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Ms. Brazeal from Lawndale, CA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ms. Brazeal's classroom raised $626

No Extras In A No Budget Year

My students need 12 soft seats, 2 activity centers with a materials organizer, 30 phonics phones (in 3 boxes of ten), and 5 different kinds of pocket charts to make the Language Arts curriculum accessible and exciting to them.

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Ms. Brazeal Will Rogers Middle School
Lawndale, CA Grades 6-8

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This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

I teach 8th grade Language Arts in an economically disadvantaged suburb of Los Angeles, and I have a confession to make: I am addicted to teacher stores. Every fall, I get excited about pocket charts and phonics phones and learning centers and various organizers made of corrugated cardboard. This is a tough year, though. There's no budget. This means that I am on my own to supply my classroom with even basic materials like tape and copy paper. The financial strain of the schools is also putting financial strain on the teachers. This year, I'm working hard to create lessons that make information accessible to all students. This requires many materials that I can't buy on my own. I'm hoping Donors Choose and generous people like you will be able to help. All my requested materials will enrich my students' reading abilities. The variety of pocket charts will allow them to engage more deeply with the texts. These charts help kids organize their ideas, and they also present information in an accessible way to my students with auditory processing problems. The word web activity kit is also a pocket chart. It helps students understand word roots, and will supplement the vocabulary elements of my literature lessons. The "hear myself sound" phones allows them to practice their reading fluency. The activity centers will allow them to extend their learning with independent practice, like poetry or short story writing, and the paper center will help to organize the materials for this work. Finally, the soft seats will let them do perhaps the most important thing of all--learn how to get comfortable with a good book. Teaching Language Arts isn't just about reading a story and then testing. It requires multiple activities and approaches, which is why I'm requesting such a variety of materials. These materials are not just for one week or one unit. They will be used with every story or nonfiction text we read in class. The charts and phones and learning centers and comfortable seats will help me engage my students in the world of literature by making information available to them in a host of different ways. Donors Choose rescues me on a regular basis. My school is not in a great neighborhood. We don't have a huge PTA or wealthy families to donate to teachers. I believe strongly, though, that my classroom should look no different, have no fewer supplies or opportunities to learn than the classrooms in more affluent neighborhoods. Your donation will bring a variety of charts and tools to enhance my students' language arts education. My students are absolutely wonderful kids. Please help me give them a great year.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households

187 students impacted 10 donors
Ms. Brazeal Will Rogers Middle School Grades 6-8

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Lawndale, CA View local requests

More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

187 students impacted 10donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
SHAPE POCKET CHART SMALL APPLE 19-1/2 X 27----*Comments* • Teachers' School Supply Inc. $16.19 1 $16.19
RA414 - Tabletop Paper Center • Lakeshore Learning $19.95 1 $19.95
DD370X - Soft Seats - Set of 6 • Lakeshore Learning $36.00 2 $72.00
LL441 - Word Web Activity Kit • Lakeshore Learning $39.95 1 $39.95
SHAPE POCKET CHART STAR 29 X 33----*Comments* • Teachers' School Supply Inc. $27.41 1 $27.41
School Smart™ Venn Diagram Pocket Chart* • School Specialty Inc. $21.49 1 $21.49
AA649 - Instant Activity Center • Lakeshore Learning $39.50 2 $79.00
LL207 - Fiction Story Map Pocket Chart • Lakeshore Learning $19.95 1 $19.95
EE539 - Hear Myself Sound Phone - Set of 10 • Lakeshore Learning $39.50 3 $118.50

Materials cost

$414.44

Vendor shipping charges

 $41.44

Sales tax

 $30.05

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.36

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$513.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$112.61

Total project goal

$625.61

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $625.61

7 Donors

-$603.53

Donations toward project cost

-$513.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$90.53

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$22.08

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 $0.00

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