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Ms. Ellie Tecza from Pittsburgh, PA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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A-SPIRE-ing To Reading Success!

Help me give my students the necessary tools to become very strong readers!

  • $334 goal

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My Project

The SPIRE program focuses on phonemic awareness skills, word building, decoding & sentence reading, reading comprehension, spelling & sentence dictation. These are skills that many of my students demonstrate extreme difficulty with. SPIRE uses multi-sensory techniques to help students retain information, practice skills and achieve success.

The SPIRE readers will help my students grow and make progress with their reading skills.

They will be able to use their decoding knowledge and build their fluency and comprehension skills by using these readers daily to practice! By applying and practicing the skills they have learned, I hope to see great reading progress.

Ms. Ellie Tecza J.E. Harrison Middle School Grades 3-5

More about Ms. Ellie Tecza

Pittsburgh, PA View local requests

More than half of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

40 students impacted 10donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
S.P.I.R.E. Level 4 Reader, Third Edition, Instructional and Decodable, 45 Pages • School Specialty $17.49 13 $227.37

Materials cost

$227.37

Vendor shipping charges

$22.74

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.41

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$283.52

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$50.03

Total project goal

$333.55

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$333.55

6 Donors

-$159.36

Donations toward project cost

-$148.06

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$11.30

Matching donations from our partners

-$159.36

Match offers toward project cost

-$135.46

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$23.90

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$14.83

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$0.00

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