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Mrs. Goodine from Washington DC is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Explicit Alphabet Knowledge

Help me give my students alphabet knowledge. My students are heading into Kindergarten, I would like to give them a strong foundation in learning letters. The Alphabet Soup Sorters will help build that foundation.

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My Students

My pre-kindergarten students are full of life every day they come to school. However, at times they are not able to express themselves. Their lack of communication skills is due to their autism diagnosis. However, they come to school every day excited about learning and working hard on the goals set before them.

We are located in the Nation's capital and considered a Title I school due to the number of families that receive free or reduced-price lunches.

They attend a self-contained classroom for students with autism. Due to their disability, they can display aggressive and non-aggressive behaviors to communicate. A lot of what we do in the class is learning how to communicate so that the world will understand them. Learning their alphabet will allow them to have an advantage in Kindergarten.

My Project

My goal is to prepare my students for Kindergarten. Some of them will be able to go into a general education class and others will move to a Kindergarten self-contained Special Education classroom. Having these items will help prepare my students for both Kindergarten classes. Alphabet knowledge gives students a strong foundation in reading. Having various materials will give students multiple opportunities to learn letter identification, letter sounds, and words that begin with each letter.

We are located in the Nation's capital and considered a Title I school due to the number of families that receive free or reduced-price lunches.

Exposing students to letters will help to close the achievement gap. Reading opens a child's mind up to the world around them. Learning letters and letters sounds is the first step to a whole new world.

Mrs. Goodine
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Alphabet Soup Sorters • Kaplan Early Learning Company $58.46 1 $58.46
EE496 - Construct-A-Letter Activity Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
EE228 - Giant Alphabet Beads • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
LC742 - Find the Letter Activity Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $24.99 1 $24.99
LC207 - Magnetic Letters - Lowercase • Lakeshore Learning Materials $9.99 1 $9.99
LC206 - Magnetic Letters - Uppercase • Lakeshore Learning Materials $9.99 1 $9.99
Ladybug Letters • Kaplan Early Learning Company $9.86 1 $9.86

Materials cost

$203.27

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$12.20

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.05

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$248.52

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$43.86

Total project goal

$292.38

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$292.38

1 Donor

-$292.38

Donations toward project cost

-$248.52

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$43.86

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$0.00

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