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I also love using stories because we can reread them to help clarify misconceptions or to remind us of what we have learned.\r\nThank you for donating to this project and for being part of my children's educational journey. You have truly made a difference in the lives of these precious children.","fullyFundedDate":1752671668927,"projectUrl":"project/books-to-build-a-strong-mathematical-fou/9240753/","projectTitle":"Books to Build a Strong Mathematical Foundation","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Rogers","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-9_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4034056"},{"teacherId":2830793,"projectId":8257664,"letterContent":"To support students' phonics development, we are currently implementing UFLI. During phonics instruction, students use whiteboards to participate in the phonics instruction. My students use their whiteboards and markers on a daily basis for this instruction. It was amazing having the markers and erasers readily available for student use. \r\n The gallon zip loc bags were extremely helpful with keeping our headphones in our desks. Placing the headphones in the bags keeps them orderly and helps with sanitation in the classroom. \r\n We are so thankful for your generosity and support of our classroom.","fullyFundedDate":1709785716683,"projectUrl":"project/back-to-the-basics/8257664/","projectTitle":"Back to the Basics!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. English","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2830793_orig.jpg?crop=720,720,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1714825329560","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/april-bryant"},{"teacherId":2830793,"projectId":8341099,"letterContent":"These resources were a tremendous help with supporting my students' learning. The crayon boxes allowed my students to have their crayons, erasers, and glue readily available for use in the classroom. The labels helped us keep our boxes and markers labeled for easy identification because things can easily get misplaced with 21 first graders.\r\n My students use pencils, erasers, and dry erase markers on a daily basis. This project helped provide those materials for my students to support their learning. \r\n I am thankful for the generosity of my donors!","fullyFundedDate":1715780143960,"projectUrl":"project/organizing-our-learning/8341099/","projectTitle":"Organizing Our Learning","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. English","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2830793_orig.jpg?crop=720,720,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1714825329560","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/april-bryant"},{"teacherId":2830793,"projectId":8373501,"letterContent":"My students absolutely love using these resources in the classroom. They practically beg for time to use them. The Stem resources provided in this project give my students a chance to build lifelong skills that could possibly prepare them for careers in the future. They love to be creative and build things. \r\n The building sets with gears helped introduce engineering to my students in a game-like style. They foster creativity, fine motor skill development, problem solving skills, and critical thinking. Using these resources are a great way to develop these important lifelong skills for my students.","fullyFundedDate":1716051467811,"projectUrl":"project/building-lifelong-skills/8373501/","projectTitle":"Building Lifelong Skills","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. English","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2830793_orig.jpg?crop=720,720,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1714825329560","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/april-bryant"},{"teacherId":2830793,"projectId":8961435,"letterContent":"The resources provided by this project have been invaluable in our classroom for reading and writing instruction. With the Science of Reading, we have made a shift towards more explicit phonics instruction will has had an impact on the teaching of the other areas of reading instruction. These resources have given me an opportunity to help my students develop skills to be well-rounded readers and not just \"word callers\". \r\n\r\n I have noticed growth in my students due to the use of these resources in the classroom. I am so thankful for your generosity and your support of teaching and learning!","fullyFundedDate":1734099386243,"projectUrl":"project/success-with-reading-and-writing/8961435/","projectTitle":"Success with Reading and Writing","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. English","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2830793_orig.jpg?crop=720,720,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1714825329560","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/april-bryant"},{"teacherId":2830793,"projectId":8961555,"letterContent":"My students have absolutely loved the decodable readers that were purchased through this project. These readers have given my students a chance to apply classroom learning to \"real\" reading. These books are a great resource because they are actual stories with some content versus some of the other decodable books that are available. \r\n\r\n My students look forward to reading the next book that aligns with the phonics skill that we are working on in class. I have noticed so much progress in their fluency with reading. \r\n\r\n Thank you so much for supporting teaching and learning. My students and I certainly appreciate your generosity!","fullyFundedDate":1734458477009,"projectUrl":"project/developing-decoders/8961555/","projectTitle":"Developing Decoders!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. English","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2830793_orig.jpg?crop=720,720,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1714825329560","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/april-bryant"},{"teacherId":1732465,"projectId":8337028,"letterContent":"My students and I would like thank you all for your generous donations. They were all so excited to see such a big box arrive. When I pulled out that yellow chair, the class was so happy because now the yellow table is complete again. \r\n\r\nWe are using the chair to provide adequate seating for my students. Each table in my classroom is color coded based on the chairs. This new yellow chair allows me to now seat 6 students at the yellow table. This allows for an even distribution of students for partner work.","fullyFundedDate":1716733521994,"projectUrl":"project/sitting-pretty-in-math/8337028/","projectTitle":"Sitting Pretty in Math!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Camacho","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-3_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/wcamacho"},{"teacherId":1732465,"projectId":8251114,"letterContent":"My students and I appreciate your donations so much! While they are always excited to see boxes arrive in our classroom, they were extremely excited to see our new magnetic dry erase board. It was a big hit with everyone in the room. \r\n\r\nWe use our dry erase board daily to create class anchor charts or solve math problems together. The math manipulatives have come in handy because they provide struggling students with visuals to help them better understand concepts. We have been using these manipulatives a lot during my small group instruction to help target gaps in students' learning. \r\n\r\nMy next projects will focus on math and science, particularly STEM. I want to help my students be prepared for their future!","fullyFundedDate":1709575548025,"projectUrl":"project/magnetic-math/8251114/","projectTitle":"Magnetic Math!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Camacho","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-3_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/wcamacho"},{"teacherId":1732465,"projectId":8254558,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for helping us get these items for our classroom. My students were so happy to see the boxes arrive. They could not wait to try out their new pencil sharpener. As a matter of fact, most of the class lined up to give it a whirl. \r\n\r\nWe have been using our new pencil sharpener daily since we do a lot of writing in ELA and mathematics. We have used the math manipulatives during our small group instruction for remediation. They provide a visual for my students who struggled with place value, addition, and subtraction standards. We have not gotten to the angles, area, and perimeter standards yet, but when we do we will be using those manipulatives as well. \r\n\r\nMathematics has been a weak area for my students this year. I plan on creating more projects in the future that focus on math and science to help my students target those areas.","fullyFundedDate":1710199832028,"projectUrl":"project/hands-on-math/8254558/","projectTitle":"Hands On Math","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Camacho","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-3_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/wcamacho"},{"teacherId":1732465,"projectId":8525347,"letterContent":"My students and I were so excited to get our new magnetic white board. As soon as they saw it up on the wall, they talked about how nice it looked. They commented on how they can easily read what I write on the board now since this board isn't discolored from years of use. \r\n\r\nWe put the new board to use immediately. We were starting our fractions unit in math. We have magnetic fraction bars to help students visualize and manipulate parts of a whole. I drew a plant diagram on the board for the class to label. We are using our new board daily. \r\n\r\nMy next steps involve purchasing more magnetic manipulatives to help my students visualize concepts or get extra practice. This will be good for my whole group lessons, but it can also be used during center time. I think it will be very valuable for my students.","fullyFundedDate":1734117870406,"projectUrl":"project/magnetic-dry-erase-board-for-engagment/8525347/","projectTitle":"Magnetic Dry Erase Board for Engagment!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Camacho","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-3_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/wcamacho"},{"teacherId":4034056,"projectId":5832064,"letterContent":"Your donations helped us to try to keep our students as safe as possible during Covid. The numbers were very high in our community. We are also a community with limited resources, so some of our students did not have access to masks from home. We were also able to share with a neighboring class.\r\nThe children loved the variety of masks that were available. They liked being able to choose a particular print or even match their outfit for the day. Masks were definitely an accessory!\r\nThank you again for your kindness and for supporting our classroom and students.","fullyFundedDate":1632252338689,"projectUrl":"project/masks-masks-masks/5832064/","projectTitle":"Masks, Masks, Masks","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Rogers","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-9_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4034056"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_6815","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":631,"numTeachers":51,"percentFrplEligible":95,"percentAsian":0,"percentBlack":25,"percentWhite":43,"percentIndigenous":12,"percentLatinx":1,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"Pre-K - 8","studentTeacherRatio":"12.4:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"RURAL","ncesMetroType":"RURAL_FRINGE"},"inStateSupporters":50.9,"schoolId":6815,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about McColl Elementary Middle School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"McColl Elementary Middle School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/south-carolina/marlboro-county-school-district/mccoll-elementary-middle-school/6815"}