Ms. L.'s Classroom
Moderate Poverty

Texas

Books for Kinder Kids

The idea: Kids will want to practice reading when they have an actual interest in what they are reading. I want to give the children a choice of at least five books on their reading level to fill thei...more

My students need a variety of books on various reading levels.

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Greg from Indianapolis, IN

"I gave to this project because there is nothing like an actual, tangible book to get kids interested in reading."

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Mrs. C.'s Classroom
High Poverty

Indiana

Hands On, Minds On with IPOD Touch

I have heard many great things about the iPod touch. First of all, the students will be able to easily navigate the iPod touch since they will be able to click on the picture they want....more

My students, especially ESL, need an iPod touch with a case for class to help with their school w...

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Paul from North Carolina

"I helped because the students have a very good project."

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Completed Project: Mrs. F.'s Classroom High Poverty Illinois (State)	Legos Help our Egos Updated on Jan 26, 2010
Impact Letter posted! "Thank you so much for your donations to my classroom. The Legos that you have purchased for my classroom have been an absolutely huge hit! When we have indoor recess or Fun Friday, the Legos are the f..." more

Completed Project: Ms. L.'s Classroom High Poverty Nevada	This is Jeopardy! Quiz Games For the Young Brain Updated on Jan 26, 2010
Impact Letter posted! "This is Jeopardy! Thank you donors:) Bringing games to the learning experience has ONLY positive outcomes. My students want to study more to be prepared for playing the Jeoparady game. They are watchi..." more

Completed Project: Ms. E.'s Classroom Poverty Data Unavailable Pennsylvania	Math Adventure Journals Updated on Oct 15, 2009
Thank You Letter posted! "It is such a relief to know that there are people out there like yourselves that care so deeply for the education of our young ones. Thank you so much for making our Math Journals possible with your ..." more

Completed Project: Ms. G.'s Classroom High Poverty North Carolina	Support the Ladies in Uniform! Deaf Kids Can!! Updated on Jan 26, 2010
Impact Letter posted! "I wanted to let you know how our project unfolded. The students were very excited as the boxes started arriving and we began to open them up. With every box, I reminded the children these things are..." more

Completed Project: Ms. H.'s Classroom High Poverty Illinois (State)	Where are the Science Fiction Books? Updated on Jan 26, 2010
Impact Letter posted! "I'm writing to express how happy and grateful I am for your generous donation. I would also like to thank you for taking the time to read my proposal online. My students were very excited when the boo..." more

Completed Project: Ms. S.'s Classroom Poverty Data Unavailable North Carolina	School Rocks and That's A Fact! Updated 5 days ago
Thank You Letter posted! "I can't fully express my excitement, joy and thanks for your donation to my project. It is great to see that you share my vision for reaching children. Teaching students to navigate through nonficti..." more

Completed Project: Ms. H.'s Classroom High Poverty Illinois (Chicago)	IListen, IRead, IShare, IPod Updated on Jan 26, 2010 Despite the good intentions of our high-optimism, high-love classroom, we are faced with a daunting challenge: more than half of the students in my class lag two to six years behind grade level....more My students need 3 iPod Nanos to listen to audiobooks during independent reading.
Thank You Letter posted! "I cannot thank you enough for your generous donations to our 8th grade classroom. Our independent reading program is the cornerstone of our classroom. Despite our packed schedule and the unspoken pre..." more

Completed Project: Mrs. S.'s Classroom High Poverty Illinois (Chicago)	Christmas Presents for Children in Need Updated 22 hours ago
Impact Letter posted! "I cannot begin to express to you the excitement I saw in my students' eyes as they opened their very own Christmas presents this year. We all sat in a circle on the rug and they each received their v..." more

Completed Project: Ms. A.'s Classroom High Poverty California (South)	One Laptop at a Time, Part I Updated 3 days ago
Impact Letter posted! "Thank you once again for your wonderful donation of a MacBook Pro laptop computer to my students. The addition of this computer to my classroom has made an amazing impact on the kids! When the Mac ar..." more

Completed Project: Mrs. W.'s Classroom High Poverty New York (City)	Who Took The Drama Out Of Kindergarten? Updated on Feb 1, 2010
Impact Letter posted! "I would like to thank you for the generous gift that you gave to our classroom. The children were overjoyed when they saw the puppets and the theater for the first time. At first, they were speechless..." more

Completed Project: Mrs. S.'s Classroom High Poverty Washington	Learn To Type with "Mavis Beacon" Updated on Jan 26, 2010
Impact Letter posted! "Thank you very much for purchasing "Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing" for our Life Skills classroom. The students have been using the program bi-weekly to improve their typing skills. Our students will b..." more

Completed Project: Ms. P.'s Classroom Moderate Poverty Pennsylvania	Enriching Students Through Digital Storytelling Updated on Jan 26, 2010 Laptops would provide a portable and meaningful way to further develop students’ skills. Your donation will provide gifted students with an outlet to develop research skills using technology!...more My students need 2 mini laptop computers.
Thank You Letter posted! "This is such thrilling news! I cannot begin to express how grateful I am to the numerous donors (friends, family and strangers alike!) who have made such an enormous impact on my students' gifted ..." more

Completed Project: Ms. R.'s Classroom High Poverty Nevada	Connecting Technology Updated on Jan 26, 2010 If each student had a thumb drive to save his or her work on, we wouldn't have to worry about the individual computer saving the work. This would reduce student loss and create even more incentive to...more My students need 32 flash drives (2GB) and a set of computer speakers.
Thank You Letter posted! "Thank you for your generosity! As a teacher, it is encouraging to have community members support my vision for my students. Being comfortable with and using technology is vital for their future. Thank..." more

Completed Project: Mr. C.'s Classroom High Poverty Michigan	Technology in the Math Classroom Updated on Jan 26, 2010 I have requested 5 Texas Instruments calculators that will be used in groups to facilitate student mastery of higher level mathematics. They will use them to calculate sin, cosine, tangent functions...more My students need 5 graphing calculators.
Impact Letter posted! "I wish to thank you for the calculators you have donated to our school. As you may be aware, schools are facing very difficult financial strains and we do not have sufficient budget to purchase calcu..." more

Completed Project: Ms. J.'s Classroom High Poverty Michigan	Retaining Knowledge Everywhere Updated 3 days ago
Impact Letter posted! "Thank you for your generosity. My students received a classroom set of flash drives. Many of my students have access to computers outside of school, however, they do not have printers. The flash drive..." more

Completed Project: Mrs. C.'s Classroom High Poverty North Carolina	Reading and Writing: Their Way! Updated 6 days ago
Impact Letter posted! "My students and I are indebted to you and we are truly appreciative of your kindness. Your gift to Donors Choose has given my students a projector, which we put to use the day we received it. As you c..." more

Completed Project: Mr. R.'s Classroom High Poverty Nevada	Our Kids Love Dodgeball!!!!!! Updated on Jan 26, 2010
Impact Letter posted! "I just wanted to thank you again for generously donating the dodgeballs that were so badly needed. The old set of balls we had were well used over the last three years and have earned their retiremen..." more

Completed Project: Ms. L.'s Classroom High Poverty Utah	The Reading Place Updated on Jan 26, 2010 We need a book display case that will give students easy access to books we have made in class,interesting to them picture books, zoo magazines, books I have read to them and books from the theme we a...more My students are in need of a comfortable and inviting place to be while reading and have a displa...
Thank You Letter posted! "I can't fully express my happiness, excitement, and gratitude for all of your donations to my project. It will be so much fun to see my young students when they see how attractive and comfortable the..." more

Completed Project: Ms. T.'s Classroom High Poverty Texas	Lighting the Spark Updated on Jan 26, 2010 My goal is to help these students set goals, build good character, value education, and to give them hope for all the amazing things they can be. There is a book called "We Beat the Street" and it is...more My students need 24 copies of the book "We Beat the Street".
Thank You Letter posted! "I don't even know how to put it into words to show you just how thankful I am for your donation! As you know, these books are going to be read by a group of students who struggle, both behaviorally a..." more

Completed Project: Ms. B.'s Classroom High Poverty Missouri	Paper for my Special Needs Students! Updated on Jan 26, 2010 The majority of my students read below grade-level; therefore, I create my own readings, hand-outs, homework sheets, projects and other assignments. This, of course, uses up a great deal of paper tha...more My students need assorted copy paper.
Thank You Letter posted! "I can't fully express my joy, excitement, and thanks for your donation to my project. It is great to see that you share my vision for reaching children. Sometimes things as simple as paper are what ..." more

Completed Project: Mrs. A.'s Classroom High Poverty North Carolina	Pre-K Adventures Updated on Dec 28, 2009
Impact Letter posted! "Thank you for your generous donations for the much needed number puzzles and alphabet sorting materials. The materials has helped our students in identifying numbers and letters because they focus on ..." more

Completed Project: Mrs. W.'s Classroom High Poverty California (North)	Veritable Veggies and Functional Fruits: Life Skills Lessons Updated on Jan 26, 2010 In addition to learning how to cook, my students need to learn about health and nutrition. Giving them the skill set to grow some of their own food will encourage healthy life-long eating habits as we...more My gardening project needs8 Root Viewer Garden Stands, a big book and cassette of "Grandmother's ...
Thank You Letter posted! "Your donations to our project will make a huge impact on my students towards their goals of learning life skills. Thank you so much for your donations and dedication to the education of today's youth ..." more

Completed Project: Ms. I.'s Classroom High Poverty New York (City)	Games! Games! Games! Updated on Jan 9, 2010
Impact Letter posted! "I hope my letter, the letters from my students, as well as the photos posted on the DonorsChoose.org website capture the incredible impact your contributions have had on my students. The children and..." more

Completed Project: Ms. A.'s Classroom High Poverty California (South)	Building a Computer Lab, One Laptop at a Time, Part 6 Updated 3 days ago
Impact Letter posted! "Thank you so much for your generous donation of a Toshiba netbook computer and carrying case to the growing computer lab in our classroom. Words can't express how grateful my students and I are!The l..." more

Completed Project: Mr. K.'s Classroom High Poverty Missouri	Paper: The Raw Material For Learning Updated on Dec 24, 2009 My Chemistry students in a high-needs, high-poverty school yearn to do laboratory assignments, and they need paper to do it. It is merely paper, but it will make a world of difference for my students....more My students need graphing paper, loose leaf paper, and copy paper to conduct rigorous laboratory ...
Thank You Letter posted! "Though I don't like to admit it all the time, it can often feel quite overwhelming trying to provide my students with the resources they need to get the most out of high school. Upon receipt of the l..." more

Completed Project: Ms. L.'s Classroom High Poverty Oklahoma	Paper Updated on Jan 26, 2010 Your help will ensure that my students have the resources they need to keep up with third graders around the country. New reams of copy paper will allow me to create worksheets and make homework sheet...more My students need 20 reams of paper for worksheets, homework, and art and creative instruction.
Thank You Letter posted! "Thank you so much for your generosity! It isoverwhelmingto see the amount of support my students receive from strangers. I know that they appreciate everything you do, so thank you so much on their be..." more

Completed Project: Mrs. M.'s Classroom Moderate Poverty California (North)	Fishing For Knowledge! Updated on Jan 26, 2010 This project ties into our 5th grade science curriculum , which emphasizes the importance of water,the water cycle, and environmental awareness....more My students need a fish tank, filter, thermometer, lights, and several fish to replaced in our cu...
Thank You Letter posted! "Wow! Thank you so very much for your generous donations that will allow us to complete our exciting aquarium adventure! It is so great to know that there are people out there who believe in the wond..." more

Completed Project: Mrs. P.'s Classroom High Poverty Arizona	I Want to Speak English Updated on Jan 19, 2010 I think that puppets will allow my students to practice speaking in English without full attention on themselves. You will make it possible for my students to build confidence and fluency in speakin...more My students need 2 sets of Let's Talk Puppets.
Thank You Letter posted! "I thank you from the bottom of my heart. This has been an exceptionally difficult year learning how to best teach students who do not speak or understand English proficiently. My students will benefi..." more

Completed Project: Mrs. C.'s Classroom High Poverty North Carolina	Help Protect Our Peepers! Updated 1 hour ago My students are loving science this year. I have planned opportunities for experimenting with the hopes of creating excitement in these kids who formerly thought science was all in a textbook. The k...more My students need 30 pairs of safety goggles.
Thank You Letter posted! "Wow. I am astonished at the generosity of complete strangers! I had posted this request for funding for safety goggles thinking that it would be months before I heard from anyone. And now, 2 weeks ..." more

Completed Project: Ms. S.'s Classroom High Poverty Illinois (Chicago)	Comic Relief- Learning with Science Comic Books Updated on Dec 14, 2009
Impact Letter posted! "Thank you so much for your generous donation of science comic books to our third grade classroom. We started using the books the day they arrived. The children love them and are always selecting the..." more

Completed Project: Ms. I.'s Classroom High Poverty Michigan	Junior Journalist Part II Updated on Dec 14, 2009 I teach a very intelligent group of third graders who come to school every day striving to do their best. We lack the essential items that the students will need to allow them the ability to create, e...more My students need a laptop computer, 3 flashdrives (2GB) and 5 thesauruses.
Thank You Letter posted! "I am a third grade teacher with a goal of increasing writing skills through technology. Children are always more exciting and willing to go the extra mile when they have an opportunity to work with t..." more

Completed Project: Ms. V.'s Classroom High Poverty Oregon	Read Everything! Updated on Jan 26, 2010 The Weekly Reader has always been a favorite of my students because of the variety of stories, topics and photos that are presented. It meets the needs of the low reader as well as the high reader and...more My students need 80 subscriptions to the Weekly Reader so that they have one more way to practice...
Thank You Letter posted! "Thank you so very much for your thoughtfulness and generous spirit. My students are so anxious to read the news that will come to our classroom through your kind donations.Reading is so important and..." more

Completed Project: Ms. S.'s Classroom Moderate Poverty North Carolina	Energized Kindergartners! Updated on Feb 1, 2010 Imagine actually getting to see solar energy at work! I would like to provide the students with Mobilo solar building sets to play, build and learn with the sun. In addition, the students would see t...more My students need Mobilo solar building sets, Mobilo starter set, and solar energy beads.
Thank You Letter posted! "Thank you so much for helping me teach my kindergartners about solar energy! It's such a hard concept to teach without visuals; I'm sure they will be delighted by the solar beads and solar building s..." more

Completed Project: Ms. H.'s Classroom High Poverty Illinois (Chicago)	What Do Words Look Like Updated 6 days ago
Impact Letter posted! "Thank you for the gift of supplies for my students. We have incorporated the materials in our reading of fiction and non-fiction texts. For instance, when we were reading about fossils, we were able..." more

Completed Project: Mrs. A.'s Classroom High Poverty Texas	iRead!!! Updated on Jan 26, 2010 With the ipods, I would be able to create a podcast of all the Read Naturally stories. The students would then be able to listen to the ipod and read along with the recorded stories. The ipods would a...more My students need 10 iPod Shuffles to use in our classroom for reading.
Thank You Letter posted! "Thank you so very much for your help in funding my project! I truly appreciate your generosity. I am so excited about using the ipod shuffles in my classroom. I am positive my children will love learn..." more

Completed Project: Ms. S.'s Classroom High Poverty Nevada	Modern Lit wants to Play Ender's Game Updated on Dec 24, 2009 My students need two class sets (60 copies) of the classic science fiction novel Enders Game by Orson Scott Card....more My students need two class sets (60 copies) of the classic science fiction novel "Ender's Game" b...
Thank You Letter posted! "Thank you so much for your donation of "Ender's Game." It is one of my favorite books and I think my students will truly enjoy it. There will be so much for them to discuss. This book fits very well i..." more

Completed Project: Ms. C.'s Classroom High Poverty Missouri	Voice of the Reformation Updated on Jan 7, 2010 My students need a crash course in appropriate grammar and word choice, pens to design unique and scan-able art, and official-looking notepads to fill with reporters' scribbled quotes....more My students need books on scholastic journalism, a crash course in appropriate grammar and word c...
Thank You Letter posted! "Your generous support overwhelms me. I could not thank you enough for the resources you have given the dedicated members of our newspaper staff. You have enabled this "small group of thoughtful, commi..." more

Completed Project: Mrs. F.'s Classroom High Poverty New Mexico	Help Hispanics Become Lifelong Learners and Readers! Updated on Jan 26, 2010
Impact Letter posted! "We've received our books that you helped to purchase. What a great gift! We've been so excited about looking through them and deciding which ones we are going to read first. The kids are happy to have..." more

Completed Project: Ms. B.'s Classroom High Poverty Connecticut	Autistic Children NEED Visual Supports!!! Updated on Jan 28, 2010 My classroom needs a color printer, laminating sheets, laminator, velcro, along with many other things. My students need colorful visual supports in order to be successful in their classrooms....more My students need laminating sheets and velcro to keep materials intact and interactive for the st...
Thank You Letter posted! "You can not begin to imagine the possibilities that you have given to us. With these crucial supplies, my students with Autism will have the opportunities to comprehend lessons so that they are meani..." more

Completed Project: Ms. M.'s Classroom High Poverty Colorado	We're Just Playing...But We're Still Learning! Updated on Jan 27, 2010
Impact Letter posted! "Thank you so very much for your generous donations! The kids are so excited to play the new board games! I am getting them to work very hard to earn their chance to play the games. They absolutely ..." more

Completed Project: Mr. C.'s Classroom Moderate Poverty North Carolina	Help Students Connect with Experts over the Web Updated on Jan 26, 2010
Impact Letter posted! "My students finished last week in a complete state of pride and empowerment. And it is all thanks to you.We started the week with a laptop-and-apogamy-based videoconference with a geneticist who work..." more

Completed Project: Ms. H.'s Classroom High Poverty Mississippi	Give my Tigers "Tears for a Tiger"! Updated on Jan 26, 2010 I have found a novel by Sharon Draper that my students can connect with on a personal level while also increasing their reading levels. The book is "Tears of a Tiger" and it introduces important them...more My students need 30 copies of the novel "Tears of a Tiger" by Sharon P. Draper.
Thank You Letter posted! "I am so very excited that my project has been funded, and I cannot thank you enough. I have already told a few of my classes about the book project and how they will get new books. They are all so exc..." more

Completed Project: Mr. D.'s Classroom High Poverty New York (City)	The Team of Rivals Updated on Jan 26, 2010
Impact Letter posted! "Each and everyone one of you donors has allowed my students to explore a historical time period that is somewhat so far and distant from where they stand today. The leadership skills of Abraham Lincol..." more

Completed Project: Ms. S.'s Classroom High Poverty North Carolina	Say Cheese! Yearbook/Newspaper/Drama Camera Updated on Jan 26, 2010 The camera will be used to enhance each of my classes in a unique way. The camera you provide will be touched by countless students' hands who are eager to learn the technology and who want to produc...more My students need a SLR digital camera.
Thank You Letter posted! "Wow! I am thrilled that my project has been funded and that my students will be able to use this camera in my elective courses. In my Yearbook class, students will be able to take high-quality photo..." more

Completed Project: Ms. M.'s Classroom High Poverty North Carolina	Recycle! Updated on Jan 26, 2010 Recycling is a very important part of our job as citizens, but we have no place to put our recyclables in the classrooms. My classroom, and the rest of our school, needs a place to store items until t...more My students need 25 stacking recycling containers and an Environmental Book Set.
Thank You Letter posted! "Thank you so much for giving to this project for my students! This is a project that will not only benefit my 21 students, but my whole entire school. My students are beyond thrilled about recycling..." more

Completed Project: Mr. D.'s Classroom High Poverty California (South)	Flash Drives for Making Our Films Updated 2 days ago With your support my 2nd graders will be able create meaningful movie projects that demonstrate what they have learned in our various units of study....more My students need 20 HP flash drives to transfer work between the classroom and computer lab.
Impact Letter posted! "Thank you very much for your generous donation which allowed my project "Flash Drives for Making Our Films" to be funded.I told my class about the funding of the proposal, so they, as well as I, were ..." more

Completed Project: Ms. R.'s Classroom High Poverty Illinois (Chicago)	Touching Technology as Early as Three! Updated 1 day ago We love using the computer, but that sneaky mouse is just so hard to use! Our little hands, undeveloped hand-eye coordination, and fine-motor skill delays prevent us from efficiently using a tradition...more My students need a HP touchscreen monitor for our classroom computer.
Thank You Letter posted! "Thank you so much!! Too often, the special education population is forgotten, but today you have put my students at the top! I'm so glad they will be able to experience their Dr. Seuss computer games ..." more

Mr. B.'s Classroom
High Poverty

California (South)

One Laptop Per Student

In an overcrowded inner city classroom I am always doing my best to share my experience and my world. But access to the Internet and their own laptop will help the students explore the world not just...more

My students need 20 Mac notebook computers.

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Books for Kinder Kids

The idea: Kids will want to practice reading when they have an actual interest in what they are reading. I want to give the children a choice of at least five books on their reading level to fill thei...more

Hands On, Minds On with IPOD Touch

I have heard many great things about the iPod touch. First of all, the students will be able to easily navigate the iPod touch since they will be able to click on the picture they want....more

Legos Help our Egos Updated on Jan 26, 2010

This is Jeopardy! Quiz Games For the Young Brain Updated on Jan 26, 2010

Math Adventure Journals Updated on Oct 15, 2009

Support the Ladies in Uniform! Deaf Kids Can!! Updated on Jan 26, 2010

Where are the Science Fiction Books? Updated on Jan 26, 2010

School Rocks and That's A Fact! Updated 5 days ago

IListen, IRead, IShare, IPod Updated on Jan 26, 2010

Despite the good intentions of our high-optimism, high-love classroom, we are faced with a daunting challenge: more than half of the students in my class lag two to six years behind grade level....more

Christmas Presents for Children in Need Updated 22 hours ago

One Laptop at a Time, Part I Updated 3 days ago

Who Took The Drama Out Of Kindergarten? Updated on Feb 1, 2010

Learn To Type with "Mavis Beacon" Updated on Jan 26, 2010

Enriching Students Through Digital Storytelling Updated on Jan 26, 2010

Laptops would provide a portable and meaningful way to further develop students’ skills. Your donation will provide gifted students with an outlet to develop research skills using technology!...more

Connecting Technology Updated on Jan 26, 2010

If each student had a thumb drive to save his or her work on, we wouldn't have to worry about the individual computer saving the work. This would reduce student loss and create even more incentive to...more

Technology in the Math Classroom Updated on Jan 26, 2010

I have requested 5 Texas Instruments calculators that will be used in groups to facilitate student mastery of higher level mathematics. They will use them to calculate sin, cosine, tangent functions...more

Retaining Knowledge Everywhere Updated 3 days ago

Reading and Writing: Their Way! Updated 6 days ago

Our Kids Love Dodgeball!!!!!! Updated on Jan 26, 2010

The Reading Place Updated on Jan 26, 2010

We need a book display case that will give students easy access to books we have made in class,interesting to them picture books, zoo magazines, books I have read to them and books from the theme we a...more

Lighting the Spark Updated on Jan 26, 2010

My goal is to help these students set goals, build good character, value education, and to give them hope for all the amazing things they can be. There is a book called "We Beat the Street" and it is...more

Paper for my Special Needs Students! Updated on Jan 26, 2010

The majority of my students read below grade-level; therefore, I create my own readings, hand-outs, homework sheets, projects and other assignments. This, of course, uses up a great deal of paper tha...more

Pre-K Adventures Updated on Dec 28, 2009

Veritable Veggies and Functional Fruits: Life Skills Lessons Updated on Jan 26, 2010

In addition to learning how to cook, my students need to learn about health and nutrition. Giving them the skill set to grow some of their own food will encourage healthy life-long eating habits as we...more

Games! Games! Games! Updated on Jan 9, 2010

Building a Computer Lab, One Laptop at a Time, Part 6 Updated 3 days ago

Paper: The Raw Material For Learning Updated on Dec 24, 2009

My Chemistry students in a high-needs, high-poverty school yearn to do laboratory assignments, and they need paper to do it. It is merely paper, but it will make a world of difference for my students....more

Paper Updated on Jan 26, 2010

Your help will ensure that my students have the resources they need to keep up with third graders around the country. New reams of copy paper will allow me to create worksheets and make homework sheet...more

Fishing For Knowledge! Updated on Jan 26, 2010

This project ties into our 5th grade science curriculum , which emphasizes the importance of water,the water cycle, and environmental awareness....more

I Want to Speak English Updated on Jan 19, 2010

I think that puppets will allow my students to practice speaking in English without full attention on themselves. You will make it possible for my students to build confidence and fluency in speakin...more

Help Protect Our Peepers! Updated 1 hour ago

My students are loving science this year. I have planned opportunities for experimenting with the hopes of creating excitement in these kids who formerly thought science was all in a textbook. The k...more

Comic Relief- Learning with Science Comic Books Updated on Dec 14, 2009

Junior Journalist Part II Updated on Dec 14, 2009

I teach a very intelligent group of third graders who come to school every day striving to do their best. We lack the essential items that the students will need to allow them the ability to create, e...more

Read Everything! Updated on Jan 26, 2010

The Weekly Reader has always been a favorite of my students because of the variety of stories, topics and photos that are presented. It meets the needs of the low reader as well as the high reader and...more

Energized Kindergartners! Updated on Feb 1, 2010

Imagine actually getting to see solar energy at work! I would like to provide the students with Mobilo solar building sets to play, build and learn with the sun. In addition, the students would see t...more

What Do Words Look Like Updated 6 days ago

iRead!!! Updated on Jan 26, 2010

With the ipods, I would be able to create a podcast of all the Read Naturally stories. The students would then be able to listen to the ipod and read along with the recorded stories. The ipods would a...more

Modern Lit wants to Play Ender's Game Updated on Dec 24, 2009

My students need two class sets (60 copies) of the classic science fiction novel Enders Game by Orson Scott Card....more

Voice of the Reformation Updated on Jan 7, 2010

My students need a crash course in appropriate grammar and word choice, pens to design unique and scan-able art, and official-looking notepads to fill with reporters' scribbled quotes....more

Help Hispanics Become Lifelong Learners and Readers! Updated on Jan 26, 2010

Autistic Children NEED Visual Supports!!! Updated on Jan 28, 2010

My classroom needs a color printer, laminating sheets, laminator, velcro, along with many other things. My students need colorful visual supports in order to be successful in their classrooms....more

We're Just Playing...But We're Still Learning! Updated on Jan 27, 2010

Help Students Connect with Experts over the Web Updated on Jan 26, 2010

Give my Tigers "Tears for a Tiger"! Updated on Jan 26, 2010

I have found a novel by Sharon Draper that my students can connect with on a personal level while also increasing their reading levels. The book is "Tears of a Tiger" and it introduces important them...more

The Team of Rivals Updated on Jan 26, 2010

Say Cheese! Yearbook/Newspaper/Drama Camera Updated on Jan 26, 2010

The camera will be used to enhance each of my classes in a unique way. The camera you provide will be touched by countless students' hands who are eager to learn the technology and who want to produc...more

Recycle! Updated on Jan 26, 2010

Recycling is a very important part of our job as citizens, but we have no place to put our recyclables in the classrooms. My classroom, and the rest of our school, needs a place to store items until t...more

Flash Drives for Making Our Films Updated 2 days ago

With your support my 2nd graders will be able create meaningful movie projects that demonstrate what they have learned in our various units of study....more

Touching Technology as Early as Three! Updated 1 day ago

We love using the computer, but that sneaky mouse is just so hard to use! Our little hands, undeveloped hand-eye coordination, and fine-motor skill delays prevent us from efficiently using a tradition...more

One Laptop Per Student

In an overcrowded inner city classroom I am always doing my best to share my experience and my world. But access to the Internet and their own laptop will help the students explore the world not just...more

Legos Help our Egos
Updated on Jan 26, 2010

This is Jeopardy! Quiz Games For the Young Brain
Updated on Jan 26, 2010

Math Adventure Journals
Updated on Oct 15, 2009

Support the Ladies in Uniform! Deaf Kids Can!!
Updated on Jan 26, 2010

Where are the Science Fiction Books?
Updated on Jan 26, 2010

School Rocks and That's A Fact!
Updated 5 days ago

IListen, IRead, IShare, IPod
Updated on Jan 26, 2010

Christmas Presents for Children in Need
Updated 22 hours ago

One Laptop at a Time, Part I
Updated 3 days ago

Who Took The Drama Out Of Kindergarten?
Updated on Feb 1, 2010

Learn To Type with "Mavis Beacon"
Updated on Jan 26, 2010

Enriching Students Through Digital Storytelling
Updated on Jan 26, 2010

Connecting Technology
Updated on Jan 26, 2010

Technology in the Math Classroom
Updated on Jan 26, 2010

Retaining Knowledge Everywhere
Updated 3 days ago

Reading and Writing: Their Way!
Updated 6 days ago

Our Kids Love Dodgeball!!!!!!
Updated on Jan 26, 2010

The Reading Place
Updated on Jan 26, 2010

Lighting the Spark
Updated on Jan 26, 2010

Paper for my Special Needs Students!
Updated on Jan 26, 2010

Pre-K Adventures
Updated on Dec 28, 2009

Veritable Veggies and Functional Fruits: Life Skills Lessons
Updated on Jan 26, 2010

Games! Games! Games!
Updated on Jan 9, 2010

Building a Computer Lab, One Laptop at a Time, Part 6
Updated 3 days ago

Paper: The Raw Material For Learning
Updated on Dec 24, 2009

Paper
Updated on Jan 26, 2010

Fishing For Knowledge!
Updated on Jan 26, 2010

I Want to Speak English
Updated on Jan 19, 2010

Help Protect Our Peepers!
Updated 1 hour ago

Comic Relief- Learning with Science Comic Books
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Junior Journalist Part II
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