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Ms. Kidder from Minneapolis MN is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Foundational Phonics Tools

Help me give my students the words, vowels, and phonics tools to help them become confident and successful readers.

  • $605 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are a curious, thoughtful, and enthusiastic bunch of first and second graders from Minneapolis.

My students' love of learning is contagious and I am often in awe of their questions and curiosity about our world.

They have had a unique school experience due to COVID-19, and have spent the majority of their education career at home doing distance learning. Despite this, they come to our class eager and ready to learn every day.

My Project

I am requesting a variety of engaging materials to help maximize students’ learning during our literacy block.

Research shows that children learn to read best through explicit and hands-on instruction.

I have selected an array of materials that literally puts learning into the students’ hands. With these materials, students can physically build and take apart words, in turn deepening their phonological understanding of the English language. Not only do these materials engage multiple senses, which further enhances student learning; they will allow more variety in how I teach and how students interact with phonics in our small groups and in turn increase student interest. They make learning more fun!

Ms. Kidder
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
LL800X - Phonics Magnetic Sorting Tiles - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $115.00 1 $115.00
LA374 - Blends Digraphs Teaching Tubs • Lakeshore Learning Materials $89.99 1 $89.99
LC682 - Vowel Teaching Tubs • Lakeshore Learning Materials $89.99 1 $89.99
PP715X - Mini Magic Boards - Set of 10 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
RA417 - Lakeshore Word Building Blocks • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
GG200X - Sound-It-Out Phonics Puzzles • Lakeshore Learning Materials $36.99 1 $36.99
LA363 - Phonics Word Builder Magnetic Kit • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
EE107 - Word Family Practice Cards • Lakeshore Learning Materials $24.99 1 $24.99

Materials cost

$476.93

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.15

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$514.08

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$90.72

Total project goal

$604.80

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$604.80

8 Donors

-$604.80

Donations toward project cost

-$514.08

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$90.72

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$0.00

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