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Ms. Owusu from Winston Salem, NC is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ms. Owusu's classroom raised $961

Building Fluent Readers One Sound at a Time

Help me give my students the hands on phonics tools they need to unlock the power of reading and build a lifetime of literacy success.

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Ms. Owusu Brunson Elementary School
Winston Salem, NC Grades PreK-2

My Project

Learning to read begins with a strong foundation in phonics. This year, our district has implemented a new literacy curriculum that incorporates magnetic phonics tiles into daily instruction. These tiles give students a hands on way to build words, hear sounds, and see how letters work together to create meaning.

Many of oue scholars learn best by actively engaging with materials rather than simply watching a lesson.

The All In One Magnetic Phonics Kits will allow every child to participate during instruction, practice new phonics patterns, and receive immediate feedback as they manipulate sounds and words. This repeated practice builds decoding, encoding, spelling, and reading fluency.

Your generosity will provide our classroom with the tools needed to fully implement our new literacy program and help every scholar develop the confidence and skills necessary to become a successful reader. Every word they build today brings them one step closer to a lifetime of reading success.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

HBCU Alum 18 students impacted 1 donor
Ms. Owusu Brunson Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Winston Salem, NC View local requests

Nearly all 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

HBCU Alum 18 students impacted 1donor

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
All-In-One Magnetic Phonics Kit • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 18 $719.82

Materials cost

$719.82

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $56.15

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.80

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$816.77

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$144.14

Total project goal

$960.91

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $960.91

1 Donor

-$960.91

Donations toward project cost

-$816.77

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$144.14

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