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Ms. Cassidy from New Haven, CT is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Fun with Phonics

My students need a Phonemic Awareness Learning Center Set and a Phonics Magnetic Word Building Boards set in order to help them develop phonics skills necessary for reading.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Cassidy's classroom raised $375

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My Students

My classroom is a resource room where I provide special education services for my students. Most of them come to my room either once or twice a day in order to receive extra lessons in either reading, math or both subjects. I would like for my students to have hands on materials to practice phonics.

My students are special education students living in the inner city.

Many of my students are English Language Learners and they are all reading below grade level. Many of them require additional lessons in phonics in order to aid with their decoding skills.

My Project

My students need a Phonemic Awareness Learning Center Set and a Phonics Magnetic Word Building Boards set in order to help them develop phonics skills necessary for reading. My students will use these materials in order to help them with remedial phonics skills. Many of my students struggle with decoding strategies which are necessary for reading. These materials will help my students learn strategies such as decoding long vowels in magic e and vowel teams, consonant Digraphs and r controlled vowels, necessary to aid in their reading skills.

Any donations made to this project will improve my classroom by supplying us with more hands on materials for my students.

I have limited supplies in my classroom and I know that many of my students learn best through hands on experiences. By providing activities such as phonics puzzles and magnet board phonics games, rather than just using worksheets, my students can work on the decoding skills in a fun and engaging manner and hopefully apply the skills they learn to their reading.

Ms. Cassidy Clinton Avenue 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.

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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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
EE820X - Phonemic Awareness Instant Learning Centers - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $169.00 1 $169.00
FF455X - Phonics Magnetic Word Building Boards - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $115.00 1 $115.00

Materials cost

$284.00

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.26

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$318.26

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$56.16

Total project goal

$374.42

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$374.42

4 Donors

-$258.49

Donations toward project cost

-$219.72

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$38.77

match offer

-$115.93

Match offer toward project cost

-$98.54

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$17.39

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$0.00

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