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Mrs. Buffington from Lake View SC is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Live, Play, and Learn

Help me give my students reading and math center supplies that will reinforce the skills learned during teacher direction instruction.

  • $644 goal

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Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

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

In our high poverty school district, my students are faced with several challenges both in and out of the classroom. In response to the many challenges they face, I am looking to provide my students with fun and meaningful learning experiences within my classroom.

My students love to move, read, and learn.

I work in a high poverty area in South Carolina where many students live in single parent households and every student at my school and within our district receives a free breakfast and lunch. These things may prevent them from getting ahead early in life. When they walk in the door of my classroom, I focus on their potential for growth while they are with me. This project will help give my students the supplies and resources they need to become more successful within the classroom. I try to have a positive influence in their lives at school to help inspire and encourage them to become lifelong learners. By doing this in a creative and positive way, I hope to inspire even our earliest learners to continue on a path of academic success.

My Project

My students love to learn, and these materials will help make learning more fun. First graders need an environment conducive for learning. These materials will help engage my students in daily exercises that support our curriculum and help support the overall learning and engagement in my classroom. The puzzles will be used to make words and read words. The privacy folders will be used to promote independent work. The whisper phones will help the students build reading fluency. The materials requested will be used daily during center time. These materials will enrich my students' learning by reinforcing concepts learned in class and promote independent thinking as well as collaboration among peers. The students will be able to build their reading fluency and motivate students to become better readers and more independent learners. These materials will make learning fun and help create more memoriable learning experiences for them!

Mrs. Buffington
Grades PreK-2

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
DG547 - Magna-Tiles® - Master Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $129.99 1 $129.99
EE539 - Hear Myself Sound Phone - Set of 10 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 2 $99.98
FF900X - Math Equivalency Puzzles - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $59.99 1 $59.99
JJ689 - Privacy Partition - Set of 10 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 2 $59.98
EE567 - Creating Sight-Word Sentences Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
GG200X - Sound-It-Out Phonics Puzzles • Lakeshore Learning Materials $36.99 1 $36.99
LC676 - Magnetic Numbers & Counters • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
TH4530 - Pattern Blocks Design Cards • Lakeshore Learning Materials $12.99 1 $12.99
EE538 - Hear Myself Sound Phone - Each • Lakeshore Learning Materials $5.99 1 $5.99

Materials cost

$475.89

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $33.55

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.14

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$546.58

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$96.46

Total project goal

$643.04

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $643.04

3 Donors

-$638.62

Donations toward project cost

-$546.58

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$92.04

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.42

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 $0.00

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