You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). Keep up the great work!
Take credit for your charitable giving! Check out your tax receipts
To use your $50 gift card credits, find a project to fund and we'll automatically apply your credits at checkout. Find a classroom project
Skip to main content

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.

Your school email address was successfully verified.

Ms. Gordon from Matthews NC is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Getting Fired Up About Literacy, With the Kindle Fire!

My students need a Kindle Fire to get them fired up about literacy!

  • $1,964 goal

This project expired on December 13, 2017.

This project expired on December 13, 2017.

My Students

I have a class of 21 eager to learn 1st graders! My students come to school eager to learn and interact with their friends. My class consist of various economic and ethnic backgrounds. I have special educations students, ELL students and learners of a variety of academic levels.

With a focus on growing every student to encompass 21st century skills, we want to make sure all of our students have the tools to be successful inside and outside of the classroom with the use of technology.

Not all of our student have the resources and experience with technology at home, so we try to give all of our students the opportunity to have access to technology which is apart of everyday life. I want my students to be lifelong learners, in order to make this happen, my classroom needs to be a fun, engaging place to be and to learn and I am confident that having modern technology in our classroom will definitely achieve this goal!

My Project

My school has a few over 1000 students with only 1 computer/technology lab for the entire school to share. The upper grades are equipped with one to one Chromebooks, while the pre-K through 2nd grade students all share outdated iPad carts which becomes very difficult to share. Much of our learning time is disrupted with distributing, collecting, and delivering iPads among the classes. Most of the iPads on the carts are not working or have trouble holding a charge long enough for the students to use during center time.

My students need access to modern technology in order to prepare them for the skills they need to be successful 21st century learners.

My students will use Kindle Fire tablets in the classroom to incorporate literacy and technology as well as allowing the students time to become more familiar with educational technology. They will also use them to increase their reading comprehension, listening, and fluency skills in addition to allowing them to gain more practice with various reading learning apps. With the Kindle Fire tablets they will be able to do research in the classroom for group and partner projects. This will be especially beneficial for my ELL students. Giving them yet another useful tool to become successful and help them develop and grow in our classroom. As their teacher, I would like to give all of my students every resource possible to grow them as readers and lifelong learners, and I am confident that the Kindle Fire tablets will allow them to reach these goals as they listen to and interact with Literacy on tablets.

Ms. Gordon
Grades PreK-2

Boost your odds

Add a profile photo in addition to your classroom photo. If you add a photo, it'll show up right here on your project page.

You are more likely to receive funding if you put a face to your name.

Upload a photo

Top rated for efficiency and transparency.

You donate directly to the teacher or project you care about and see where every dollar you give goes.

Expand the "Where your donation goes" section below to see exactly what Ms. Gordon is requesting.

See our finances

TEACHERS, FEELING INSPIRED?

You can start a project with the same resources being requested here!

Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
All-New Fire HD 8 Kids Edition Tablet, 8" HD Display, 32 GB, Blue Kid-Proof Case • Amazon Business $99.99 15 $1,499.85

Materials cost

$1,499.85

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$116.99

3rd party payment processing fee

$22.50

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,669.34

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$294.59

Total project goal

$1,963.93

Our team works hard to negotiate the best pricing and selections available.

View complete list Show less

Support your local school!

Donate directly to any school in the US. Your donation will go towards directly purchasing urgent supplies.

Find a local school

Project Activity

{"pmaHash":"","schoolCity":"Matthews","showProjectRecommendations":true,"teachersOnPage":[2371262],"isTeacherViewingTheirOwnProject":false,"hideTeacherDetails":false,"schoolState":"NC","teacherPossessivePronoun":"her","PMsManager":null,"schoolGradeType":{"id":1,"name":"Early Education"},"TeacherPMForms":{},"proposalId":2704576,"proposalMessageFormModel":null,"numActiveProjects":0,"completingDonationAmount":1964,"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"proposalURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/project/getting-fired-up-about-literacy-with-th/2704576/","verifyShowPhotos":"","eligibleToBeCopied":false,"mayHaveReplacements":false,"numStudents":21,"teacherScreenName":"Ms. Gordon","isEquityFocus":false,"authorIds":{"2371262":{"owner":"Ms. Gordon","donationSalutations":{}}},"displayedPercentFunded":0.0,"proposalsOnPage":[2704576],"proposalHash":"-1715684852","isApplePayMobileOnly":true,"progressBarPercentage":0.00,"pmaId":"","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/136/teacher-placeholder-2_136.png","teacherHasProfilePhoto":false,"currentWorkflowStatusCode":7,"teacherChallengeId":408265,"photosPublished":false,"queryString":"","DonorPMForm":null,"isApplePayEnabled":true,"fundedByTarget":false,"activeProject":null,"donorIdsForImpactPhotoCheck":[],"teacherId":2371262,"schoolCounty":"Mecklenburg","fullyFunded":false,"isStudentLed":false,"isExpired":true,"schoolStateObj":{"code":"NC","name":"North Carolina"}}