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Mrs. Anketell from Gray, ME is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mrs. Anketell's classroom raised $169

Listen Up and Love a Good Story

Help me give my students portable CD players with headphones so they may listen to and enjoy storybooks in kindergarten.

This project expired on October 25, 2019.

Mrs. Anketell Russell Elementary School
Gray, ME Grades PreK-2

My Students

Our classroom is a wonderful place to grow and learn both socially and academically! Our school is a small rural school with a strong sense of community. The students in my class are diverse and include second language learners, special education students, and regular education students with a wide range of abilities. These kids have an amazingly positive attitude toward learning , support each other all the time and are eager to learn to read. They love learning and being with each other. These kids have heart!

My Project

My kindergarten students will benefit from a classroom listening center. Portable CD players with headphones will allow the children to listen to stories. Our classroom listening center would be used daily. Students will gain independence as they build their reading skills by accessing a variety of titles from our book/CD library. Books would be changed regularly to ensure variety and increase the number of stories each child hears during the school year . Students that are widely read to have a greater chance of reading success.

Listening to stories increases reading comprehension, improves vocabulary development and nurtures a love of books.

During our literacy workshop students will be able to select, listen to, and respond to stories independently.

Equity Focus

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than a third of students from low‑income households

18 students impacted 4 donors
Mrs. Anketell Russell 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.

Gray, ME View local requests

More than a third 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 4donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Insignia NS-P5113 - CD player - CD • Best Buy Education $25.20 3 $75.60
JLab Audio JBuddies Folding - headphones • Best Buy Education $10.33 3 $30.99

Materials cost

$106.59

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $5.33

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.60

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$143.52

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$25.33

Total project goal

$168.85

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $168.85

2 Donors

-$163.85

Donations toward project cost

-$139.27

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$24.58

match offer

-$5.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$4.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.75

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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