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I'm able to meet with groups anywhere in the room to reteach concepts, model strategies step-by-step, or challenge students with deeper problem-solving tasks. One memorable moment was during a multi-step word problem lesson—students gathered around the rolling board, collaboratively solving and explaining their thinking while encouraging one another. The conversations were rich, focused, and full of confidence.\r\n\r\nThe individual dry erase boards have truly transformed whole-group instruction. Instead of a few hands raised, every student now actively participates. Students eagerly write their answers and proudly hold up their boards, excited to share their thinking. This immediate feedback allows me to quickly celebrate understanding and provide support where it's needed. Even students who were once hesitant to speak up now participate confidently, knowing mistakes are part of the learning process.\r\n\r\nThanks to your generosity, math has become more engaging, collaborative, and empowering for my students. As we continue our current math units, students will use these tools to explore new strategies, tackle more complex problems, and strengthen their reasoning skills. Next, we'll be applying these resources to small-group problem-solving challenges and math discussions that encourage critical thinking and teamwork.\r\n\r\nYour support has made a lasting impact on our classroom. You didn't just provide materials—you helped create a learning environment where every student feels confident, supported, and excited to grow as a mathematician. 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Your support truly makes a difference.","fullyFundedDate":1758898924663,"projectUrl":"project/unlocking-learning-with-teacher-made-re/9498291/","projectTitle":"“Unlocking Learning with Teacher-Made Resources”","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Ore","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4376485_orig.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1755715420898","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4376485"},{"teacherId":9752759,"projectId":9649388,"letterContent":"Thank you for your support in delivering these amazing materials to my students. They were excited to use all materials that were asked. Specifically, students love to use the mouth model to show placement of articulators to produce targeted sounds like /r/ and white boards for sentence frames, and drafts of sentences. We will continue to use materials to learn syntax structure through building sentences to comprehend what we are reading and writing. 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The nonfiction format also supports vocabulary development and helps students learn how to read for information, compare ideas, and make connections between reading, science, and the real world.\r\n\r\nReading in our classroom is active and engaging. We read together as a whole group, discuss articles using turn-and-talks, and revisit texts during small groups for close reading and skill practice. Students highlight important information, make predictions, and share their thinking aloud. These texts have also sparked rich discussions and curiosity, especially during science-related topics.\r\n\r\nThank you for making this opportunity possible. 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Lolly pops, candy bracelets and potato chips are earned for outstanding effort and outstanding work. Thank you for allowing my students to earn special treats.","fullyFundedDate":1763554353985,"projectUrl":"project/rewards-celebrated-and-earned/9872888/","projectTitle":"Rewards Celebrated and Earned","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Zysberg","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp19842_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1450347133878","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/19842"},{"teacherId":4665,"projectId":9100886,"letterContent":"I truly appreciate the generous donation of headphones. The students were extremely happy and were very focused when using their headphones during small group instruction and independent computer time. The use for personal devices have become so used during the class instruction so much that these headphones were the best thing that my class needed . You donors \"listened\" and now I have a group of students that are so content, engaged and focused. \r\n\r\n\r\nMy student's scores went up 8% because they were able to zone in and focus of every question annd actiivies. In. addition, some of my parents could not believe that their child received a free headphone. \r\n\r\n\r\nA special thank you to Ripple for the donated headphones! The various colors were so vibrant so much that the children can't stop talking about them!.","fullyFundedDate":1746699622345,"projectUrl":"project/listen-listen-headphones/9100886/","projectTitle":"Listen, Listen, Headphones","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Dixon- Forde","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4665_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1620173831135","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4665"},{"teacherId":1712997,"projectId":9725335,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation of laminating paper and copy paper. Your support has truly set us up for success for the entire school year! These supplies may seem simple, but they make a huge difference in our classroom.\r\n\r\nMy students were especially excited to use the materials for our first big project — a fun and colorful fall bulletin board. They loved writing sentences describing the season, and it was such a joy to see their creativity come to life. Thanks to your kindness, their work is proudly displayed and preserved for everyone to enjoy.\r\n\r\nYour generosity helps create meaningful learning experiences, and we are so grateful to you for making that possible.\r\n\r\nWith heartfelt thanks,","fullyFundedDate":1758898978713,"projectUrl":"project/laminating-sheets-a-copy-paper/9725335/","projectTitle":"Laminating Sheets a Copy Paper","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Dinkevich","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1712997_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1464731014793","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1712997"},{"teacherId":1712997,"projectId":9703434,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating ink for our speech classroom. Your generous gift arrived just in time, as our printer was running low. 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Each student received a new notebook the first day of class. We are off to a fabulous start. Notebooks allow my student ownership of their work. Students can keep track of new vocabulary words, record data, draw diagrams, plan projects and write about their experiments. This year all of my students all have the ability to reach for the stars and to keep going because of donors like you.","fullyFundedDate":1742933131731,"projectUrl":"project/stem-tastic-students-need-notebooks/9104294/","projectTitle":"STEM-tastic Students Need Notebooks","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Zysberg","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp19842_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1450347133878","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/19842"},{"teacherId":19842,"projectId":9148886,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting this project. Starting off a new school year with basic supplies like a notebook puts our best foot forward. Each student received a new notebook the first day of class. We are off to a fabulous start. Notebooks allow my student ownership of their work. Students can keep track of new vocabulary words, record data, draw diagrams, plan projects and write about their experiments. This year all of my students all have the ability to reach for the stars and to keep going because of donors like you.","fullyFundedDate":1744033039021,"projectUrl":"project/stem-tastic-students-need-notebooks-ii/9148886/","projectTitle":"STEM-tastic Students Need Notebooks II","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Zysberg","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp19842_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1450347133878","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/19842"},{"teacherId":1712997,"projectId":9155839,"letterContent":"These few weeks we took time planting our flowers. It was so much fun! Every day, I walk into classroom and the first question I am asked is, \"Did my flower come out?\". We check our flowers and water our soil. It is so much fun! Some of the flowers already came up. We are impatiently waiting for the rest to come up. Meanwhile, we read the books about growing plants and create 'flip books\" of the steps we took to plant the flowers. We use graphic organizer to discribe flowers! There is unending excitement in the speech room. We even have teachers walking into the speech room excited to plant.","fullyFundedDate":1744377206990,"projectUrl":"project/flower-power/9155839/","projectTitle":"Flower Power!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Dinkevich","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1712997_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1464731014793","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1712997"},{"teacherId":1712997,"projectId":9151593,"letterContent":"Thank you so much! The room is getting more and more organized. What great present you gave to us! Children work best in organized spaces. My students need that most of all! \r\nThe organizers you gave to us, already give the space a neater atmosphere!\r\nWe have placed our puzzles into one box. The other one is holding our puppets. They used to be in a garbage bag. And one is holding little toys. Can't wait to organize the other 5boxes. \r\nThe uniformed boxes make the room more inviting. \r\nYou are amazing! Thank you, thank you, thank you!","fullyFundedDate":1745846926756,"projectUrl":"project/organized-space-organized-brains/9151593/","projectTitle":"Organized Space! 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