iPad Pro for Students on the Go! Massac County, Illinois.

iPad Pro for Students on the Go!

Help me give my students an iPad Pro for added technology in our classroom.

Ms. Weatherbee’s Students

I have a classroom full of eighteen energetic students this year. Our school is in a rural area, and the students that I teach come from a wide variety of backgrounds. Our school serves students in grades K-6 and provides rigorous academics, loving teachers, and a safe learning environment. As a result, we are consistently one of the top-performing schools in our district every year

I have high expectations for my students, and I love to see the look of accomplishment on their faces when they achieve a new goal.

I look forward to making new and exciting experiences available to them whenever possible.

Ms. Weatherbee’s Project

My students can't get enough of technology! We need an iPad Pro to get started on our digital book reports in a nontraditional way. Book reports are a valuable way of assessing different skills such as writing, comprehension, and critical thinking. With an iPad Pro, this can be done in a more captivating manner.

Technology can help bring excitement and creativity to the traditional book report while still displaying student understanding of the subject matter.

Our new addition to the classroom will also be utilized during math instruction to enhance the student learning experience. Having the capability to project math lessons using the classroom projector also makes the iPad Pro an essential tool for me as a teacher.

Sliding Onto a Much Needed Playground!

We were one of 35 donors for this project!

Dear Beau Dodson / WeatherTalk

Thank you so much for making our dream of a playground for our students a reality! Thanks to your donations for the slides for our playground. We were able to fund the entire playground much sooner than expected. Thanks to you, all 30050+ students were able to have a playground before the end of this school year! They were able to use this for play while building gross motor skills along the way! All students and faculty/staff were so excited to see the playground installed and able to be used this year! Your donation will not only impact students in our school this year but for so many years to come! Thank you so much for caring about our students and for your generosity!

With gratitude,
Mrs. Martin

Here was the project

Help me give my students two slides for our playground in order for them to develop much needed gross motor skills they will need for proper growth, health and development.

Mrs. Martin’s Students

Students in our building range from kindergarten all the way to fifth grade students. These are some of the best kids you will ever meet! They are kind, considerate, eager to learn and explore, as well as energetic. Each child is unique and deserves the best that we can offer!

Mrs. Martin’s Project

The children in our community need a safe and engaging place to play. Currently, our students play in an empty space beside the school that has a gravel road, a drain pipe, and no shade to keep them cool or protect them from the sun. Our area has limited opportunities for recreational activity and no public playgrounds. Many people travel at least 20 to 25 miles for fun, healthy activities. Our school is located in a rural county and the entire community would have easy access to our playground.

Playground equipment, such as slides, is a necessity for student growth and healthy development.

Slides give ALL students the opportunity to develop gross motor skills while climbing and playing. Playing on slides also promotes balance and coordination in children. When a child climbs up a slide and successfully positions and pushes themselves down the chute, they are building valuable balance and coordination skills. These are skills that develop basic motor skills that young children will use the rest of their lives. A choice in slides will further develop these skills as they promote both balance and coordination in different ways depending on the slide design.

Students not only would benefit by developing gross motor skills, they would also have a great opportunity to run off excess energy that builds up during the school day. Students need the opportunity to run and play and just be a kid. A playground with slides would give them this opportunity! I remember sliding down the slide on my school playground, the wind in my face and not a care in the world.......I am sure you can too! I want our students to feel that same carefree joy and excitement! Please help bring this joy, excitement and healthy development to ALL students in our school!

New book shelves!!! A space for everything.

This was a fun project! There were 29 donors!!!!!

This is Jefferson Elementary School in Massac County, Illinois.

A Space for Everything

Help me give my students new shelves to hold all of our classroom books and STEM supplies!

My Students

A day in my classroom is a day filled with learning, respect, and hard work. My school is in a rural area, and the students whom I teach come from a wide variety of backgrounds.

Our class motto is, "In this room, we don't do easy.

We make easy happen through hard work and learning!" I have high expectations for my students and do everything in my ability to help them achieve their goals! I enjoy planning creative lessons and projects as much as my students enjoy working on them!

My Project

This project is for lumber and supplies which we'll need to build additional shelves in my classroom for storage. We currently have some low bookshelves that are filled to overflowing with books. That is a wonderful problem to have, but now we need more shelves! I have someone donating his time to build the shelves, but I will need quite a bit of lumber, screws, and paint for the project. The shelves will be 8 feet wide and 6 feet tall.

My class and even the school as a whole is made up of many avid readers.

I love finding new books for our classroom library, and I love seeing my students' faces when we get new books. These shelves will give me additional storage space for picture books and class sets of chapter books and will allow me to make sure that all of our books are able to be viewed and easily selected by my students.

The shelves I am having built will also hold STEM kits on the upper shelves so that they can be stored year-round in our classroom.

Mrs. Gipson’s Classroom. Pre-K Jefferson Elementary School. Marion, IL

There were three donors for this project.

SENSORY SUPPORTS ARE SENSIBLE!

Help me give my students sensory supports like the weighted vest and lap blanket that will help them function more effectively in the classroom

My Students

I teach 3-5 year old special needs children housed in a public school in our community. They are included in a pre-k center with typical functioning children. My kiddos have a variety of special needs including: autism, physical limitations, speech and language delays, sensory differences, deafness, and cognitive delays. The main emphasis in our classroom is language and social skills.

Almost daily we are able to celebrate accomplishments that may seem small to most, but are HUGE for our little ones with exceptionalities.

Just today our little guy with down syndrome said his first two word sentence! "Ball in." It was a big deal! Another has begun to "go" in the potty. It's like a party each time he does. Even pointing to a picture to make a choice for snack is a giant step for some.

Teaching these exceptional children has been the highlight of my teaching career. They are so excited to learn new things and be involved in new experiences.

My Project

Children with sensory differences have difficulties with processing information from the five senses: vision, auditory, touch, olfaction, and taste, as well as from the sense of movement (vestibular system), and/or the positional sense (proprioception).

Learning to deal with sensory issues is very frustrating for the very young children in my class.

Items such as the weighted vest and weighted blanket can help a child feel "grounded" and enable them to calm themselves when upset.

Other items such as the chewy toys provide sensory output for children who "mouth" items . Many children with autism are also very sensitive to noises, music, etc. The sound reducing ear phones will be so beneficial to them in and out of the classroom.

These types of resources will assist my children in beginning to learn to regulate their sensory difficulties.

Mrs. Addison’s Classroom. Kindergarten. South Christian Elementary School. Herndon, KY

There were four donors to this project!

Store and Explore!

My students need a place to keep their supplies at their seat. We have tables in our classroom, so there isn’t a good place to store supplies for easy accessibility.

My Students

Our school is very transient and diverse. I have a perfect mix of 13 girls and 12 boys. This is the first structured educational experience for most of them. They are very social and rambunctious! They enjoy center time and hands-on learning. Markers and cutting activities are their favorites. Our classroom is self contained so they are with me for all subject areas. They do go to a different specials class each day which is taught by another teacher.

My Project

Students will be able to have their supplies close by and not cut into learning time trying to find what they need. Students keep their own supply box with crayons, scissors, glue sticks, and pencils. Each center is rotated to each students desk so their supplies are easily accessible. I want to set a good example and show students how to be more organized. Organizational skills are a 21st century skill that will be helpful to students at school and in the life beyond education.

The chair pockets would be one component to helping students learn the importance of living in an organized world.

Mrs. Thomasson. Jefferson Elementary School. Massac County, Illinois.

There were 29 donors to this project!!! Great work, everyone.

Here is the project in her words.

A Space for Everything

Help me give my students new shelves to hold all of our classroom books and STEM supplies!

My Students

A day in my classroom is a day filled with learning, respect, and hard work. My school is in a rural area, and the students whom I teach come from a wide variety of backgrounds.

Our class motto is, "In this room, we don't do easy.

We make easy happen through hard work and learning!" I have high expectations for my students and do everything in my ability to help them achieve their goals! I enjoy planning creative lessons and projects as much as my students enjoy working on them!

My Project

This project is for lumber and supplies which we'll need to build additional shelves in my classroom for storage. We currently have some low bookshelves that are filled to overflowing with books. That is a wonderful problem to have, but now we need more shelves! I have someone donating his time to build the shelves, but I will need quite a bit of lumber, screws, and paint for the project. The shelves will be 8 feet wide and 6 feet tall.

My class and even the school as a whole is made up of many avid readers.

I love finding new books for our classroom library, and I love seeing my students' faces when we get new books. These shelves will give me additional storage space for picture books and class sets of chapter books and will allow me to make sure that all of our books are able to be viewed and easily selected by my students.

The shelves I am having built will also hold STEM kits on the upper shelves so that they can be stored year-round in our classroom.

This is Mrs. Carter’s 2nd-grade classroom in Carlisle County Elementary School (Bardwell, Kentucky). STEM project.

There were six donors to this project including all of you that subscribe to WeatherTalk. Thank you, subscribers!

This is Mrs. Carter’s 2nd-grade classroom in Carlisle County Elementary School (Bardwell, Kentucky)

This was the project in her words.

My Project

My students are creative and inventive. They are more engaged when they are working hands-on to create something new! Currently, we do not have access to any STEM activities within our school. I want my students to have access to these activities.

My students need to be able to build, imagine, create and explore through STEM activities while using wobble cushions to help focus if needed.

I plan to use these activities each week during our a Fun Friday centers. During this time, the students will be able to enjoy learning through various hands-on activities? They also need the wobble cushions to help them focus at times throughout the day.

I have several students who could benefit greatly from the ability to move without disrupting others.

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