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Ms. Desimone from Staten Island, NY is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Experience Learning Through Games and Computers

Help me give my students the tools to become fluent readers through games and books.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Desimone's classroom raised $265

This project is fully funded

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Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Project

My students are the product of a year long lockdown. They entered first grade pre-emergent readers, lacking social skills. and very little number sense. I'm proud to say they worked hard and came to schools prepared to learn and focus. The majority of the class are now reading and are socially age appropriate. They still have a long road ahead to make up for the time lost but they are eager to learn.

It's important to offer your students choice, they chose how they want to learn and what tools they need to complete a task.

Using games to teach phonics makes it fun and engaging. Learning correct formation of numbers and letters by using sandpaper letters helps them do just that.

We use google slides so having a slide changer is a quick way to move to the next slide and not interrupt learning.

Help my students succeed in a very challenging and competitive world.

Ms. Desimone PS 18 John G Whittier Grades PreK-2

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Staten Island, NY View local requests

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

25 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
EE417 - Word Family Flip Books • Lakeshore Learning Materials $69.99 1 $69.99
JJ157 - Whats the Rhyme? Sorting Houses • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
Elite Montessori Lower and Capital Case Sandpaper Letters with Boxes • Amazon Business $29.99 1 $29.99
Key Education Lowercase Letters: Textured Touch and Trace Cards—Color-Coded Alphabet Cards with Tracing Points and Directional Arrows, Alphabet Learning and Letter Recognition Skills (26 pc) • Amazon Business $14.35 2 $28.70
Presentation Clicker Wireless Presenter Remote Clicker for PowerPoint Presentation Remote, RF 2.4GHz USB Presentation Clicker PPT PowerPoint Clicker for Mac, Keynote, Computer, Laptop • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
NinABXY Laser Pointer Presentation Clicker for Powerpoint Presentation Remote, 2.4GHz Powerpoint Clicker with Laser Pointer for Presentations, Wireless Presenter Remote for Mac, Laptop, Cat Toys • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99

Materials cost

$191.65

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.87

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$224.52

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$39.62

Total project goal

$264.14

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$264.14

1 Donor

-$176.09

Donations toward project cost

-$149.68

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.41

match offer

-$88.05

Match offer toward project cost

-$74.84

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$13.21

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$0.00

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