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Ms. Smith from Columbia, SC is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Early Phonics Manipulatives Help the Classroom World Go

Help me give my students phonics manipulatives and a document camera to help best meet the needs of my eager students.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Smith's classroom raised $596

This project is fully funded

My Students

My students this year are very eager to learn. They are very curious and are interested in researching new things.

I work at an elementary school that has a fifty-four percent rate of students that participate in Medicaid, SNAP or TANF; homeless, foster, or migrant students.

I currently have twenty-two students that I am trying to build the strongest foundation possible for. I have a variety of students who come from different backgrounds. Hispanic, Caucasian, African American and Puerto Rican are just a few of my students' diverse backgrounds. My students come to school with an amazing attitude and excited to learn. At times, my students spend their free time asking questions about different things I have taught them. Their eagerness to learn is what drives me to create projects that I know will help them be successful.

My Project

The materials and supplies that I am requesting for my students already have a "home." In other words, I know exactly where everything will go. We just need your help in getting everything through our door! I am requesting alphabet tubs and magic letter tracers for my students to use during our Response to Intervention time in the classroom. I think the best way for students to learn is through seeing it. With these alphabet tubs, my RTI students will be able to see and touch these objects to correctly place them in their tub. The magic alphabet boards will help motivate my students to practice forming their letters correctly.

My students are more engaged when they have manipulatives that they can explore and use.

Another resource I have requested for our classroom is a document camera. In my classroom, each student gets a "building skills" booklet during calendar time. We work as a class to complete these. My goal is for it to eventually be student led. The document camera would sit at the front of the classroom and the student of the day would be able to put their work under the document camera. They would be able to lead the class during calendar time.

There is no doubt that these resources will be put to great use in our classroom.

Ms. Smith North Springs Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Columbia, SC View local requests

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

22 students impacted 14donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Epson DC-07 Portable Document Camera with USB Connectivity and 1080p Resolution • Amazon Business $188.85 1 $188.85
LC856 - Alphabet Sounds Teaching Tubs • Lakeshore Learning Materials $149.00 1 $149.00
PP717 - Lakeshore Magic Board - Each • Lakeshore Learning Materials $10.99 4 $43.96
LA627 - Teaching Tubs Storage Rack • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
AA719 - Magic Board Printing Practice Cards • Lakeshore Learning Materials $26.99 1 $26.99

Materials cost

$438.79

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $30.93

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.58

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$506.30

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$89.35

Total project goal

$595.65

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $595.65

12 Donors

-$569.18

Donations toward project cost

-$506.30

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$62.88

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$26.47

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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