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Mrs. Barrett from Anderson, SC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Teach Me How to Read!

My students need 12 resources, including assorted board books and storytelling kits.

  • $533 goal

This project expired on October 4, 2010.

This project expired on October 4, 2010.

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Mrs. Barrett West Market School of Early Education
Anderson, SC Grades PreK-2

My Students

Our books are being torn apart by little fingers who do not know how to be kind to their pages! We need help to learn how to treat our books kindly and how to bring the stories in them to life!

I teach a class of 18 three-year-olds who are identified "at-risk" by socio-economic factors or potential developmental delay.

Some have identified special needs and are mainstreamed into my regular education preschool classroom. Many of my students do not have books at home, and most of them do not visit the public library regularly to borrow books. They do not know how to hold books correctly, how to turn pages, or how to enjoy illustrations. These are gloriously curious little guys and girls who need to hear good quality children's literature many times a day, and they need the opportunity to explore it independently as well. We need a variety of books available to them that cover a range of genres, genders, ages, abilities, and cultures. In addition to the stories in the books I have requested, I am asking for storytelling kits to help students enrich and enhance their experiences. These kits will give students tangible tools to cue their language skills as they retell stories.

My Project

These books will help our new students learn the importance of holding books carefully and caring for them correctly. They will be used to teach students that they should not tear pages, write in books, or bend covers. They will help us encourage our students to develop a love of reading as they learn to respect their reading materials. The story telling kits will help broaden and expand language and imagination as their minds soar with characters, plots, settings, and images of wonder.

Please consider helping my little guys and girls by giving them the tools they need to set the foundation for literary success.

If I give them the best possible circumstances under which to learn that reading is fun, I believe they will become avid readers and life-long learners!

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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

18 students impacted
Mrs. Barrett West Market School of Early Education Grades PreK-2

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Anderson, SC 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

18 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
RA319 - Best Behavior Board Book Collection • Lakeshore Learning $45.00 1 $45.00
TS428 - Touch & Feel Discovery Books • Lakeshore Learning $39.95 1 $39.95
RA108 - Easy-Page Turner Board Book Collection • Lakeshore Learning $29.00 1 $29.00
RA324 - Multicultural Board Book Collection • Lakeshore Learning $59.00 1 $59.00
RA216 - Classic Board Book Story Collection • Lakeshore Learning $59.00 1 $59.00
YG118 - Rhyme & Read Board Books • Lakeshore Learning $34.95 1 $34.95
BB278 - Go Away, Big Green Monster! Hardcover Book • Lakeshore Learning $10.99 1 $10.99
RR534 - Go Away, Big Green Monster! Storytelling Puppet Kit • Lakeshore Learning $16.95 1 $16.95
RR360X - Storytelling Puppets - Set 2 - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning $29.95 1 $29.95
LA920X - Storytelling Puppets - Set 1 - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning $29.95 1 $29.95
LA998 - Storytelling Lapboard • Lakeshore Learning $9.95 1 $9.95
LL261 - Tell-A-Story Nursery Rhyme Kit • Lakeshore Learning $29.95 1 $29.95

Materials cost

$394.64

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $27.82

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.92

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$463.38

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$69.24

Total project goal

$532.62

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