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Mrs. Stratford from Salt Lake City, UT is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mrs. Stratford's classroom raised $979

Learning to Read Word by Word

Help me give my students developmentally appropriate decodable readers to support independent practice.

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Mrs. Stratford Ensign Elementary School
Salt Lake City, UT Grades PreK-2

My Students

We are an excited classroom of kindergarten students that have spent the last two years with Covid restrictions. We wear masks during classroom instruction, maintain as much distancing as possible, and have adapted to a world with limited cooperative play and learning. We're just learning how to work with each other and learn from one another.

Great collaborators make great leaders!

Learning how to interact, listen, and respect other opinions set the stage for academic success. Without a solid foundation of social-emotional strength, our academic success takes longer to establish. In our classroom, we acknowledge each other, and we 'see' each other. We will build up a strong post-Covid generation of students.

My Project

By providing students with a variety of developmentally appropriate decodable readers, students practice decoding skills and high-frequency words in context. Books at this very basic level of reading are expensive, and my classroom budget has not been able to provide students with these resources.

Good readers need practice!

Students with limited reading experience often lack a variety of appropriate material to use for independent practice. Students need to have books in which they can decode using what they've learned in class. These types of readers are plentiful for more experienced readers, but not always available for students with limited experience.

24 students impacted 1 donor
Mrs. Stratford Ensign Elementary School Grades PreK-2 Salt Lake City, UT View local requests 24 students impacted 1donor

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
TT235 - Lakeshore Fiction Sight-Word Readers - Level 1 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 3 $149.97
EE667 - Lakeshore Word Family Readers • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 3 $149.97
TT557 - Lakeshore Nonfiction Sight-Word Readers - Level 1 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 3 $149.97
TT536 - Lakeshore Fiction Sight-Word Readers - Level 2 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 3 $149.97
TT559 - Lakeshore Nonfiction Sight-Word Readers - Level 2 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 3 $149.97
GG421 - Book Display Stand for 20 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99

Materials cost

$789.84

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.85

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$831.69

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$146.77

Total project goal

$978.46

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $978.46

1 Donor

-$978.46

Donations toward project cost

-$831.69

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$146.77

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