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Mrs. Watson from Norfolk VA is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Listen Up! Audio Books Are Awesome!

My students need a quality CD player and headphones to use audio books and baskets to make the library in the classroom organized and easy to use.

  • $366 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

I teach at a Title I school in southeastern Virginia. My students are eager to learn and love to be at school. Many of my students come to school from violent neighborhoods. School is a safe and happy place for them. Our school is also proud to have many ESL students. 100% of our students get free lunch and free breakfast this year. I am so happy to be their teacher because the are so eager to learn. It makes me so proud to see them blossom and become lifelong learners.

My Project

My students need more exposure to hearing good literature. By providing them with an audiobook station they will be able to hear even more stories read aloud to them. Thankfully a friend donated many audio books to our classroom. Sadly we have no way to listen to them currently.

With this project students will be able to listen to classic stories and hear new favorites read aloud to them during center time.

Children aren't read to nearly enough these days and this project will help!

The baskets will make the current library in our classroom neat, organized and attractive to 1st graders looking for just the right book. Students will be able to independently pick a book for their reading enjoyment.

Mrs. Watson
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
CE326 - Classroom CD/Cassette Player with Bluetooth® • Lakeshore Learning Materials $129.00 1 $129.00
Sterilite 16249006 Medium Ultra Basket, Black Basket w/ Titanium Inserts, 6-Pack • Amazon Business $19.99 4 $79.96
FN2924C - Listening Center Headphones - Each • Lakeshore Learning Materials $16.99 4 $67.96

Materials cost

$276.92

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.15

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$311.07

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$54.89

Total project goal

$365.96

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$365.96

4 Donors

-$312.96

Donations toward project cost

-$268.57

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$44.39

match offer

-$50.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$42.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$3.00

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$0.00

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