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Mrs. Lopez-Hernandez from Los Angeles, CA is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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If I Can Touch It, I Can Read It!

My students need an iPad2 to develop the essential reading skills needed to become literate and succeed in all academic areas.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Lopez-Hernandez's classroom raised $692

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

Did you have trouble reading when you were a child or know a child who does? And no matter how many times the teacher taught and reviewed the sounds, when it came time to put them all together to read a word you or someone you know just couldn't do it? Well that's what's happening to my students.

My students are English Language Learners attending a public school in California.

They are kinesthetic, auditory, and visual learners who are not given a chance to learn through these modalities. They need to see the way reading works and sounds through the use of tactile manipulatives, such as the iPad2, which addresses all 3 modalities. They come from low income families in which many times both parents work in order to maintain their household. Since my students are English Language Learners they need as many visual aides as possible to make their learning more meaningful and comprehensible. They need to explicitly see how sounds can be physically manipulated to form new words, and in turn discover common word patterns that will aide them in reading. Unfortunately, at home my students don't have technological access due to economic hardships. The only place they are able to access technology is at school and our school is limited due to severe budget cuts.

My Project

I know that the iPad2 is a technological device that will help my students accomplish their reading goals in an exiting and interactive way. There are many educational applications and websites I can program into the iPad2 that will help them manipulate sounds, move them around to form words, and read and listen to stories through a visual library application. Currently, I am unable to provide my students with the technological access needed to accomplish these goals because our classroom has two computers that freeze every time my students try to access websites that provide interactive activities that will help them become successful readers. If our project is funded I plan to have 15 minute student rotations throughout the day to give each child an opportunity to access reading applications that will help them blend words, identify initial, medial and ending sounds, and listen to stories modeled by skilled readers.

It is very important that our project get funded in order for me to be able to provide my students with kinesthetic, auditory, and visual opportunities needed to become literate.

With your generous support my students will not only learn essential reading skills, but will also learn how to use technology. This is extremely essential in order for them to be able to compete with students who are technologically advanced.

Mrs. Lopez-Hernandez Magnolia Avenue Elementary School 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 49donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
iPad2 16GB with Wi-Fi-Black • Apple Store $499.00 1 $499.00

Materials cost

$499.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $46.21

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.48

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$587.69

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$103.71

Total project goal

$691.40

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $691.40

47 Donors

-$691.40

Donations toward project cost

-$587.69

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$103.71

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