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Mrs. Michelle Helton from Salem OR is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Learn to Read

Help me give my students books to help them to learn to read. this is a whole phonics based library for beginner readers. we could really use these and the magnetic book shelves!

  • 4 donors
  • $262 goal

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My Project

My students are eager to learn to read and need a variety of quality books, made for beginner readers to help them learn and keep them interested. Studies indicate that phonics is the best way for most students to learn to read. In my resource/ special Ed classroom we use both phonics and sight word instruction to teach students with various learning disabilities to read. This set of books would be perfect for our beginner readers to learn vowel sounds, digraphs and blends, as well as consonant sounds. Please help us to get these books and bookshelves.

Mrs. Michelle Helton
Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lakeshore Phonics Skill-Building Book Sets - Complete Library • Lakeshore Learning Materials $159.00 1 $159.00
2 Pcs Magnetic Book Shelf for Whiteboard, Reusable Acrylic Magnetic Book Holder with a Pen Container, Book Display Shelf for Teacher Kids Classroom Office, Black • Amazon Business $22.99 1 $22.99

Materials cost

$181.99

Vendor shipping charges

 $7.95

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.73

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$222.67

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$39.29

Total project goal

$261.96

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $261.96

3 Donors

-$261.96

Donations toward project cost

-$222.67

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$39.29

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 $0.00

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