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Mrs. Gruber from Georgetown, SC is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Make Me a Reader!

Help me give my students a magnetic letter kit for a chance to interact with the alphabet in a whole new way!

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Gruber's classroom raised $236

This project is fully funded

My Students

We are a super busy First Grade crew! We love to be hands-on with materials we are learning about. I teach at a very low income Title I school. All kids receive free lunch and breakfast. Saying that, they are very grateful for things that are given to them, no matter how big or small. In some cases, the classroom is the only consistency they have in their life. In my classroom and in my school, we are a family. We support each other in all that we do. My students are very energetic and eager to learn. They love to be hands-on with materials we are learning about.

My Project

Both the magnetic whiteboards and the letters will be used daily during our phonics and spelling time. We have one board in our room that is used to make words during literacy station time, but now we will be able to work on this whole group and in small groups! Everyone will be able to have their own set of letters to practice spelling words with the spelling patterns we learn.

By donating to this project, you will be helping the students in my room now and in the future with the phonics and spelling.

These magnetic whiteboards and letters are going to be a game changer in the classroom. The magnetic boards will help us keep up with our letters, but we can also write on them since they are dry erase. Letter manipulatives give children a way to interact with the alphabet through play and they are able to see the way the letters are formed.

Mrs. Gruber McDonald Elementary 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.

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
BOARD MAGNETIC DRY ERASE LINED 9 X 12 IN PACK OF 12 • School Specialty $51.11 2 $102.22
LC926 - Classroom Magnetic Letters Kit • Lakeshore Learning Materials $44.99 1 $44.99

Materials cost

$147.21

Vendor shipping charges

 $10.22

Sales tax

 $10.38

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.21

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$200.02

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$35.30

Total project goal

$235.32

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $235.32

3 Donors

-$117.66

Donations toward project cost

-$100.01

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$17.65

match offer

-$117.66

Match offer toward project cost

-$100.01

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$17.65

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 $0.00

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