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Mrs. A. from FL is requesting other through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Focusing on Reading

My students need reading guide strips to keep their eyes on the words and pictures after reading. These children's books will allow students the chance to use the strips.

  • $186 goal

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Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

Remember learning to read? For some it's a struggle and the pictures are more interesting. For others it is simple but the pictures are still interesting. My students are learning to read but can still be distracted by the pictures before they read the words.

My school is a Title One school that has a diverse school.

The majority of the population is African American students. The majority of my class is not on level in reading and need the help in focusing. They are eager to learn but are still more interested in pictures than words.

My Project

The resources I am asking for will help my students to focus on the words in a book and then the pictures instead of the pictures alone. The reading guide strips will keep their focus on one line of text at a time, keeping the amount of words manageable. The books requested will allows students to use the new reading guides to keep focus.

This is so important to my students because there needs to be a shift from looking at the pictures for meaning to reading the words for meaning and the pictures enhance the words.

My students need to realize the words provided describe the pictures not the other way around.

Mrs. A.
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
From Tadpole To Frog • Teachers' School Supply $5.99 2 $11.98
A Tree Is A Plant • Teachers' School Supply $5.99 2 $11.98
Monarch Butterfly • Teachers' School Supply $4.95 2 $9.90
The True Story Of The 3 Little Pigs • Teachers' School Supply $7.99 2 $15.98
Barack Obama • Teachers' School Supply $3.99 2 $7.98
Sharks! • Teachers' School Supply $3.99 2 $7.98
Abraham Lincoln • Teachers' School Supply $3.99 2 $7.98
Rocks And Minerals • Teachers' School Supply $3.99 2 $7.98
Big Pumpkin • Teachers' School Supply $6.99 2 $13.98
Ashley Productions - Reading Guide Strips Red • Teachers' School Supply $0.99 3 $2.97
Ashley Productions - Reading Guide Strips Yellow • Teachers' School Supply $0.99 3 $2.97
Ashley Productions - Reading Guide Strips Orange • Teachers' School Supply $0.99 3 $2.97
Ashley Productions - Reading Guide Strips Green • Teachers' School Supply $0.99 3 $2.97
Ashley Productions - Reading Guide Strips Blue • Teachers' School Supply $0.99 3 $2.97
Ashley Productions - Reading Guide Strips Pink • Teachers' School Supply $0.99 3 $2.97

Materials cost

$113.56

Vendor shipping charges

$12.49

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.70

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$157.75

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$27.84

Total project goal

$185.59

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$185.59

2 Donors

-$79.02

Donations toward project cost

-$78.87

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.15

match offer

-$92.80

Match offer toward project cost

-$78.88

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$13.92

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$13.77

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

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