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Ms. Shaw from Philadelphia, PA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Hands-On For My Kinders!

My students need magnetic letter tiles and phonics activity boards to use during literacy centers.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Shaw's classroom raised $513

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

My students love to learn and the best way to teach them is visually. I want my students to become more confident in speaking and expressing their thoughts and ideas. They adore me as much as I adore them, and we are a team in my classroom!

I have a total of 25 students, all of which are ELL's and many with high needs.

Most of them are in the beginning stage of speaking and listening. They are a joy to teach every day and are growing by leaps and bounds! Our school is very diverse and we have a strong administrative team with backgrounds in ESL. Our students come from many different countries including China, Burma, Nepal, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia, Uganda, Vietnam and more. Their families want them to learn and be successful in life. I am proud to call these children my students.

My Project

Every day my students participate in literacy learning centers while I conduct guided reading groups. My students needs basic activities that they can do independently. I have been struggling with time due to constantly creating my own activities which takes a lot of preparation. My students will learn how to distinguish between beginning, middle, and ending sounds in words. They will be provided with organized instructional materials that will boost their pre-reading skills and also be easy to use and easy clean up. They learn best through graphics and visuals, which these magnetic letter tiles and phonics activity boards will also provide.

My students need extensive support in reaching the academic goals of kindergarten.

These materials will improve their rate of learning and their ability to acquire the English language at a faster rate. My students will be one step closer to our classroom goal of being a successful student and one day attending college and establishing a career!

Ms. Shaw Francis Scott Key Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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.

Philadelphia, PA 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
RR793 - Magnetic Tub O’ Letters • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 5 $199.95
LL361 - Complete-The-Word Phonics Magnetic Board • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 5 $199.95

Materials cost

$399.90

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$435.90

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$76.92

Total project goal

$512.82

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$512.82

5 Donors

-$281.41

Donations toward project cost

-$239.20

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$42.21

Matching donations from our partners

-$231.41

Match offers toward project cost

-$196.70

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$34.71

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$0.00

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