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Ms. Melvin from Henderson, NC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Learning Literacy Our Way!

My students need a research-based and language-rich literacy program designed specifically for children with moderate to severe developmental disabilities.

Ms. Melvin Eaton Johnson Middle School

Henderson, NC Grades 6-8

I am a self-contained teacher in rural eastern North Carolina. My students have moderate intellectual and functional disabilities. As a special education teacher, one of my primary goals is to arm my students with the essential daily-living skills they will need to lead an independent adult life. As children with disabilities, my students face additional obstacles to master the daily skills needed to survive independently. It is a journey that we face every day in my classroom.

My students also face the overwhelming challenge of completing this journey in a low-income community, surrounded by poverty both at home and at school. We also have few resources at school that are specifically designed with my students in mind. Unfortunately, this has resulted in many of my students approaching adolescents as either emerging readers or non readers. I am in need of a program that will empower my students using literacy strategies based on their needs.

I am requesting the Early Literacy Skills Builder to teach my students how to read, and ultimately fall in love with all aspects of literacy. My students have learned to identify their letters and some of my students also know the corresponding sounds. However, on average we have great difficulty blending sounds to form words, and making that connection to increase fluency. My students have learned to identify high frequency sight words (the number of words learned varies by each student), and some of my students are able to identify these words in simple texts. However, many of my students have not been able to identify these words when the text becomes more complex or when used in the community. The program is a research-based and language-rich literacy curriculum for children with moderate to severe developmental disabilities. The program is multilevel and anticipates that students will work on their own pace. It was created specifically with my students in mind!

Your help will make it possible for my students to go grocery shopping, read the newspaper, access public transportation, and much much more. You generosity will take my students one step closer to living an independent adult life.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

25 students impacted 46 donors

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Henderson, NC
Grades 6-8
Students with Disabilities
Students with Disabilities
Books
Nearly all students from low‑income households

Ms. Melvin Eaton Johnson Middle School Grades 6-8

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Henderson, NC View local requests

Nearly all 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

25 students impacted 46donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total

Early Literacy Skills Builder • Attainment Company $695.00 1 $695.00

Materials cost			$695.00
Vendor shipping charges			$34.75
Sales tax			$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee			$10.43
Fulfillment labor & materials			$9.00
Total project cost			$749.17
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			$164.45
Total project goal			$913.62
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal			$913.62
37 Donors			-$913.62
Donations toward project cost			-$749.17
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			-$164.45
Still needed View calculation Hide calculation			$0.00

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Learning Literacy Our Way!

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Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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