{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Horace Mann Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":18.5,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":1025452,"projectId":9924164,"letterContent":"Our new pens arrived two weeks ago, and I decided to surprise my students with our orange tray full of colored pens last Monday. They were so happy to have a chance to pick two pens each. Immediately, they began using these pens to create some writing in class.\r\nRight now, students are ending skills to be proficient when writing literary essays so after reading one reliable resource, they began annotating information and creating essays.\r\nIt was simply amazing to see how connected they were with their new pens. They were more than inspired to finish their work, place their notebook on our white table, and get ready to my comments as constructive feedback.","fullyFundedDate":1764786469522,"projectUrl":"project/pens-to-inspire-writers-in-class/9924164/","projectTitle":"Pens to Inspire Writers in Class","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Cisneros","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1025452_orig.jpg?crop=2316,2316,x0,y486&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1596157072688","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/lidiacisneros"},{"teacherId":1025452,"projectId":9840388,"letterContent":"Well, I waited for them to come back from PE to give them a surprise with the Post-it Notes on our typical while table and orange tray. I requested to line up and come into our class five by five. When I told them to pick the supply and the color they want it, they were extremely happy.\r\nAfter distributing the material, I launched my reading lessons where they need to annotate, paraphrase, cite evidence from resource and share a thought or what I call, \"What I think is \". They were engaged, silent, and productive because they got all the tools and the learning environment, they need in class.\r\nThis is only happening because of your generosity and caring toward education.","fullyFundedDate":1764704873888,"projectUrl":"project/post-it-notes-are-a-must-in-class/9840388/","projectTitle":"Post-it Notes Are a Must in Class","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Cisneros","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1025452_orig.jpg?crop=2316,2316,x0,y486&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1596157072688","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/lidiacisneros"},{"teacherId":1025452,"projectId":9880473,"letterContent":"Our math resources are in action now. We use them when beginning our classes or when reinforcing our knowledge in class. Students are used to having manipulatives in class to make sure multiplication and fraction facts are clear before moving to more intense lessons soon.\r\nThe greatest part is that my students want to learn and close math gaps and that is a great help. Sometimes they even request to use our manipulatives either in groups of two or independently. \r\nThis great learning atmosphere happens in my class because of your support.","fullyFundedDate":1763613366987,"projectUrl":"project/stem-helps-students-close-math-gaps/9880473/","projectTitle":"STEM Helps Students Close Math Gaps","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Cisneros","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1025452_orig.jpg?crop=2316,2316,x0,y486&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1596157072688","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/lidiacisneros"},{"teacherId":1025452,"projectId":9840355,"letterContent":"Our books arrived just in time to wrap up everything we learned about the American Revolution. My students were so excited about working in pairs when presenting a little speech about George Washington and King George III. They were outside our class, taking notes, and deciding how to share the information since there were different choices such as questions, facts, or paraphrasing information.\r\nWhile students were sharing information, we were using our books as reliable resources in class.\r\nAll these experiences happen in our class just because you decided to support us.","fullyFundedDate":1761309429926,"projectUrl":"project/american-revolution-reading-time/9840355/","projectTitle":"American Revolution Reading Time","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Cisneros","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1025452_orig.jpg?crop=2316,2316,x0,y486&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1596157072688","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/lidiacisneros"},{"teacherId":1025452,"projectId":9787750,"letterContent":"Your donations have arrived and I used them immediately. I am trying to validate my request about the need to reinforce multiplication tables in the classroom and at home. Since the visuals are colorful, that is an advantage to call my student's attention. \r\nEven during Conference times, I was able to use your material to show the need of helping me memorize this important basic operation at home and parents appreciated the interest to close this gap as soon as possible.\r\nWe truly feel very honored to have your help in your classroom and this compromises us to work hard daily.","fullyFundedDate":1760655876571,"projectUrl":"project/stem-makes-mathematicians-thrive/9787750/","projectTitle":"STEM Makes Mathematicians Thrive!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Cisneros","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1025452_orig.jpg?crop=2316,2316,x0,y486&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1596157072688","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/lidiacisneros"},{"teacherId":1025452,"projectId":9734954,"letterContent":"Math class began last Thursday, and it was the best time to motivate them to work hard to get a new erasable pen. The only thing I listened during that time was the sound the pen or pencil made during independent learning. We have been reviewing how to use number lines with decimals and how to round decimal. \r\nWith your pen, they could create math conversations explaining all the steps they took to find the answer. This pen makes my students work hard in my classroom.\r\nWe truly appreciate your generosity toward having the right tool to make learning happen.","fullyFundedDate":1760655874589,"projectUrl":"project/the-right-pen-to-inspire-writers/9734954/","projectTitle":"The Right Pen to Inspire Writers","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Cisneros","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1025452_orig.jpg?crop=2316,2316,x0,y486&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1596157072688","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/lidiacisneros"},{"teacherId":1025452,"projectId":9477377,"letterContent":"As soon as the boxes arrived, students were able to use the material and annotate information. Something that makes my group feel amazed is to understand how to use similes, metaphors, and idioms. What we normally do is to discuss vocabulary and annotate new information.\r\nIn case of the books you donated, that is specially for our high achievers since not everybody is able to read mythology. These students can understand and interpret information due to your donations. \r\nAll in all, by week number ten, I can assure they love learning figurative language and that is the purpose to come to school: to enjoy learning.","fullyFundedDate":1759272332497,"projectUrl":"project/percy-jackson-and-figurative-language-in/9477377/","projectTitle":"Percy Jackson And Figurative Language in Class","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Cisneros","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1025452_orig.jpg?crop=2316,2316,x0,y486&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1596157072688","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/lidiacisneros"},{"teacherId":1025452,"projectId":9490557,"letterContent":"Is there any other best present than giving the power of reading to students? I do not think so, but your generosity toward this project reflects that we will be having one of the best reading tools in class for a year.\r\nMy students are very good when following instructions and reading skills are beginning to boost in comparison to August 2025.\r\nBy having this resource, I am planning to create small groups to read, dramatize, and paraphrase all the information we cover in class. Students just need a good reading tool and multiple strategies to learn effectively.","fullyFundedDate":1758864469484,"projectUrl":"project/yay-time-for-kids-online/9490557/","projectTitle":"Yay! 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They simply feel so wonderful when using this new beanbag.\r\nIt is simply wonderful to offer different areas to learn and work in class independently.","fullyFundedDate":1758221521543,"projectUrl":"project/green-beanbag-is-needed/9636045/","projectTitle":"Green Beanbag Is Needed","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Cisneros","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1025452_orig.jpg?crop=2316,2316,x0,y486&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1596157072688","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/lidiacisneros"},{"teacherId":1025452,"projectId":9658769,"letterContent":"My students once again are intrigued of all the packages arriving in our classroom. When I open the bags, we found colorful and engaging material including books and flash cards. I am just waiting for the weekend to organize what to teach and hoe to incorporate some material as homework.\r\nVisual aids will enrich student's vocabulary by creating some sentences and inviting them to do some art. Also, readings about financial literacy will be great helpers to apply some comprehension skills. \r\nFinally, I am expecting to create google slides where students will research with the books we have in the classroom now information about economy.","fullyFundedDate":1757389800497,"projectUrl":"project/we-want-smart-savers-in-class/9658769/","projectTitle":"We Want Smart Savers in Class!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Cisneros","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1025452_orig.jpg?crop=2316,2316,x0,y486&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1596157072688","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/lidiacisneros"},{"teacherId":1025452,"projectId":9556509,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our class when donating toward having BrainPOP videos, quizzes, and activities to visualize our classes,\r\nWe use this material to paraphrase, annotate, create questions, and apply critical thinking. So far, students were able to demonstrate knowledge about the famous Navajo tribe and how they participated in our American history by being the famous code talkers. Students mentioned that they would love to learn how to memorize things, to create new words based on our alphabet, and to work as a real team.\r\nWe also used it for math to reinforce place value and order of operations so acronyms like PEDMAS are already taught in class.","fullyFundedDate":1755690237109,"projectUrl":"project/someone-says-brainpop-/9556509/","projectTitle":"Someone Says BrainPOP ?","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Cisneros","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1025452_orig.jpg?crop=2316,2316,x0,y486&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1596157072688","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/lidiacisneros"},{"teacherId":1025452,"projectId":9538174,"letterContent":"When you had a laminating machine as your best helper in class and it got damaged, you realized how important this tool is to preserve your visuals. Well, not anymore since we have our laminating machine back!\r\n\r\nThe box arrived last week, and my students were so happy to know that our visuals, name plates, and posters will be laminated soon.\r\n\r\nEven I've decided to laminate sentence frames that are popular in class like paraphrasing or clarifying information. 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