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Mrs. Mitchell-Harris from Charlotte NC is requesting musical instruments through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

My Little Percussion

Help me give my students the opportunity to each play instruments at the same time.

  • $257 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

Each grade at my school has a type of instrument to focus on in music class. The kindergarten and 1st graders would like the same opportunity.

My students love learning about and making music, but who wants to watch and listen while everyone else gets to make music with the instruments?

My students all want a turn to make music and should get a turn to make music each class!

They have a strong desire to learn and any chance that they can learn about music and through music.My students will use the drums to perform rhythm patterns, reading music note patterns, words from poems and stories, or patterns that they create themselves. We add rhythm to poems and stories in our music class, regularly building on the students' reading skills. We even identify what rhythm patterns go with various sentences and phrases.

My Project

My students will use the instruments to perform rhythm patterns, reading music note patterns, words from poems and stories, or patterns that they create themselves. We add rhythm to poems and stories in our music class, regularly building on the students' reading skills. We even identify what rhythm patterns go with various sentences and phrases.

Students want the opportunity to play instruments all at the same time during a song.

We work on patience and taking turns with the instruments we have now but they are so excited sometimes.

I do a variety of special stories where the characters are actually instruments. So the students are actively engaged so they can play their part. We also use poems in class sometimes to make the poems more interactive.

Mrs. Mitchell-Harris
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Rhythmix Plastic Egg Shakers (48 Pack) • Woodwind and Brasswind $83.98 1 $83.98
Lummi Sticks (24-Pack) • Amazon Business $24.95 2 $49.90
Kids 8" Guiro • Woodwind and Brasswind $11.59 2 $23.18
Cowbell • Woodwind and Brasswind $14.99 1 $14.99

Materials cost

$172.05

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$13.42

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.58

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$218.05

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$38.48

Total project goal

$256.53

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$256.53

2 Donors

-$233.05

Donations toward project cost

-$218.05

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$23.48

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$0.00

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