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Ms. Bainbridge from Kalamazoo MI is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Digital Books For My Digital Age Readers

My students need 2 iPod Nanos for listening to reading.

  • $336 goal

This project expired on November 8, 2012.

This project expired on November 8, 2012.

My Students

Do you remember listening to stories on tapes and Cd's as a kid? I sure do, but now tapes and CDs are becoming a thing of the past... it's hard to believe! My students love listening to reading, but we need updated technology to do it.

My students live in and attend school in a small, rural community in southwest Michigan.

We love learning, and especially reading! We do reading for a big chunk of our day and listening to reading read fluently is always a favorite activity choice for my enthusiastic readers!

My Project

The materials I have requested will bring 2 iPod Nanos into my classroom. This will allow me to digitally put books on the iPods so students can listen to them and hear fluent reading. Having students hear fluent reading is such a great model and way for them to understand the goal for oral reading fluency!

It is so important to hook my readers with interesting stories and the use of technology makes this even more engaging.

Thank you for helping bring new and better ways of reading into my classroom. Thank you for helping develop my reader leaders!

Ms. Bainbridge
Grades PreK-2

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Apple - iPod nano 8GB* MP3 Player (6th Generation - Latest Model) - Pink • Best Buy $114.99 1 $114.99
Apple - iPod nano 8GB* MP3 Player (6th Generation - Latest Model) - Green • Best Buy $114.99 1 $114.99
Griffin Technology - Screen Care Kit for 6th-Generation Apple iPod nano • Best Buy $9.99 1 $9.99

Materials cost

$239.97

Vendor shipping charges

 $12.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.60

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$285.57

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$50.39

Total project goal

$335.96

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