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I use the guides every day! The activities they suggest are fun an engaging. I have seen tremendous growth in my students' reading since I began implementing the program.","fullyFundedDate":1758847750792,"projectUrl":"project/terrific-teacher-tools-institute-for-mu/9683704/","projectTitle":"Terrific Teacher Tools: Institute for Multisensory Education Teacher Guides","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Smith","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9444159_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1712346064983","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9444159"},{"teacherId":9444159,"projectId":9398864,"letterContent":"I have recently complete the 30 hour Morphology training. I have learned so much about the topic that I can't wait to bring back to my students. I learned various routines and methods for teaching roots, bases, prefixes and suffixes. Along with the training I have gained access to online learning materials. This includes slides for each topic as well as student reading passages and other graphic organizers. I am looking forward to teaching my students new morphemes and helping them connect the words to their reading. The multisensory methodology of IMSE is fun and engaging for students. I am hopeful that through learning more about word parts, my students will be better able to read challenging words and become more fluent in their reading. I have just started incorporating the new routines with one of my reading groups. They are enjoying making the morpheme cards and learning what he morphemes mean. They like looking at the pictures on the slides to learn new vocabulary words containing the morphemes.","fullyFundedDate":1757378892627,"projectUrl":"project/morphology-magic-from-the-institute-of-m/9398864/","projectTitle":"Morphology Magic From the Institute of Multisensory Education","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Smith","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9444159_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1712346064983","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9444159"},{"teacherId":9304946,"projectId":9398875,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generous donation to my classroom project. The decodable books have been an incredible resource for my students, providing them with engaging, structured practice to strengthen their reading fluency and confidence.\r\n\r\nEach week, students use these books to apply the phonics concepts we're learning, and I've already seen tremendous growth in their accuracy and enthusiasm for reading. One of their favorite activities has been reading these new books to our READ therapy dog, Molly Moo — a wonderful way to build confidence and joy in reading.\r\n\r\nYour support has truly made a difference in our classroom. Thank you for helping create meaningful learning experiences for my students.","fullyFundedDate":1755737519352,"projectUrl":"project/empowering-readers-with-imse-a-multisen/9398875/","projectTitle":"Empowering Readers with IMSE: A Multisensory Literacy Approach","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Bartkoski","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9304946_orig.jpg?crop=3024,3024,x0,y564&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1731419802672","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9304946"},{"teacherId":9444159,"projectId":9251754,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for providing my students with some new materials! They are so thrilled to have new sensory fidgets to use during reward time. These tools give them motivation to work hard to earn time doing something fun! Their most favorite thing to do when they earn time is to play basketball! We are so lucky to now have an indoor hoop in our classroom. They are extra willing to work when they know basketball is a reward option! I surprised a group of students last week with a new prize box. They had worked extra hard during our lesson and I wanted to reinforce their positive behavior. I took out the prize box filled with new toys from this project! They were so happy and excited. They did not expect to be given the prizes and loved them. Now they want to work for a trip to the prize box too. My students love the new materials. Included in this project were colored dry erase markers. They love picking out their favorite color to use when writing on the white boards. This project has helped add color and energy to my classroom. My students are extra enthusiastic to work with me and know their are positive reinforcements waiting for them when they do the right thing!","fullyFundedDate":1752528321309,"projectUrl":"project/sensory-success-and-mystery-motivators/9251754/","projectTitle":"Sensory Success and Mystery Motivators","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Smith","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9444159_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1712346064983","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9444159"},{"teacherId":6879360,"projectId":9053524,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation of art supplies to support our Maker Fridays. Your kindness has truly made an impact in our classroom. The students are thrilled to explore their creativity with the new materials—whether it's experimenting with spirographs, designing with colorful duct tape, or bringing ideas to life with the 3D pens. These tools are sparking excitement and encouraging students to think outside the box.\r\n\r\nWe are already seeing how these supplies inspire collaboration, problem-solving, and imagination. It's a joy to watch students' faces light up as they create and share their projects. Your generosity is helping us build a space where innovation and creativity flourish, and for that, we are deeply grateful.","fullyFundedDate":1742992122769,"projectUrl":"project/adding-the-a-to-stem-to-make-it-steam/9053524/","projectTitle":"Adding The A To Stem To Make It Steam!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Lenha","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6879360_orig.jpg?crop=421,421,x0,y1&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1707490550430","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6879360"},{"teacherId":9444159,"projectId":9207679,"letterContent":"Thanks you so much in for your interest in my classroom and my students! I am thrilled to have the opportunity to purchase resources from Teachers Pay Teachers. The materials on the site help me to meet the specific needs of each child. I am able to search for specific skills they need help in and find activities and games to help integrate into my daily lessons. For example, if students are working letter recognition, I can search for that on the site. A variety of hands-on, engaging activities are available. With the help of your donation, I am now able to purchase these materials to better teach my students. I was even able to purchase summer review packets for reading and math. The packets provided differentiated practices for my students to work on over the summer. They were perfect, because I could purchase exactly what skills and concepts they needed. I truly appreciate your generosity!","fullyFundedDate":1744032884418,"projectUrl":"project/teachers-pay-teachers-educational-resour/9207679/","projectTitle":"Teachers Pay Teachers Educational Resources","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Smith","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9444159_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1712346064983","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9444159"},{"teacherId":9444159,"projectId":8858957,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting me in this opportunity. The training I received in the Orton-Gillingham approach to literacy was excellent. The training consisted of 5 weekly sessions, for a total of 30 hours of learning. I was taught the systematic methods of incorporating visual, auditory and kinesthetic techniques into literacy lessons. Throughout this interactive training, I had the opportunity to work with other teachers to plan and implement lessons. We practiced with one another modeling and teaching lessons. I learned various ways to implement hands-on phonemic awareness activities with my students. We learned methodologies to help students learn new sight words, learn new letters, blend words, write new words and more! Along with the training, I now have access to the Orton-Gillingham digital library. Here I can download resources for use during the lessons such as anchor charts, writing paper, and decodable texts. \r\n\r\nMy favorite part of the training was learning how to teach \"Red Words.\" These are words that don't follow expected spelling patterns. Students have to learn what new letters make the sounds. Throughout the process, students get to write the words using a red crayon. They write on \"screens\" so that they can have a tactile experience. When they write the words over the screen, bumps appear. They then feel these bumps as they trace and spell the words with their fingers. 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