The first Donors Choose project I looked into was a teacher hoping to obtain reading, mathematics, and writing manipulatives for her 7th grade Special Education classroom. I thing I think she did well was help the reader make a connection with the students in her classroom. She writes about her desire to help her students succeed and feel safe in class. One thing she could improve on is her explanation of the products she wants to invest in. She only gave a description of two products on her list. Her title is "More Than Just Manipulatives", but doesn't make that connection in her write up. I did learn what she wants to do with some of the products, and I think that she has some good ideas for them.
Donors Choose #2 is an elementary teacher in charge of a leadership fitness club. Her justification of wanting the mats is a good one. Student's shouldn't have to do exercises outside on wet grass or rough concrete. That was probably the best thing she did in the project write up. The one thing that I didn't like (this is a small, personal dislike) is that she wrote about how she worked with kindergarten through fifth grade, but she labeled the project as PreK-2. If one is going to ask others for money to help their students, they should do their best to make sure all of their information matches up.
The last Donors Choose project I reviewed was from a teacher here in Norman. She is looking for funds to simply fund the basics in her classroom- binder clips, sharpies, extra snacks, etc. One thing she did well was explain why the basics are so necessary for her classroom. I learned about what was important to her and her students. One thing I didn't enjoy about this particular one, was some of the things seemed unnecessary for the students' success--since that is what she focused it on was the students.
Donors Choose #2 is an elementary teacher in charge of a leadership fitness club. Her justification of wanting the mats is a good one. Student's shouldn't have to do exercises outside on wet grass or rough concrete. That was probably the best thing she did in the project write up. The one thing that I didn't like (this is a small, personal dislike) is that she wrote about how she worked with kindergarten through fifth grade, but she labeled the project as PreK-2. If one is going to ask others for money to help their students, they should do their best to make sure all of their information matches up.
The last Donors Choose project I reviewed was from a teacher here in Norman. She is looking for funds to simply fund the basics in her classroom- binder clips, sharpies, extra snacks, etc. One thing she did well was explain why the basics are so necessary for her classroom. I learned about what was important to her and her students. One thing I didn't enjoy about this particular one, was some of the things seemed unnecessary for the students' success--since that is what she focused it on was the students.