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Ms. C from Miami, FL is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ms. C's classroom raised $270

Bringing Reading to Life: Color-Coded Anchor Charts for Young Readers

Help me give my students a color printer to print anchor charts for reading!

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Ms. C Comstock Elementary School
Miami, FL Grades 3-5

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This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Project

My students enter our classroom each day eager to learn, explore, and grow as readers. They are a dynamic, diverse, and energetic group of young learners with a wide range of learning styles and reading abilities. Many of my students thrive when complex ideas are broken down visually. For elementary readers, visual frameworks make abstract concepts like comparing character traits, identifying main ideas, and analyzing text structures accessible and clear.

Our classroom is a community where curiosity is celebrated, and we work hard to build an environment where every student feels supported and empowered to tackle challenging texts independently.

I am requesting a high-quality color printer, to create dynamic, color-coded anchor charts for our daily reading lessons.

Anchor charts serve as interactive learning maps during direct instruction and remain on our walls throughout each unit as reference tools for students during independent reading and small-group centers. Color plays a vital role in how children process and retain information, students can quickly scan our walls, anchor their thinking, and apply key strategies without getting overwhelmed by text.

Currently, creating color-rich visual aids rely on black-and-white copies, which strips away the crucial visual cues that help our visual and multilingual learners succeed.

Having a dedicated color printer directly in our classroom will allow us to:

-Produce high-contrast, color-coded anchor charts tailored to each week's specific reading standard.

- Print individual reference mini-charts for students to keep inside their reading journals for targeted support.

- Update visual learning walls in real time as students generate insights and vocabulary during interactive read-alouds.

Your generous support will directly enhance our daily literacy instruction, helping every reader in our room build confidence, independence, and a lasting love for reading.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than half of students from low‑income households

47 students impacted 4 donors
Ms. C Comstock Elementary School Grades 3-5

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Miami, FL View local requests

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

47 students impacted 4donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Epson EcoTank ET-2800 Wireless Color All-in-One Supertank Printer - Black | Cartridge-free print, scan, copy; up to 10 ppm, borderless photo printing; ideal for home and everyday use • Amazon Business $195.99 1 $195.99

Materials cost

$195.99

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.94

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$228.93

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$40.40

Total project goal

$269.33

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $269.33

1 Donor

-$126.72

Donations toward project cost

-$121.21

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$5.51

match offer

-$126.73

Match offer toward project cost

-$107.72

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$19.01

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$15.88

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 $0.00

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