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Ms. Winners from Chicago, IL is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Hands-on: From Sounds to Writing!

Help me give my students manipulating magnetic letters and teaching the alphabet/letter names and phonemes with engaging resources, nursery rhymes and fun activities.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Winners's classroom raised $438

This project is fully funded

My Project

Many of my reading intervention students entering kindergarten through second grade do not yet know basic letter names and sounds. The resources and materials in this project will my students needing additional support in literacy.

Young students need structured, repetitive practice daily, in a variety of ways, using hands-on resources to help them understand how language works.

My students will use the reproducible picture cards, word cards, magnetic letter tiles and manipulatives to bridge their understanding of letters and sounds to writing.

This practice is essential and a base for reading. Students comes to my class for 30 minutes per day. A part of our daily routine is practicing learning letters in isolation, the phoneme (sound) that goes with letters and manipulating sounds in words. The teacher resources will guide planning and prepare engaging multi-sensory learning experiences

Your donation will help give my students dozens of fun activities that will help them listen to language and play with sounds - essential readiness skills for phonics instruction and strong reading success!

Ms. Winners New Sullivan Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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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.

Chicago, IL 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
Lakeshore Draw and Print Write & Wipe Boards • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
Lakeshore Build-A-Word! Magnet Board - 4-Letter Words • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
Lakeshore Build-A-Word! Magnet Board - 3-Letter Words • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
Single 9" x 12" Magnetic Dry Erase Board • Kaplan Early Learning Company $6.26 5 $31.30
Magnetic Handwriting Paper • Teachers' School Supply $27.99 1 $27.99
Lakeshore Write & Wipe Thin-Line Markers - Class Pack • Lakeshore Learning Materials $27.99 1 $27.99
Nursery Rhyme Flip Chart • Teachers' School Supply $24.99 1 $24.99
Creative Teaching Press - Phonemic Awareness Gr Pk-2 • Teachers' School Supply $16.99 1 $16.99
Daily Word Ladders Gr K-1 • Teachers' School Supply $14.99 1 $14.99
Explode The Code Book 1, Literacy & Phonics, 2nd Edition • School Specialty $9.09 1 $9.09
Explode The Code Book 3, Literacy & Phonics, 2nd Edition • School Specialty $9.09 1 $9.09
Explode The Code Book 5, Literacy & Phonics, 2nd Edition • School Specialty $9.09 1 $9.09
Explode The Code Book 2, Literacy & Phonics, 2nd Edition • School Specialty $9.09 1 $9.09
Explode The Code Book 6, Literacy & Phonics, 2nd Edition • School Specialty $9.09 1 $9.09
Explode The Code Book 4, Literacy & Phonics, 2nd Edition • School Specialty $9.09 1 $9.09
Kindergarten Writing Letters • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64

Materials cost

$322.40

Vendor shipping charges

$14.80

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.84

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$372.04

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$65.65

Total project goal

$437.69

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$437.69

2 Donors

-$218.83

Donations toward project cost

-$186.01

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$32.82

match offer

-$218.86

Match offer toward project cost

-$186.03

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$32.83

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