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
Donate
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.

This teacher needs your help!

Ms. Underhill from Portland, OR is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

See what Ms. Underhill is requesting

Literacy and Music

My students need 60 soprano recorders to develop literacy in the music room.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Underhill's classroom raised $663

This project is fully funded

Music is magic in developing literacy! (Nellie Edge) Children are "wired" for sound and rhythm.  Music can play an important role in language and literacy development. 

I teach music in an inner city school. 81.9% of our students are on free and reduced lunch. The children face many challenges and among them is developing literacy. I believe in the power of music. I've seen children who couldn't read text, gain confidence and skill when they began to learn to read music. This is especially true for older pre-readers: getting the hang of tracking left to right, down the page, and making meaning out of symbols is the same for music as it is for words. It's a new way to approach the situation and often a student finds freedom in that new start. Reading simple music helps develop both the confidence and the skills to read prose. Learning to read and play music on an instrument has been shown to be very effective in actively involving both sides of the brain. Learning to read music and play it on the recorder has been time tested and "kid approved" as a way to develop this skill. Through this experience students develop not only language literacy, but also music literacy. It furthermore paves the way for future involvement in school band. The more involved in school activities a student is, the more likely s/he is to remain actively involved in school.

Bringing special supplies is a big challenge for most of our families. When I proposed to our principal that I teach recorder to the 5th graders, both as a way to support our literacy program and to prepare students for beginning band in the 6th grade, we realized that the only thing stopping us was money. I have the music and the skill. We need the instruments.

This donation will make it possible for many students to experience literacy for the first time. Those who can read and enjoy the written word, will develop a new level of literacy and achievement when they become musically literate as well. This is big bang for the buck! Literacy AND music AND happy kids!

Ms. Underhill Boise - Eliot Elementary School Grades 3-5

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.

Portland, OR View local requests

More than half of 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

60 students impacted 26donors

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 Ms. Underhill is requesting.

See our finances

TEACHERS, FEELING INSPIRED?

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

Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
YRS-24B Soprano Recorder with Baroque Fingering (Standard) • Woodwind & Brasswind $7.99 60 $479.40

Materials cost

$479.40

Vendor shipping charges

 $47.94

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.19

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$543.53

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$119.31

Total project goal

$662.84

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $662.84

23 Donors

-$662.84

Donations toward project cost

-$543.53

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$119.31

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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

View complete list Show less

Give the most requested basic supplies

See teacher requests

Give back to your community

Find opportunities to impact local needs by exploring a map of classroom projects near you.

See local area

Project Activity

Project Activity
Back to top

DonorsChoose is the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

As a teacher-founded nonprofit, we're trusted by thousands of teachers and supporters across the country. This classroom request for funding was created by Ms. Underhill and reviewed by the DonorsChoose team.

See how DonorsChoose works
{"pmaHash":"","showProjectRecommendations":true,"leadGenEnabled":true,"hideTeacherDetails":false,"schoolState":"OR","teacherPossessivePronoun":"her","PMsManager":null,"schoolGradeType":{"id":2,"name":"Elementary School"},"TeacherPMForms":{},"completingDonationAmount":0,"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"proposalURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/project/literacy-and-music/319984/","mayHaveReplacements":false,"numStudents":60,"isEquityFocusV1":true,"teacherScreenName":"Ms. Underhill","isEquityFocus":true,"proposalHash":"1154803290","isApplePayMobileOnly":true,"progressBarPercentage":100.00,"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"photosPublished":true,"queryString":"","DonorPMForm":null,"shouldTrackEquityFocusV2":true,"schoolCity":"Portland","teachersOnPage":[124642],"isTeacherViewingTheirOwnProject":false,"minimizedLeadGenEnabled":true,"proposalId":319984,"proposalMessageFormModel":null,"numActiveProjects":0,"verifyShowPhotos":"","eligibleToBeCopied":false,"schoolId":88268,"schoolName":"Boise - Eliot Elementary School","authorIds":{"124642":{"owner":"Ms. Underhill","donationSalutations":{}}},"displayedPercentFunded":1.0,"proposalsOnPage":[319984],"pmaId":"","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-2_272.png?auto=webp","teacherHasProfilePhoto":false,"currentWorkflowStatusCode":21,"teacherChallengeId":60101,"isApplePayEnabled":true,"fundedByTarget":false,"activeProject":null,"donorIdsForImpactPhotoCheck":["NDc2ODU4","NDc3NzEy","NDc3Mzc4","Mzg4ODQ3","Mzg1MTMz","NDU2MzA4","Mzk1NjY3","NDc3MzU1","NDc3NDgz","Mzk1MTc4","NDQyMzY2","NDc3MzEz","NDE0OTcx","Mzg5ODM4","Mjk0NjU0","NDc3NzU4","NDc3NjU1","MzIxODMz","NDc3Mzg1","MjEyNTE5","Mzg4NzUz","NDc2Nzcw","NDc3NzI2"],"teacherId":124642,"schoolCounty":"Multnomah","fullyFunded":true,"isStudentLed":false,"isExpired":true,"schoolStateObj":{"code":"OR","name":"Oregon"}}