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Mrs. Nugent from Philadelphia, PA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Dragon Sounds!

My students need classroom instruments to experiment with different sounds to put to music.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Nugent's classroom raised $510

This project is fully funded

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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 Students

I have been teaching at this school since October 2016. I teach in a pre-kindergarten to 8th grade school with around 750 students; I see all of them. These students come from various cultural backgrounds. 45% of the school is ELL (English Language Learners.) There are very large sized classes and varied levels of English speaking students.

Since I am in a poverty stricken neighborhood, resources are very limited.

These students have very limited instruments in our music classroom.

Being a young, new teacher, this is very challenging to support myself and my classroom. The reason I am asking for this is because my students deserve a classroom that right now I can not give them. I want to help my students in every way and I hope you can help me, help them.

My Project

These classroom instruments will help students learn how using different instruments can create different effects. The rhythm games will put what they are learning into writing. Putting instruments and these manipulatives into students' hands helps with engagement and hands-on learning. Right now in our classroom, we do not have a varied amount of classroom rhythm instruments and only my own handmade games. My students are eager to play and learn, but I can only give them so much.

Classroom rhythm instruments and games help ignite a passion for learning at a young age.

Music is all around us and students need to start somewhere. These instruments will give these students the opportunity to start learning how to learn a new instrument. Having these instruments and rhythm games will give my students the ability to create and add their own expression to different songs.

I will be using the instruments in class to get student to feel and learn rhythm. I will be teaching them how to play an instrument and how to be a part of an ensemble. I will also use the rhythm game to help teach rhythm notation. With this product, they will be able to create their own rhythms and learn how to read rhythms using these blocks.

Mrs. Nugent Southwark Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Nearly all students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Wood Guiro • Woodwind and Brasswind $14.29 12 $171.48
NoteKnacks • Woodwind and Brasswind $36.95 3 $110.85
JS1 Jingle Stick • Woodwind and Brasswind $5.49 13 $71.37
Plastic Egg Shaker 4 Piece Assortment • Woodwind and Brasswind $7.99 3 $23.97
Castanet • Woodwind and Brasswind $1.09 18 $19.62

Materials cost

$397.29

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.96

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$433.25

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$76.46

Total project goal

$509.71

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $509.71

5 Donors

-$309.80

Donations toward project cost

-$271.91

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$37.89

match offer

-$189.81

Match offer toward project cost

-$161.34

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.47

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$10.09

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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