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Mrs. Shillady from Reading PA is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Comfy Cushions for Focused Reading

Help me give my students wobble cushions to help them remain comfortable and focused in their seats as they read their new high interest reading folders.

  • $448 goal

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Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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

I am a ELA teacher of 60 third graders. I teacher two classes of thirty students. One of my classes has thirty students, and is a English Second Language class. My other ELA class, is a mixture of of all leveled learners. My classes are filled with students who are eager to learn comprehension strategies to help increase understanding of text. My overall goal is to create a classroom that supports the love of reading in school and in the real world.

My Project

The flex-space wobble cushions will be used to help my wiggly third graders sit comfortably while reading. We will use the High Interest Intervention Reading Folders to “grab” my students’ attention and keep them reading about fiction and non fiction topics. Students will use the passages to practice the many reading strategies that are essential to all readers. The folders provide many probing questions that will enable me to assess my students’ understanding of the reading skills being taught. I will be able to use the Self-Inking Teacher Stamps to let students and parents know the progress the students are making on their assignments quickly and neatly. Finally, students will be able to use the Speak and Listen Recording Microphone to record their reading in order to practice reading fluency. Students will be able to hear their reading and strive to improve each day.

Mrs. Shillady
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
LC511BU - Flex-Space Wobble Cushion - Blue • Lakeshore Learning Materials $14.99 10 $149.90
LC465X - High-Interest Intervention Reading Folders - Gr. 2-3 - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $115.00 1 $115.00
ES372 - Speak & Listen Recording Microphone • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
GG975 - Self-Inking Teacher Stamps - Set 1 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 1 $19.99
GG978 - Self-Inking Teacher Stamps - Set 2 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 1 $19.99

Materials cost

$344.87

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.17

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$380.04

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$67.07

Total project goal

$447.11

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$447.11

5 Donors

-$417.11

Donations toward project cost

-$354.54

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$62.57

match offer

-$30.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$25.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$4.50

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$0.00

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