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Ms. Bowen from Lahaina HI is requesting computers & tablets through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

ESL Students Need Visuals to Help Them learn!

Help me give my students a hand held device to view photographs/videos for visual references!

  • $536 goal

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Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

I teach ELD (English Learner Development) 3 and 4 classes in Maui, Hawaii. I relocated here from Los Angeles to help with the severe teacher shortage here. My ELD 3/4 students are newish to the country, within the past 1-2 years. They are excited to increase their English language skills and practice speaking English with each other. My students are generally enthusiastic learners, well behaved and motivated to become successful students

I especially appreciate their willingness for learning the English language and sticking with it even though it can be quite challenging at times.

Sometimes they can be quite shy at orally practicing their language skills, but it certainly helps that everyone is pretty much in the same boat.

ELD students tend to differ from the main student population as follows: living in crowded conditions with extended family, not having essential supplies.

My Project

The use of visual resources is a daily requirement in my EL classes. Students often need a visual reference for our grade level vocabulary words, as well as for simple every day words. The ability to quickly look up visuals on an iPad and have the students pass it around greatly improves their capacity for understanding our discussions.

I love seeing the looks of surprise and wonder on their faces when I can show them photographs and/or videos of the items we are studying.

This visual support helps cement these connections.

Ms. Bowen
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Apple - 10.2-Inch iPad (Latest Model) with Wi-Fi - 64GB - Space Gray • Best Buy Education $332.26 1 $332.26
AppleCare+ for iPad - 2 Year Plan • Best Buy Education $69.00 1 $69.00

Materials cost

$401.26

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$17.66

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.02

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$454.94

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$80.28

Total project goal

$535.22

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$535.22

6 Donors

-$535.22

Donations toward project cost

-$454.94

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$80.28

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$0.00

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