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Ms. Carlson from Chicago, IL is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Odds And Ends: To Help Us Learn To Read

My project needs 12 different resources, such as literacy puzzles, reading wands, highlighter tape to help my students learn to read.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Carlson's classroom raised $424

This project is fully funded

We are a classroom of Kindergarten's, who live on the Southside of Chicago in the Woodlawn neighborhood. We are so excited to learn how to read this school year. Our class does a lot of small group reading instruction and center work. Throughout our learning process we have so much fun together and we are hoping that you can help us learn to read. I am requesting a variety of literacy puzzles, word wands, highlighter tape, and sentence strips to assist my students in their reading development. The literacy puzzles will help students learn how to create and read sentences, improve their phonics instruction, and motor skills. The word wands will draw extra attention to important letters and words anywhere in the classroom. These wands help students focus on tracking words as I/they read aloud. The highlighter tape sticks right onto sentence strips, words cards, even classroom books and easily peels off, to use again. This will help my students pay extra attention to important words, syllables, and phonics sounds. The sentence strips can be used for students to create their own labels, flashcards, and sentences. Sentence strips can be found as print support all over my classroom. We cannot wait to learn how to read this year in our Kindergarten classroom. Please help us learn to read by fulfilling our proposal for a variety of literacy puzzles, words wands, highlighter tape and sentence strips.

Ms. Carlson John Fiske Elementary School Grades 3-5

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
EE396 - Story Sequencing Puzzle Set • Lakeshore Learning $29.95 1 $29.95
DD605X - Simple Sentence Match-Ups - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning $27.00 1 $27.00
AA129 - Picture-Word Phonics Puzzles - Level 1 • Lakeshore Learning $39.95 1 $39.95
EE536 - Picture-Word Phonics Puzzles - Level 2 • Lakeshore Learning $39.95 1 $39.95
EE614 - Word Wands • Lakeshore Learning $19.95 1 $19.95
RR729 - Rhyming Words Picture Puzzles • Lakeshore Learning $29.95 1 $29.95
NF9765 - Rainbow Sentence Strips • Lakeshore Learning $3.90 2 $7.80
EE786 - Highlighter Tape Center - 1 7/8 • Lakeshore Learning $36.95 1 $36.95
EE785 - Refill Tape Pack - 1 7/8 • Lakeshore Learning $22.50 1 $22.50
EE787 - Highlighter Tape Center - 1/2 • Lakeshore Learning $19.95 1 $19.95
EE789 - Refill Tape Pack - 1/2 • Lakeshore Learning $12.50 1 $12.50
JJ271 - Traditional Manuscript - Pre K-K • Lakeshore Learning $6.99 1 $6.99

Materials cost

$293.44

Vendor shipping charges

 $29.34

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.34

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$347.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$76.17

Total project goal

$423.17

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $423.17

4 Donors

-$408.24

Donations toward project cost

-$347.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$61.24

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$14.93

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 $0.00

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