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Mrs. Trout from Athens, AL is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Kindergarten Alive!

Help me give my students the Letters Alive Program to help beginning and at-risk students improve their literacy skills so they can learn to read at grade level and increase their reading comprehension, and reading attention span.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Trout's classroom raised $403

This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are an excited bunch of learners. We are a STEM school with emphasis on science through project based learning. We develop our units through our science standards so our subjects are meshed together.

The students in my class are some of the most caring, exploratory and hard working students that I have taught.

They are always asking questions and trying to learn as much as they can about what we are focused on. They make my job fun and I am thankful I get to spend my day with them.

My Project

The objective of the Letters alive Program is to help beginning and at-risk students improve their literacy skills so they can learn to read at grade level and increase their reading comprehension, and reading attention span. I expect to see dramatic improvements with most of the students increasing their reading ability significantly. The Letters alive Program provides students with access to the advanced technology of augmented reality. My kindergarten students are very inquisitive and love our animals unit. The literacy and science connections that will be made will make them extremely excited to learn letters and words. I hope that this project will provide them with extra support to be successful when they move to first grade.

Mrs. Trout Spark Academy at James Cowart Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Athens, AL View local requests

More than half of 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

18 students impacted 29donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Letters alive Plus Word Families Deck • Alive Studios $59.95 1 $59.95
Letters alive Plus Kindergarten Sight Word Deck • Alive Studios $49.95 1 $49.95
Math alive Card Deck • Alive Studios $40.00 1 $40.00
Letters alive Plus Quick Intro Deck • Alive Studios $39.95 1 $39.95
Letters alive Plus Pre-K Sight Word Deck • Alive Studios $39.95 1 $39.95
Letters alive Plus Alphabet Deck • Alive Studios $29.95 1 $29.95
Letters alive Alphabet Posters • Alive Studios $15.00 1 $15.00
Tracking Mat • Alive Studios $10.00 1 $10.00

Materials cost

$284.75

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$23.21

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.27

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$342.23

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$60.39

Total project goal

$402.62

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$402.62

27 Donors

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Donations toward project cost

-$0.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

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$402.62

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