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Mrs. Dean from Broken Arrow OK is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Creating Strong Readers

Help me give my students the motivation to become readers, writers, and thinkers.

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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 Project

As an English Language Arts teacher at a Title 1 middle school, I see the struggle many students have with reading. They want to be readers, but the missing skills are holding them back.

My goal is to design a program that gives them reading skills in a way they don't even know they're in remediation.

Many of our students are several grade levels behind. They haven't had fun with reading in years. That will change with this project.

Through the use of games, short passages, and exciting writing games, students will begin to build the necessary skills to be successful. Of course, motivation is going to play a huge role in the form of prizes! Many of our students do not have themes for fun gadgets. Combining fun with language arts will change how they feel about reading and about themselves.

Mrs. Dean
Grades 6-8

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Really Good Stuff Reading Comprehension Game Trio: Main Idea, Summary and Inference - Grades 2-3 - Learning Activities, Homeschool Supplies, • Amazon Business $59.44 1 $59.44
Bananagrams Duel: Ultimate 2 Player Travel Game | Small Space Word Race • Amazon Business $13.18 3 $39.54
Key Education Nouns, Verbs, and Adjectives Photographic Learning Cards, 275 Vocabulary Flash Cards, Parts of Speech Picture Games, Learning Resources for Preschool, ESL, and Special Needs • Amazon Business $37.07 1 $37.07
Decodable Cards: Advanced Phonics Concepts: Just-Right Passages That Target & Teach Key Phonics Concepts (Scholastic, Grades 1-3) • Amazon Business $34.99 1 $34.99
Decodable Cards: Short Vowels & More: Just-Right Passages That Target & Teach Key Phonics Concepts • Amazon Business $34.99 1 $34.99
The Good Game Company Idiom Addict • Amazon Business $29.75 1 $29.75
Edupress Inference School Days Game, Blue Level (EP60801) • Amazon Business $23.95 1 $23.95
LEARNING ADVANTAGE Spying Parts of Speech - Board Games for Kids - Word Games - In-Home Learning - Sentence Building • Amazon Business $23.85 1 $23.85
180 Days of Reading for Fifth Grade, 2nd Edition - Daily Reading Workbook for Classroom and Home, Reading Comprehension and Phonics Practice, School ... Challenging Concepts (180 Days of Practice) • Amazon Business $21.49 1 $21.49
180 Days of Reading for Sixth Grade, 2nd Edition - Daily Reading Workbook for Classroom and Home, Reading Comprehension and Phonics Practice, School ... Challenging Concepts (180 Days of Practice) • Amazon Business $20.42 1 $20.42
Learning Well Games Context Clues—Pirate Treasure Game, Red Levels 2.0-3.5 • Amazon Business $20.04 1 $20.04
Educational Insights Blurt! - Word Game, Strategy Board Game for 3-12 Players, Family Games, Gift for Ages 7+ • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
Learning Advantage 6006 Super Sentence Game, Grade: 2 to 4, 9" Height, 2.5" Width, 8.5" Length • Amazon Business $19.23 1 $19.23
The Grammar Teacher's Activity-a-Day: 180 Ready-to-Use Lessons to Teach Grammar and Usage, Grades 5-12 • Amazon Business $17.22 1 $17.22
80Pcs Party Favors for Kids 4-8, Kawaii Squishies Mochi Squishy Toy Bulk Fidget Sensory Toys Birthday Gifts for Boys Girls Goodie Bag Christmas Stocking Stuffers Treasure Box Classroom Prizes • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Teacher Created Resources 5&6 I Have Language Arts Game Multi, 5-1/2 x 4 x 1-3/4 • Amazon Business $16.76 1 $16.76
Teach Reading with Orton-Gillingham: 72 Classroom-Ready Lessons to Help Struggling Readers and Students with Dyslexia Learn to Love Reading (Books for Teachers) • Amazon Business $16.40 1 $16.40
Ganowo 24 Pack Fidget Toy Wacky Tracks Snap and Click Fidgets Sensory Toys Party Favors ,Classroom Reward,School,Valentines Gifts for Adults ,Kids,Teens ,Students • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
PLUS PLUS - 240 Piece Basic Mix - Construction Building Stem/Steam Toy, Mini Puzzle Blocks for Kids • Amazon Business $15.29 1 $15.29
? WORD TEASERS Middle School - Vocabulary Game for Kids 10-13 - Fun Family Conversation Starters - Reading Games for Middle School - 150 Vocabulary Flash Cards/Conversation Cards • Amazon Business $15.25 1 $15.25
ThinkFun Word A Round Game - Award Winning Fun Card Game For Age 10 and Up Where You Race to Unravel the Word • Amazon Business $15.06 1 $15.06
Learning Resources EI-2865 Wordical • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
The Writing Teacher's Activity-a-Day: 180 Reproducible Prompts and Quick-Writes for the Secondary Classroom • Amazon Business $13.82 1 $13.82
Edupress Context Clues Practice Cards, Levels 3.5-5.0,Blue • Amazon Business $13.44 1 $13.44
TREND ENTERPRISES: Prefixes & Suffixes Bingo Game, Exciting Way for Everyone to Learn, Play 8 Different Ways, Great for Classrooms and At Home, 2 to 36 Players, For Ages 8 and Up • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
5 Second Rule Game Jr. - Simple Questions Card Game for Family Fun, Party, Kids, Travel, Game Night & Sleepovers - Think Fast and Shout Out Answers - For Ages 6+ • Amazon Business $12.38 1 $12.38
MALLMALL6 70Pcs Animal Scratch Bookmarks Scratch DIY Hang Tags Party Favors Theme Birthday Party Classroom School Supplies Decorations Crafts Kit for Kids • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Orton Gillingham Decodable Readers. Easy decodable texts to improve reading and writing skills in struggling readers and kids with dyslexia. • Amazon Business $10.52 1 $10.52
JPSOR Multicolor Pen, 28 Pack 0.5mm 6-in-1 Multicolor Ballpoint Pens, 6 Colors Retractable Ballpoint Pens for Office School Supplies Students Gift • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Learning Resources Snap It Up! Phonics & Reading Card Game, Homeschool,Reading Game, 90 Cards Included, Ages 6+ • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Scented Bookmarks Kids Scratch and Sniff Bookmarks Fruit Food Theme Bookmarks Sayings Bookmarks Assorted Scented Bookmarks Cute Bookmarks for Kids, Students, Teens, Food Lovers, 10 Styles (60 Pieces) • Amazon Business $9.79 1 $9.79
Extra Practice for Struggling Readers: High-Frequency Words: Motivating Practice Packets That Help Intermediate Students Master 240 Essential Words They Need to Know to Succeed in Reading and Writing • Amazon Business $9.79 1 $9.79
Extra Practice for Struggling Readers: Phonics: Motivating Practice Packets That Help Intermediate Students Build Essential Decoding Skills to Succeed in Reading and Writing • Amazon Business $9.61 1 $9.61
Wish • Amazon Business $6.38 1 $6.38
Waterproof Vinyl Stickers Pack for Laptop Water Bottle Party Supplies(50Pcs Neon Style) • Amazon Business $6.29 1 $6.29
Football Stickers Water Bottle Stickers Computer Laptop Stickers Vinyl Stickers Pack Gift Stickers, Waterproof Stickers for Kids Boys Girls Teens Laptop • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
BIC Xtra-Smooth Mechanical Pencils with Erasers (MPCE40-BLK), Bright Edition Medium Point (0.7mm), 40-Count Pack, Bulk Mechanical Pencils for School, Perfect Teacher Appreciation Gifts • Amazon Business $5.78 1 $5.78

Materials cost

$677.45

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$55.21

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.16

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$772.82

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$136.38

Total project goal

$909.20

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$909.20

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$909.20

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