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Mrs. McKown from Kansas City MO is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Back to the Basics

Help me give my students basic reading materials to help improve their reading skills by meeting them where they are.

  • 3 donors
  • $295 still needed

expires Jun 21

  • 3 donors
  • $295 still needed
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Celebrating Black History Month

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Project

I service about 30 of the lowest readers in 4th and 5th grade. I have 10, 30 minute, groups daily. The groups have anywhere from 3-6 students in each group. They come to group excited to read and work on comprehension skills. Some of them are 2 to 3 levels below grade level standards.

Now, wouldn't it be great if they could work on some skills by accessing materials where they are at reading level wise?

These materials would allow them to take a break from books and zone in on the skills they need to focus on such as Vocabulary, Making Inferences, Grammar, Text Features, Text Structure, Figurative Language, etc.

Mrs. McKown
Grades 3-5

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
AA792 - Reading Literature Folder Game Library - Gr 4-5 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
AA793 - Reading Informational Text Folder Game Library - Gr 4-5 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
AA794 - Vocabulary Folder Game Library - Gr 4-5 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
RR797 - Reading Comprehension Folder Game Library - Gr 2-3 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
PP958 - Match Sort Literature Quickies - Gr 4-5 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
PP959 - Match Sort Informational Text Quickies - Gr 4-5 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
LM231 - Informational Text Grab Play Game - Gr 1-2 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $24.99 1 $24.99
LM262 - Figurative Language Grab Play Game - Gr 3-4 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $24.99 1 $24.99
LC448 - Can Do Figurative Language Game - Gr 3-4 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $22.99 1 $22.99
LC445 - Can Do Prefixes Suffixes Game - Gr 3-4 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $22.99 1 $22.99
LC441 - Can Do Reading Literature Game - Gr 3-4 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $22.99 1 $22.99
LC444 - Can Do Vocabulary Game - Gr 3-4 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $22.99 1 $22.99
LC442 - Can Do Reading Informational Text Game - Gr 3-4 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $22.99 1 $22.99

Materials cost

$384.87

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.77

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$420.64

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$74.23

Total project goal

$494.87

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $494.87

1 Donor

-$100.00

Donations toward project cost

-$85.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.00

match offer

-$100.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$85.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.00

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 $294.87

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