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Mrs. Rita Oliva from Brooklyn, NY is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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It all Begins With Phonics!! Part I

The cost of the Lakeshore Phonics supplies is $228, 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>.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Rita Oliva's classroom raised $232

This project is fully funded

I teach third grade in an elementary school in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. Our school is a title one school. All our children get free lunch and most of them come from low income families that don't speak English. Most of our children speak two languages and English is their second language. Many of the children work on their homework alone at home because no one speaks English. I want to help the children learn so much more, but their Phonics skills are very poor. Without the basic phonics skills, reading and writing is very difficult for them. That is why we are asking for you to PLEASE HELP US BECOME BETTER READERS and WRITERS!! The materials we are asking for will enhance their phonics to become better readers and writers now and in the years to come.

Mrs. Rita Oliva PS 169 Sunset Park 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

42 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
TT335 - Word Family Magnets Center • Lakeshore Learning $39.95 1 $39.95
TW177 - Word for Word Phonics Game • Lakeshore Learning $29.95 1 $29.95
GG798 - Word Chunks Game • Lakeshore Learning $29.95 1 $29.95
RR285 - Build-A-Word Cubes • Lakeshore Learning $29.95 1 $29.95
TT180X - Sight-Word Bingo Game Set • Lakeshore Learning $29.50 1 $29.50

Materials cost

$159.30

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

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Fulfillment labor & materials

Total project cost

$189.63

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$41.63

Total project goal

$231.26

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$231.26

1 Donor

-$218.07

Donations toward project cost

-$190.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.07

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$13.64

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$0.00

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