Enhancing Phonics Skills for English Language Learners
Help me give my students a phonic center with games to help learn a new language. This phonics center will provide my students with hands-on, interactive activities to practice and enhance their phonics skills.
$778 goal
This project expired on June 1, 2025.
This project expired on June 1, 2025.
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My Project
As an bilingual teacher who work with English Language Learner students, I have seen firsthand the challenges my students face in mastering phonics skills. Many of my students are new to the English language and struggle to decode words, which hinders their ability to read and comprehend texts. To address this, I am requesting funding for a phonics center that will provide my students with hands-on, interactive activities to practice and enhance their
The goal of this project is to create a comprehensive phonics center that will support the language development of my ENL students.
The center will include a variety of materials and activities that will help students develop phonemic awareness, phonics skills, and fluency such as; phonic games, pop cvc words, building sentences center, world building dominos, Sight-Word Sentences Center, Elkonin Boxes center and other phonic activities centers to help them learn and acquire the new language.
This materials will be used to create a phonics center that will be accessible to all my ENL students. The center will be organized into different stations, each focusing on a specific phonics skill, such as word families, blends, or digraphs. Students will rotate through the stations, working in small groups or independently, to practice and reinforce their phonics skills.
My ENL students are predominantly from low-income families and are new to the English language. They face significant challenges in accessing educational resources and materials, which is why I am seeking funding to support this project.
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
26 students impacted
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hand2mind Elkonin Box Magnetic Answer Board, Word Mapping Paddles, Elkonin Boxes Dry Erase Blending Board, Phonemic Awareness, Phonics Manipulatives, Science of Reading Classroom Materials (Set of 6)
• Amazon Business
$33.99
1
$33.99
Lakeshore Snap & Build CVC Words
• Lakeshore Learning Materials
$29.99
1
$29.99
Educational Insights Word Building Dominoes - Word Building Game & Manipulative for Classroom & Home, Set of 108 double-sided, Color-Coded dominoes , Ages 6+
• Amazon Business
$27.99
1
$27.99
Aizweb Sentence Building,Sight Word Games for Kindergarten 1st 2nd Grade Classroom Must Haves,Montessori Phonics Reading Learning Games,Speech Therapy Special Education Manipulative Toy for Teacher
• Amazon Business
$19.99
1
$19.99
Sentence Building Board Game, Grades K-2, ELL
• Quill.com
$19.59
1
$19.59
The Fidget Game Word Pop CVC Words Mats for Classrooms (Pack of 6) - Learn to Read in Weeks - Multisensory Reading & Phonics Interactive Tools Ideal for Pre-Kindergarten to 1st Grade
• Amazon Business
$19.59
1
$19.59
GiftAmaz 145 PCS Sentence Building for Kids, Sight Word Games Puzzle, Special Education Classroom Must Haves, Montessori Grammar Reading Game, Speech Therapy Cardboard Birthday Toys for Kindergarten
• Amazon Business
$18.99
1
$18.99
CVC Word Builder Desktop Pocket Chart CVC Word Spelling Games Literacy Learning Cards, Fine Motor Montessori Educational Toy for Kids, Preschool Kindergarten Learning Activities
• Amazon Business
$17.99
1
$17.99
hand2mind Mirror My Sounds Phoneme Set, Phonemic Awareness, Phonics Games, Letter Sounds, Phonics Flash Cards, Speech Therapy Materials, Phonics for Kindergarten, Toys That Help with Speech
• Amazon Business
$15.95
1
$15.95
Lakeshore Word Building Puzzles - 3-Letter Words
• Lakeshore Learning Materials
$14.99
1
$14.99
Lakeshore Word Building Puzzles - 4-Letter Words
• Lakeshore Learning Materials
$14.99
1
$14.99
Materials cost
$602.50
Vendor shipping charges
$19.72
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$9.04
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$661.26
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$116.69
Total project goal
$777.95
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