{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Port Salerno Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":44.4,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":9199217,"projectId":9743208,"letterContent":"Our class consists of students of every ability level, that are preparing to take their FAST Reading test that will consist of comprehension questions based on all their Florida Benchmark Standards. Reading Aloud in our class has given the students the opportunity to understand and comprehend books and practice the skills that they have learned this year. Through the comradery of other students, even the students with lower abilities are held to high standards and are able to enjoy reading. All students discuss with each other the happenings in the book. Whenever we have down time throughout the day, I catch students huddled at the carpet working together and rereading together to find answers to the questions they may still have. They are helping each other to understand the plot of each book, the development of each character, one look through the eyes of each character (perspective) and examine that character perspective for each character they read about.\r\n\r\nIt's been wonderful to see the excitement these books have brought to my students' literacy. Thank you so much for giving them the opportunity to have a new world to explore and be a part of!","fullyFundedDate":1764720786102,"projectUrl":"project/new-school-year-week-7-already-start/9743208/","projectTitle":"New School year, Week 7, Already Starting Our 3rd Novel","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Blankman","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9199217_orig.png?crop=287,287,x54,y21&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1710606077533","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9199217"},{"teacherId":9199217,"projectId":9743607,"letterContent":"Our class consists of students of every ability level, that are preparing to take their FAST Reading test that will consist of comprehension questions based on all their Florida Benchmark Standards. Reading Aloud in our class has given the students the opportunity to understand and comprehend books and practice the skills that they have learned this year. Through the comradery of other students, even the students with lower abilities are held to high standards and are able to enjoy reading. All students discuss with each other the happenings in the book. Whenever we have down time throughout the day, I catch students huddled at the carpet working together and rereading together to find answers to the questions they may still have. They are helping each other to understand the plot of each book, the development of each character, one look through the eyes of each character (perspective) and examine that character perspective for each character they read about.\r\nThis book \"Farewell to Manzanar\" will be used to also help teach my 5th graders about Fear of the unknown, Confusion about the future and what's to come, Dignity, and Cultural Identity.\"\r\n\r\nIt's been wonderful to see the excitement these books have brought to my students' literacy. Thank you so much for giving them the opportunity to have a new world to explore and be a part of!","fullyFundedDate":1764006118437,"projectUrl":"project/teach-fifth-grade-themes-of-fear-confus/9743607/","projectTitle":"Teach Fifth-grade Themes of Fear, Confusion, Dignity, and Cultural Identity","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Blankman","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9199217_orig.png?crop=287,287,x54,y21&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1710606077533","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9199217"},{"teacherId":9199217,"projectId":9867276,"letterContent":"Our class consists of students of every ability level, that are preparing to take their FAST Reading test that will consist of comprehension questions based on all their Florida Benchmark Standards. Reading Aloud in our class has given the students the opportunity to understand and comprehend books and practice the skills that they have learned this year. Through the comradery of other students, even the students with lower abilities are held to high standards and are able to enjoy reading. All students discuss with each other the happenings in the book. Whenever we have down time throughout the day, I catch students huddled at the carpet working together and rereading together to find answers to the questions they may still have. They are helping each other to understand the plot of each book, the development of each character, one look through the eyes of each character (perspective) and examine that character perspective for each character they read about.\r\n\r\nIt's been wonderful to see the excitement these books have brought to my students' literacy. Thank you so much for giving them the opportunity to have a new world to explore and be a part of!","fullyFundedDate":1763153654008,"projectUrl":"project/give-my-students-the-groundbreaking-clas/9867276/","projectTitle":"Give my Students the Groundbreaking Classic","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Blankman","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9199217_orig.png?crop=287,287,x54,y21&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1710606077533","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9199217"},{"teacherId":9199217,"projectId":9743577,"letterContent":"Our 5th grade Read Aloud is so exciting everyday. My students sit as a group and follow along in their books while we read together chapter by chapter. After we have finished the entire book, I create a writing prompt for my students and they spend the next 2 -3 weeks writing a five paragraph essay, either Expository or Argumentative, based off of the book. It has been amazing for me to read these essays after the students have completed them!\r\n\r\nAs soon as I told my students that we had a new book funded and coming to us, they jumped on their laptops and started looking for an explanation of what the book was about. \r\n\r\nAll of the books that I choose to place for donation are books that my students have chosen off the list of recommended book list; Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards: sample texts by benchmark. These are books that our students could possibly see on the state required assessments. Being that our classroom consists of students of every ability level, that are preparing to take their FAST Reading and BEST Writing assessments, I feel that trying to familiarize them with books that they may see on a high stakes assessment will better prepare them for what is to come. The essays that we write after the books have been read is part of this preparation.\r\n\r\nThank you so much for giving my students the opportunity to have a new world to explore and be a part of!","fullyFundedDate":1762563193474,"projectUrl":"project/heartwarming-tale-of-china-rabbits-ques/9743577/","projectTitle":"Heartwarming Tale of China Rabbit's Quest for Love and Belonging","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Blankman","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9199217_orig.png?crop=287,287,x54,y21&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1710606077533","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9199217"},{"teacherId":9199217,"projectId":9743317,"letterContent":"Our 5th grade Read Alouds are so exciting everyday. My students sit as a group and follow along in their books while we read together chapter by chapter. My students then discuss the chapter we just read. After we have finished the entire book, I create a writing prompt for my students and they spend the next 2 -3 weeks writing a five paragraph essay, either Expository or Argumentative, based off of the book. It has been amazing for me to read these essays after the students have completed them!\r\n\r\nAs soon as I told my students that we had a new book funded and coming to us, they jumped on their laptops and started looking for an explanation of what the book was about. They can't wait to start reading a new book!\r\n\r\nAll of the books that I choose to place for donation are books that my students have chosen off the list of recommended book list; Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards: sample texts by benchmark. These are books that our students could possibly see on the state required assessments. Being that our classroom consists of students of every ability level, that are preparing to take their FAST Reading and BEST Writing assessments, I feel that trying to familiarize them with books that they may see on a high stakes assessment will better prepare them for what is to come. The essays that we write after the books have been read is part of this preparation.\r\n\r\nIt's been wonderful to see the excitement these books have brought to my students' and the literacy that has developed throughout my classroom. Thank you so much for giving my students the opportunity to have a new world to explore and be a part of!","fullyFundedDate":1760725053985,"projectUrl":"project/5th-grade-students-loving-our-daily-read/9743317/","projectTitle":"5th-grade Students Loving Our Daily Read Aloud Time","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Blankman","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9199217_orig.png?crop=287,287,x54,y21&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1710606077533","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9199217"},{"teacherId":9199217,"projectId":9743492,"letterContent":"Our 5th grade Read Alouds are so exciting everyday. My students sit as a group and follow along in their books while we read together chapter by chapter. My students then discuss the chapter we just read. After we have finished the entire book, I create a writing prompt for my students and they spend the next 2 -3 weeks writing a five paragraph essay, either Expository or Argumentative, based off of the book. It has been amazing for me to read these essays after the students have completed them!\r\n\r\n\tAll of the books that I choose to place for donation are books that my students have chosen off the list of recommended book list; Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards: sample texts by benchmark. These are books that our students could possibly see on the state required assessments. Being that our classroom consists of students of every ability level, that are preparing to take their FAST Reading and BEST Writing assessments, I feel that trying to familiarize them with books that they may see on a high stakes assessment will better prepare them for what is to come. The essays that we write after the books have been read is part of this preparation. \r\n\r\n\tI am so grateful to have book 1; City of Embers, book 2; The People of Sparks, and book 3; Diamonds of Darkhold, but now to have book 4; Prophet of Yonwood and the entire series complete... wow! I hope that some day I am in a position that I will be able to pay-it-forward as you have! It's been wonderful to see the excitement these books have brought to my students' and the literacy that has developed throughout my classroom. Thank you so much for giving my students the opportunity to have a new world to explore and be a part of!","fullyFundedDate":1758812850670,"projectUrl":"project/last-book-4-city-of-embers-prophet-of/9743492/","projectTitle":"Last, Book 4, City of Embers; Prophet of Yonwood","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Blankman","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9199217_orig.png?crop=287,287,x54,y21&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1710606077533","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9199217"},{"teacherId":9199217,"projectId":9743490,"letterContent":"Our 5th grade Read Alouds are so exciting everyday. My students sit as a group and follow along in their books while we read together chapter by chapter. My students then discuss the chapter we just read. After we have finished the entire book, I create a writing prompt for my students and they spend the next 2 -3 weeks writing a five paragraph essay, either Expository or Argumentative, based off of the book. It has been amazing for me to read these essays after the students have completed them!\r\n\r\n\tAll of the books that I choose to place for donation are books that my students have chosen off the list of recommended book list; Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards: sample texts by benchmark. These are books that our students could possibly see on the state required assessments. Being that our classroom consists of students of every ability level, that are preparing to take their FAST Reading and BEST Writing assessments, I feel that trying to familiarize them with books that they may see on a high stakes assessment will better prepare them for what is to come. The essays that we write after the books have been read is part of this preparation. \r\n\r\n\tI was grateful to have book 1; City of Embers, and surprised to get book 2; The People of Sparks, but to receive book 3; Diamonds of Darkhold is absolutely beyond words! It's been wonderful to see the excitement these books have brought to my students' and the literacy that has developed throughout my classroom. Thank you so much for giving my students the opportunity to have a new world to explore and be a part of!","fullyFundedDate":1758812851175,"projectUrl":"project/well-need-book-3-city-of-embers-dia/9743490/","projectTitle":"We'll Need Book 3, City of Embers; Diamond of Darkhold","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Blankman","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9199217_orig.png?crop=287,287,x54,y21&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1710606077533","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9199217"},{"teacherId":9199217,"projectId":9743391,"letterContent":"Our 5th grade Read Alouds are so exciting everyday. My students sit as a group and follow along in their books while we read together chapter by chapter. My students then discuss the chapter we just read. After we have finished the entire book, I create a writing prompt for my students and they spend the next 2 -3 weeks writing a five paragraph essay, either Expository or Argumentative, based off of the book. It has been amazing for me to read these essays after the students have completed them!\r\n\r\n\tAll of the books that I choose to place for donation are books that my students have chosen off the list of recommended book list; Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards: sample texts by benchmark. These are books that our students could possibly see on the state required assessments. Being that our classroom consists of students of every ability level, that are preparing to take their FAST Reading and BEST Writing assessments, I feel that trying to familiarize them with books that they may see on a high stakes assessment will better prepare them for what is to come. The essays that we write after the books have been read is part of this preparation. \r\n\r\n\tIt's been wonderful to see the excitement these books have brought to my students' and the literacy that has developed throughout my classroom. Thank you so much for giving my students the opportunity to have a new world to explore and be a part of!","fullyFundedDate":1758812850971,"projectUrl":"project/ready-for-book-2-the-city-of-embers-p/9743391/","projectTitle":"Ready for Book 2, \"The City of Embers; People of Sparks\"","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Blankman","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9199217_orig.png?crop=287,287,x54,y21&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1710606077533","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9199217"},{"teacherId":9084674,"projectId":9409344,"letterContent":"Thank you for helping jump start the year with new materials! The students were excited at open house to find their Bee name tags on their desk, it helped them instantly feel a part of our new class! The plastic pouches were put to use in their AVID binders so that they can take books home daily to read at home with families! We all know how important it is for all students to have access to books at all times! The Binder clips help them stay on track with their daily planners where teachers and parents can communicate about daily events, upcoming assessments and school activities. With the binder clips students can help be a part of the organization needed to stay on track daily! Lastly the Binder rings have been put to use on the in school book baskets each student has in their classroom. Students know that the ring and number marks their book basket so they can always have books on hand to read! With organization and routines in place all students are set up for a successful year in Kindergarten! Thanks to you r generosity they \"BEE\"lieve in themselves and know a lot of people outside of our classroom \"BEE\"lieve in us too!","fullyFundedDate":1753996594522,"projectUrl":"project/start-the-year-by-bee-lieving-in-your-dr/9409344/","projectTitle":"Start the Year by Bee-lieving in Your Dreams!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Everett","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9084674_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1691192566008","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9084674"},{"teacherId":9084674,"projectId":9412771,"letterContent":"Thank you for supporting our classroom this year! The students have loved using the balls, bubbles and hula hoops on the playground! These items have helped support building relationships these first months of school. These tools have helped them build relationships with each other, forge new friendships and share in the joy of school making them look forward to returning each and every day! \r\nThe playdough has been used daily in the classroom to help build small motor skills to develop writing and also provide a place for them to show creativity and feel comfortable with something familiar! \r\nWith your help our classroom has turned into a family and we are ready to grow together this year. Thank you for helping me create a safe and welcoming environment where students feel cared for and safe enough to take chances in their learning journey!","fullyFundedDate":1750209946897,"projectUrl":"project/big-feelings-we-know-how-to-handle-the/9412771/","projectTitle":"Big Feelings - We Know How to Handle Them!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Everett","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9084674_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1691192566008","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9084674"},{"teacherId":6810408,"projectId":9582186,"letterContent":"I want to express my sincere gratitude for your generous donation of bubble wands and bubble solution to our classroom. Your kindness brought so much joy to our recess time and truly made Fun Friday even more special. The children absolutely loved playing with the bubble wands. Their smiles and laughter filled the air and created wonderful memories.\r\nA special thank you to MamaKate for your thoughtful contribution. Your support means the world to us and has made a positive impact on our students' day. We are so grateful for your kindness and generosity.","fullyFundedDate":1756947351055,"projectUrl":"project/bubble-wands-fo-recess/9582186/","projectTitle":"Bubble Wands fo Recess","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Lopes","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6810408_orig.jpg?crop=480,480,x81,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1570286220240","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/lopes"},{"teacherId":8436415,"projectId":9077693,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generous donation. My students have enjoyed having snacks, opening the donated items, and have enjoyed using them.\r\n\r\nIt is with the amazing generosity from donors such as you that make it possible for this generation of students to enjoy something as simple as an extra snack to help them through the day. Also with items that allows them to be creatively thinking.\r\n\r\nMy students will continue to use the items we purchased throughout the year and many years to come. 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