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Mrs. Cole from Nashville TN is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Listening To Great Books in Kindergarten

My students need available opportunities to listen to quality fiction and non-fiction during the daily literacy center time.

  • $939 goal

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This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

As literacy coach in a high poverty school, I work closely with teachers and students to encourage reading and writing across the curriculum. I am encouraging teachers to immerse out students in reading. Emergent readers benefit from listening to fluent readers read high interest picture books. My students are extra special and have a natural desire of wanting to learn to read and write. Since our students may not always have access to books at home, it is really important that we provide as many reading opportunities as possible while they are at school.

My Project

All of our kindergartners want to become readers. Listening to great books is a very important part of our literacy center time. As a coach, I create a lab classroom that will be available to approximately fifty kindergarten students. In the classroom, the students participate in read aloud, shared reading, and guided reading. I want to provide a center that focuses on listening to quality picture books. This listening center is a vital part of a balanced literacy classroom. One of the best ways for students to learn to read is by being read to daily. These emerging readers have an opportunity to really grow as readers. That is the ultimate goal.

Mrs. Cole
Grades PreK-2

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
RE822 - Fiction/Nonfiction Single Student Read-Alongs Library K-Gr. 1 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $349.00 1 $349.00
JJ965 - Classic Birch Anyplace, Anytime Mobile Listening Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $259.00 1 $259.00
CE326 - Classroom CD/Cassette Player with Bluetooth® • Lakeshore Learning Materials $129.00 1 $129.00
LM165 - Book Bins - Set of 4 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.50 1 $19.50

Materials cost

$756.50

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.35

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$797.85

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$140.80

Total project goal

$938.65

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $938.65

5 Donors

-$825.81

Donations toward project cost

-$797.85

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$27.96

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$112.84

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