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Mrs. Chrisman from Cleveland, OH is requesting professional development through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Professional development

Know Better, Do Better

I need books to support me in helping my students with dyslexia.

  • $174 goal

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Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Project

Over the last few years, there has been a lot of research done on changing the way that we teach children how to read. A lot of "once believed information" has now been debunked. Now that we know better, we must DO BETTER.

Research shows that the brain learns to read when the brain has processed spoken language.

I have begun to learn this new process and learn how to implement it in my classroom. All children in my care will benefit from these books. While I have been learning that "why" to changing our way of teaching, I need help with the "how" to do it.

Mrs. Chrisman Tremont Montessori School Grades 3-5

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

Equity Focus

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Cleveland, OH View local requests

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

23 students impacted 6donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Essentials of Dyslexia Assessment and Intervention • Amazon Business $36.96 1 $36.96
Structured Literacy Interventions: Teaching Students with Reading Difficulties, Grades K-6 (The Guilford Series on Intensive Instruction) • Amazon Business $35.00 1 $35.00
Shifting the Balance: 6 Ways to Bring the Science of Reading into the Balanced Literacy Classroom • Amazon Business $29.99 1 $29.99
Uncovering the Logic of English: A Common-Sense Approach to Reading, Spelling, and Literacy • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49

Materials cost

$115.44

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.73

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$147.17

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$25.97

Total project goal

$173.14

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$173.14

5 Donors

-$98.19

Donations toward project cost

-$89.21

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$8.98

match offer

-$68.19

Match offer toward project cost

-$57.96

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$10.23

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$6.76

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$0.00

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