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Ms. Berentes from Apex NC is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Leap Into Reading

My students need the Leapfrog Reading and Writing System to help improve their literacy skills.

  • $320 goal

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My Students

Do you like a little variety in your life? Do you like to have a choice in your activities? Do you like to listen to and/or read things that interest you? Our students feel the same way!

My 20 Kindergarten students attend a year round school in North Carolina.

They are little sponges who love to learn and are particularly excited about developing a love for reading and writing! My students also love technology. During our Listen to Reading Literacy Center, they use the computers to listen to a variety of books.

My Project

The Leapfrog TAG readers provide a huge variety of texts for the students to enjoy. They also have multiple functions within the texts! By pressing a page with a TAG pen, the students can choose to hear the entire page, hear one word at a time, play games, and learn new vocabulary. They are interactive, engaging, and FUN! My students will also be able to use this Leapfrog system to assist with their writing skills. The writing portion will help them learn correct letter formation. The additional sturdy headphones will assist students in being able to use the TAG system independently without disturbing others. They also allow for practical organization which is especially helpful in a year round calendar school where we move to a new classroom each quarter.

This project is important to me because I want my students to be able to have a variety of choices to use for our literacy program.

They love using different types of technology to assist them while learning new skills. I think that if students are managing their choices and are active participants in their learning that their reading and writing skills will flourish!

Ms. Berentes
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
LeapFrog LeapReader Reading and Writing System personal learning tool 2 • CDW-G $55.29 4 $221.16

Materials cost

$221.16

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $17.25

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.32

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$271.73

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$47.95

Total project goal

$319.68

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $319.68

5 Donors

-$185.86

Donations toward project cost

-$165.48

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.38

match offer

-$125.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$106.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$18.75

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.82

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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