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Mrs. O'Leary from Chicago IL is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Phonics Fun With Colorful Centers

Help me give my students colorful, hands-on magnetic centers to help develop their phonics and reading skills while making it fun!

  • $721 goal

This project expired on February 25, 2019.

This project expired on February 25, 2019.

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My Students

My students are inquisitive little thinkers that struggle with basic reading skills. They are driven to become better readers like their grade level peers. They are a hands-on bunch that receive reading support in and out of the general education classroom. They are eager to see and chart their reading growth weekly and love being active participants in class. They are a lively bunch with awesome attendance and ready to take on the day's challenges.

My students are multi-sensory learners with diverse needs and need lessons with activities that incorporate a variety of learning styles.

The traditional copying words off the board or charts lend little to develop their recall, But when a lesson hits all their learning styles, growth is evident and endless.

My Project

Students who struggle with reading and writing, hate to read and write. Having these colorful hands-on puzzles and magnetic-board centers to assemble basic sight words and high frequency words, will be a catalyst for reading and writing simple sentences for my beginning scholars.

FUN + LEARNING = The Best Educational Experience

These fun and engaging phonics activities are a great way to keep students engaged and wanting more. I can visualize how my students will enjoy assembling the syllable puzzles, building and stacking words to match attractive pictures, and working at centers with the magnetic boards and tiles with their peers. Please help supply our classroom with fun! Thank you so very much.

Mrs. O'Leary
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
PP620X - Phonics Instant Learning Centers - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $169.00 1 $169.00
FF455X - Phonics Magnetic Word Building Boards - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $115.00 1 $115.00
GG365X - Touch & Read Phonics Match - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $85.00 1 $85.00
LL240X - Fill-In-The-Blank Magnetic Activity Tins - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $79.99 1 $79.99
RA417 - Lakeshore Word Building Blocks • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
TT194 - I Can Build Simple Words • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
GG809 - Stack & Build Simple Words • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
JJ465 - 4-Letter Word Building Puzzles • Lakeshore Learning Materials $14.99 1 $14.99
LC356 - Word Building Magnetic Letters - Uppercase • Lakeshore Learning Materials $9.99 1 $9.99

Materials cost

$573.94

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.61

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$612.55

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$108.10

Total project goal

$720.65

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