{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Davidson Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":36.0,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":8707475,"projectId":6845282,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for such a beautiful gift! Many students have enjoyed this so much! This has made writing (which is a site focus) so much more engaging and enjoyable. I know I now have changed writing for students that before thought of it as a chore. They have even asked at times to use it for personal use. I love that students could and would use prep items over the weekend on their own time. I truly want to say thank you from the bottom of my heart in helping students now and future students.","fullyFundedDate":1663716879540,"projectUrl":"project/personal-books/6845282/","projectTitle":"Personal Books","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Dominguez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-8_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8707475"},{"teacherId":8707327,"projectId":9319097,"letterContent":"You can imagine the joy when I opened these donations. I always wait to open delivered boxes with my students as it feels like Christmas in August. They were so excited to get their hands on everything. The motivation and eagerness to get to learning is off to a good start, thanks to your generosity. The lcd tablets were the hit. We use them for phonics in the morning. I allow a little play time before diving in to the lesson and they love it! The other supplies have already been put to good use as well. Pencils, glue, and markers, we use them all.","fullyFundedDate":1746787249253,"projectUrl":"project/fantastic-first-graders/9319097/","projectTitle":"Fantastic First Graders","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Marilynn Dodson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8707327_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1753113538998","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8707327"},{"teacherId":8707327,"projectId":6844957,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for this resource for my 2nd graders! Students were so excited to get their hands on their magazines. The first question i hear is, \" Can I take it home?\" Today was a little different in that it's the end of the school year and if they finished their work they can choose a free time activity. I had 1 go under her desk with her magazine, then others followed suit and crawled under their dresks with their magazines. They were excited by the topics they can relate to. It makes my teacher heart so happy seeing my 1st graders appreciate and engaging with reading material. Thank you so much for your gift!!!","fullyFundedDate":1669729024939,"projectUrl":"project/time-for-kids/6844957/","projectTitle":"Time for kids","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Marilynn Dodson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8707327_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1753113538998","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8707327"},{"teacherId":8707327,"projectId":8783969,"letterContent":"Thank you is not enought o express to you the joy on my students faces with your contributions towards their learning. I would not be able, financially, to give my students all that they deserve for learning. You're generous help warms and makes my heart t so happy. Happy that because of you, I can give my students joy and excitement over physical books, school supplies. Teaching games, and materials that otherwise they would not have gotten this year. They beg for time to read the books, to take them home, and use the supplies all the time. With years of joy in my eyes, thank you.","fullyFundedDate":1732645574425,"projectUrl":"project/on-our-learning-adventure/8783969/","projectTitle":"On Our Learning Adventure!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Marilynn Dodson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8707327_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1753113538998","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8707327"},{"teacherId":8707327,"projectId":9187390,"letterContent":"I can not express in words the joy in the classroom today. When the box was delivered, after the students had left, I wanted to tear into it. I waited to ooen the box with the class. Opening up the box full of books in class with the kids was so much fun! Wow! It was like Christmas! They couldn't wait to get their hands on the books. They didn't want to go to recess because they wanted to be with the books. Thank you so much for your generosity. It makes my heart so happy to see children have a love of books and to know that their are generous donors that support this love and reading journey.","fullyFundedDate":1744246478495,"projectUrl":"project/for-the-love-of-reading/9187390/","projectTitle":"For the Love of Reading","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Marilynn Dodson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8707327_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1753113538998","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8707327"},{"teacherId":7868035,"projectId":9018266,"letterContent":"My teacher wanted to get Snap Cubes for our class, and I thought it was a great idea! Snap Cubes were these cool, colorful blocks that snapped together. We used them to learn math and science in a fun way. I was excited because I loved using things I could touch to help me learn.\r\n\r\nIn math, we used Snap Cubes to help us understand fractions better. For example, when we had 12 cubes and wanted to show ¼, we made a tower of 12 cubes and then split it into 4 equal parts. Each part had 3 cubes, so we saw that ¼ of 12 was 3. This made it easier to understand fractions than just looking at numbers on paper.\r\n\r\nFor science, our teacher showed us how to use Snap Cubes to show different states of matter. We made a tight cube to show a solid, spread out the cubes a little to show a liquid, and spread them out a lot to show a gas. This helped me remember how particles behaved in different states.\r\n\r\nI think Snap Cubes helped our whole class learn better. Sometimes it was hard for me to understand things just by reading or listening. When I could touch and move things around, it helped me remember better. Also, it was fun to work with my classmates using these cubes. We could talk about what we were doing and help each other understand.\r\n\r\nIn our class, we had some students who were still learning English. I think Snap Cubes were really good for them too. Even if they didn't know all the words yet, they could see and touch the cubes to understand what we were learning about.\r\n\r\nExample Activity: Building 3D Shapes\r\n\r\nOne cool activity we did with Snap Cubes was building 3D shapes. Our teacher asked us to make a cube that was 3 cubes long, 3 cubes wide, and 3 cubes tall. Then we counted how many cubes we used total. This helped us learn about volume! We also tried making other shapes like rectangular prisms and saw how the number of cubes changed. It was like doing math and building at the same time!\r\n\r\nThank You for Donating Snap Cubes\r\n\r\nI want to say a big thank you to the people who donated the Snap Cubes to our class. Your gift helped us learn in new and fun ways. It was amazing that you cared about our education and wanted to help us understand math and science better. Because of you, our class had cool tools to use every day. We promised to take good care of the Snap Cubes and use them to learn as much as we could. Thank you for making our classroom a more exciting place to learn!\r\n\r\nWe got the Snap Cubes and they made our math and science classes more fun and helped us all learn better. 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