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Mrs. Biles from Arnold, MD is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mirrors Are Amazing to See, Watch and Learn!

Help me give my students the hand2mind Reading Readiness Activity Set and hand2mind mirror my sounds phoneme set which are an essential part of small group instruction because students need to be able to see themselves forming sounds!

  • $495 goal

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My Project

Did you know that research is showing that using how the brain functions in reading instruction is powerful through the Science of Reading?

Mirrors are an essential part of focus group instruction and they are FUN!

Students need to be able to see themselves forming letters and speech sounds! These supplies will help support my small reading groups, and offer a hands-on, engaging ways for students to build skills. These supplies will also offer an opportunity for them to practice with books that are not printed off of the computer and copied.

Mrs. Biles
Grades PreK-2

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
hand2mind Mirror My Sounds Phoneme Set, Phonemic Awareness, Phonics Games, Letter Sounds, Phonics Flash Cards, Speech Therapy Materials, Phonics for Kindergarten, Toys That Help with Speech • Amazon Business $14.59 8 $116.72
hand2mind Reading Readiness Activity Set, Magnetic Wands and Chip Set, Learn to Spell for Kids, Spelling Toys, CVC Words for Kindergarten, Learning Letters, Science of Reading Manipulatives • Amazon Business $11.79 8 $94.32
Phonics Tales!: 25 Read-Aloud Storybooks That Teach Key Phonics Skills • Amazon Business $67.51 1 $67.51
hand2mind Sort That Sound! Activity Set​, Phonemic Awareness, ESL Teaching Materials, Science of Reading Manipulatives, Letter Sounds for Kindergarten, Speech Therapy Tools, Phonics Flash Cards • Amazon Business $28.09 1 $28.09
hand2mind Learn to Read with BOB Books & VersaTiles Sight Words, Early Reader Books, Phonemic Awareness Workbook, Kindergarten Learning Activities, Educational Books for Toddlers, Science of Reading • Amazon Business $23.49 1 $23.49
The Science of Reading Decodable Texts: 50 Short Vowel Texts (The Science of Reading Decodable Books) • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
Orton Gillingham Decodable Readers: Unlock Reading Success with Decodable Texts and Phonics-Based Passages for Early and Struggling Readers and Students with Dyslexia • Amazon Business $12.97 1 $12.97

Materials cost

$363.09

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $21.79

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.45

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$420.33

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$74.18

Total project goal

$494.51

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $494.51

1 Donor

-$494.51

Donations toward project cost

-$420.33

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$74.18

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