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These packets and resources will be used daily to practice math and literacy skills in my special education classroom. \r\n\r\nThese skills will help my students become stewards of their money as will as improve literacy skills. TPT is a magical resource that will help my students learn new things in a fun way. These resource will make a huge impact on my classroom. Again thank you son much. Together, the future looks bright.","fullyFundedDate":1749476113862,"projectUrl":"project/great-resources/9274144/","projectTitle":"Great Resources","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Mcconnell","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4659925_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1509060523351","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4659925"},{"teacherId":4659925,"projectId":9254678,"letterContent":"Thank you for donating to my project. 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