You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). Keep up the great work!
Take credit for your charitable giving! Check out your tax receipts
To use your $50 gift card credits, find a project to fund and we'll automatically apply your credits at checkout. Find a classroom project
Skip to main content

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.

Your school email address was successfully verified.

See this teacher's page

Mrs. Beer from West Brookfield MA is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Listening to Literature Creates Good Readers

My students need Spirit Listening Center for daily opportunities to listen to literature so that their vocabulary and reading fluency will grow!

  • $645 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

My first graders are energized, enthusiastic learners. This year I will be implementing the Daily Five as a way to promote an increased growth in reading fluency. Students, especially those with language or vocabulary deficits need to hear stories. I have cds and cassette tapes that I have purchased during the last 30 years of teaching. However, I no longer have my listening centers. Both have broken due to age. I am in need of two listening centers complete with headsets. Please help my firsties listen and develop reading fluency.

My Project

I have been teaching for 30 years. I have purchased many cassette tapes and now more recently cds. Unfortunately, both of my listening centers have broken over time. All of these books on tape are fantastic opportunities for first graders to engage in rich vocabulary. Students also learn story concepts through listening. The tapes are engaging and offer students opportunities to digest whole stories without feeling the stress of reading.

By donating to my project you will enrich my first graders love of reading.

You will captivate them into a world of literature. These listening centers are a wonderful way for young readers to gain vocabulary and listening skills.

Mrs. Beer
Grades PreK-2

Boost your odds

Add a profile photo in addition to your classroom photo. If you add a photo, it'll show up right here on your project page.

You are more likely to receive funding if you put a face to your name.

Upload a photo

Top rated for efficiency and transparency.

You donate directly to the teacher or project you care about and see where every dollar you give goes.

Expand the "Where your donation goes" section below to see exactly what Mrs. Beer is requesting.

See our finances

TEACHERS, FEELING INSPIRED?

You can start a project with the same resources being requested here!

Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Spirit Listening Center • Kaplan Early Learning Company $254.96 2 $509.92

Materials cost

$509.92

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.65

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$547.57

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$96.63

Total project goal

$644.20

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$644.20

11 Donors

-$550.82

Donations toward project cost

-$468.95

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$81.87

match offer

-$92.50

Match offer toward project cost

-$78.62

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$13.88

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.89

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

Our team works hard to negotiate the best pricing and selections available.

View complete list Show less

Support your local school!

Donate directly to any school in the US. Your donation will go towards directly purchasing urgent supplies.

Find a local school

Project Activity

{"pmaHash":"","schoolCity":"West Brookfield","showProjectRecommendations":true,"teachersOnPage":[5624807],"isTeacherViewingTheirOwnProject":false,"hideTeacherDetails":false,"schoolState":"MA","teacherPossessivePronoun":"her","PMsManager":null,"schoolGradeType":{"id":1,"name":"Early Education"},"TeacherPMForms":{},"proposalId":3469148,"proposalMessageFormModel":null,"numActiveProjects":0,"completingDonationAmount":0,"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"proposalURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/project/listening-to-literature-creates-good-rea/3469148/","verifyShowPhotos":"","eligibleToBeCopied":false,"mayHaveReplacements":false,"numStudents":21,"teacherScreenName":"Mrs. Beer","isEquityFocus":false,"authorIds":{"5624807":{"owner":"Mrs. Beer","donationSalutations":{}}},"displayedPercentFunded":1.0,"proposalsOnPage":[3469148],"proposalHash":"-282800788","isApplePayMobileOnly":true,"progressBarPercentage":100.00,"pmaId":"","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp5624807_272x272.jpg?width=136&height=136&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1533504883557","teacherHasProfilePhoto":true,"currentWorkflowStatusCode":21,"teacherChallengeId":21232940,"photosPublished":false,"queryString":"","DonorPMForm":null,"isApplePayEnabled":true,"fundedByTarget":false,"activeProject":null,"donorIdsForImpactPhotoCheck":[],"teacherId":5624807,"schoolCounty":"Worcester","fullyFunded":true,"isStudentLed":false,"isExpired":true,"schoolStateObj":{"code":"MA","name":"Massachusetts"}}