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Ms. B. from Cambridge MA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

The Hottest Spot in the Classroom: The Listening Center

My students need a listening center and books on tape related to our curriculum.

  • $536 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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I teach all-day Junior Kindergarten in an inner-city Title I school. My students are four and five years old and for many of them this is their first school experience.

My students love to listen to books on tape at the Listening Center. The center is continually full and children are eager to have their turn. Unfortunately, two of our listening center headphones have broken so only two students at a time can listen to a book. In addition, our book on tape supply is limited so students listen to the same books repeatedly.

With new headphones and a new jack six students would be able to hear a story at once! New books on tape, related to our curriculum units, would give my students more exposure and access to key ideas in our Dinosaur, Nursery Rhyme and Nature units.

With your help the listening center will once again become the most popular place in our classroom. You will give my students the opportunity to hear more quality literature and make connections to curriculum content.

Ms. B.
Grades PreK-2

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
BE110X - Let’s Read and Find Out Cassette Read-Alongs - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning $95.00 1 $95.00
RA785 - The Littlest Dinosaurs Cassette Read-Along Kit • Lakeshore Learning $37.50 1 $37.50
RA554 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Cassette Read-Along Kit • Lakeshore Learning $37.50 1 $37.50
RA484 - If the Dinosaurs Came Back Cassette Read-Along Kit • Lakeshore Learning $35.50 1 $35.50
RA672 - The Snowy Day Cassette Read-Along Kit • Lakeshore Learning $37.50 1 $37.50
EE264 - Nursery Rhymes Cassette • Lakeshore Learning $6.95 1 $6.95
EE262 - Read-Along Nursery Rhymes Student Books - Set of 6 • Lakeshore Learning $19.95 1 $19.95
Califone® Listening Centers with Storage Racks • School Specialty Inc. $104.99 1 $104.99

Materials cost

$374.89

Vendor shipping charges

 $37.49

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.37

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$439.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$96.37

Total project goal

$535.37

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $535.37

4 Donors

-$516.47

Donations toward project cost

-$439.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$77.47

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$18.90

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 $0.00

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