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Welcome to my Give-Back Birthday page! My birthday wish is to help classrooms get the supplies they need to learn. Even if you have already bought me a shiny gift, please help me by picking a classroom project from the list below to support. Let's all have our cake and donate too!

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Mrs. M.'s Classroom
High Poverty

New York (City)

Dressing Up Dramatic Play

We need materials to enhance our classroom dramatic play. We need a cash register and shopping cart, so we can go to the store and buy the food we need to take care of our family. We need a bed and be...more

My students need costumes, props, and furniture to enhance their dramatic play.

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Take Flight: Inspiring Reading Using Sherman Alexie

Ms. G.'s Classroom
High Poverty

New York (City)

Take Flight: Inspiring Reading Using Sherman Alexie

Your support will create an opportunity for students to use the momentum they have about reading this semester and apply it to their reading and writing work throughout the year. This is an unmatched...more

My students need two class sets (55 copies) of five Sherman Alexie novels and short stories.

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Language Arts: Let's Debate, Compromise and Agree!

Ms. D.'s Classroom
High Poverty

New York (City)

Language Arts: Let's Debate, Compromise and Agree!

Games are an excellent way to promote learning. Games call for lots of social interaction; discussion/debating, compromising and finally, agreeing on the correct answer(s). The games will make conce...more

My students need 7 language arts game sets, covering skills such as predicting, following directi...

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Books...Books..Books!- We Can See You...But Can't Hear You!

Mrs. R.'s Classroom
High Poverty

New York (City)

Books...Books..Books!- We Can See You...But Can't Hear You!

We would love a CD/Audio Cassette player to listen to our audio and CD books on. We can also use this cassette/CD player to tape the children reading so they can monitor themselves for fluency and ac...more

My students need a CD/Cassette Listening Center.

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Weaving Our Way To Friendship And Cooperation

Ms. L.'s Classroom
High Poverty

New York (City)

Weaving Our Way To Friendship And Cooperation

A weaving loom would enable my students to see their work three-dimensionally, and the building process would help foster the foundation for future math and science lessons....more

My students need two weaving looms and an assortment of yarns.

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Life Sucks, But This Library Book Club Doesn't

Ms. K.'s Classroom
High Poverty

New York (City)

Life Sucks, But This Library Book Club Doesn't

You will make it possible for students from 6 diverse schools to come together as a community of readers, learners, artists, and writers. My students will analyze text, discuss themes and topics near...more

My students need 15 copies of the book, "Life Sucks" by Jessica Abel. My students need 3 differe...

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Ms. D.'s Classroom
High Poverty

New York (City)

Write on Me

If each student in the class had a white board and marker, then the student could hold up the board toward one of the teachers in the room to display their work. In order for the students to each have...more

The classroom needs 60 individual white boards and dry-erase markers.

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Ms. W.'s Classroom
High Poverty

New York (City)

Expressing Math and Science through Art

With your help, my students could have the supplies to make those creative math and science art projects. By allowing different students to show what they have learned in a variety of different ways,...more

My students need construction paper, glue, scissors, pipe cleaners, cotton balls, markers and col...

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Completed Project: Mrs. L.'s Classroom High Poverty California (South)	Helping English Language Learners have a Brighter Future! Updated on Oct 2, 2009 I am asking for your help and support in purchasing Learning Centers that will help support our English Language Learners in Language Development. I want my students and every student to be able and s...more My students need 5 Instant Learning Centers, a Correct-A-Sentence Pocket Chart Kit, a time track...
Impact Letter posted! "As an elementary teacher, you believe that you are all alone to make a difference in the lives of the students you teach, to my surprise no I am not! You are a great example of proving that belief wr..." more

Ms. P.'s Classroom
High Poverty

New York (City)

School Basics Needed For Music Classes

Musicians do not write in pens so the requested pencils will be used by my band performance students. The highlighters and pens will be used by my general music students to write their notes on diffe...more

My students need 150 folders, 15 packs of pencils, and 90 composition books for next year.

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Impact Letter posted!

"Thank you for understanding the need of basic supplies in public schools. As the country encounters one of the worst economic crises of the century, parents cannot afford even the most basic necessit..." more

Completed Project: Mr. L.'s Classroom High Poverty New York (City)	Student Canvas Updated on Sep 3, 2009 With the resource of these 5 canvases, the students will be able to transfer some of their best ideas and work onto a professional gallery style canvas. I plan on having a small student show in the o...more My students need 5 pre-stretched canvases.
Thank You Letter posted! "I am very grateful for your donation, it will help one of our students here in getting his work to the next level. It is quite rare that we ever have extra funds to help a student with their own perso..." more

Ms. H.'s Classroom High Poverty New York (City)	Bringing History to Life! As a resource the LCD projector would be a treasured tool to inspire my students to learn and think about Human connections.It would also help them understand important events in World history....more My students need a LCD projector to learn about history by having a visual guide to help them und... Funded or expired. Funded or expired. + Add to Giving Page
Impact Letter posted! "I want to take this time to thank all the donors for their gracious donations. The LCD projector has enhanced and made my lessons extra special. All of my students are thankful for your kind gift. I r..." more

Completed Project: Mrs. K.'s Classroom High Poverty New York (State)	Romeo and Juliet in Modern Day English Updated on Sep 24, 2009 Do you remember what it was like to read Shakespeare in high school? It was like reading a foreign language! Now, imagine you are a Spanish speaker who is struggling to learn English and you have to r...more My students need 50 copies of "No Fear Shakespeare:Romeo and Juliet."
Thank You Letter posted! "Last year, my 10th graders read A Midsummer Night's Dream by Shakespeare and thanks to another donor like yourself, they were able to read the "No Fear" version. Having the modern translation helped ..." more

Completed Project: Mr. D.'s Classroom High Poverty New York (City)	Earth Friendly Paper Updated on Sep 7, 2009 30% recycled paper is a great way to show students how we can care for our environment through our actions, not just words. These 40 reams of paper will allow teachers to give students the materials t...more My students need 5 cases of paper for classwork, homework, and research projects.
Thank You Letter posted! "Thank you so much for your kindness, generosity, and concern for both students and our environment. It is so important to teach our students to be environmentally conscious, but when we can also lead ..." more

Completed Project: Mr. C.'s Classroom High Poverty New York (City)	Can You Hear Me Now? Updated 3 days ago
Thank You Letter posted! "I was so thankful to see that this project has been fully funded, and I just want you to know how grateful my class is for your help! I am so excited to put our new listening devices to work. Having..." more

Completed Project: Mrs. B.'s Classroom High Poverty New York (City)	Crayons for our Special Education Class Updated 6 days ago Although art and illustration is so important in early childhood, we have a very limited amount of crayons in our classroom. Also, many of my students don't even have crayons at home. A donation of cr...more My students need a generous supply of crayons.
Thank You Letter posted! "Thank you so much for your donations toward my proposal. I am so excited to be able to provide my special education students with brand new crayons for the new school year. Many of these students come..." more

Completed Project: Mrs. C.'s Classroom High Poverty California (South)	Reader Beware. You're in for a Scare! Updated on Sep 16, 2009 I would very much like to supply my students with as many chapter books from the Goosebumps series as I possibly can....more My students need 1 copy each of 55 book titles from the Goosebumps book series.
Thank You Letter posted! "I am so deeply grateful for your generous donation. Your commitment to children has made it possible for my students to engage in reading activities with a sense of awe and excitement. As a primary g..." more

Completed Project: Ms. F.'s Classroom High Poverty New York (State)	School Supplies For All Updated on Sep 4, 2009 It's hard to do your best work when you don't have basic school supplies! In my classroom we do a lot of projects that require basic school supplies that many families are unable to provide for their...more My students need basic school supplies including markers, pencils, colored pencils, scissors and ...
Thank You Letter posted! "I wanted to thank you all for helping to make my project a reality for my students. The donations that you provided will allow each of my students to have their very own set of school supplies, someth..." more

Completed Project: Mrs. M.'s Classroom High Poverty New York (City)	Bring Science to Life for First Graders!! Updated on Nov 4, 2009 My solution is to get wonderful science materials that match our needs. These include lots of puzzles and games where the students learn about healthy produce, animals and habitats, and weather and t...more My students need 8 science puzzles and games to cover each unit in the first grade curriculum. T...
Impact Letter posted! "Thank you all so much for your generous donations to my classroom. I am so touched that you chose my project to donate to. I have been using the science materials that you donated to us for a few we..." more

Completed Project: Mrs. M.'s Classroom High Poverty New York (State)	Children Exploring Their World Updated 3 days ago My students are in need science materials inlcuding magnifying glasses,magnetic wands, a general science kit and a subscription to Weekly Readers to explore their world! My goal is to bring the world...more My students need 20 Jumbo Magnetic Balls, 12 eyedroppers, 12 magnifying glasses, 12 magnetic wand...
Thank You Letter posted! "I cannot begin to express my gratitude to you for seeing the importance of science education in my Pre-Kindergarten classroom.These science items will provide my students with the opportunity to explo..." more

Completed Project: Ms. R.'s Classroom High Poverty New York (State)	Books are the Seeds in My Kinder"garden"! Updated 3 days ago My project needs a varied collection of picture books for our classroom library and listening centers. Having a variety of literature will expose my students engaging literature and will create a grea...more My students need a collection of 32 picture books for our classroom library and listening centers...
Thank You Letter posted! "I cannot thank you enough for your donation. Literature is such a huge part of learning and I use it to drive my instruction everyday. With these new books I will not only be able to provide my Kind..." more

Completed Project: Mr. S.'s Classroom High Poverty New York (City)	Help Us With Our Author Study! Updated on Sep 3, 2009 We all remember the author who helped us understand that reading was not a task, but a wonderful journey. Help my students find that special writer during our Author Study unit, and start their journ...more My students need 25 books by the authors they love and are inspired by: Spinelli, Sachar, and Dah...
Thank You Letter posted! "It is difficult to express in writing the gift you have provided for my students. Think of the expression on ones face when they have lost themselves in a book that takes them to a different place. ..." more

Completed Project: Ms. S.'s Classroom High Poverty New York (State)	Explore It ! Updated on Oct 14, 2009 Science is where it's at! Science is everywhere and the students love it! We currently do what we can with the limited classroom supplies that we have. My students have learned to think like scient...more My students need 25 Science materials, including 3 sets of test tubes with holders, graduated cyl...
Thank You Letter posted! "Thank you so much for the support you have given our "Explore It!" project. We are very excited to begin working with the materials and equipment to learn more about all aspects of science and our w..." more

Completed Project: Ms. S.'s Classroom High Poverty New York (City)	Around the World in 182 Days Updated on Aug 26, 2009 As English Language Learners having "Time for Kids" and "Weekly Readers" will motivate them to put the extra effort required into reading nonfiction by providing them with high interest materials....more My students need 25 subscriptions to both Time for Kids and Weekly Reader.
Thank You Letter posted! "I am so grateful for your consideration and generosity! The magazines designed for third grade students provide a multiple modality media and will be able to be used by all the different learning styl..." more

Completed Project: Ms. D.'s Classroom High Poverty New York (City)	Nutty For New Novels Updated on Sep 3, 2009 Supplying my students with these high interest novels on the topics they love would be greatly appreciated. I hope to create a a cozy novel nook for my three middle school English Language Arts classe...more My students need 20 middle school high interest novels.
Thank You Letter posted! "I can't begin to express how thankful I am for all of your help with this project. Your donations will help students for years to come! I am truly excited to see the look on my students' faces when ..." more

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Donate to a project in support of Kathleen's Awesome Give-Back Birthday

Welcome to my Give-Back Birthday page! My birthday wish is to help classrooms get the supplies they need to learn. Even if you have already bought me a shiny gift, please help me by picking a classroom project from the list below to support. Let's all have our cake and donate too!

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We need materials to enhance our classroom dramatic play. We need a cash register and shopping cart, so we can go to the store and buy the food we need to take care of our family. We need a bed and be...more

Your support will create an opportunity for students to use the momentum they have about reading this semester and apply it to their reading and writing work throughout the year. This is an unmatched...more

Games are an excellent way to promote learning. Games call for lots of social interaction; discussion/debating, compromising and finally, agreeing on the correct answer(s). The games will make conce...more

We would love a CD/Audio Cassette player to listen to our audio and CD books on. We can also use this cassette/CD player to tape the children reading so they can monitor themselves for fluency and ac...more

A weaving loom would enable my students to see their work three-dimensionally, and the building process would help foster the foundation for future math and science lessons....more

You will make it possible for students from 6 diverse schools to come together as a community of readers, learners, artists, and writers. My students will analyze text, discuss themes and topics near...more

If each student in the class had a white board and marker, then the student could hold up the board toward one of the teachers in the room to display their work. In order for the students to each have...more

With your help, my students could have the supplies to make those creative math and science art projects. By allowing different students to show what they have learned in a variety of different ways,...more

Helping English Language Learners have a Brighter Future! Updated on Oct 2, 2009

I am asking for your help and support in purchasing Learning Centers that will help support our English Language Learners in Language Development. I want my students and every student to be able and s...more

Musicians do not write in pens so the requested pencils will be used by my band performance students. The highlighters and pens will be used by my general music students to write their notes on diffe...more

Student Canvas Updated on Sep 3, 2009

With the resource of these 5 canvases, the students will be able to transfer some of their best ideas and work onto a professional gallery style canvas. I plan on having a small student show in the o...more

As a resource the LCD projector would be a treasured tool to inspire my students to learn and think about Human connections.It would also help them understand important events in World history....more

Romeo and Juliet in Modern Day English Updated on Sep 24, 2009

Do you remember what it was like to read Shakespeare in high school? It was like reading a foreign language! Now, imagine you are a Spanish speaker who is struggling to learn English and you have to r...more

Earth Friendly Paper Updated on Sep 7, 2009

30% recycled paper is a great way to show students how we can care for our environment through our actions, not just words. These 40 reams of paper will allow teachers to give students the materials t...more

Can You Hear Me Now? Updated 3 days ago

Crayons for our Special Education Class Updated 6 days ago

Although art and illustration is so important in early childhood, we have a very limited amount of crayons in our classroom. Also, many of my students don't even have crayons at home. A donation of cr...more

Reader Beware. You're in for a Scare! Updated on Sep 16, 2009

I would very much like to supply my students with as many chapter books from the Goosebumps series as I possibly can....more

School Supplies For All Updated on Sep 4, 2009

It's hard to do your best work when you don't have basic school supplies! In my classroom we do a lot of projects that require basic school supplies that many families are unable to provide for their...more

Bring Science to Life for First Graders!! Updated on Nov 4, 2009

My solution is to get wonderful science materials that match our needs. These include lots of puzzles and games where the students learn about healthy produce, animals and habitats, and weather and t...more

Children Exploring Their World Updated 3 days ago

My students are in need science materials inlcuding magnifying glasses,magnetic wands, a general science kit and a subscription to Weekly Readers to explore their world! My goal is to bring the world...more

Books are the Seeds in My Kinder"garden"! Updated 3 days ago

My project needs a varied collection of picture books for our classroom library and listening centers. Having a variety of literature will expose my students engaging literature and will create a grea...more

Help Us With Our Author Study! Updated on Sep 3, 2009

We all remember the author who helped us understand that reading was not a task, but a wonderful journey. Help my students find that special writer during our Author Study unit, and start their journ...more

Explore It ! Updated on Oct 14, 2009

Science is where it's at! Science is everywhere and the students love it! We currently do what we can with the limited classroom supplies that we have. My students have learned to think like scient...more

Around the World in 182 Days Updated on Aug 26, 2009

As English Language Learners having "Time for Kids" and "Weekly Readers" will motivate them to put the extra effort required into reading nonfiction by providing them with high interest materials....more

Nutty For New Novels Updated on Sep 3, 2009

Supplying my students with these high interest novels on the topics they love would be greatly appreciated. I hope to create a a cozy novel nook for my three middle school English Language Arts classe...more

Impact

$60

3

136

Helping English Language Learners have a Brighter Future!
Updated on Oct 2, 2009

Student Canvas
Updated on Sep 3, 2009

Romeo and Juliet in Modern Day English
Updated on Sep 24, 2009

Earth Friendly Paper
Updated on Sep 7, 2009

Can You Hear Me Now?
Updated 3 days ago

Crayons for our Special Education Class
Updated 6 days ago

Reader Beware. You're in for a Scare!
Updated on Sep 16, 2009

School Supplies For All
Updated on Sep 4, 2009

Bring Science to Life for First Graders!!
Updated on Nov 4, 2009

Children Exploring Their World
Updated 3 days ago

Books are the Seeds in My Kinder"garden"!
Updated 3 days ago

Help Us With Our Author Study!
Updated on Sep 3, 2009

Explore It !
Updated on Oct 14, 2009

Around the World in 182 Days
Updated on Aug 26, 2009

Nutty For New Novels
Updated on Sep 3, 2009