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Ms. Southwick from Roxbury, MA is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Becoming Social Superheros

My students need to learn a variety of skills that are included in the these Learning to Get Along books and feeling focused books.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Southwick's classroom raised $442

This project is fully funded

My Students

My students have aspirations of being superheroes, police officers, ballerinas, doctors, firefighters, princesses, teachers, and astronauts. Each of them is unique with an abundance of strengths and abilities. One area of commonality with the students I work with is that they have delays in their language development that makes learning and communicating an everyday challenge. These challenges include understanding and using social language. To teach them the language skills they need to make friends and become active members of their classroom communities, they need high interest and age-appropriate social skills books. This project will help support my pre-k to 1st grade students who are hungry to find play with their peers and be an effective communicator in their social and academic settings.

My Project

The students I work with have a variety of speech and language delays and disorders that make learning and communicating an everyday challenge. These challenges include understanding and using social language.

This collection of books and toys will be used to develop my students' social skills to "superhero strength," giving them the language skills they need to make friends and become active members of their classroom communities.

The collection of books target important skills such as sharing, joining play, listening and following rules. As well there are books that target emotions, a major factor in navigating social situations. Furthermore, I am requesting some games and toys that we can use to practice our newly learned skills. Practice makes perfect!

Ms. Southwick Ellis Mendell 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.

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More than half of 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

20 students impacted 9donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
GA328 - Learning to Get Along® Book Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $95.50 1 $95.50
Cooperative Board Game Set (Set of 4) • Kaplan Early Learning Company $54.36 1 $54.36
FF465 - Moods & Emotions Book Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.50 1 $49.50
Learning To Get Along Board Books (Set of 6) • Kaplan Early Learning Company $39.91 1 $39.91
Big Brain Plush - All You Need Is Lobe! - I Heart Guts Series • Amazon Business $21.99 1 $21.99
Key Education Photo Conversation Cards for Children with Autism and Asperger's • Amazon Business $20.12 1 $20.12
What Should Danny Do? • Amazon Business $16.88 1 $16.88
EE613 - Character Kids Save the Day! Hardcover Book • Lakeshore Learning Materials $12.99 1 $12.99
How Do Dinosaurs Stay Friends? • Amazon Business $11.41 1 $11.41
YINGGG Cute Emoji Plush Pillow Heart Shape Cushion Toy Gift for Friends/Children (Heart) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
What Do You See? Colors Game • Kaplan Early Learning Company $8.46 1 $8.46

Materials cost

$340.11

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.10

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$375.21

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$66.21

Total project goal

$441.42

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $441.42

7 Donors

-$318.80

Donations toward project cost

-$278.67

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$40.13

match offer

-$113.58

Match offer toward project cost

-$96.54

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$17.04

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$9.05

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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