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Mr. Schwanz from Lynwood CA is requesting other through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Read, Write And Share

My students need a listening center station to help facilitate intervention, and they need a handbook to read leveled fiction and non-fiction, word lists, and student writing.

  • $543 goal

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My Students

My second grade students are English language learners and in great need of exposure to fiction and nonfiction books. They love to read but need a fair amount of support. Our school has a good selection of books but we are lacking sufficient furniture and materials to support intervention.

Our public school system in our urban area has challenged us all with limited resources.

The students want to be engaged in a high quality learning environment, but it has been difficult to secure basic items such as furniture, technology and materials. My students have responded well to the focus we have provided in the curriculum on specific reading, writing and language development standards. The activities are engaging, with at least an hour per day in language arts learning centers. The district and school have provided a good amount of books and learning activities but some of the basic materials have been underfunded.

My Project

The intervention guide and listening center I have requested will help us greatly by ensuring that there is a place and process in place. The students will have a listening center to visit daily and read engaging stories that are targeted at their current reading level. They will get to practice reading from the National Vocabulary List with audio support. As the teacher, I record extra audio for fiction, non-fiction and the word lists that they need to practice with. While students are engaged in the listening center in their group, other groups are working in the writing center, the language arts center and in the teacher guided-reading center. The intervention guide is needed in order to make sure I have engaging activities that meet the needs of all of the students. We are under a mandate to meet the needs of all of the students, regardless of their language level, school experience or academic levels.

I believe we can turn things around and provide the best opportunities for our community's children.

They should not have a second rate learning environment or program just because they live in an inner city area. This project will expand beyond my classroom and support the school and district's goals. I will be able to share the intervention strategies and listening center with other teachers. I also have a teacher blog where I share strategies to encourage other teachers.

Mr. Schwanz
Grades PreK-2

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Assessment and Intervention Handbook - Math (Grades 2-3) • Kaplan Early Learning Company $29.95 1 $29.95
Listening Center Station • Kaplan Early Learning Company $359.95 1 $359.95

Materials cost

$389.90

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $35.68

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.85

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$461.43

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$81.43

Total project goal

$542.86

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $542.86

2 Donors

-$542.86

Donations toward project cost

-$461.43

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$81.43

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