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Mr. Herman from Portland OR is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Help Growing Readers Excel With Phonics Practice!

Help me give my students access to the most important skill of all. Empower our struggling readers by allowing access to systematic phonics practice to supplement our literacy curriculum that lacks depth in this domain.

  • 7 donors
  • $55 still needed

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  • 7 donors
  • $55 still needed
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My Project

Students who struggle with reading in third grade and do not meet benchmark by the end of the year are found to struggle in many ways throughout their educational and personal life. Please help me prevent this trend by providing access to phonics practice (workbooks, phonics centers, games) that meets them at their level and allows them to take on the challenges of reading with enthusiasm and confidence. Your generosity will allow me to support struggling readers in my third grade classroom by providing tools for literacy center practice, independent practice and at home practice. With this more supportive foundation, reading will become more accessible and we can effectively fill the gap between current reading levels and grade level benchmark. The profound impact this has can not be understated. Lack of reading skills determines so many outcomes in later life. Please help me support our future! Thank you!

Mr. Herman
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Structured Literacy Interventions: Teaching Students with Reading Difficulties, Grades K-6 (The Guilford Series on Intensive Instruction) • Amazon Business $38.44 1 $38.44
Clever Noodle Kangaroo Cravings Award Winning Learn to Read 300 High-Frequency Sight Words Board Game - Learn Essential Words to Reading in Weeks, PreK to 3rd Grade, Sound & Spell Words, Reading Game • Amazon Business $27.19 1 $27.19
Take It to Your Seat Phonics Centers, Grades 1-2 • Amazon Business $24.99 1 $24.99
Take It to Your Seat Phonics Centers, Grades 2-3 • Amazon Business $22.19 1 $22.19
Scholastic Week-by-Week Phonics Workbook Packets - Grades K-3 - Kids • School Specialty $16.49 1 $16.49
Clever Noodle Kangaroo Cravings Noun Expansion Pack • Amazon Business $11.76 1 $11.76
Spectrum Word Study and Phonics (Grade 3) • Staples $11.75 1 $11.75
Spectrum Phonics Grade 2, Ages 7 to 8, Grade 2 Phonics Workbook, Blends, Consonants, Vowel Sounds and Pairs, Letters, Words, and Sentence Writing Practice - 160 Pages • Amazon Business $8.79 1 $8.79
Spectrum Grade 1 Phonics Workbook, Ages 6 to 7, Phonics Workbook Grade 1, Vowel, Consonant, Ending Sounds and Pairs, Letters, Words, and Sentence Writing Practice - 160 Pages • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99

Materials cost

$169.59

Vendor shipping charges

$1.65

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.54

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$203.78

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$35.96

Total project goal

$239.74

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$239.74

7 Donors

-$185.00

Donations toward project cost

-$157.25

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$27.75

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$54.74

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