You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). Keep up the great work!
Take credit for your charitable giving! Check out your tax receipts
Donate
To use your $50 gift card credits, find a project to fund and we'll automatically apply your credits at checkout. Find a classroom project
Menu
Skip to main content

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.

Your school email address was successfully verified.

Edit classroom photo

Mrs. Gamel’s Classroom Edit display name

Your custom url is https://www.donorschoose.org/mrs-gamel

View your stats
Track donations »
Edit
Flexible seating is a new and hot trend in the education world. As a first year teacher, I am continually looking to build my resources and supplies for a beneficial and successful classroom. My theme for the year is Nautical, while incorporating flexible seating options for all students to learn. I first saw these sort of "smart spots" during my student teaching experience and knew I wanted to use them in my own classroom when the day came. As the day is rapidly approaching, I am realizing more and more how useful these seats would be for every student that walks through the door. The ultimate goal for my classroom is to provide the students with choice, comfort, and creative ways to incorporate learning in the classroom. I am looking to do just that with the options for seating I have chosen. The aerobics balls would be placed right next to my desk for working with individual students. The cushions come in a set of eight, allowing multiple students to get the chance to share. The floor rocker is an excellent, trendy seat to make the students feel like they are at home. Flexible seating is such a fun and fierce way to transform your community and classroom environment. They will be forced to work on collaborating with one another, to share the seats throughout the day, and develop a sense of community amongst each other. They will get the opportunity to spread out across the room, to get their own personal space, and break from the desks they have sat in for hours. Flexible seating is a game changer for all students, of all different abilities, and I can assure you, this project will be put to good use.

About my class

Flexible seating is a new and hot trend in the education world. As a first year teacher, I am continually looking to build my resources and supplies for a beneficial and successful classroom. My theme for the year is Nautical, while incorporating flexible seating options for all students to learn. I first saw these sort of "smart spots" during my student teaching experience and knew I wanted to use them in my own classroom when the day came. As the day is rapidly approaching, I am realizing more and more how useful these seats would be for every student that walks through the door. The ultimate goal for my classroom is to provide the students with choice, comfort, and creative ways to incorporate learning in the classroom. I am looking to do just that with the options for seating I have chosen. The aerobics balls would be placed right next to my desk for working with individual students. The cushions come in a set of eight, allowing multiple students to get the chance to share. The floor rocker is an excellent, trendy seat to make the students feel like they are at home. Flexible seating is such a fun and fierce way to transform your community and classroom environment. They will be forced to work on collaborating with one another, to share the seats throughout the day, and develop a sense of community amongst each other. They will get the opportunity to spread out across the room, to get their own personal space, and break from the desks they have sat in for hours. Flexible seating is a game changer for all students, of all different abilities, and I can assure you, this project will be put to good use.

Read more

About my class

Read more
{"followTeacherId":5656560,"teacherId":5656560,"teacherName":"Mrs. Gamel","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp5656560_272x272.jpg?width=136&height=136&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1533864738432","teacherHasProfilePhoto":true,"vanityURL":"mrs-gamel","teacherChallengeId":21241347,"followAbout":"Mrs. Gamel's projects","teacherVerify":-1281574857,"teacherNameEncoded":"Mrs. Gamel","vanityType":"teacher","teacherPageInfo":{"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"teacherHasClassroomDescription":true,"teacherClassroomDescription":"","teacherProfileURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/classroom/mrs-gamel","tafURL":"https://secure.donorschoose.org/donors/share_teacher_profile.html?teacher=5656560","stats":{"numActiveProjects":0,"numFundedProjects":2,"numSupporters":8},"classroomPhotoPendingScreening":false,"showEssentialsListCard":false}}
Supporting teachers and students since 2000

DonorsChoose makes it easy for anyone to help a classroom in need. Public school teachers from every corner of America create classroom project requests, and you can give any amount to the project that inspires you.

We've earned the highest possible ratings from Better Business Bureau, Charity Watch, Charity Navigator, and Guidestar.