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Mrs. Sissell from Wichita KS is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Expo Markers Make Improved Writing a Reality

Help me give my students dry erase markers for easy-to-improve, easy-to-share writing practice!

  • $181 goal

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My Students

My middle-school students come from diverse backgrounds, both racially and socioeconomically. Yet each comes to my classroom expecting me to teach him/her Spanish, and most for the first time ever. They trust me to meet each of them where they are academically and emotionally and expertly guide them along the path to proficiency. I trust them to give me their full attention, enthusiasm, and best effort every day.

Mutual trust enables my students to thrive in a class where 90 to 95% of teaching and learning is in Spanish.

Together, we act out stories, interview each other, discuss videos, listen to music, play games, read, write, and joke—all in Spanish.

My students expect to learn Spanish, but they don't expect the sense of community that results from personal engagement with the language and each other. They know their classmates well and are tolerant of one another's idiosyncrasies. Each class has inside jokes none of my other classes would understand or appreciate. It's that sense of community my students love the ​most.

My Project

We have been teaching and learning face-to-face for two months so far and oh my goodness! I'd forgotten just how many dry erase markers we can go through in a month! Let alone two. These dry erase markers *should* last my students the rest of the school year. They use dry erase markers weekly, if not daily. The have easy access to them in a pencil pouch attached to their chairs. And, although I remind them every time to re-attach the cap tightly, many dry out before they wear out.

Your generous donation to fund dry erase markers for hundreds of middle school Spanish students would be so beneficial, espeically to their writing.

Dry erase markers & individual whiteboards make writing practice more effective by enabling me to provide discrete, indivudalized feedback moments after mistakes are made. These writing practice session make real improvements in students' writing assessments. Your contribution would make a real difference in my students practice and learning. Thank you!

Mrs. Sissell
Grades 6-8

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
EXPO Low Odor Dry Erase Marker | Chisel Tip Markers | Whiteboard Markers, Black, 36 Count • Amazon Business $19.97 4 $79.88
2 Dozens of Expo Chisel Tip Dry Erase, Low Odor, Blue • Amazon Business $16.76 2 $33.52

Materials cost

$113.40

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $7.99

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.70

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$153.09

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$27.02

Total project goal

$180.11

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $180.11

29 Donors

-$175.75

Donations toward project cost

-$153.09

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.66

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.36

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 $0.00

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