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Ms. Herlo from Chicago, IL is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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English Language Arts Learning Centers For My Curious Kinders!

Help me give my students English Language Arts Instant Learning Centers Complete Set

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Herlo's classroom raised $583

This project is fully funded

My Students

I have 32 wonderful and bright students. They are all eager to learn many things in kindergarten. As a new teacher, I am motivated to bring new and exciting ideas into the classroom. I teach low-income students in a Chicago neighborhood. My school is awesome; unfortunately, it lacks the necessary funding that is greatly needed. The principal and the staff are great to work with. We all help each other in order to benefit student learning which is most important to me as an educator. Without funding, the students are not given supplies needed to complete the school year.

I teach ESL students reading, math, writing, social studies, and science.

My students love participating in centers for reading and math, but I would love to incorporate a writing center filled with the right materials.

My Project

Five- and six-year-olds are natural, enthusiastic learners. Their impulse to ask questions, to investigate, and to explore, examine, and experiment, comes from a burning curiosity about the world and a desire to understand things. They learn, grow, and internalize through interactive experiences with each other, with adults, and with real materials that require all of their senses. For this reason, I spend careful time planning diverse learning centers, with open-ended activities and hands-on materials, to use throughout the year.

Learning centers are areas within the classroom where students learn about specific subjects by playing and engaging in activities.

Play is an active form of learning that involves the whole self. Even cognitive development, the primary focus in today's kindergarten, is achieved through child-initiated exploration and discovery.

In this project, I am asking for two sets of the Language Instant Learning Centers. The ready-to-use centers make independent learning a breeze even for nonreaders! The centers have everything children need to build beginning language skills from word building and rhyming sounds to sight-word recognition. I will set out the materials, introduce the activity and let students work at their own pace. Each center is designed for up to 4 children to work at once, with a double-sided instruction chart that gives everyone easy access to the activities and simple picture instructions students can follow on their own.

Ms. Herlo G.B. Swift Elementary Specialty School Grades PreK-2

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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More than three‑quarters of 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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Materials Cost Quantity Total
TT830X - Language Instant Learning Centers - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $229.00 2 $458.00

Materials cost

$458.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.87

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$494.87

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$87.33

Total project goal

$582.20

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $582.20

7 Donors

-$582.20

Donations toward project cost

-$494.87

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$87.33

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