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Ms. Newman from Biddeford ME is requesting Reading Nooks, Desks & Storage through DonorsChoose, the #1 classroom funding site for teachers.

Organization Sparks Joy in Learning!

Help me give my students this awesome storage unit which I will fill with well organized, clearly labeled trays holding goal specific games & activities so students can independently work to meet their learning goals!

  • $661 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

My amazing students love to work on meeting their learning goals that are as diverse as they are! They are so excited to reach each goal and encourage each other along the way.

They are inspiring and enthusiastic; they truly delight me every day!

Their favorite ways to celebrate when they meet a goal is to call their parents in the middle of the school day, sit in a teacher chair for the day, or have lunch with our principal.

My Project

These 5 and 6 year olds are very motivated to learn! Every day they ask to practice skills so that they can achieve an individualized math or literacy goal such as writing numbers, learning letter sounds, reading CVC words, adding & subtracting, counting to 100, reading high frequency words, etc.

This storage unit will give students easy access to clear, well organized, color coded bins filled with targeted activities so that they can independently practice their individual literacy and math goals.

With independent access to bins filled with engaging activities in this shelf unit, my students will continue to grow as intrinsically motivated learners!

Ms. Newman
Grades PreK-2
More than half of students from low‑income households

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7 donors7 donors have given to this project.

This project will reach 18 students.

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
JJ854 - Classic Birch All-Purpose Classroom Storage Tray Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $499.00 1 $499.00

Materials cost

$499.00

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

State sales tax

$24.95

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.48

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$561.43

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$99.08

Total project goal

$660.51

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$660.51

6 Donors

-$381.00

Donations toward project cost

-$323.85

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$57.15

match offer

-$279.51

Match offer toward project cost

-$237.58

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$41.93

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$0.00

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Project Activity

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