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

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Defeating Dyslexia

Help me give my students with dyslexia or who have trouble with spelling games and magnetic letters so they can continue to practice at home.

  • $753 goal

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My Project

Every year I get a few students in my third grade class who have a lot of trouble with spelling, reading and letter sound knowledge. Many times these students are not my English Learners. Yet they are missing skills that they should have acquired in First Grade. Most parents of students who struggle are aware that their children find it hard to read and get easily frustrated. Parents don't know how to support them.

I would like to create a parent workshop series for families of struggling students who are missing English phonics.

In order to help parents practice needed skills with their children in a less stressful way I want to give them magnetic letters and word games. The games I chose allow students to practice what they are learning at school. The games are quick and require no preparation. Parents can take 5 minutes each day to play the games. Repetion of phonics skills are essential for students who have dissabilities as they often have difficulty with memory as well. The magnetic letters are also a fun way to practice spelling words, leave notes to each other and play school. Hopefully, this will help motivate both the children and their family to keep learning.

I would like to do a 3 series workshop. The first workshop will be about what skills students need and helping parents understand why their students have difficulty with reading. I will give out some of the Splash games at this time and teach them how to use them. The second workshop will be about using the magnetic letters with students to promote play with phonics in a quick and non stressful way. The third workshop will be about what to do next with students after they learn their sounds and CVC words.

Ms. Garcia
Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
LM390X - Splash Reading Games - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $57.99 6 $347.94
LC403 - Draw Learn Magnetic Studio • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 6 $179.94
DD851 - Beginners Reading Trackers - Set of 30 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $22.99 1 $22.99

Materials cost

$550.87

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $50.40

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.26

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$639.53

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$112.86

Total project goal

$752.39

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $752.39

5 Donors

-$432.81

Donations toward project cost

-$384.53

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$48.28

match offer

-$300.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$255.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$45.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$19.58

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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