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Mrs. Shaw from Kalamazoo, MI is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Alphabet Activities are Cool!

Help me give my students alphabet manipulatives to enhance their learning and make it more fun.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Shaw's classroom raised $326

This project is fully funded

My Project

I teach 26 enthusiastic kindergarten students in an urban setting. My school is very diverse and includes many students who are English Language Learners. We spend a lot of time each day learning the letters of the alphabet, the sounds those letters make, and practicing a large group of sight words.

These alphabet manipulatives would help provide my students with many fun opportunities to reinforce what is presented in the reading curriculum.

The Alphabet Sounds Picture Magnets would be a challenging activity for students when learning to spell and write CVC words, the Alphabet Giant Stampers would allow students a new way to practice sight words, the Alphabet Rockets would be a hands-on activity to solidify the relationship between letters and their sounds, and the hand2mind Reading Readiness sets would be a perfect addition to use during small group interventions. The fishing game would be a replacement set for one I have used for many years.

I am always looking for new ways to challenge, entertain, and assess my students without using traditional paper/pencil activities, and these materials would allow me to do that.

Mrs. Shaw Prairie Ridge Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Nearly all 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
hand2mind Reading Readiness Activity Set, Magnetic Wands and Chip Set, Learn to Spell for Kids, Spelling Toys, CVC Words for Kindergarten, Learning Letters, Science of Reading Manipulatives • Amazon Business $12.89 6 $77.34
Lakeshore Alphabet Rockets • Lakeshore Learning Materials $69.99 1 $69.99
Lakeshore Catch a Letter Magnetic Learning Game • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
Lakeshore Alphabet Giant Stampers - Lowercase • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
Lakeshore Alphabet Sounds Picture Magnets • Lakeshore Learning Materials $27.99 1 $27.99

Materials cost

$235.30

Vendor shipping charges

$7.90

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.53

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$276.73

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$48.83

Total project goal

$325.56

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$325.56

3 Donors

-$162.77

Donations toward project cost

-$138.36

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$24.41

match offer

-$162.79

Match offer toward project cost

-$138.37

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$24.42

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$0.00

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