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Mrs. Xiong from Saint Paul, MN is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Building Phonics Through Hands-on and Decodable Materials!

Help me give my students decodable text and hands-on, manipulative materials to enhance their learning!

  • $1,811 goal

This project expired on March 27, 2024.

This project expired on March 27, 2024.

My Project

Learning to read is incredibly important for everyone! Phonics is vital to learning how to read. In Kindergarten and First grade, students learn the letters and sounds. They would blend the letters to create words. They combine parts of words to make more significant words. Therefore, I would like to introduce this content in many different ways. My students have very different needs and are on various levels, and I would like to make sure they all leave my reading groups with a solid foundation for reading.

Hence, I am asking for these activities!

With phonics being a high priority in kindergarten and first grade, offering my students alternative interactions other than pencil and paper would be good. All these materials introduce different decodable words that they learned in teacher-led activities that will lead the students to work entirely independently.

Mrs. Xiong Farnsworth Aerospace Pre-Kindergarten - 4 School Grades PreK-2

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Saint Paul, MN 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

38 students impacted

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lakeshore Individual Hands-On Language Kit – Gr. 1 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $79.99 5 $399.95
Word Mapping Paddles for Phoneme Grapheme Mapping | Orthographic Mapping & Science of Reading Manipulatives | 6 Double-Sided Magnetic Whiteboard Paddles w/ 36 Magnetic Discs • Amazon Business $49.50 5 $247.50
hand2mind Elkonin Boxes Magnetic Dry Erase Boards Set, Phonemic Awareness, Speech Therapy Materials & Lowercase Alphabet Chips, Toddler Learning Letters for Spelling • Amazon Business $75.98 3 $227.94
Lakeshore Phonics Magnetic Word Building Boards - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $159.00 1 $159.00
Lakeshore Phonics Skill-Building Book Sets - Complete Library • Lakeshore Learning Materials $159.00 1 $159.00
EAMAY CVC Word Building Desktop Pocket Chart Stand with Magnetic Write & Wipe Boards Tent & Cards Kit,Reading Spelling Phonics Games for Kids, Kindergarten Classroom Must Haves! • Amazon Business $19.59 4 $78.36
Laugh-a-Lot Phonics Collection - 3 Box Sets, 36 Books • AKJ Education $55.17 1 $55.17
Lakeshore Long Vowels Skill-Building Book Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
Lakeshore Blends Skill-Building Book Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
Lakeshore Digraphs Skill-Building Book Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
Lakeshore Short Vowels Skill-Building Book Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99

Materials cost

$1,486.88

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$22.30

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,539.18

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$271.62

Total project goal

$1,810.80

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