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Mrs. Stewart from Loveland CO is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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iListen and iLearn

My students need 4 iPod touch devices to create a listening center in our class where they can listen to stories and engage in educational Apps to extend their learning.

  • $938 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

"Long before I wrote stories, I listened for stories. I suppose it's an early form of participation in what goes on. Listening children know stories are there."

I have a room full of 26 first and second graders who are all budding readers and writers.

They attend a Title One school in Northern Colorado with a growing population of English Language Learners. Not all of my students are able to pick up a book and read at an independent level, which is why listening to reading is such a crucial element to their growth as a reader.

My Project

Studies show that children develop fluent reading skills by listening to fluent reading. The four iPod touch devices I am requesting for my classroom will serve to create a Listen to Reading center for our classroom. The individual iPods will allow each child to listen to a story that is of high interest to them. Unlike traditional listening centers where all students must plug into one radio and listen to the same story, my students will have the added benefit of choice in selecting their stories. Choice results in higher interest and engagement levels amongst my students. In addition to listening to stories, students will also be able to use the iPods to access a variety of literacy focused apps which will help them study sight words and spelling patterns in a way that is fun and motivating. Everyday, students in my class will rotate through the Listen to Reading Center during our reading block.

Our listen to reading center will allow my students to read and re-read some of their favorite stories independently.

It provides them with a new and exciting way to engage with written and oral language. Most importantly, it helps me ensure that all of my students can curl up with a story and enjoy it's magical contents any time throughout the day!

Mrs. Stewart
Grades PreK-2
  • Van Buren Elementary School
  • Loveland, CO
    • More than half of students from low‑income households

    This project will reach 26 students.

    17 donors have given to this project.

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Apple iPod touch - digital player - Apple iOS 5 • Best Buy $174.99 4 $699.96

Materials cost

$699.96

Vendor shipping charges

 $12.00

Sales tax

 $44.80

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.50

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$797.26

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$140.69

Total project goal

$937.95

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $937.95

13 Donors

-$510.00

Donations toward project cost

-$473.25

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$36.75

Matching donations from our partners

-$381.19

Match offers toward project cost

-$324.01

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$57.18

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$46.76

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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