Teacher Lounge

It would be flute that a student used during a tough time at home. Good flutes can be expensive but we recieve some from a donor and it changed her life. Music is such a great gift to students and with the donations of better instruments, my job is that much easier and the effect is that much greater! Thanks!

The  highest impact item i have received would have to be the most recent books aimed to helping my kids deal with bullying. The students are so eager to look at them and take the ideas and share them with younger students. They have already in just one month done 2 different boards in our school to get an anti-bullying message out. They have also been able to use these books to plan lessons for the younger grades. The motivation that these books have given my students is amazing. I can say for sure these books do not sit on my bookshelf at all. The kids sign them out and come back with sticky notes of activities they want to do and before I can look at the notes another student is asking to borrow the book. 

Thank you a ton for all the work you do Donors Choose with out your support I would never have been able to get these resources to help these kids be so motivated to help our school in such a worthy cause of getting across an anti-bullying message. 

The most high-impact item I've received is my new document camera, which just came in last week! I have used it almost every single day, and my students are a lot happier with it, since they can now share their ideas and can see what is being projected on the screen. Thank you, Donors Choose, for making this happen! 

 Without a doubt, the one thing that has impacted my classroom the most was the horse-shoe table.  It has increased the small group participation.  My students' participation within the groups increased because they were all able to see the material.  They were able to be involved in the conversation.  It also lets some kids feel like the teacher when they get to sit in the middle of the table. 

I was so excited to get several Flip video cameras. I learned about the positive impact Flip video cameras can have on science learning at a workshop and knew I needed this learning tool in my classroom. My students use them frequently when conducting science labs. Their recorded videos inspire them to communicate about science in a varied ways. I love that my students can use their videos as evidence of results and use this evidence to make claims.

 The most high-impact item we received for our classroom was a Samsung Galaxy.  My students who have Autism really responded well to this tablet and have increased their social skills even in the little time we have utilized the tablet.  My students and I are so lucky to have had the opportunity to use this in my classroom.  It is a great tool to include typically developing peers as well.

The project that has shown the most impact so far--Tag Readers from Leap Frog. My kindergarten Enlgish Language Learners  use them to build fluency and vocabulary--and they love the stories.  I recieved them during a time when Leap Frog was offering to match the donations that were being made by donors.  I have really noticed that they are becoming fluent in English faster this year and I know that it is due to having the opportunity to hear and read stories they love in English!  Thank you to the donors and the people at Donors Choose!