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Ms. Kaitlin from Astoria, NY is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Help Us Tell Our Story! We Need Supplies for Writing!

My students need a Ready to Write! Prompt Box, Daily Reading Comp Activity book, and word spacers to help enhance their reading and writing skills in the classroom.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Kaitlin's classroom raised $326

This project is fully funded

My Students

Do you remember what it was like to use your imagination to write your own story? My students who are diagnosed with autism have difficultly thinking abstractly and need help with the basic skills needed to write their own stories.

I work with students aged 6-8 who are diagnosed with autism.

They are loving children who are adore books. My students love working on computers and if they have any down time you can find them sitting next to our classroom library searching for a new book to read. Although they are interested in reading, they have a lot of difficulty when it comes to writing and expressing themselves with words, that is why I need your help to get the best supplies possible for them.

My Project

These resources will help promote higher thinking skills through the use of writing prompts and activities. With the help of these prompts, my students will be able to express themselves and gain the starter skills for independent writing. Writing prompts will allow for my students to get into important habit of writing daily, inspiring creativity with unusual writing prompts to allow them to think abstractly, and of course just give my students a starting point. When it comes to writing, my students also have difficulty spacing their words, they are either too close or too far away from one another. With a line spacer, it will give my visual learners a guide as to where to start their next word. Finally, all of the comprehension material will help my students generalize their writing skills in other ways. My students have trouble generalizing skills into other academic areas, comprehension writing will allow them to practice their writing in other academic areas.

Please contribute whatever you can to help my students increase their educational experience.

Help these students learn the foundational skills for writing. Any donation would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much for your time and consideration!

Ms. Kaitlin PS255Q @ PS397 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.

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More than three‑quarters 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
AA469 - Ready to Write! Prompt Box - Gr. 1-3 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
Scholastic News, Grade 1 (min. 10 subscriptions per order) - 32 Issues / Min. 10 Subscriptions / Grade 1 • Scholastic Classroom Magazines $4.49 10 $44.90
PP457 - Daily Comprehension Common Core Practice Journal - Gr. 1-2 - Set of 10 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $37.50 1 $37.50
AA774 - Blank Hardcover Book - Set of 10 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
DR341 - Daily Reading Comprehension Activities - Grade 1 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
HM268 - American Heritage Picture Dictionary • Lakeshore Learning Materials $15.95 1 $15.95
DD854 - Word Spacers - Set of 30 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $14.99 1 $14.99
PP133 - Can Do! Phonemic Awareness Game - Single License CD-ROM • Lakeshore Learning Materials $14.99 1 $14.99

Materials cost

$238.30

Vendor shipping charges

$4.49

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.57

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$276.36

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$48.77

Total project goal

$325.13

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$325.13

6 Donors

-$235.13

Donations toward project cost

-$199.86

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$35.27

Matching donations from our partners

-$90.00

Match offers toward project cost

-$76.50

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$13.50

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$0.00

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