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Your generosity truly strengthened our club and enriched our students' experience.","fullyFundedDate":1758202969607,"projectUrl":"project/help-fuel-learning-with-snacks-for-my-st/9502083/","projectTitle":"Help Fuel Learning with Snacks for My Students!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Day","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7948911_orig.png?crop=962,962,x0,y64&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1670222807209","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7948911"},{"teacherId":7948911,"projectId":9158255,"letterContent":"Thanks to your generous support, our classroom library now includes powerful, diverse, and thought-provoking texts that are helping my students grow as readers and as empathetic, critical thinkers. These books have sparked meaningful conversations about identity, fairness, justice, and kindness. conversations that are essential for building an antiracist mindset from a young age.\r\nThe reading revolution is alive and well in our classroom, and it's only just beginning. These books have become anchors for our discussions, writing prompts, and even student-led book talks. Thank you for believing in the power of diverse stories and for helping to create a learning space where every child feels seen, heard, and empowered.","fullyFundedDate":1746699566535,"projectUrl":"project/help-me-acquire-texts-to-begin-an-antira/9158255/","projectTitle":"Help Me Acquire Texts to Begin an Antiracist Reading Revolution!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Day","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7948911_orig.png?crop=962,962,x0,y64&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1670222807209","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7948911"},{"teacherId":7948911,"projectId":9149785,"letterContent":"Thanks to your generous support, our classroom has been transformed into a hub of curiosity, language discovery, and growing confidence. The new morphology resources have become a daily part of our literacy block, and the students are thriving because of it. \r\nWe recently completed a project where students built \"Word Trees\" using roots and affixes to create and define new words. It was incredible to watch them connect the dots between words like transport, portable, and deportation...not just learning definitions, but really understanding the structure and meaning behind them. \r\nMoving forward, we're diving into a morphology notebook project, where each student will compile roots, prefixes, and suffixes they encounter in their reading and writing. This living resource will travel with them throughout the year, supporting vocabulary growth and reading comprehension. Your donation helped build a foundation for lifelong learning. Thank you for believing in my students and supporting their literacy journey!","fullyFundedDate":1745282530655,"projectUrl":"project/help-give-my-students-quality-morphology/9149785/","projectTitle":"Help Give My Students Quality Morphology Instruction in 3rd Grade","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Day","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7948911_orig.png?crop=962,962,x0,y64&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1670222807209","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7948911"},{"teacherId":63625,"projectId":9628933,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our beginning-of-the-year project! My students will learn organization skills and the value of reflecting on written work over time as they forge ahead with their new binders! They had so much fun expressing themselves through collage and hand-drawn pictures as they made their binder covers, enabling them to take ownership early on.\r\n\r\nThe Pizza-Taco books have been particularly popular at the advent of the school year! Moreover, they have been a wonderful SEL tool for student to learn sharing the books and patience in waiting for them! Without your support, this engagement and organization would not be possible. I am appreciative of your participation in my students' ongoing journey!","fullyFundedDate":1755738818252,"projectUrl":"project/building-from-the-ground-up/9628933/","projectTitle":"Building From the Ground Up!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Y.","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp63625_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1534135344718","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/msy"},{"teacherId":63625,"projectId":9364462,"letterContent":"Thank you for helping me hit the ground running this year in second grade! It's hard to believe we are rounding out week one, but indeed- it's true! Courtesy of your donations, I have been able to begin the year in the most organized fashion. \r\n\r\nMy students readily locate their most used supplies in their pencil pouches. This keeps everything orderly and calm. We will be transitioning to new table groups with their new nametags next week, and the playdough brain breaks have already become a class favorite. \r\n\r\nThe beginning of the year can feel chaotic with so much to do, but your funding of my project in the spring has enabled me to feel in control and ready to roll out this second grade year successfully!\r\n\r\nWarm regards for your support,\r\nMs. Y.","fullyFundedDate":1747680640235,"projectUrl":"project/ready-set-organize/9364462/","projectTitle":"Ready, Set, Organize!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Y.","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp63625_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1534135344718","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/msy"},{"teacherId":63625,"projectId":9176115,"letterContent":"I cannot thank you enough for helping me realize my project so quickly! My students and I are using all of our resources on a daily basis! There is no more drama or fear that our inadequate pencil sharpener is going to break. No more emptying it daily! We have a high-quality sharpener that lights up when the pencil is ready. It's perfect!\r\n\r\nAs for the timer that replaced our broken one, we use it for counting down in all of our transitions. It's one of my biggest management tools. Thank you for helping me replace the timer!\r\n\r\nFinally, we are using our Daily Language Arts books regularly and students love them. They culminate all the skills students have acquired over the last two years with me as their teacher. The activities are short and sweet - just a sprinkle of grammar, spelling and conventions to start off the day. \r\n\r\nIn sum, my third graders and I are so appreciative for these materials that make our daily lives easier! Thank you for your support and generosity.","fullyFundedDate":1742919893803,"projectUrl":"project/its-time-to-sharpen-our-language-arts-s/9176115/","projectTitle":"It's TIME to SHARPEN our Language Arts Skills!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Y.","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp63625_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1534135344718","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/msy"},{"teacherId":195963,"projectId":9142906,"letterContent":"Thank you for donating to my project supporting my multilingual, English Learners in our learning space! My students are excited for the various items that you donated to arrive to help the group feel more comfortable and the lessons more accessible. We won't do any learning without them! Students are also super excited to use the plastic sleeves and highlighters to make our lessons more engaging!\r\n\r\nOf course, the biggest hit of all the donated supplies are the prizes for the earned rewards! The students absolutely LOVE the stickers that will be arriving and cannot wait to earn their points to get to choose one from the prize box. The popcorn we are saving for our earned party to celebrate filling up our \"Good Choices\" incentive mason jar. Not only do the chosen prizes bring joy, it is a highlight to see how much the kiddos light up when they reach their goals!\r\n\r\nThank you so much for your wonderful donation to this project! Your generous support of my groups, of my hardworking English learners, will be a benefit my Designated ELD groups for years to come!","fullyFundedDate":1741973264022,"projectUrl":"project/being-multilingual-is-a-superpower/9142906/","projectTitle":"Being Multilingual is a SUPERPOWER!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Cline","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp195963_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1553567653989","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mandiecline"},{"teacherId":195963,"projectId":9130170,"letterContent":"These beautiful books are a wonderful addition to our school library and intervention office. The book bins help keep each set organized and ready for a teacher to use. \r\n\r\nThe books are culturally responsive and inclusive! They share stories across many cultures and communities. These books also support our social emotional learning curriculum, called Toolbox, as well as our Studio Habits of Mind as an arts integration school.\r\n\r\nThank you for taking the time to read our project, donate, and support our learners enjoying these books in classrooms. Your support is so important to keep reaching beyond the status quo for so many schools and teachers. \r\nThank you for your thoughtfulness and your donation!!","fullyFundedDate":1740761055372,"projectUrl":"project/help-get-culturally-responsive-sel-lit/9130170/","projectTitle":"Help Get Culturally Responsive & SEL Literature Into Our Classrooms!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Cline","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp195963_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1553567653989","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mandiecline"},{"teacherId":63625,"projectId":9050865,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating to our class book project! Students worked hard on crafting their fiction stories but the extra thrill for them was in publishing! Students typed up their stories and everyone got their own copy of our fiction collection.\r\n\r\n Students even had a cover art contest, and got to select the cover of their choice. Such pride and ownership of their work was largely due to your contributions to our class project. Your generosity will extend beyond this year and follow classes to come with class and individual books. Thank you, thank you, thank you!","fullyFundedDate":1736958279783,"projectUrl":"project/class-books-for-writing-pros-prose/9050865/","projectTitle":"Class Books for Writing Pros (Prose)","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Y.","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp63625_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1534135344718","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/msy"},{"teacherId":7948911,"projectId":8876964,"letterContent":"thank you so much for helping support the use of decodable texts in my classroom. These books are great, and will be used in the classroom and during the summer school sessions. Already, the students have been excited seeing the full color decodable that we don't often use in the classroom. I usually print them all out in black and white. \r\nSince receiving these texts, I have already finished the first grade scope/sequence outlined by the curriculum with my students that were in need of intervention. I have begun pushing into the next set of decodable texts for second grade skills. These books will be in use for our summer school literacy sessions.","fullyFundedDate":1736443335316,"projectUrl":"project/please-help-me-bring-physical-decodable/8876964/","projectTitle":"Please Help Me Bring Physical Decodable Texts Into the Classroom","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Day","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7948911_orig.png?crop=962,962,x0,y64&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1670222807209","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7948911"},{"teacherId":8022225,"projectId":7705043,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous support. With your help, my students were able to benefit from a structured and engaging phonemic awareness program that directly targeted their learning needs. Many of my students struggle with both expressive and receptive language skills, and this program provided the consistent, focused instruction they needed to begin making meaningful progress. One student even shared how much they enjoyed the lessons, often looking forward to our daily sessions with excitement and curiosity.\r\n\r\nThe ten to fifteen minutes of daily, targeted instruction made a noticeable difference in their ability to recognize letters, isolate sounds, and build early reading confidence. It has become a valuable and highly anticipated part of our classroom routine. I've already seen growth in both literacy skills and student motivation. Because of your kindness, my students are now better equipped with the foundational tools they need to become successful, confident readers. 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