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Ms. Allen from Houston, TX is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Level the Literacy Playing Field

Help me give my students activities to improve their reading and literacy skills with the Magnetic Dry erase boards for phonemic awareness, foam color counters, and spelling flashcards. All items will enhance student abilities to grow vocabulary.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Allen's classroom raised $159

This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Project

The use of dry erase boards and counters will be a daily activity in the classroom, especially in reading and language arts. Using the read by design model, students come to the small group table with their boards and foam counters for guided practice and to model phonemic awareness strategies. The boards allow me to see exactly what they are doing, as well as provide an easy place for them to show and share their work. Having the multi-purpose board allow literacy activities in one convenient place. No need to have loose papers all over the table and time wasted sharpening pencils for writing. As a push teacher, space is limited. By having these boards, students will be able to avoid all of these problems and focus on increasing their focus and learning!

By donating to our project, you will not only help to improve and increase student attention and focus, you will ultimately help to increase their academic achievement in literacy.

Students will be able to simply focus on the academic material at hand, and not the limited space and abundance of loose materials at their table.

Ms. Allen Youens Elementary 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

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

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Houston, TX 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

20 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Seajan 12 Pcs Magnetic Paddle Set Education Dry Erase Double Side Handheld Answer Board with Magnetic Counters Discs Phonemic Awareness Phonics Games Toy for Students Kids Teaching (Multicolor) • Amazon Business $48.99 1 $48.99
Lakeshore Word Building Tiles Student Pack • Lakeshore Learning Materials $6.99 3 $20.97
100 Short Vowel Spelling Flashcards, Handwriting Cards Learn to Write CVC Sight Words CVC Words Games for Kindergarten Learning Activities, Montessori Educational Toy Gift for Kids 3 4 5 6 Years Old • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
The Pencil Grip Inc Classics Extreme Gel Pencil Grips, Assorted Colors, Pack of 12 • School Specialty $4.42 2 $8.84
hand2mind Foam Two-Color Counters, Red and Yellow Counters, Counting Manipulatvies, Math Counters for Kids, Counting Chips, Math Manipulatives, Math Bingo Chips, Counters for Kids Math (Pack of 200) • Amazon Business $7.27 1 $7.27
HILELIFE Pencil Grips - 6 Pack Pencil Grips for Kids Handwriting, Ergonomic Writing Training Aid Correction Silicon Gel Pencil Grip for Children Preschoolers (4 Colors) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99

Materials cost

$101.01

Vendor shipping charges

$1.93

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.52

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$134.46

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$23.73

Total project goal

$158.19

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$158.19

2 Donors

-$158.19

Donations toward project cost

-$134.46

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$23.73

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$0.00

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