One Word at a Time: Growing our Students' Reading Skills
Help me give my students the Science of Reading Essentials to assist with reading growth and reading intervention to the lowest achieving readers.
FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Ward's classroom raised $686
This project is fully funded
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Phonemic awareness activities are crucial in helping students develop foundational reading skills. By engaging in activities that focus on the sounds of language, students learn to identify, manipulate, and blend phonemes, which are the smallest units of sound. Hands-on activities, such as using letter tiles or sound boxes, allow students to physically interact with sounds. For instance, students can use colored tiles to represent different sounds in a word, which not only makes the learning process tangible, but also enhances their auditory discrimination. Activities that involve clapping out syllables or using musical instruments to represent different phonemes can further engage students, encouraging them to actively participate in their learning.
Incorporating sensory experiences into phonemic awareness activities can significantly improve long-term memory retention.
These materials will allow for a full sensory input experience. For example, using textured materials to form letters or creating sound maps that visually represent various phonemes, can stimulate multiple senses simultaneously. When students trace letters while saying the corresponding sounds aloud, they engage their visual, auditory, and tactile senses, reinforcing their learning. Activities such as singing phonemic songs or using movement-based games, like hopscotch with phoneme cards, can also create joyful, memorable experiences. These multisensory approaches not only make phonemic awareness engaging, but also create lasting connections in students' brains, facilitating a more profound understanding of how sounds correlate with letters, ultimately paving the way for successful reading skills.
More than half 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
Lakeshore Decoding 2-Syllable Words Instant Learning Center
• Lakeshore Learning Materials
$39.99
1
$39.99
hand2mind Sort That Sound! Activity Set (95382)
• Quill.com
$27.53
1
$27.53
Orton Gillingham Decodable Readers: Long Vowel Decodable Books for Early and Struggling Readers, and Students with Dyslexia (Kindergarten, First and Second Grade) - Dyslexia Font
• Amazon Business
$12.97
1
$12.97
Decodable Books Kindergarten, First and Second Grade: Orton Gillingham Decodable Readers for Early and Struggling Readers, and Students with Dyslexia (Volume 1)
• Amazon Business
$12.97
1
$12.97
Orton Gillingham Decodable Readers: Blends and Digraphs Decodable Books for Early and Struggling Readers, and Students with Dyslexia (Kindergarten, First and Second Grade) - Dyslexia Font
• Amazon Business
$12.97
1
$12.97
Materials cost
$491.57
Vendor shipping charges
$13.72
Sales tax
$40.06
3rd party payment processing fee
$7.37
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$582.72
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$102.83
Total project goal
$685.55
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$685.55
7 Donors
-$376.23
Donations toward project cost
-$328.83
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$47.40
match offer
-$298.69
Match offer toward project cost
-$253.89
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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As a teacher-founded nonprofit, we're trusted by thousands of teachers and supporters across the country. This classroom request for funding was created by Mrs. Ward and reviewed by the DonorsChoose team.
