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Mrs. S. from Springfield, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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ESL Students Learn to Read!

Help me give my students reading fluency books to help them improve their fluency skills in English.

  • $183 goal

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Mrs. S. has another project! Donate to Help Us Start the School Year Organized to help her classroom.

All donations currently matched!
You can complete this project for $192.
1.5X

My Students

What? I have to read and write again? That is what I face each day when it comes to reading and writing with my ESL students. They struggle with these subjects, so they don't want to practice them. I need materials that I can use to engage them during class time to be better readers and writers.

My students are all at-risk struggling English as Second Language learners.

They struggle because they are all English as a Second Language students, and they don't always understand the English language. My students are from China, Yemen, Russia, and Mexico. They really try hard when it comes to learning, but they have the language obstacle to overcome. My students face many obstacles during the school day, and anything I can do to improve their skills will benefit them a great deal. They want to learn, but they don't have the materials to practice reading and writing at home.

My Project

We are requesting workbooks that are titled Increasing Fluency, Extra Practice for Struggling Readers, Week by Week Fluency Practice and other workbooks to improve the reading, writing, and language skills of my students. You will be providing my students with high-interest activities so I can teach reading skills along with the English language. It is very important that these students learn to read so they can be successful in school. If they are able to read and communicate in English, their lives will become so much easier. The workbooks I have chosen are grade level workbooks that the students will be able to improve their reading, listening, speaking, and writing skills in English. This will give my students the opportunity to improve their reading comprehension, fluency, and understanding of the English language. We will be learning valuable skills with these workbooks

Mrs. S. Black Hawk Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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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

18 students impacted 3donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Increasing Fluency with High Frequency Word Phrases Grade 1 (Increasing Fluency Using High Frequency Word Phrases) • Amazon Business $29.49 1 $29.49
Increasing Fluency with High Frequency Word Phrases Grade 3 (Increasing Fluency Using High Frequency Word Phrases) • Amazon Business $27.56 1 $27.56
Fluency Practice, Grades 2-3 • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
3-Minute Reading Assessments: Word Recognition, Fluency, and Comprehension: Grades 1-4 (Three-minute Reading Assessments) • Amazon Business $13.28 1 $13.28
Week-by-Week Homework for Building Reading Comprehension & Fluency: Grade 1 (Week-by-Week Homework For Building Reading Comprehension and Fluency) • Amazon Business $10.39 1 $10.39
Extra Practice for Struggling Readers: High-Frequency Words: Motivating Practice Packets That Help Intermediate Students Master 240 Essential Words They Need to Know to Succeed in Reading and Writing • Amazon Business $9.70 1 $9.70
Extra Practice for Struggling Readers: Phonics: Motivating Practice Packets That Help Intermediate Students Build Essential Decoding Skills to Succeed in Reading and Writing • Amazon Business $9.70 1 $9.70
Week-by-Week Homework for Building Reading Comprehension & Fluency: Grades 2x963: 30 Reproducible High-Interest Passages for Kids to Read Aloud at ... Building Reading Comprehension and Fluency) • Amazon Business $9.29 1 $9.29

Materials cost

$123.40

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.85

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$155.25

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$27.40

Total project goal

$182.65

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $182.65

2 Donors

-$91.32

Donations toward project cost

-$77.62

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$13.70

match offer

-$91.33

Match offer toward project cost

-$77.63

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$13.70

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 $0.00

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