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Ms. Ben-Nissan from Van Nuys, CA is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Fluency, Fluency, Fluency 2

My students need an iPod touch and a speaker docking station to complete their listening center.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Ben-Nissan's classroom raised $388

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 Students

When students can read, everything is possible. My students need all the help they can get when it comes to fluency.

The students come from a mostly lower socioeconomic demographic, and many do not speak English at home.

Our school does its best to inspire the kids and bring the curriculum to life. But the challenges of limited budgets and language barriers make that mission difficult.

My Project

The Apple® iPod touch® 8GB MP3 Player and speaker docker station will allow us to have a modernized listening center, where students can work on educational games, record their own reading and play it back to hear their fluency and improve on it, and participate in reader's theater where they can record their plays and make a collection for parents.

Your donation will help us tremendously.

These small devices are the key to using technology to help these students with their fluency. They will be able to hone their skills in English reading with your help.

Ms. Ben-Nissan Erwin Elementary School Grades 3-5

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.

Van Nuys, CA 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

23 students impacted 17donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Sony RDP-M5iP - portable speakers with Apple dock • Best Buy $64.99 1 $64.99
Apple iPod touch digital player - Apple iOS 5 • Best Buy $189.99 1 $189.99

Materials cost

$254.98

Vendor shipping charges

$12.00

Sales tax

$23.33

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.82

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$329.13

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$58.08

Total project goal

$387.21

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$387.21

12 Donors

-$162.82

Donations toward project cost

-$156.07

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$6.75

Matching donations from our partners

-$203.60

Match offers toward project cost

-$173.06

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.54

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$20.79

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$0.00

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