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The additional space also allows me to organize activities more effectively and spend less time having students wait for a safe place to practice.\r\n\r\nThese mats will continue to be used throughout the school year for gymnastics, fitness, movement challenges, and many other PE activities. More importantly, they will serve hundreds of students for years to come. Thank you for investing in the safety of my students and giving them a better environment to move, learn, and grow stronger!","fullyFundedDate":1784153137799,"projectUrl":"project/safe-skills-strong-kids/10324648/","projectTitle":"Safe Skills Strong Kids","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. David Kress","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-6_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8114130"},{"teacherId":6494455,"projectId":10574991,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generosity and kindness! These resources will strengthen literacy and academic achievement in my classroom. The new library books, including the Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children and Uglies series, will provide students with high-interest choices that encourage reading for enjoyment while building vocabulary, comprehension, stamina, and confidence. The Holes novel sets will allow us to participate in meaningful shared reading and practice grade-level skills such as analyzing characters, determining theme, making inferences, and supporting ideas with text evidence.\r\n\r\nThe teacher computer will give me greater flexibility when working with small groups and individual students. I will be able to move throughout the classroom while maintaining access to our flat panel, allowing me to model skills, display resources, provide targeted instruction, and support students without interrupting the rest of the class. The headphone hooks and desk organization pouches will also create a more organized learning environment while teaching students responsibility, independence, and good organizational habits.\r\n\r\nThe Would You Rather conversation game will provide opportunities for students to practice speaking, listening, explaining their thinking, and respectfully responding to others. Together, these resources will help create a classroom where students are engaged, responsible, and excited to learn. 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Your generosity provided us with colorful paper that has become a simple, but valuable resource for our everyday learning.\r\n\r\nThe paper has helped me create colorful homework covers, classroom activities, center materials, and engaging \"Write the Room\" activities. The bright colors help materials stand out, make activities more inviting, and give my students opportunities to learn in different ways. I have especially enjoyed using the paper to create materials that get students moving, reading, writing, and interacting with their classmates.\r\n\r\nWhat may seem like a small classroom resource has made a big difference in the way I can prepare engaging learning experiences for my students. 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Thank you for helping us provide our students with opportunities to explore engineering, computer science, and technology in ways that would not otherwise be possible.","fullyFundedDate":1779841941498,"projectUrl":"project/build-better-bots/10304604/","projectTitle":"Build Better Bots!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. David Kress","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-6_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8114130"},{"teacherId":9620567,"projectId":9999095,"letterContent":"Your generous donation provided my students with social emotional learning, activities and items as well as much needed Bluetooth headphones and a calming corner beanbag. All of these items provide provided sensory support and hands-on learning for my diverse learners. Without these items, my students would struggle with calm down techniques and overstimulation. With the hug ball, I was able to encourage my students to squeeze and breathe instead of screaming and throwing themselves on the floor. Thank you again and I couldn't have done this without you!","fullyFundedDate":1768509469652,"projectUrl":"project/primary-autism-classroom-support/9999095/","projectTitle":"Primary Autism Classroom Support","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Pulliam","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-4_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9620567"},{"teacherId":9067439,"projectId":10294268,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our classroom and helping my students begin the new school year with a fresh, organized start. Because our classroom does not have traditional desks with built-in storage, these rolling drawers give each student a designated space to keep their supplies, journals, and daily learning materials. Our previous storage containers had experienced years of wear and tear and were becoming difficult to use, so your generosity is providing a much-needed solution for our classroom.\r\n\r\nYour donation is helping me create a learning environment that feels organized, welcoming, and ready for students from the very first day of school. These drawers are more than just a place to store supplies—they give students a sense of ownership and responsibility for their learning space while helping them stay prepared and confident throughout the day. Thank you for investing in my students and helping us start the new school year feeling organized, supported, and ready to learn!","fullyFundedDate":1779891805539,"projectUrl":"project/project-title-organized-students-succe/10294268/","projectTitle":"Project Title Organized Students, Successful Learners","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Day","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9067439"},{"teacherId":9067439,"projectId":10074442,"letterContent":"As someone who understands the magic of a good book, I cannot thank you enough for supporting Future Bookworms: Growing Our 5th Grade Library. Your generosity is giving my students the opportunity to discover new stories, explore different worlds, and find characters and experiences they can connect with. Having access to engaging books can make such a meaningful difference in helping students see themselves as confident, capable readers.\r\n\r\nBecause of your kindness, my students will have more opportunities to read for enjoyment, spark their imaginations, and develop a love of reading that can last a lifetime. You are helping create those special moments when a student becomes completely absorbed in a story and realizes just how powerful a book can be. Thank you for investing in my students, nurturing the next generation of lifelong readers, and helping make our classroom library a place where every child can find a book that inspires them.","fullyFundedDate":1779746546883,"projectUrl":"project/future-bookworms-growing-our-5th-grade/10074442/","projectTitle":"Future Bookworms: Growing Our 5th Grade Library","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Day","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9067439"},{"teacherId":4776665,"projectId":10234144,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our Pre-K classroom! Your generous donation has given my students new and exciting ways to learn, create, and explore. Our play-doh, kinetic sand, arts and crafts materials, LED writing boards, and sensory letter-writing tools are already becoming favorite parts of our classroom. The students were so excited when they first saw the new materials—they could hardly wait to touch, build, write, and create!\r\n\r\nWe are using these resources to make learning hands-on and fun while developing important fine-motor, sensory, and early literacy skills. My students especially enjoy practicing letters and their names on the LED writing boards and in the sensory materials. They are also using the play-doh and kinetic sand to create letters, shapes, and imaginative creations while strengthening their little hands. As we continue our Beginning of the Year learning, we will build on these activities by practicing name recognition, letter formation, and other early writing skills. 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Plus, the fresh supply of dry erase markers has been amazing for individual whiteboard work, giving every student a fun way to participate during our daily assignments. Your support has brought extra excitement, smiles, and joy into our classroom each day.","fullyFundedDate":1768169113630,"projectUrl":"project/fun-friday-fuel-games-prizes-to-motiv/9994102/","projectTitle":"Fun Friday Fuel: Games & Prizes to Motivate 2nd Graders","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Loyd","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9358009"},{"teacherId":6494455,"projectId":9984079,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donations to our classroom! Because of your support, we were able to purchase new books that will help inspire a love of reading and learning for all students.\r\n\r\nYour kindness and willingness to support our classroom truly means so much. The students are excited to explore the new books, and they will help encourage curiosity, imagination, and a stronger connection to reading each day.\r\n\r\nHaving a wide variety of engaging and accessible books will also help students build confidence and independence as readers while discovering new interests and perspectives. These are valuable skills that extend far beyond the classroom.\r\n\r\nWe are incredibly grateful for your generosity and continued support of our classroom community!","fullyFundedDate":1778022263112,"projectUrl":"project/level-up-our-library-advanced-books-for/9984079/","projectTitle":"Level Up Our Library: Advanced Books for Growing Readers","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Kress","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6494455_orig.jpg?crop=1242,1242,x0,y33&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1627609603551","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6494455"},{"teacherId":6494455,"projectId":9983839,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donations to our classroom! Because of your support, we now have recess organization equipment that will help make recess more fun, structured, and enjoyable for all students.\r\n\r\nYour kindness and willingness to support our classroom truly means so much. The students are excited to use the new equipment, and it will help encourage teamwork, activity, and positive play each day.\r\n\r\nWe are incredibly grateful for your generosity and continued support of our classroom community!","fullyFundedDate":1777989696747,"projectUrl":"project/everything-in-its-place-for-recess/9983839/","projectTitle":"Everything in Its Place for Recess!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Kress","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6494455_orig.jpg?crop=1242,1242,x0,y33&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1627609603551","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6494455"},{"teacherId":10410122,"projectId":10036421,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our classroom through DonorsChoose. Your generosity has had an immediate and meaningful impact on my students. The new resources—from slime-making supplies and whiteboards to headphones, computer mice, and standing desks—have brought both excitement and opportunity into our learning space. When the materials arrived, the students were thrilled. Seeing their faces light up as we unpacked everything reminded me how much these tools matter in creating an engaging classroom environment.\r\n\r\nWe have already put many of these resources to work. The slime-making supplies have been used in hands-on STEM activities where students explored measurement, chemical reactions, and states of matter in a fun and memorable way. The headphones and computer mice have made technology-based learning more accessible and effective, helping students stay focused during online lessons and educational programs. The whiteboards have increased participation during whole-group lessons, allowing every student to practice, respond, and collaborate in real time. Even the smaller items like stickers, raffle tickets, Sharpies, and our giant spoons game have helped build motivation, reward effort, and create a positive classroom culture.\r\n\r\nLooking ahead, these resources will continue to support both academic growth and classroom community. Students will use the standing desk and flexible learning tools to improve focus and engagement, while the vacuum cleaner helps us maintain a clean and safe learning environment after projects and activities. As we move into future STEM projects, collaborative challenges, and interactive lessons, these materials will continue to play a key role in making learning hands-on, exciting, and meaningful. 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