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Ms. Schmanski from Chicago, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Building Foundational Reading Skills

Help me give my students foundational literacy skills to help them become strong, confident readers.

  • $311 goal

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My Project

These texts help our students build foundational literacy and decoding skills to help them become more skilled readers for future, more complex texts. Many readers who are still growing in their literacy skills need these texts to build their confidence, love and independence in reading new texts so they are willing to try more complex texts in the future. Please help our students build their confidence and love for reading through purchasing of these texts so that they will be successful through the rest of first grade and beyond !

Ms. Schmanski Ravenswood Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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More than a third 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

4 students impacted 13donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Bob Books Set 5- Long Vowels • Amazon Business $15.99 4 $63.96
Bob Books Set 3- Word Families • Amazon Business $15.04 3 $45.12
Bob Books Set 4 - Complex Words • Amazon Business $15.04 3 $45.12
Bob Books Set 2-Advancing Beginners • Amazon Business $13.49 3 $40.47
Bob Books - Set 1: Beginning Readers Box Set | Phonics, Ages 4 and up, Kindergarten (Stage 1: Starting to Read) • Amazon Business $12.05 3 $36.15

Materials cost

$230.82

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.46

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$264.28

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$46.64

Total project goal

$310.92

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $310.92

12 Donors

-$303.27

Donations toward project cost

-$264.28

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$38.99

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$7.65

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 $0.00

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