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Mrs. Wagner from Detroit, MI is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Phonics Fun for Struggling Readers!

Help me give my students fun phonics games and materials to help them gain emerging reading skills!

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Wagner's classroom raised $558

This project is fully funded

My Project

My first grade students all eager to read! However, most are reading well behind grade level and we desperately need materials to engage my students in learning and practicing phonics.

I am asking for fun phonics games, puzzles and manipulatives to make learning basic phonics skills fun and multi-sensory!

We have 23 energetic students in our class! Some of my students are learning English as a second language, 7 receive special education services and a few are having their first school classroom experience post-pandemic. All of my students qualify for free or reduced lunch and everyone eats free breakfast in our classroom each morning.

My students are very eager to learn how to read independently and we need games, puzzles, flashcards, magnetic letters and leveled phonics readers to help my struggling readers gain proficiency in basic phonics skills.

My students will be able to use these games and phonics materials daily during our reading centers and small group reading instruction. I know that these games and materials will engage them in learning and practicing phonics and reading skills, so that they can become proficient readers.

Thank you for taking the time to read my proposal and considering my students and classroom!

Mrs. Wagner Pasteur Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
GG365X - Touch Read Phonics Word Match- Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $89.50 1 $89.50
DV480X - Sight-Words Flash Cards - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $25.99 2 $51.98
LM674 - Blends Digraphs Hands-On Student Pack • Lakeshore Learning Materials $8.99 5 $44.95
GG986 - Short Vowels Skill-Building Book Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
Little Leveled Readers: Level D Box Set: Just the Right Level to Help Young Readers Soar! • Amazon Business $30.25 1 $30.25
Little Leveled Readers: Level B Box Set: Just the Right Level to Help Young Readers Soar! • Amazon Business $24.49 1 $24.49
ThinkFun Zingo Sight Words Award Winning Early Reading Game for Pre-K to 2nd Grade - Toy of the Year Finalist, A Fun and Educational Game Developed by Educators for Boys and Girls • Amazon Business $21.99 1 $21.99
ThinkFun Zingo Word Builder Early Reading Game - Award Winning Game for Pre-Readers and Early Readers • Amazon Business $19.85 1 $19.85
Little Leveled Readers: Level A Box Set: Just the Right Level to Help Young Readers Soar! • Amazon Business $19.49 1 $19.49
Little Leveled Readers: Level C Box Set: Just the Right Level to Help Young Readers Soar! • Amazon Business $19.29 1 $19.29
TREND ENTERPRISES: Fun-to-Know Puzzles: Rhyming, Learn Words & Pictures That Rhyme, 24 Two-Sided Puzzles, Self-Checking, 48 Puzzles Total, For Ages 3 and Up • Amazon Business $15.53 1 $15.53
JJ466 - Word Building Puzzles - 3-Letter Words • Lakeshore Learning Materials $14.99 1 $14.99
JJ465 - Word Building Puzzles - 4-Letter Words • Lakeshore Learning Materials $14.99 1 $14.99
Orton Gillingham Decodable Readers. Easy decodable texts to improve reading and writing skills in struggling readers and kids with dyslexia. • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Learning Resources Snap It Up! Phonics & Reading Card Game, Homeschool,Reading Game, 90 Cards Included, Ages 6+ • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Learning Resources 3-Letter Word Puzzle Cards, Kindergarten Readniness, Self Correcting Puzzles, Ages 3+ • Amazon Business $9.39 1 $9.39

Materials cost

$437.66

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.56

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$474.22

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$83.69

Total project goal

$557.91

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$557.91

2 Donors

-$264.29

Donations toward project cost

-$237.11

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$27.18

match offer

-$278.95

Match offer toward project cost

-$237.11

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$41.84

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$14.66

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$0.00

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