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

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Flashlight Friday Reading

Help me give my students learn to enjoy and want to read daily!

  • $301 goal

This project expired on February 14, 2024.

This project expired on February 14, 2024.

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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

This projects purpose it to help my student love reading. My goal is to make reading fun so they are motivated to read. My team has come up with "flashlight Friday."

As we all know children love playing with flashlights.

Therefore I want to use flashlights as a motivator for my students. On Fridays we are going to turn the lights out for a couple of hours and read. We will play games, practice sight words, read the word wall and read books during this time.

Please help my students learn to enjoy reading.

Ms. Chandler Jefferson Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Utica, 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

8 students impacted

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lakeshore Fiction Sight-Word Readers - Level 2 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
Kid-Sized Flashlights - Set of 6 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $24.99 2 $49.98
Lakeshore Magnetic Sight-Word Sentence Board • Lakeshore Learning Materials $34.99 1 $34.99
Step 1 Sight Word Books - Set of 8 • Kaplan Early Learning Company $34.16 1 $34.16
Carson-Dellosa Sight Words Bingo Board Game • Staples $16.52 1 $16.52
Sight-Words Pocket Chart Cards • Lakeshore Learning Materials $12.99 1 $12.99
TREND enterprises Inc. Sight Words Level 2 Bingo Game (T-6076) • Staples $11.79 1 $11.79
Lakeshore Sight-Word Rings - Level 1 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $5.99 1 $5.99
Lakeshore Sight-Word Rings - Level 2 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $5.99 1 $5.99

Materials cost

$222.40

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.34

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$255.74

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$45.13

Total project goal

$300.87

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