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Mrs. Smolarek from Chicago IL is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Help Us with Guided Reading

The cost of a kidney shaped table and four stackable chairs from Kaplan Early Learning Company is $473, 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>.

  • $473 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

I am a second grade teacher on the south side of Chicago in a low income school. When I left my previous classroom, I did not take many of my own classroom materials because I did not want to deprive my former students of the environment that they had become familiar with. I also did not want to deprive the incoming teacher of quality materials. Now I find myself at the teacher store almost every other day acquiring materials that I depend on for quality instruction. The issue I am facing is the need for learning centers in my classroom. I am teaching a group of primary students that have never been exposed to learning centers or guided reading. Guided reading is known as the best practice for reading instruction, because it allows for individual and differentiated instruction. My students and I would be grateful if a generous donor would be willing to donate a kidney shaped reading table and four chairs to our classroom. A kidney shaped reading table would allow me to facilitate a more effective guided reading group. My students would be able to focus better on instruction and learning if they were able to participate in a small group instruction. A guided reading table would allow me to provide quality literacy instruction to my primary students.

Mrs. Smolarek
Grades PreK-2

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
36X72 KIDNEY TABLE 21-30 HEIGHT YELLOW • Kaplan Early Learning Company $199.95 1 $199.95
STACKABLE CHAIR 17.5 INCHYELLOW • Kaplan Early Learning Company $31.95 4 $127.80

Materials cost

$327.75

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

3rd party payment processing fee

Fulfillment labor & materials

Total project cost

$387.45

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$85.05

Total project goal

$472.50

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $472.50

1 Donor

-$445.57

Donations toward project cost

-$388.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$57.57

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$27.60

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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