Newbies! Helping Public School Teachers Get Resources Through DonorsChoose

Are you a public school teacher that has never had a DonorsChoose.org project get funded? Or, do you know a teacher who never has had a DonorsChoose.org project get funded?

You might want to watch my free webinar this Saturday morning on Classroom 2.0 LIVE. http://live.classroom20.com/

I know you will be inspired to write a project after the webinar, but don't submit your project until Monday, September 25th!

Why? DonorsChoose.org will be sponsoring Welcome Week beginning Monday, September 25th. All week long, public school teachers who submit their first DonorsChoose.org request on September 25th or later will receive a $50 kickoff donation from the DonorsChoose.org community. If that teacher is clever enough to write a project with a match, the $50 donation will be matched, bringing the total kickoff donation to $100!

Welcome Week will be a huge help to teachers that are brand new to DonorsChoose.org, AND teachers that have previously submitted a project before, but have never had a project fund. Both types of teachers will qualify for the $50 kickoff donation during Welcome Week if the teacher waits until September 25th to submit the project! The $50 donation will occur towards the end of Welcome Week.

Peggy George offered to host the wonderful weekly online webinar program, Classroom 2.0 LIVE for me so I can help teachers successfully write a DonorsChoose.org project and get it funded.

During the webinar I will be guiding teachers step-by-step on how to write a project that will get funded! Imagine getting a $100 donation to a project that is under a total cost of $500!

I am a huge fan of writing small DonorsChoose.org projects because small projects often are easier to fund than large projects. If you want to write a project, I suggest writing a project under $200 that qualifies for a match offer so you will be able to successfully get it funded! Share this special funding opportunity with your teacher friends.

Here is a link to see the current DonorsChoose.org match offers:
https://www.donorschoose.org/match-offers

Math Stations

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http://www.mrswillskindergarten.com/2011/06/math-work-stations-blog-party-chapter-1.html

1.  How do you (or will you) differentiate your math stations? Fast finishers can do activities such as chess.  I want to develop more things for students to do when they test out or are done.

2.  How and where do you keep your math stations? Crates, and I have these cool presentation binders that I received from a DonorsChoose grant.  A presentation binder is a notebook that stands up.  You put directions in sheet protectors, and the students follow the directions and assignment.

3.  How do you keep your math materials organized? Closets and filing cabinets.

My First Blog Post!

I am joining the Math Centers blog.  I know most teachers are in the primary grades, but I want to use math centers in my 5th grade class.  I have presentation binders that I want to fill with directions for various subjects, and have my students use them in centers next year.

I will be starting my 11th year teaching this fall.  I have only taught 5th and 6th, and Mrs. K loves teaching fifth grade!