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Mrs. Edwards-Smith from Durham, NC is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Lit Up for Literacy

Help me give my students the best reading experience ever. Help me get them excited to read. Help me spark that interest that will allow them to light up when they realize that they are reading!

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Edwards-Smith's classroom raised $477

This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Project

These items will reduce the use of paper in my classroom. We will also be able to reuse these items for years. These sensory items will give student the practice they need with decoding- where they are able to sound out letters and blends the sound to determine the word, reading to help build their fluency- the speed and accuracy at which once can say and or call words in isolation and words in context as well as their comprehension- by matching the word to the picture and the sentence to the picture to should understanding. My students will be using these materials during their reading time at different stations.

Mrs. Edwards-Smith Maureen Joy Charter School Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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.

Durham, NC View local requests

Nearly all 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

22 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lakeshore Touch & Read Sight-Word Sentence Match - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $139.00 1 $139.00
Lakeshore Touch & Read Phonics Sentence Match - Complete Set for Beginning Readers, Phonics, Science of Reading • Lakeshore Learning Materials $99.50 1 $99.50
Lakeshore Touch & Read Phonics Word Match - Complete Set for Beginning Readers and Science of Reading • Lakeshore Learning Materials $89.50 1 $89.50

Materials cost

$328.00

Vendor shipping charges

$16.40

Sales tax

$25.58

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.92

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$404.90

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$71.45

Total project goal

$476.35

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$476.35

2 Donors

-$327.52

Donations toward project cost

-$298.64

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.88

match offer

-$125.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$106.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$18.75

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$23.82

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$0.00

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