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Mrs. Beach from Yorba Linda, CA is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Increasing Phonics and Writing Skills

Help me give my students to increase their phonics and writing skills by providing them with first grade composition books, phonics manipulatives, and fun writing prompt ideas.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Beach's classroom raised $490

This project is fully funded

My Students

My classroom is a place of exploration and discovery of the world around us! These first graders all come with their own personalities and backgrounds and one of the best ways we can learn is through collaboration and positive communication.

Oh the places we will go!

Throughout the year my students will problem-solve in the land of math, explore our amazing world through science, write about our opinions and the facts we have learned, and read every minute that we can! My students constantly strive to absorb as much information as possible and they learn best in a classroom that provides them with the tools they may need to continue exploring.

My Project

First grade is when students truly begin to develop their writing skills. At the end of first grade, my students are expected to write a five sentence paragraph independently, a skill which takes practice!

In this project, I am asking for tools which will help develop my first grade students' writing skills.

The project includes composition books with first grade appropriate lines and fun writing prompts to create a positive writing environment. Throughout the year, students will also need to practice spelling more complicated words, and the phonics tubs will be used to push students to sound out unknown words in their writing. Thank you for providing my students with the tools to increase their writing abilities!

Mrs. Beach Travis Ranch School Grades PreK-2 Yorba Linda, CA View local requests 33 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
FG465X Classic Primary Composition Book Set of 10 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $28.99 4 $115.96
LC682 Vowel Teaching Tubs • Lakeshore Learning Materials $79.99 1 $79.99
LA374 Blends Digraphs Teaching Tubs • Lakeshore Learning Materials $79.99 1 $79.99
LL904 Storyteller Writing Box • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
TT729BP Neon HeavyDuty Book Bin Bright Pink • Lakeshore Learning Materials $8.99 1 $8.99
TT729BO Neon HeavyDuty Book Bin Bright Orange • Lakeshore Learning Materials $8.99 1 $8.99
TT729GB Neon HeavyDuty Book Bin Bright Green • Lakeshore Learning Materials $8.99 1 $8.99
TT192BL Neon Lakeshore Paper Tray Bright Purple • Lakeshore Learning Materials $7.99 1 $7.99
TT192BB Neon Lakeshore Paper Tray Bright Blue • Lakeshore Learning Materials $7.99 1 $7.99

Materials cost

$348.88

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$31.92

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.23

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$416.03

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$73.42

Total project goal

$489.45

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$489.45

1 Donor

-$489.45

Donations toward project cost

-$416.03

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$73.42

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$0.00

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