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Ms. Gibson from Camden NJ is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Architects of Word Construction

Help me give my students the necessary tools and supplies to become better independent readers and writers. The skill-building centers in my project makes it easier for students to explore forming words and sentences on their own.

  • $575 goal

This project expired on April 2, 2023.

This project expired on April 2, 2023.

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My Project

I teach a group of wonderful 2nd graders in the Camden City school district. All 21 of my students receive free lunch and my class is a general education class with one ESL student.

This year my students really enjoy reading, but struggle more frequently with phonetic awareness and sounding out words.

I hear many times a day "How do you spell.......?" It concerns me when my students are so hesitant and unsure about reading and writing words. I want students to be more confident with using word-building strategies to sound out words. So I thought of this project.

My students will benefit from this project because it will allow them to practice strategies used to build and spell words. I am pleased and excited that my students want to learn to become independent and confident readers.

The materials listed in my project will enable me to provide more word-building activities in my classroom. There are magnetic boards with everything students need to build many different words. It also includes picture magnets, letter magnets, and a variety of skill-building activities. I have tried to make my own activities for centers, but they are limited due to the number of activities I am able to create on my own. I often run out and students ask me for more.

I have found through the years that students who enjoy reading are more confident writers. In our Literacy Center, the "Sky is the Limit" of what they could do. As a teacher who writes poetry and plays in my spare time, it's important to me to encourage my young readers and writers daily.

Ms. Gibson
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
LL925X - Teaching Reading Skills Activity Centers - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $199.00 1 $199.00
FF455X - Phonics Magnetic Word Building Boards - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $159.00 1 $159.00
LC926 - Classroom Magnetic Letters Kit • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
LL628 - Double-Sided Magnetic Write Wipe Board • Lakeshore Learning Materials $9.99 2 $19.98
LM392 - Splash CVC Words Game • Lakeshore Learning Materials $11.99 1 $11.99
LM393 - Splash Blends Digraphs Game • Lakeshore Learning Materials $11.99 1 $11.99

Materials cost

$451.95

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.78

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$488.73

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$86.25

Total project goal

$574.98

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