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Mrs. Hernandez from Los Angeles, CA is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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On Our Way to Early Literacy

Help me give my students center activities that promote early literacy. The matching letter game will be a fun way for them to sound out to spell a word and show their accuracy when they reveal the card.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Hernandez's classroom raised $448

This project is fully funded

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This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

My classroom is where my students begin their educational careers! As Transitional Kinder and Kindergarten students, this will be most of their first experiences in a classroom setting. They will not only learn to read, write, and count. They will start to develop their critical thinking and problem solving skills through facilitated instruction and play.

My class consists of 25 students who come to school eager to learn.

My job is to do whatever it takes to make that happen!

My Project

Students need materials that will not only help them learn to read, but also make it fun for them to do so. These materials facilitate early literacy through tactile and entertaining activities. I will use these activities in small groups of students, to break apart and put together phonemes in words.

Phonemic Awareness and Phonics are vital when it comes to learning to read.

My kids would be able to use these hands on materials to represent the sounds they hear with corresponding letters. These various materials will give them different ways to practice the same skill while keeping them interested.

Mrs. Hernandez Estrella Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

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

25 students impacted 10donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Matching Letter Game,Letter Spelling - Reading Game for Preschool & Kindergarten Three & Four Letter Picture Word Matching Game for Word Recognition - Spelling, Educational Learning Games for Kids • Amazon Business $14.99 4 $59.96
Channie's 2-Pack Visual Dry Erase Magnetic Boards with Marker, Tracing, Printing, and Writing Alphabet, Letters, and Numbers, Size 8.5” x 11”, Ages 3 and Up, PreK – 3rd • Amazon Business $11.35 4 $45.40
Learning Resources Magnetic Learning Letters - Lowercase, Stick to Fridge, Ages 3+ • Amazon Business $18.99 2 $37.98
Learn to Read with Bob Books and Versatiles - (Kids Ages 3-6) Beginning Readers Educational Game Set - Level 1 Phonics Reading Books for Children with 12 Bob Books, Answer Case, and Workbook • Amazon Business $34.99 1 $34.99
hand2mind Alphabet Linking Letter and Word Building Cubes for Early Reading (Set of 82) • Amazon Business $16.15 2 $32.30
Learn to Read with Bob Books and Versatiles - (Kids Ages 3-6) Advancing Beginners Educational Game Set - Level 1 Phonics Reading Books for Children with 12 Bob Books, Answer Case, and Workbook • Amazon Business $29.90 1 $29.90
Junior Learning Word Builders Activity Cards • Amazon Business $13.90 2 $27.80
Learning Resources Lowercase Alphabet Stamps • Amazon Business $12.99 2 $25.98
Junior Learning CVC Tri-Blocks Tub Word Building Set • Amazon Business $22.11 1 $22.11

Materials cost

$316.42

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$28.95

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.75

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$380.12

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$67.08

Total project goal

$447.20

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$447.20

8 Donors

-$292.00

Donations toward project cost

-$248.20

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$43.80

Matching donations from our partners

-$155.20

Match offers toward project cost

-$131.92

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$23.28

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$0.00

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