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Ms. Mooney from Baltimore MD is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Escritores Excelentes; Spanish Language Literacy Project

My students need dry-erase markers and towels for erasing. I like to have an interactive classroom and I have dry-erase sheets for every student but not markers!

  • $176 goal

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My Students

"If you don't use it, you lose it." My students' parents often tell me that they wish they had practiced Spanish more because they don't remember what they once learned as kids. I don't want my students to forget what they learn so I try to give them as much practice as possible with the language.

My students are an outstanding and diverse group of middle school kids.

Our school is a K-8 in an urban setting. My students are in their first years of Spanish study and I want to set them up for success in high school and beyond. Currently, some are very enthusiastic about their foreign language studies (which I'd love to keep that way) and others are a little nervous (a feeling I'd like to help them conquer). Our school, like many others, emphasizes encouraging students to become excellent readers and writers. As a Spanish teacher, I think it is important to emphasize those skills in the foreign language of study too.

My Project

In order to support students' literacy skills and to keep student participation high, we need dry-erase markers to use with the dry-erase sheets I already have. We do countless exercises in the classroom from memory games to translation challenges and more. Unfortunately, markers are a resource that require constant replenishment and with budgets the way they are, the school can't afford to provide my students with this resource.

A donation to this project will allow students to put down the textbook and engage in lessons actively.

It will allow them to not only practice their oral language skills but also those written language skills that are often so hard to master without adequate practice. I love the Spanish language and I want to grow this enthusiasm in my students--your donation will support this goal!

Ms. Mooney
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
MARKER DRY ERASE EXPO LOW ODOR FINE ASST PACK OF 12 • School Specialty Inc. $14.81 6 $88.86
SHAMTASTIC!-GJO58454 6-PK • School Specialty Inc. $6.17 2 $12.34

Materials cost

$101.20

Vendor shipping charges

 $10.12

Sales tax

 $6.07

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.52

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$148.91

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$26.28

Total project goal

$175.19

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $175.19

4 Donors

-$80.45

Donations toward project cost

-$74.45

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$6.00

match offer

-$87.60

Match offer toward project cost

-$74.46

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$13.14

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$7.14

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 $0.00

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