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Mrs. Alkire from Oklahoma City OK is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Collaborative Learning

Help me give my students hands-on literacy games to practice building compassion through collaboration and play.

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This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Project

In my new role as a Reading Specialist/Interventionist, I am constantly trying to find ways to make reading and literacy fun and engaging. This is important as many of my students have a lot of anxiety surrounding reading. Often, this means that I am looking for, or creating games where students can practice our targeted skill while playing with their peers.

This has proved to be one of the most challenging things to incorporate into my lessons as many of my students struggle with winning and losing compassionately.

I won't lie, there were many times I thought about throwing in the towel and not playing games due to the short amount of intervention time we get, but I knew that learning how to collaborate with peers compassionately and kindly was a very important life skill. Often teachers have to learn how to balance learning academics and learning life skills, so this year we made a goal to discuss how to play games, win or lose, with compassion. It has been just as rewarding to see their growth in this area as it has been to see their growth with reading!

Since it is only my first year in this position, I do not have a lot of literacy games, and would like to expand my collection to keep my students engaged. With your help, I am looking forward to continuing on this journey toward compassionate learning with my students!

Mrs. Alkire
Grades PreK-2

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lakeshore Early Language Folder Game Libraries - Complete Set - Pre K-K • Lakeshore Learning Materials $159.00 1 $159.00
Lakeshore Phonics Skill-Building Book Sets - Complete Library • Lakeshore Learning Materials $159.00 1 $159.00
Lakeshore Launch & Learn Language Games - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $95.00 1 $95.00
Lakeshore Splash! Reading Games - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $57.99 1 $57.99
Lakeshore Fill-In-The-Blank Phonics Stamps - Set 2 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
Lakeshore Fill-In-The-Blank Phonics Stamps - Set 1 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99

Materials cost

$570.97

Vendor shipping charges

 $28.55

Sales tax

 $46.53

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.56

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$684.61

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$120.81

Total project goal

$805.42

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Total project goal

 $805.42

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 $805.42

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