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Ms. McWethy from Battle Creek, MI is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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An Auditory Learner's Dream Come True!

Help me give my students an auditory listening center by building their reading library with books and CD sets to build a love for learning while extending their reading adventures.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. McWethy's classroom raised $394

This project is fully funded

My Students

I am so pleased with and proud of my students! My students grow up in a very tough area and come to school with very little. Our school is located in the inner-city where we have a 100% free lunch program for our entire school. Many of our students live with some sort of relative and our families/ guardians often struggle to find employment and opportunity, so many students do not have books at home.

Because of this, it is up to me to provide them with their educational experiences and encourage them to become life-long learners and keep their creativity and inquisitiveness challenged.

My students absolutely love hands-on, active, engaging activities which challenge them to think outside the box to find solutions. They come to school each day ready to try new things and take brave chances in order to grow both personally and academically. They love school so much that at the end of the school day, they tell me that they don’t want to go home!

My Project

Auditory learners build their sight word recognition skills and strategies to chunk and break down words by listening to stories. I purchased my own listening center and am seeking your assistance in building their listening library with books and CD sets.

Most of my students have no books at home, so listening to books and following the words assists them in learning how to read and also helps them embark on many different adventures each week while entertaining them with music and excitement of these incredible stories.

Many strategy focuses can be taught and incorporated in each of the titles I chose. My hope is to build a library with four or five books of each title so that it can be added to our daily literacy center time. With your help, my students will have another avenue to build their reading skills.

Ms. McWethy Post-Franklin Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Battle Creek, MI View local requests

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
RE435X - I Can Read! Read-Alongs - Level 2 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $159.00 1 $159.00
CB783 - Listen, Read & Rhyme with Dr. Seuss • Lakeshore Learning Materials $43.50 1 $43.50
RE867 - The Case of the Baffled Bear Read-Along • Lakeshore Learning Materials $32.50 1 $32.50
RE857 - Trains Read-Along • Lakeshore Learning Materials $32.50 1 $32.50
RE859 - Storms Read-Along • Lakeshore Learning Materials $32.50 1 $32.50

Materials cost

$300.00

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.50

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$334.50

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$59.03

Total project goal

$393.53

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$393.53

4 Donors

-$384.71

Donations toward project cost

-$334.50

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$50.21

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.82

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$0.00

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