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Ms. Backman from San Jose, CA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Help Kindergarteners Learn to Read!

The cost of 1 Interactive Decodable Classroom Library and 1 Phonemic Awareness Series from LeapFrog SchoolHouse is $1007, including shipping and <a target="new" href="http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm" onclick="g_openWindow('http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm', 300, 800, 'fulfillwindow');return false;">fulfillment</a>.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Backman's classroom raised $1,007

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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.

I am a kindergarten teacher in low income school in San Jose, California. Everyday I strive to excite my students to enjoy reading. Children love to work with computers and technology and often learn better when they feel like they are playing a game and having fun. For this reason, I would like for my students to have the opportunity to use LeapPads and the LeapPad books in their center activities. These books will provide children with the chance to listen to books, sound out words, and read independently with the touch of a pen. My students will be able to use these during centers as well as during any extra time they have during the day. To give my students the chance to work with these fun and educational resources, I will need 6 LeapPad sets (including adaptors, batteries, and headphones) as well as reading and phonics books to use with the LeapPads. These books and LeapPads will benefit 20 students in this new school year. Please help me motivate my students to learn to read!

Ms. Backman Jeanne Meadows Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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More than half of 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
Interactive Decodable Classroom Libraries - Kindergarten 6 LeapPad PLTs, headphones, AC adapters, batteries, 12 Phonics skill cards (Levels 1-2), and 10 Interactive decodable books (Levels 1-2) • LeapFrog SchoolHouse $543.00 1 $543.00
Phonemic Awareness Series-Introductory Set without LeapPad PLT 1 Copy of each title (6 books total) and Teacher's Manual • LeapFrog SchoolHouse $122.00 1 $122.00

Materials cost

$665.00

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

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3rd party payment processing fee

Fulfillment labor & materials

Total project cost

$825.13

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$181.13

Total project goal

$1,006.26

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$1,006.26

2 Donors

-$951.15

Donations toward project cost

-$826.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$125.15

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$56.17

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$0.00

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