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Mrs. Akagi from South Jordan, UT is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Listen Up!

Help me give my students listening center books to develop their fluency skills.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Akagi's classroom raised $336

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My Students

I am pleased to introduce my happy and inquisitive classroom of first graders! Students in my class are between the ages 5-7 and are full of wonder and enthusiasm for learning. It has been my delight to experience working with this young age group. Anxious to please, these first graders work hard and love to be actively participating throughout instruction time. My goal is to bring enjoyment and smiles to their little faces as we work together to establish a positive foundation and love for learning.

My Project

Children love to have stories read to them. During Guided Reading centers, my students have the opportunity to listen to books on cd. This allows students to follow along as a narrator reads. Hearing the book read and seeing the words come alive on the page can help them to focus on the sounds of words, and make picture and text connections as they study the relationship between the illustrations or photographs, and the words.

Audiobooks increase word exposure, improve vocabulary, and assist struggling readers to move beyond decoding to become more fluent readers.

They also teach critical listening skills. As students listen, they hear expression and can model good interpretive reading. Listening to stories read aloud helps build an understanding of narrative structure as it fosters imagination and encourages visualization—skills linked to improved reading comprehension. And perhaps most importantly, children’s audiobooks have the potential to reinforce the notion that reading is a pleasurable, lifelong activity.

Mrs. Akagi Golden Fields Elementary School Grades PreK-2 South Jordan, UT View local requests 30 students impacted 1donor

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
RE777X - Fairy Tales Read-Alongs • Lakeshore Learning Materials $219.00 1 $219.00
RE854 - Ponies Read-Along • Lakeshore Learning Materials $32.50 1 $32.50

Materials cost

$251.50

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.77

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$285.27

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$50.34

Total project goal

$335.61

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $335.61

1 Donor

-$285.27

Donations toward project cost

-$285.27

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$50.34

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 $0.00

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