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Ms. Mercado from San Jose CA is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Decoding is Key to Reading!

Help me give my students decodable readers and Phonics Through Poetry to help readers make connections from phonics to reading!

  • $232 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 Project

I strive to create a library that promotes a love of reading. This includes having many options for students to read and enjoy. I currently have a leveled library that I enjoy, but I recently noticed a disconnect between what students were learning in small groups with me and the books they were reading.

It is important to reinforce spelling and phonics skills through reading a decodable text.

We read decodable books during small groups, but I would like to include engaging decodable text for students to read independently to strengthen and continue to practice their phonics skills.

Ms. Mercado
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Junior Learning Beanstalk Books Letters & Sounds Non-Fiction Decodables Boxed Set, Set 1, Multicolor • Amazon Business $90.71 1 $90.71
More Phonics Through Poetry: Teaching Phonemic Awareness Using Poetry • Amazon Business $29.95 1 $29.95
Phonics Through Poetry: Teaching Phonemic Awareness Using Poetry • Amazon Business $29.95 1 $29.95

Materials cost

$150.61

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $13.78

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.26

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$196.65

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$34.70

Total project goal

$231.35

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $231.35

1 Donor

-$231.35

Donations toward project cost

-$196.65

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$34.70

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 $0.00

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