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Mrs. Pagel from Madison WI is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Read Alouds for Little Readers

My students need read aloud books and reading center activities including digital cameras, rhyming and sound puzzles and quiet time activities including sand and a diffuser.

  • $996 goal

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My Students

Each day we chant the letter chart as a whole group in our class. We say, "I know those letters! I know those sounds!".

Our classroom is in an urban setting.

We are a very diverse school filled with happy kids! My classroom has many English Language Learners and all students love it when I read aloud stories. Our students love the routine of school, and they love to learn through games and puzzles.

My Project

This project will fund read aloud books and literacy games. With my classroom's diverse population, I've selected texts with a diverse variety of characters so students can see themselves reflected in the books. I've also selected many high quality rhyming books and games to practice important early literacy and phonics skills. The quiet time activities will help students relax and practice fine-motor skills. Students will use the digital cameras to complete "letter hunts" around the classroom and photograph independent work. The diffuser with essential oils and kinetic sand will be used during quiet time and also reading center time for relaxation activities, helping students to quiet and calm their bodies and be ready to learn.

The rhyming, letter and sound puzzles will help my students learn letters and other early literacy skills during reading center time.

The activities and read aloud books are engaging and I know students will love them! The diffuser and essential oils will help students practice important calming and relaxation skills. The cameras will help students be accountable for independent work time by photographing their completed work.

Mrs. Pagel
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
VTech Kidizoom Camera Connect, Blue • Amazon Business $33.99 2 $67.98
Day And Night • Amazon Business $26.99 2 $53.98
doTERRA Petal Diffuser • Amazon Business $51.70 1 $51.70
Kinetic Sand - Sandbox & Molds Deluxe Activity Set • Amazon Business $30.85 1 $30.85
Aromatherapy Top 6 100% Pure Therapeutic Grade Basic Sampler Essential Oil Gift Set- 6/10 Ml (Lavender, Tea Tree, Eucalyptus, Lemongrass, Orange, Peppermint) • Amazon Business $19.95 1 $19.95
Unifix(r) CVC Cubes • Kaplan Early Learning Company $16.96 1 $16.96
wacky-tivities - Kinetic Sand - 2lb - Brown • Amazon Business $14.69 1 $14.69
Llama Llama Holiday Drama • Amazon Business $14.66 1 $14.66
Over and Under the Snow • Amazon Business $14.50 1 $14.50
Trucks Roll! (Richard Jackson Books (Atheneum Hardcover)) • Amazon Business $14.49 1 $14.49
Rap a Tap Tap: Here's Bojangles - Think of That! (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Books) • Amazon Business $14.21 1 $14.21
The Day the Babies Crawled Away • Amazon Business $13.69 1 $13.69
Llama Llama Mad at Mama • Amazon Business $13.45 1 $13.45
Interrupting Chicken • Amazon Business $13.07 1 $13.07
Duck! Rabbit! • Amazon Business $13.01 1 $13.01
Llama Llama Time to Share • Amazon Business $12.76 1 $12.76
Alphabet Match-Me Game • Kaplan Early Learning Company $12.71 1 $12.71
Kitten's First Full Moon • Amazon Business $12.26 1 $12.26
Old Bear • Amazon Business $12.06 1 $12.06
Tito Puente, Mambo King/Tito Puente, Rey del Mambo (Pura Belpre Honor Books - Illustration Honor) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Sam and Dave Dig a Hole (Irma S and James H Black Award for Excellence in Children's Literature (Awards)) • Amazon Business $11.89 1 $11.89
Jazz Baby • Amazon Business $11.59 1 $11.59
Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons • Amazon Business $11.46 1 $11.46
Diego Rivera: His World and Ours • Amazon Business $11.24 1 $11.24
Little White Rabbit • Amazon Business $11.21 1 $11.21
Rhyming Puzzles • Kaplan Early Learning Company $11.01 1 $11.01
Beginning Sounds Puzzles • Kaplan Early Learning Company $11.01 1 $11.01
Green Is a Chile Pepper: A Book of Colors • Amazon Business $10.65 1 $10.65
Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt • Amazon Business $10.60 1 $10.60
Match It Puzzles • Kaplan Early Learning Company $10.16 1 $10.16
Llama Llama Red Pajama • Amazon Business $10.14 1 $10.14
Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes • Amazon Business $10.00 1 $10.00
Dragons Love Tacos • Amazon Business $9.67 1 $9.67
Procell Alkaline Batteries, AAA, 24/Box • Amazon Business $9.29 1 $9.29
First Words • Kaplan Early Learning Company $8.46 1 $8.46
Alphabet Fun To Know Puzzles • Kaplan Early Learning Company $8.46 1 $8.46
Ladybug Letters • Kaplan Early Learning Company $8.46 1 $8.46
My Mouth Is a Volcano! • Amazon Business $8.45 1 $8.45
You Are Not Small • Amazon Business $8.11 1 $8.11
Big Hair, Don't Care • Amazon Business $8.09 1 $8.09
Little Blue and Little Yellow • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
A Bad Case of Tattle Tongue • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
A Color of His Own • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Pete the Cat: Old MacDonald Had a Farm Board Book • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Peek-a-Boo Bunny • Amazon Business $7.26 1 $7.26
Old Bear Board Book • Amazon Business $7.11 1 $7.11
Kitten's First Full Moon Board Book • Amazon Business $7.10 1 $7.10
I Love My Hair! • Amazon Business $7.00 1 $7.00
Charlie Parker Played Be Bop • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Bear on a Bike (A Barefoot Board Book) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Bear on a Bike (Bear (Stella Blackstone)) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Bear in a Square (A Barefoot Board Book) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
What I Like About Me! • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
I Love My Hair! • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Little Blue and Little Yellow • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Pete the Cat: Five Little Pumpkins • Amazon Business $6.93 1 $6.93
Little White Rabbit Board Book • Amazon Business $6.83 1 $6.83
CVC Word Building Cards • Kaplan Early Learning Company $6.76 1 $6.76
What If Everybody Did That? • Amazon Business $6.49 1 $6.49
Pete the Cat: Valentine's Day Is Cool • Amazon Business $6.39 1 $6.39
Where the Wild Things Are • Amazon Business $6.09 1 $6.09
Dog's Colorful Day: A Messy Story About Colors and Counting (Picture Puffins) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Pete the Cat: The Wheels on the Bus Board Book • Amazon Business $5.96 1 $5.96
A Color of His Own • Amazon Business $5.30 1 $5.30
Round Is a Tortilla: A Book of Shapes • Amazon Business $4.82 1 $4.82
Full, Full, Full of Love • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99

Materials cost

$803.83

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$12.06

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$845.89

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$149.27

Total project goal

$995.16

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$995.16

9 Donors

-$833.40

Donations toward project cost

-$735.39

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$98.01

match offer

-$130.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$110.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$19.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$31.76

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

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