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Students are using it to listen to stories during our work time, build vocabulary through repeated listening, and strengthen comprehension as they follow along with matching print texts. Several of my developing readers have shown greater confidence because they can hear fluent reading modeled in an engaging, child-friendly format. Our multilingual learners are benefiting from the exposure to rich language, expressive storytelling, and accessible controls they can navigate independently.\r\nThank you again for investing in my students' literacy journey. Your support has expanded their access to stories, strengthened their language development, and helped cultivate a true love of reading. Our classroom is brighter—and our learning stronger—because of you.","fullyFundedDate":1763508176122,"projectUrl":"project/language-development-and-love-for-books/9557574/","projectTitle":"Language Development and Love for Books with a Yoto Player","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Dachel","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp5098548_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1516252196660","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/a-dachel"},{"teacherId":8330029,"projectId":9613998,"letterContent":"Thank you so much again for donating to my classroom. This project has allowed my students to dive deeper into learning about our world and maps. The map storage has allowed my students to easily access paper maps to paint and label. So far we have focused on the 7 continents and 5 oceans. They love singing the continent and ocean song every morning. Moving forward students will begin continent studies where they explore multiple parts of a continent. \r\n\r\nStudents who created maps of the continents and were able to recite them to me without using their map got admitted into our \"Continent and Ocean Club.\" Getting into this club became a huge honor as their photo got hung up and they were given a certificate along with a prize. The prize was the globe stress balls donated through this project. \r\n\r\nThe new puzzle has been taken care of well, we did have to get rid of the box as those never survive. But students have used this to solidify their knowledge of the continents. All parts of this project have opened up my students options which is so important in a Montessori classroom, we are so thankful!","fullyFundedDate":1757017766064,"projectUrl":"project/montessori-maps/9613998/","projectTitle":"Montessori Maps","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Bodnar","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8330029_orig.jpg?crop=1242,1242,x0,y558&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1730499182037","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8330029"},{"teacherId":7529881,"projectId":7958250,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for helping provide gardening materials for our class! \r\nWe have build a beautiful garden sitting right outside our classroom. They have become more intrigued with nature and taking care of our environment. They have explored scientific methods through testing lighting conditions, water conditions and planting depth. \r\n\r\nThis has also help them with journaling, graphing, observation and analysis. \r\n\r\nOur next project will be maintaining and continuing to plant annual vegetables in the raised beds.","fullyFundedDate":1698112106351,"projectUrl":"project/we-want-to-start-gardening-but-we-haven/7958250/","projectTitle":"We Want to Start Gardening, but We Haven't Botany Plants!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Grace","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-1_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7529881"},{"teacherId":5099331,"projectId":9259930,"letterContent":"Thank you for all the wonderful materials that you have donated to my classroom! They are bringing the children so much joy! \r\nLuckily the weather has been beautiful so they have really been enjoying all the materials. It is beautiful to watch the children run up and down the hill with the ribbon wands, laughing at the ribbons following them! The mini footballs have been a hit for the kids who like to throw things back and forth. The little cars are used to drive all over the sidewalks and chalk roads are created for them to drive on. The chalk is always well loved. The children use it to trace outlines of themselves, to write their names or even words they are learning how to spell! \r\nI cannot express how much joy these materials have brought to our classroom and make playing outside that much more fun and interesting! Thank you very much!","fullyFundedDate":1745099576764,"projectUrl":"project/playing-inside-and-outside/9259930/","projectTitle":"Playing Inside and Outside!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Wente","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp5099331_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1517178509492","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5099331"},{"teacherId":5099331,"projectId":8811073,"letterContent":"The children are using the materials with curiosity and enthusiasm! A few weeks ago I presented the ramp that they can test velocity (along with other inclined planes that I had on hand) and they really enjoyed testing out the different textures on the ramp to see how fast the toy cars could go on it! \r\nThis week I introduced the children to magnets on one of our science shelves and they have been busy exploring and testing what they can do with magnets. One of their favorite things to do it put two magnets between a table top and maneuver the magnets (they claim it looks likes magic and I keep reminding them that it is science!) \r\nThe animal skin cards fit perfect with our lesson about habitats and they love looking at the pattern of the animals skin/fur up close. \r\nI will be showing the children the scent work soon; we have just had some much to show and do with the materials that you have provided. It is nice that I can spread out the materials so they do not get overwhelmed and that they have a lot of time to work with the materials independently. \r\nThank you very much for supporting my students. When I told them that people who don't even know them gave them these materials they were surprised and very excited. Thank you for your kindness and for making a bunch of kids excited about the magic of science!","fullyFundedDate":1737128553437,"projectUrl":"project/stem-materials-for-little-hands/8811073/","projectTitle":"STEM Materials for Little Hands","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Wente","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp5099331_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1517178509492","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5099331"},{"teacherId":8330029,"projectId":8915756,"letterContent":"Thank you for you very generous donation towards keeping my students warm this winter! We have had a pretty good Minnesota winter and my students have needed to borrow a pair of mittens or a hat every single day! \r\n\r\nMy students were so excited to have water proof mittens that they could use to dig and build in the snow. They also enjoyed picking out a hat that matched the color of their jacket or outfit. \r\n\r\nMy class is so grateful for the support and are excited to use these mittens for more winters to come!","fullyFundedDate":1733166959756,"projectUrl":"project/project-winter-20242025/8915756/","projectTitle":"Project Winter 2024/2025","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Bodnar","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8330029_orig.jpg?crop=1242,1242,x0,y558&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1730499182037","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8330029"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_68429","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":178,"numTeachers":18,"percentFrplEligible":92,"percentAsian":17,"percentBlack":26,"percentWhite":28,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":12,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"K - 5","studentTeacherRatio":"9.9:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":77.5,"schoolId":68429,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Crossroads Montessori Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Crossroads Montessori Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/minnesota/saint-paul-public-schools/crossroads-montessori-school/68429"}