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Mrs. Blackmon from Center Point, AL is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mirroring Our Mouth Shapes!

Help me give my students mirrors to see their mouth shapes to help them read!

  • $203 goal

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Hooray! This project is fully funded

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

My school is a Title I school, meaning that a majority of the students are on free or reduced lunch. Many of them come from traumatic and stressful home situations and have school as their safe place. At our school, we try to not just be their teachers, but also the role models that they may or may not have at home.

Despite the challenges these students face in their personal lives, they still come to school hopeful.

They look to the teachers and classmates as members of their families, and we are proud to work through the struggles each day as we support one another.

My Project

When we are teaching phonics and phonemic awareness to our students, they can sometimes get letter sounds confused.

A great way to help students make the different letter sounds is by allowing them to use a mirror so that they can actually see themselves doing the correct mouth shape.

Each vowel and consonant sound makes your mouth contort to a certain position.

Students can look at the teachers' mouths, but that won't enable them to see their own mouths to match it and make the correct sound. Having their own hand held mirror would allow the students to appropriately match their mouth shapes, which will help them with letter sounds...which in turn helps the students read!

Mrs. Blackmon Center Point Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Equity Focus

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More about Mrs. Blackmon

Center Point, AL View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

700 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Goody 27847 Hand Mirror, 11" Inches, Color May Vary • Amazon Business $6.99 10 $69.90
DD659 - Super-Safe Mirrors • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 3 $59.97

Materials cost

$129.87

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $10.58

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.95

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$172.40

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$30.42

Total project goal

$202.82

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $202.82

1 Donor

-$172.40

Donations toward project cost

-$172.40

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$30.42

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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