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Ms. N. from DC is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Perfect, Painless Pencils (and Markers)

Help me give my students basic classroom supplies like pencils and dry erase markers!

  • $247 goal

This project expired on May 24, 2020.

This project expired on May 24, 2020.

Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

Imagine a classroom where students discuss reading strategies insightfully, self-select appropriate literacy activities strategically, and support one another to develop-grade level reading behaviors. Within the first five months of school, my class of second-grade students has built a community of literacy engagement through book recommendations, joyfully buddy reading with first graders and kindergartners, and continuing to recommend reading CAFE strategies to one another to collaboratively decode words.

The typical student in my classroom is more skilled at retelling story elements in Spanish than in English.

100% of our students are African American or Latino, and 16 of 21 of my students are learning English. Our classrooms are dilapidated and access to classroom furniture and organizational tools is nearly nonexistent. Nevertheless, my students are savvy, supportive of one another, and genuinely excited to read. They set goals and continuously work to achieve them.

My Project

*CRAAAaaccck!* For the third time that day, the lead slid out of my students' pencil. As a teacher who has to beg, borrow, or buy some of her own classroom supplies, that matters.

The pencils that my students currently use are poor in quality and short in supply.

Without access to additional pencils, students who struggle to stay on task and keep track of their pencils lose track of them, only to realize that we rarely have extra once they are lost. With lower quality writing materials, even once students locate their supplies, issues with shoddy lead, wood, or erasers result in many pencils lost to daily wear and tear. Gradually, these factors of low pencil supply and low pencil quality combine to disrupt students' learning.

Students also struggle to show their phonics and math work carefully using larger barrel dry erase markers. Having finer tip dry erase markers will help students, especially those with occupational therapy or visual processing needs, clearly read, label, and present their thinking.

Please help me give my students heavy duty, higher quality writing materials!

Ms. N.
Grades PreK-2

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Expo - Low Odor Fine Tip Dry Erase Markers, Black (86001) (Case of 12 Dozen) • Amazon Business $86.90 1 $86.90
Wood-Cased #2 HB Pencils, Yellow, Pre-sharpened, Class Pack, 576 pencils in box by Madisi • Amazon Business $39.99 2 $79.98

Materials cost

$166.88

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $10.01

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.50

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$209.39

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$36.95

Total project goal

$246.34

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