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A student's zip code should not determine their level of education and all students deserve the proper tools to succeed!","fullyFundedDate":1692134527723,"projectUrl":"project/basic-supplies-for-outstanding-students/7616509/","projectTitle":"Basic Supplies for Outstanding Students","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Carter","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5244309_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1691069389417","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/cartera318"},{"teacherId":3334572,"projectId":8871894,"letterContent":"The books that you donated to our classroom are making an impact! Our current reading program is great, but our students mainly get exposure to excerpts of longer works of literature.\r\nHaving an opportunity to read and share a full length novel and have meaningful conversations around reading is what makes the love of reading take place. \r\n\r\nLiterature circles, sometimes called Book Clubs in class, give kids a chance to fall in love with the stories, the characters. It gives them opportunities to reflect and develop strategies that make them want to read even when they don't have to! \r\n\r\nThe four selections that you were kind enough to donate and contribute to us are all very engaging stories and we are enjoying them immensely!","fullyFundedDate":1731857154671,"projectUrl":"project/help-foster-the-love-of-reading/8871894/","projectTitle":"Help Foster the Love of Reading!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Viselli","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3334572_272x272.png?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1524674084414","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3334572"},{"teacherId":9796041,"projectId":8906433,"letterContent":"Coming back from winter break to then be able to unwrap the gifts of the Donors Choose project, was the most joyful part of the holiday season! The first class to help with the unboxing was a 2nd grade class. Right away we were able to tie into our school expectations of being safe, respectful, and responsible. Some students were so excited about the drums, they asked to take home the card that came inside the box. Right away, we were able to explore what our drums could do: knocking at the door, \"hello, who's there?\" driving a racecar and honking our horns \"beep beep\" scratching with our nails, tapping with our fingers. We even explored wearing our drums as hats, eating soup from a bowl, cutting the pizza, and spinning like a wheel with our fingers riding the outside like an acrobat.\r\n\r\nThis level of play through exploration opened the student's ears and gave us a wide range of sound vocabulary to use with our hand drums in later lessons. 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