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Ms. M. from CO is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Summer Learnin'...Having a Blast!

My students need binders for their various school break homework packets and reproducible literacy, math, and science curricula.

  • $518 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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.

My Students

The long, hot, lazy days lounging during summer. No more papers, no more books, no more teacher's dirty looks! But when August comes around again, students stare blankly at the simplest problems on the board, unsure of how to proceed because of three months of no practice!

I teach in a low-income school, where students are classified as "high risk" and "struggling".

Over the course of this school year, my kids have worked incredibly hard to overcome barriers and obstacles to close that achievement gap. However, with the arrival of summer comes the possibility of all our hard work being lost to the rays of sunshine and endless television programs. My students need to extra practice over the summer to keep their skills sharp for next year. For every school break, students receive a packet of homework to complete, which helps them practice essential skills when they're not in school.

My Project

I am lucky enough to be able to loop with my class next year, meaning that I will have the opportunity to teach the same group of kids that I did this year. In this way, I will have one more year to catch them up to their more affluent peers. However, in order to ensure that we don't lose more ground, I want to give them a packet of work to hone their skills over the summer. The kids enjoy these packets and always ask me for more. However, I don't have a way of compiling the packets without binders and reproducible pages for the packets! This is where you can come in and help us! I will reuse the binders as long as they hold up during the school year and the reproducible activities will keep them busy throughout the school year, starting with this summer break all the way through the 2010-2011 school year!

With your extremely generous donation, I will be able to make homework packets for my students for the summer and every school holiday.

They will be able to practice reading, writing, math, science and spelling in an organized and manageable way. You will be helping us close the achievement gap and get in the extra practice we need to succeed!

Ms. M.
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
QUILL 1-1/2" VINYL BINDER -- Quill Brand Round-Ring Binders; 1-1/2", Dark Blue • Quill $3.41 10 $34.10
QUILL 1-1/2" VINYL BINDER -- Quill Brand Round-Ring Binders; 1-1/2", Black • Quill $3.41 10 $34.10
QB 1-1/2" RR BNDR W/O LBL HL -- Quill Brand Round-Ring Binders; 1-1/2", White • Quill $3.41 9 $30.69
QB 1-1/2" VINYL RING BINDER -- Quill Brand Round-Ring Binders; 1-1/2", Red • Quill $3.41 10 $34.10
FA285 - Language Fundamentals Test Prep Activities - Gr. 5 • Lakeshore Learning $29.99 1 $29.99
DW125 - Daily Reading Warm-Ups - Gr. 5 • Lakeshore Learning $17.99 1 $17.99
DW124 - Daily Reading Warm-Ups - Gr. 4 • Lakeshore Learning $17.99 1 $17.99
CV208 - Daily Paragraph Editing Practice - Gr. 5 • Lakeshore Learning $21.99 1 $21.99
DW505 - Daily Word Problems - Gr. 5 • Lakeshore Learning $16.99 1 $16.99
DW504 - Daily Word Problems - Gr. 4 • Lakeshore Learning $16.99 1 $16.99
FC119 - Test Practice For Nonfiction Comprehension - Gr. 5 • Lakeshore Learning $29.99 1 $29.99
TS339 - Read & Understand Science Series - Grades 4-6 • Lakeshore Learning $16.99 1 $16.99
AR305 - Research & Reference Reproducible Activities - Grade 5 • Lakeshore Learning $9.99 1 $9.99
GT135 - Daily Math Reproducible Activities - Grade 5 • Lakeshore Learning $16.99 1 $16.99
GT134 - Daily Math Reproducible Activities - Grade 4 • Lakeshore Learning $16.99 1 $16.99
TC605 - Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Science Series Reproducible Activities - Gr. 5 • Lakeshore Learning $16.99 1 $16.99
TC604 - Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Science Series Reproducible Activities - Gr. 4 • Lakeshore Learning $16.99 1 $16.99
TC603 - Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Science Series Reproducible Activities - Gr. 3 • Lakeshore Learning $16.99 1 $16.99

Materials cost

$396.85

Vendor shipping charges

$1.33

Sales tax

$11.51

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.95

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$424.64

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$93.21

Total project goal

$517.85

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$517.85

4 Donors

-$517.85

Donations toward project cost

-$424.64

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$93.21

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$0.00

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