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Mrs. Ward from Irwin, PA is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Help Improve Our Writing Skills!

Help me give my students writing activities to encourage creative writing in our classroom.

  • $329 goal

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My Students

My school is a K-5 building with over 400 students in attendance. My students come from many different backgrounds with diverse learning needs.

I was recently hired as a second grade teacher, and I want to make learning exciting and engaging for my students.

My Project

I would love to provide my students with writing activities that aren't just students working at their seats using paper/pencil. These activities will allow students to work independently and in small groups to gain a better understanding of creative writing, writing in complete sentences, and using capital letters/punctuation properly. These students have yet to have a "normal" year due to the pandemic and we are seeing a huge learning gap. Not only are students struggling with writing, but reading too. These activities can be implemented during both guided reading groups, as well as during our designated writing block time.

Mrs. Ward
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
TT550 - Creating Sight-Word Sentences Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
HH706 - Flip Read Sight-Word Sentences • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
EE136 - Trace Write Story Stencils • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
LC1639 - Magnetic Story Board • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
FF236 - Sequence Write Story Tiles • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
LM234 - Capitalization Punctuation Grab Play Game - Gr 1-2 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $21.99 1 $21.99
AA997 - Build-A-Story Flip Book • Lakeshore Learning Materials $16.99 1 $16.99
GG139 - Build-A-Paragraph Flip Book • Lakeshore Learning Materials $16.99 1 $16.99

Materials cost

$245.92

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.69

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$279.61

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$49.34

Total project goal

$328.95

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$328.95

2 Donors

-$279.61

Donations toward project cost

-$279.61

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$49.34

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$0.00

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