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Mrs. Klassen from Savannah GA is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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My students need hands-on letter and number activities such as upper and lowercase fishing letters and number beanbag knockout as well as a center organization chart to enhance our academic centers.

  • $428 goal

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My Students

My students remind me everyday that they are the bright lights of our future. I teach a very diverse group of students in a full day inclusion classroom at a public magnet school in Savannah, Georgia. My students come from all across the county and from all different backgrounds, abilities and socioeconomic statuses. Despite these differences, they all have one thing in common - they are kindergartners.

My students come in everyday excited to learn.

A parent of one of my students stopped me at open house and wanted me to know their son said, "I'm so excited for kindergarten, you can't even imagine!" When I asked her how he liked the first day, she said he told her, "It was better than I ever dreamed!" This kind of infectious joy fills my classroom every single day.

My Project

Working on letter and number recognition at the beginning of the year can sometimes be monotonous for students. This project brings new life to students who are working on the foundations of reading and math. The upper and lowercase fishing activity paired with the water blocks brings a sensory component to letter identification while the number beanbag knockout adds a whole body component to learning numbers for kinesthetic learners.

My students love to learn through movement and poetry.

The letter pocket chart brings letter sounds to life with poems for each letter. The center organization chart will help us bring all of these great centers to life by keeping our rotations organized. I am always looking for fresh ways to present the most important skills to my students. They are going to love learning with this project!

Mrs. Klassen
Grades PreK-2

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
LA563 - Knock Down! Number Challenge • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
DD925 - All About Letters Pocket Chart • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
AA322 - Magnetic Alphabet Fishing Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
AA853 - Literacy Centers Management Chart • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
EE332 - Float & Find Alphabet Bubbles • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
AA328 - Magnetic Lowercase Fishing Letters • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
EE290 - Design & Build Water Blocks • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
RR724 - Lakeshore Magnetic Fishing Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 1 $19.99
BB564 - Soft & Safe Beanbags - Set of 6 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $7.99 1 $7.99

Materials cost

$307.91

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $21.25

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.62

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$363.78

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$64.20

Total project goal

$427.98

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $427.98

3 Donors

-$354.02

Donations toward project cost

-$321.28

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$32.74

match offer

-$50.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$42.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$23.96

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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