12.04
Fair is Fair • Amazon Business $12.00 1 $12.00
Homder 12 Pack Colorful Sensory Fidget Stretch Toys Helps Reduce Fidgeting Due to Stress and Anxiety for ADD, ADHD, Autism(6 Colors) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Pull and Stretch Bounce Balls (5 PACK) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes • Amazon Business $11.69 1 $11.69
How the Crayons Saved the Rainbow • Amazon Business $11.55 1 $11.55
What Do You Do With a Problem? • Amazon Business $10.95 1 $10.95
Stand in My Shoes: Kids Learning About Empathy • Amazon Business $10.95 1 $10.95
The Recess Queen • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Spaghetti in a Hot Dog Bun: Having the Courage To Be Who You Are • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
Spoon • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
The Case of the Stinky Stench (Lady Pancake & Sir French Toast) • Amazon Business $9.79 1 $9.79
Not a Box • Amazon Business $9.28 1 $9.28
Duck! Rabbit! • Amazon Business $9.22 1 $9.22
Fidget Rings Stress Reducer Toy, Anti-anxiety Autism Fidget Attention Focus Toy, Adults and Children (Black) • Amazon Business $8.98 1 $8.98
Lady Pancake & Sir French Toast • Amazon Business $8.64 1 $8.64
Be Positive!: A book about optimism (Being the Best Me Series) • Amazon Business $8.41 1 $8.41
Super Z Outlet Liquid Motion Bubbler for Sensory Play, Fidget Toy, Children Activity, Desk Top, Assorted Colors • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Beautiful Oops! • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Invisible Boy • Amazon Business $7.45 1 $7.45
The Crayon Box that Talked • Amazon Business $7.25 1 $7.25
The OK Book • Amazon Business $6.49 1 $6.49
My Mouth Is a Volcano! • Amazon Business $6.11 1 $6.11
All the Colors of the Earth (Mulberry Books) • Amazon Business $5.81 1 $5.81
What If Everybody Did That? • Amazon Business $5.77 1 $5.77
Chrysanthemum • Amazon Business $4.70 1 $4.70

Materials cost

$421.75

Vendor shipping charges

 $6.94

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.33

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$465.02

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$82.06

Total project goal

$547.08

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $547.08

4 Donors

-$472.08

Donations toward project cost

-$401.27

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$70.81

match offer

-$75.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$63.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$11.25

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