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Mrs. Kara Sloat from Tulsa, OK is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Literacy Beginnings

My students need alphabet recognition, beginning sound, rhyming and ending sound materials to help them develop fundamental literacy skills.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Kara Sloat's classroom raised $616

This project is fully funded

My Students

A typical day in my classroom consists of helping students become the best they can be. In Pre-K we focus on sight recognition of letters and the sounds they make. We also work on writing, counting, shapes, and colors. Most importantly we learn social skills to become productive individuals.

I teach full day prekindergarten the a class full of 22 very active children, ready to learn.

We have a wide variety of cultures represented in our school. If my project is funded it would help children in the early, most important years of learning. I would like to give my class a jump start at reading by allowing them to do reading based activities on their own. Many of the students in my classroom do no have English spoken to them in the home and need lots of support to learn the language.

My Project

Our students would benefit from these games because of the bright colors used. Our children love to play games, they do not realize they are learning through play. Our children would use the rhyming houses and rhyming sort board to enhance their skill of rhyming. Our children love to use magnetic boards when learning to write upper and lower case letters. Learning a skill through a variety of games is the best way for our children to learn.

This project is very important and close to my heart because I feel if children are taught and expected to achieve they will.

I would like to set each of my students on a road to a lifetime love of learning.

Mrs. Kara Sloat Jenks East Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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.

Tulsa, OK 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

66 students impacted 13donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
LL676 - Magnetic Alphabet Maze • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
LL361 - Complete-The-Word Phonics Magnetic Board • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
TT453 - Learn to Write! Magnetic Letter Board - Uppercase • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
LL436 - Beginning Sounds Magnetic Sorting Board • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
LL439 - Rhyming Sounds Magnetic Sorting Board • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
JJ157 - What’s the Rhyme? Sorting Houses • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
EE181 - Syllable Count Instant Learning Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
DD826 - Alphabet Apples • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
TT452 - Learn to Write! Magnetic Letter Board - Lowercase • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
AA240 - Alphabet Learning Locks • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
LL271 - Alphabet Ready-To-Go Learning Pack • Lakeshore Learning Materials $24.99 1 $24.99
LL272 - Beginning Sounds Ready-To-Go Learning Pack • Lakeshore Learning Materials $24.99 1 $24.99
LL276 - Opposites Ready-To-Go Learning Pack • Lakeshore Learning Materials $24.99 1 $24.99
LL237 - Alphabet Magnetic Activity Tin • Lakeshore Learning Materials $24.99 1 $24.99
PP817 - Count-The-Syllables Sorting Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 1 $19.99

Materials cost

$449.85

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$36.66

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.75

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$523.26

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$92.34

Total project goal

$615.60

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$615.60

11 Donors

-$502.36

Donations toward project cost

-$438.26

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$64.10

match offer

-$100.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$85.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$13.24

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

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