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

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I Can Learn With Sensory Materials

My students need these special needs materials to be successful students. We need dough mats, letter sound matching boards and more.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Rodriguez's classroom raised $492

This project is fully funded

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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.

My Students

My students are fantastic, amazing and energetic K-2 graders. My students are special needs, non-verbal, and autistic who live in a urban neighborhoods on the south side of the city of Chicago. My students come from different areas of the south side and attend a school with general education students. Together we provide an learning environment that allows all students to thrive in their education.

My students are wonderful, spirited and can light up a room with their presence.

My students have overcome many challenges, and I want to provide them a classroom environment that will help them thrive and continue to have success in school and at home. My students love to learn and are very eager to learn. Using these sensory materials, I can help my students become more engaged in their learning process.

My Project

My students will use these sensory supplies in the classroom everyday. The tactical letters and numbers materials will help the students practice the letter formation with their fingers, which will will help the students with their writing their letters, numbers and their name. The Letter and Math Dough Mats, with the messy mats will help my students with letter and number formation using a different sensory method. The magnetic alphabet match game, allows for students to sort the uppercase and lower cases letters and fine motor skills. The tell a story nursery rhyme, would help my students with comprehension of the story and provide them the opportunity to display their comprehension to other students, family members and other teachers about the nursery rhyme, independently.

Providing my students with materials to be successful in my classroom is my job.

These materials will be helpful for my students to be successful in the classroom. The students will be working hard on learning but they will also be engaged and using the materials daily. I want my students to understand that they are able to do their best and learn in my classroom.

Ms. Rodriguez Augustin Lara Elementary Academy Grades PreK-2

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Nearly all 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

20 students impacted 1donor

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
LL676 - Magnetic Alphabet Maze • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
FF498 - Letter-Sound Matching Board • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
PP670 - Foam Sensory Paint - 5-Color Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 2 $39.98
TS281Z - Easy-Squeeze Scissors - Set of 12 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
LL261 - Tell-A-Story Nursery Rhyme Kit • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
RE322 - Lakeshore Sensory Ball Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $27.99 1 $27.99
TG165 - Messy Mats - Set of 5 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $12.99 2 $25.98
TC172VT - Mold & Play Moon Sand - Purple • Lakeshore Learning Materials $24.99 1 $24.99
TC172BU - Mold & Play Moon Sand - Blue • Lakeshore Learning Materials $24.99 1 $24.99
TC172GR - Mold & Play Moon Sand - Green • Lakeshore Learning Materials $24.99 1 $24.99
EE258 - Tactile Letters - Uppercase • Lakeshore Learning Materials $14.99 1 $14.99
EE259 - Tactile Letters - Lowercase • Lakeshore Learning Materials $14.99 1 $14.99
HH396 - Tactile Numbers Match-Ups • Lakeshore Learning Materials $14.99 1 $14.99
LL139 - Fine Motor Tweezer Tongs - Set of 4 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $3.99 3 $11.97
LA299 - Learn the Alphabet! Dough Mats • Lakeshore Learning Materials $7.99 1 $7.99
LL688 - Learn to Count! Dough Mats • Lakeshore Learning Materials $7.99 1 $7.99

Materials cost

$381.80

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.73

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$417.53

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$73.68

Total project goal

$491.21

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $491.21

1 Donor

-$491.21

Donations toward project cost

-$417.53

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$73.68

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 $0.00

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