{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Robson Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":39.8,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":8047511,"projectId":10291296,"letterContent":"Thank you for helping bring learning to life in our classroom! My students have loved exploring our new community helper materials. They have already enjoyed pretending to be doctors, caring for patients, and playing restaurant with the play food, aprons, order pads, and cash register. It is wonderful to watch their imaginations take over as they create their own scenarios, take on different roles, and interact with one another. What may look like simple play is actually an opportunity to practice important skills: communicating, listening, taking turns, solving problems, and learning new vocabulary. Our food storage containers are also being put to work during our daily counting collections math routine, where students gather, organize, count, and explore quantities in hands-on ways. The additional storage bins are helping me organize and manage our classroom materials so that activities are easier to prepare and students can access what they need.\r\n\r\nWe are looking forward to using these materials even more as we move into our economics unit after Christmas! Students will have opportunities to explore the roles people play in a community, how businesses serve others, and how money is used to purchase goods and services. Our restaurant and grocery store activities will provide a fun, meaningful way to practice counting, recognizing coins, communicating with customers, and making simple economic decisions. Thank you for investing in our classroom and recognizing the value of learning through play. Your generosity has given my students opportunities to build academic and social skills together while making wonderful memories along the way!","fullyFundedDate":1787273896315,"projectUrl":"project/learning-through-play-community-helpers/10291296/","projectTitle":"Learning Through Play: Community Helpers in Action","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Smith","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-6_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8047511"},{"teacherId":8047511,"projectId":10276589,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for helping us build words, one sound at a time! My students have been so excited to explore the new materials, and we are already putting them to good use. Our colorful magnetic letters have brought new life to our word-building activities as students use them with letter arcs to identify sounds and build words. The magnetic Elkonin box paddles have been especially helpful during small-group intervention, giving students another hands-on way to practice hearing, segmenting, and working with the individual sounds in words. We've also enjoyed using our magic wand to point to words as the class reads together. Somehow, a little bit of magic makes reading practice even more fun! Play-Doh has given us another way to form letters and build words, adding some much-needed variety to our daily routine while strengthening the fine-motor skills that support writing.\r\n\r\nOne of the most practical surprises has been our new mesh bags for our Fundations magnetic boards. The original fabric bags were falling apart, and the new zipper bags make it so much easier for students to get their materials out and put them away independently. We're also keeping track of many more of those tiny letter tiles! These resources may seem like simple things, but they make a real difference in helping young learners stay engaged, develop independence, and practice essential literacy skills in ways that meet their individual needs.\r\n\r\nOur next steps are to keep building on these foundational skills as students move from recognizing letters and hearing individual sounds to blending sounds together, reading words, and eventually spelling words independently. We'll continue using these materials in whole-group lessons, small intervention groups, and individual practice so that each child has opportunities to grow at just the right level. Thank you for investing in our classroom and making these learning experiences possible! Your generosity is helping our young readers gain confidence, develop important skills, and discover that learning to read can be both meaningful and fun.","fullyFundedDate":1778293519538,"projectUrl":"project/building-words-one-sound-at-a-time/10276589/","projectTitle":"Building Words, one Sound at a Time","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Smith","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-6_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8047511"},{"teacherId":8378668,"projectId":10015722,"letterContent":"Thank you for the hands-on activities to use with our English language learners! These activities get used with my students who are still very new to English. It is hard for them to understand what is going on in class all day. These students are able to work one-on-one, or in small groups, with my coworker to learn to read and understand English. These phonics dominos help my students create and read real words. As a hands-on activity, it holds their interest and helps them to have fun! Students look forward to coming to class when they know they are in a welcoming and fun environment. 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