{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Iveland Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":38.0,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":7397750,"projectId":10153012,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating a classroom set of Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume to our fourth-grade classroom. Your generosity has given my students something incredibly valuable—the opportunity for every student to hold a copy of the same book in their hands, read together, discuss their thinking, and experience the joy of sharing a great story as a classroom community.\r\n\r\nIn our classroom, reading is much more than simply reading the words on a page. We work to become thoughtful, confident readers who ask questions, make connections, discuss our ideas, and support our thinking with evidence from the text. Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing is a wonderful text for helping us practice these important skills.\r\n\r\nAs we read the novel, students work on skills such as identifying character traits, analyzing how characters change, making inferences, determining theme, summarizing, identifying cause and effect, understanding point of view, making predictions, and using text evidence to support their thinking. We also explore new vocabulary and practice using context clues to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words. The situations Peter experiences with Fudge give students many opportunities to think about relationships, responsibility, problem-solving, family dynamics, and seeing situations from another person's perspective.\r\n\r\nReading in our classroom is active and collaborative. Sometimes we read together as a whole class, while at other times students read with partners, in small groups, or independently. Students stop throughout their reading to annotate, ask questions, make predictions, discuss important events, and share their thinking with classmates. One of my favorite things to see is students referring back to the book to prove their ideas during our discussions. Having a class set means every student can participate fully in these experiences.\r\n\r\nThe excitement surrounding these books has been wonderful to see. Some of my students who are typically more hesitant to participate in reading discussions become eager to share their opinions about Peter, Fudge, and the situations the characters find themselves in. Students laugh together at Fudge's antics, debate what they think Peter should do, make predictions about what will happen next, and eagerly ask when we are going to read the next chapter. For some students, a funny and relatable chapter book like this can be the book that helps them begin to see themselves as someone who truly enjoys reading.\r\n\r\nYour donation also helps create an equitable reading experience. Every child has access to the same text and can follow along, reread important sections, locate evidence, and participate in conversations with their classmates. No student has to wait for a book or share a copy when they are trying to find evidence to support an idea.\r\n\r\nMost importantly, you have helped us build a community of readers. These books are helping my students strengthen essential fourth-grade literacy skills while also discovering that reading can make us laugh, think, wonder, connect, and sometimes even beg for \"just one more chapter.\"\r\n\r\nThank you for investing in my students and our classroom library. Your generosity is making a meaningful difference in the way my students experience reading. This class set will continue to impact fourth-grade readers for years to come, and I am incredibly grateful that you chose to support our classroom.","fullyFundedDate":1773852062353,"projectUrl":"project/let-them-read/10153012/","projectTitle":"Let them read!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Sherita Ming","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7397750_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1596802737803","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7397750"},{"teacherId":9412130,"projectId":9102918,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for helping me provide and purchase new school supplies for my third graders. Your generosity and support of teachers, students, and schools overall is appreciated more than you know. Many teachers have to purchase materials on their own each year, so thank you for helping me this year. My students were able to use many of the supplies throughout most of the year. Fresh supplies every year is something that we need and to have extras to share with my students who don't have any is always a huge help. Thank you so much!","fullyFundedDate":1743019096088,"projectUrl":"project/classroom-supply-refresh/9102918/","projectTitle":"Classroom Supply Refresh","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Bird","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9412130_orig.jpg?crop=396,396,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1738880416523","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9412130"},{"teacherId":9412130,"projectId":9351518,"letterContent":"Thank you very much for donating to my classroom fund to create engaging lessons for my students with a BrainPop Jr. account. My students loved this resource this year and so did I. I was able to use this in a variety of ways. I used the writing and ELA videos to support mini lessons. I also used some of the history and biography videos as a source for my students to take notes on or to use to fill out graphic organizers. They were also great for a last minute extension resource. Overall, I absolutely loved the membership and it made it easy to create engaging and ready to use lesson plans. \r\nMy students absolutely loved watching BrainPop videos. They loved to see what silly things Moby was up to and to challenge themselves by answering the hard quizzes after. Thank you so much again for your kindness and support of teachers.","fullyFundedDate":1757537776374,"projectUrl":"project/creating-engaging-lessons/9351518/","projectTitle":"Creating Engaging Lessons","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Bird","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9412130_orig.jpg?crop=396,396,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1738880416523","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9412130"},{"teacherId":4640220,"projectId":10181983,"letterContent":"You have really altered the end of the year for my students. They were able to be motivated through their state tests by knowing that we would build volcanos. It was so much fun!!!\r\n\r\nEvery year we have a fifth grade picnic. One thing I've noticed over my years of teaching kids have trouble with making their own appropriate fun. Your contribution helped to change this at the picnic. The students were able to make friendship bracelets. They could play catch.\r\n\r\nThank you for helping them end their fifth grade year just being kids.","fullyFundedDate":1776972866505,"projectUrl":"project/fun-in-fifth/10181983/","projectTitle":"Fun in Fifth","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Stein","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4640220_272x272.png?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1502496554655","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4640220"},{"teacherId":4454387,"projectId":10094247,"letterContent":"Since this project was fully funded, our classroom has transformed! The beautiful kidney table serves as the main hub for our classroom. We conduct math, reading, and writing small groups. When students need to take notes, there's plenty of space around the table for all of them. The computer cart? Well that has taken all of the cords and the tanglements out of the picture. We have all of our chromebooks in a central location with no power cords getting in the way. The rug? That is our welcome mat. It is so nice to see students entering our classroom with a reminder to breathe. We are very thankful for all of your support. Flip This Classroom is a resounding success!","fullyFundedDate":1771646928558,"projectUrl":"project/flip-this-classroom/10094247/","projectTitle":"Flip This Classroom","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Bondy","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4454387_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1618759729521","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4454387"},{"teacherId":9412130,"projectId":9059088,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generosity in donating to my classroom project. My students and I are so grateful for your support because of your kindness. I was able to get many of the essentials that my students needed for the school year. We have made great use of the materials in our classroom and they have effectively contributed to our learning environment in such a positive way.\r\nAlthough the chargers ran out of stock, I was able to purchase new classroom materials that the students used daily. Thank you for your kindness and for your support of teachers!!","fullyFundedDate":1746554546623,"projectUrl":"project/charging-up-our-learning/9059088/","projectTitle":"Charging Up Our Learning","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Bird","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9412130_orig.jpg?crop=396,396,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1738880416523","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9412130"},{"teacherId":4454387,"projectId":9877935,"letterContent":"Thank you for resupplying our makers space. We have put the yarn and tape, some of the tubing, and the markers to great use already. We have several projects coming up 4th quarter and I'm excited to see what my students do with the materials you have provided. Like many schools, we are feeling the pinch of the economy and students are not coming to school with supplies they need to create and design their projects. Because of donors like you, we don't have to worry about supplies. The only thing students are limited by are their own imaginations. Thank you again for your generosity. We appreciate you!","fullyFundedDate":1768431733877,"projectUrl":"project/maker-space-magic/9877935/","projectTitle":"Maker Space Magic","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Bondy","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4454387_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1618759729521","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4454387"},{"teacherId":4640220,"projectId":9897903,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for funding this project. The first Monday in January was a teacher workday and I spent the day cleaning and organizing our classroom. If I had not known this was funded I would have been very sad because many of our supply buckets were empty. It definitely holds up instruction when students are searching for supplies instead of learning.\r\n\r\nThese fresh supplies will help chance the students instruction and help them to better enjoy being at school and learning. Thank you again for caring!","fullyFundedDate":1765983948812,"projectUrl":"project/refresh-resources/9897903/","projectTitle":"Refresh Resources!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Stein","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4640220_272x272.png?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1502496554655","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4640220"},{"teacherId":4640220,"projectId":9359363,"letterContent":"As adults we know the experience of having a brand new book. It is an experience!! There is a smell, a feel, and an adventure is about to begin! \r\n\r\nThe books you have helped purchased have put real books in the hands of my students. They now get to have this magical experience. Together has a class we will be reading novels. This helps student strengthen comprehension over a length of time. Not only that we will be analyzing characters and tracking character change over time. \r\n\r\nThank you for giving my students this opportunity.","fullyFundedDate":1752161942139,"projectUrl":"project/reading-for-self-discovery/9359363/","projectTitle":"Reading For Self Discovery","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Stein","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4640220_272x272.png?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1502496554655","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4640220"},{"teacherId":4454387,"projectId":9449519,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for the items for the Collaboratory Maker's Space. My students have utilized just about every item that you generously donated. The top supplies are the colored tapes, along with the popsicle sticks, small containers, and craft tubes. Students have used the maker space for Civil War dioramas, ecosystem models, and are currently crafting cereal box book reports. In the next few months, students will create a restaurant menu and a design. Students will also create pizza box book reports. All of this is possible because of the donations that you provided.\r\n\r\nI have always loved working projects into our learning. I noticed that students took more ownership and remembered the details more when they got to be creative than when they just memorized facts for a quiz or a test. Because of this project, I do not have to provide as many materials to the students as previous years. The items in our makers space have relieved the stress of buying materials for their projects. So not only did you provide my students with a great learning experience, you had an immediate impact on me as well. Thank you again for your donations!","fullyFundedDate":1752671506502,"projectUrl":"project/the-collaboratory/9449519/","projectTitle":"The Collaboratory","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Bondy","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4454387_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1618759729521","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4454387"},{"teacherId":9582680,"projectId":9433720,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous support of our classroom phonics project. Your contribution has provided my first graders with engaging and hands-on phonics materials that are already making a tremendous impact during our small group reading time. The students were so eager to dive in and use the new resources, and it has been incredible to see how excited they are to practice their skills with materials that are easy for them to manipulate and explore.\r\n\r\nThese new phonics tools are helping my students expand on their reading abilities in meaningful ways. By giving them opportunities to actively build words, blend sounds, and recognize patterns, you are helping them gain the confidence and strategies they need to grow as readers. With your support, my students are on the path to becoming more fluent and independent readers by the end of first grade.","fullyFundedDate":1755015672463,"projectUrl":"project/the-power-of-sounds/9433720/","projectTitle":"The Power of Sounds","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Herron","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9582680_orig.jpg?crop=1242,1242,x0,y244&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1728825129135","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9582680"},{"teacherId":4454387,"projectId":9307684,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for the games. My class is LOVING board games and breakfast every morning. It gives us a chance to start our day without screens and with true interactions and true childhood games. The day I wrote this letter, one of my students won Clue for the first time. The reaction on the face was worth every penny that you all donated to our classroom. \r\nThe most popular activities are kinetic sand, magnet blocks, Connect Four, and Clue. I've challenged several students to a game of Candyland, and I've lost every time. Somehow, I get close and then pull a candy card, and I'm back to start. I guess you could say that students AND the teacher are loving board games and breakfast. \r\n\r\nThis would not be possible without your help. Thank you again!","fullyFundedDate":1746467463086,"projectUrl":"project/what-time-is-it-game-time/9307684/","projectTitle":"What Time Is It? 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