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Mr. Aardema from Los Angeles CA is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Classroom Supplies for Literacy Projects for Students with Autism

My students need printer ink to print color images from curriculum and Velcro to do matching activities.

  • $193 goal

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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 Students

My kids are seven second- and third-grade boys with autism.

My students come from low-income backgrounds in an inner city school in Los Angeles.

Most are English language learners. 100 percent of our students receive free or reduced-price lunch and many come from single parent households. Many of the students have behavioral challenges in addition to autism and, because their autism is secure enough to prevent them from functioning in a traditional classroom, they have been placed on an alternate curriculum that requires lessons and activities to be adapted.

My Project

I need printer ink and velcro dots to design and print projects for literacy activities. Students with autism present with unique challenges and abilities and are able to learn when information is presented in a format that plays to their strengths rather than their weaknesses. I use activities based on TEACCH, a research-based peer reviewed format developed by the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill that plays to various learning styles. Lessons are tactile and hands-on and enable the students to focus and acquire skills and allow them the necessary repetition required to assure skill acquisition. Because of this approach, many students have acquired skills that they otherwise would not have been able to acquire in traditional formats.

Mr. Aardema
Grades PreK-2

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Velcro 3/4" x 15' Combo Pack Velcro Tape, Clear • Staples Advantage $34.59 2 $69.18
Canon 0393c001 (cli-271) Ink, Yellow • Staples Advantage $12.99 4 $51.96

Materials cost

$121.14

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $11.08

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.82

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$164.04

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$28.95

Total project goal

$192.99

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $192.99

1 Donor

-$192.99

Donations toward project cost

-$164.04

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.95

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 $0.00

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