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They also love the interactive challenges, like navigating mazes or carrying objects, which turn learning into a game. It feels like play, but they're building real-world STEM skills at the same time.\r\n\r\nI've seen students who were hesitant to participate in traditional lessons become leaders during coding activities. One student who rarely spoke up in class now volunteers to demonstrate her Botley programs to the group. Another student who struggles with reading has found success through coding because it's visual and hands-on. These robots have opened doors for learners who need different ways to shine.","fullyFundedDate":1763593806472,"projectUrl":"project/unlock-stem-success-botley-robots-for-y/9896893/","projectTitle":"Unlock STEM Success: Botley Robots for Young Coders","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Servino","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1841360_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1536859519302","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1841360"},{"teacherId":993277,"projectId":9749600,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous support! Your contribution has brought an exciting, hands-on approach to learning in our classroom. The magnetic tiles have been a game-changer for my students—they now use them to break words into syllables, apply syllabication rules, and confidently tackle big words they've never seen before. This strategy is helping them read more complex words like establish with the same ease as simple words like cat.\r\nThrough these engaging activities, students are not only improving their reading and spelling accuracy but also expanding their vocabulary and strengthening their writing skills. The joy and confidence they feel when they master new words is incredible, and it's all thanks to your generosity.\r\nYou've made learning fun, interactive, and effective for my students. We are so grateful for your support!","fullyFundedDate":1758907288453,"projectUrl":"project/manipulating-words-with-magnetic-tiles/9749600/","projectTitle":"Manipulating Words with Magnetic Tiles","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Commodore","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp993277_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1526941191845","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/993277"},{"teacherId":993277,"projectId":9597643,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous support in helping me empower my middle school students through sports journalism writing. Your contribution has transformed our classroom into a hub of creativity and critical thinking.\r\nBecause of the laptop and Teacher Pay Teachers (TPT) resources you provided, students are now exploring the exciting world of sports and feature journalism. They are learning to research sports events, conduct interviews, and craft compelling narratives. Using circle maps to brainstorm ideas and T-charts to organize information, students are developing essential skills in communication, analysis, and perspective-taking.\r\nThe laptop has been a game-changer—it serves as the central hub for lessons and allows me to model digital tools like Canva, where students create flyers, announcements, newsletters, informational pamphlets, and even biography templates. These projects have given students authentic opportunities to write for real audiences, making writing meaningful and engaging.\r\nYour support has not only provided resources but has inspired students to think like journalists, collaborate, and express themselves confidently. Thank you for helping us make writing exciting and empowering for every learner.","fullyFundedDate":1758202934618,"projectUrl":"project/sports-writing-journalism-and-more/9597643/","projectTitle":"Sports Writing Journalism and More","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Commodore","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp993277_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1526941191845","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/993277"},{"teacherId":993277,"projectId":9578436,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous support! Your contributions have truly enhanced our classroom environment and made a big difference for my students.\r\nBecause of your donations, students are enjoying a clean, comfortable, and engaging space where they can focus and thrive. The Febreze refills have created a calming atmosphere, while the Clorox wipes, Lysol spray, and gloves help keep our room sanitized and safe. Whiteboard markers and erasers have made interactive lessons exciting, and students love using them to show what they know. Rewards like smelly stickers and Jolly Ranchers have motivated students to work hard and stay engaged. Finally, the Paper Mate pens have allowed me to model writing lessons clearly, helping students follow along and improve their skills.\r\nYour generosity has brought joy, focus, and energy to our classroom. 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The resources purchased with the gift cards—such as writing checklists, informational writing tasks, and other supports—have been invaluable in guiding students toward improving their writing skills.\r\nStudents are now learning to stretch their sentences and add meaningful details, which has elevated the quality of their work\r\nThe TPT gift cards will continue to help me plan creative writing lessons that give students choices and inspire them to think critically and creatively. Activities such as storytelling, journalism writing, and creating comic strips will allow students to explore different genres and express themselves in new ways.\r\nThank you for helping me create a classroom environment where writing is exciting, meaningful, and empowering. 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As students read texts, they are able to use highlighters to highlight important details or unfamiliar words, engage more deeply with the content and practice annotations skills that enhance their comprehension. All students have their own set and do not have to share. We again want to thank you all!","fullyFundedDate":1758043470081,"projectUrl":"project/everyday-supplies/9420417/","projectTitle":"Everyday Supplies","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Lafontant","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6732239_orig.jpg?crop=960,960,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1568254279931","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6732239"},{"teacherId":1054373,"projectId":9164677,"letterContent":"The items from this project are so appreciated! The students love creating different faces with the dough emotion stampers. These have led to many wonderful conversations about our feelings and sharing experiences that led to these feelings. \r\nWe have used the Emotion Coin drop as a game to sort and talk about the different ways we feel, what causes those feelings, and how to help others when they are feeling down. The Melissa and Doug Bear Dress Up allows us to talk about our body, the seasons/weather and different items we should wear depending on the weather. We also incorporate the seasons sensory tubes to talk about the changing weather.\r\nThe assortment of Legos has been a huge hit in our class. We are strengthening our fine motor skills while also expressing our creativity as we create and build with them.\r\nWe appreciate all of your support that allowed us to add these new items to our classroom.\r\nThank you!","fullyFundedDate":1746885171419,"projectUrl":"project/social-emotional-learning-and-creating-i/9164677/","projectTitle":"Social-Emotional Learning and Creating in PreK","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Rodriguez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1054373_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1535116156056","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/nrodriguez"},{"teacherId":1054373,"projectId":9541298,"letterContent":"We appreciate your support. Each student has their own folder to take important documents, classwork, and artwork to and from school each day. It is also part of their daily routine when they come into school. They are becoming more independent as they take their folder out of their backpack and place it in our folder bin.\r\nThe laminating paper helps us create games and activities for the students to participate it. The laminating paper lengthens the life of the games and activities so we can use them again and again. We use post-it notes while graphing and sorting and implement then into our weekly lessons.\r\nWe are so grateful for your contributions, which allowed us to add these essentials to our class. Thank you for all your help!","fullyFundedDate":1755694139397,"projectUrl":"project/basic-supplies-for-a-great-start-to-pre-/9541298/","projectTitle":"Basic Supplies for a Great Start to Pre-K!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Rodriguez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1054373_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1535116156056","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/nrodriguez"},{"teacherId":993277,"projectId":9316750,"letterContent":"I want to extend my deepest gratitude for your thoughtful contributions to our classroom. Thanks to your support, our new crop of kindergarten students is off to a fantastic start with their sight word journals! These journals have quickly become a favorite part of their day. The children are not only learning to read and write their sight words correctly, but they're also proudly using them in complete sentences—building confidence and laying the foundation for lifelong literacy.\r\n\r\nI'd also like to thank you for the daily language books provided for my students. These resources have made a remarkable impact. My students are now engaging more deeply with grammar concepts, expanding their vocabulary, and developing stronger language skills. The books have also helped them become more thoughtful readers—using evidence from the text to support their answers and express their ideas clearly when writing\r\n\r\nYour generosity is helping shape curious, capable, and enthusiastic learners. Thank you for investing in their growth and success.","fullyFundedDate":1746699638819,"projectUrl":"project/a-new-crop-of-writers/9316750/","projectTitle":"A New Crop of Writers","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Commodore","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp993277_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1526941191845","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/993277"},{"teacherId":993277,"projectId":9316637,"letterContent":"On behalf of our students and staff, I want to extend our heartfelt thanks for your generous donation of sentence writing journals. These journals provide our students with daily opportunities to practice editing and revising paragraphs and sentences—skills that are essential to becoming confident, effective writers. The students were excited to have their very own editing writing journal. \r\n\r\nYour support has made a meaningful impact in our classrooms. Students are now more engaged in the writing process, taking ownership of their work and learning to express their ideas with clarity and precision. The consistent practice is improving their grammar and sentence structure but has also boosted their confidence in writing across all subjects.\r\n\r\nThanks to you, our students are developing lifelong literacy skills that will serve them well beyond the classroom.","fullyFundedDate":1746705390151,"projectUrl":"project/improving-our-writing/9316637/","projectTitle":"Improving Our Writing","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Commodore","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp993277_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1526941191845","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/993277"},{"teacherId":6732239,"projectId":9174769,"letterContent":"What a wonderful start of the school year! My students are thankful for all the supplies that were donated. The gift card, notebooks, colored pencils, mini easel pad, folders, pencils, scissors, and glue sticks have been key components to our everyday instructional time. Those supplies created a smooth transition to the start of the school year. Students had everything available to them for their first task. \r\n\r\nBecause of your support, children who arrived on the first day of school without all their supplies were still able to start the year prepared and confident. Your donations made it possible.","fullyFundedDate":1747146082175,"projectUrl":"project/more-supplies-please/9174769/","projectTitle":"More Supplies Please","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Lafontant","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6732239_orig.jpg?crop=960,960,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1568254279931","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6732239"},{"teacherId":993277,"projectId":9420802,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your incredible support and investment in our students' growth as writers and thinkers. Because of your generosity, our classrooms are now filled with the energy and confidence that come from learning to express ideas clearly and effectively. The Paragraph a Week and Language Writing Journals have become powerful tools in our writing curriculum. Beyond paragraph writing, these journals are strengthening students' grammar and proofreading skills, while reinforcing the essential mechanics of writing. Each day brings a new opportunity for growth, and we're already seeing the difference in their confidence and creativity.\r\n\r\nYour contribution is more than a donation—it's a gift of voice, structure, and empowerment. 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