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Ms. Horak from Augusta, GA is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Planning to GROW

Help me give my students the tools to organize their learning and track their achievement. They can quickly find anchor charts, writing support and more in their color-coded portfolios! They will track their progress in a data notebook!

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Horak's classroom raised $236

This project is fully funded

My Project

My second graders are fun, smart, and kind, but they lack self-efficacy at the beginning of the year.

I have learned that they grow a lot in independence and confidence when I give them tools to organize their own learning supports and when they set their own goals.

Please help my students get their year off to a great start!

Students need color-coded portfolios to organize their work in progress AND to maintain a small database of anchor charts and checklists to help them improve their writing and tackle math problems independently. Red folders are for reading, orange folders are for writing, blue folders are for math, and green folders are for science. Students love having the ability to find and organize their work quickly!

Students need binders to track their goals and progress toward their goals. We will use the information in the binders to discuss how to grow as readers, writers, and mathematicians. Students love these individual conferences with an adult who cares about them and sees their potential!

Students need color-coded tabs to help them mark current reading selections, the pages in the journal where they have brainstormed for their next writing project, and the math anchor charts that remind them of how to read the clock or compare measurements. They have so much to learn and finding information quickly maximizes time for learning! My students love the feeling of success when they can answer their own questions!

Ms. Horak Belair K-5 School Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Augusta, GA View local requests

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

20 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Amazon Basics Heavy Duty Plastic Folders with 2 Pockets for Letter Size Paper, Pack of 12, Assorted Color • Amazon Business $10.34 8 $82.72
Samsill 500 Pack Heavy Duty Clear Sheet Protectors 8.5 x 11 Inch, Page Protectors for 3 Ring Binder, Clear Protector, Letter Size, Top Loading, Acid Free • Amazon Business $38.97 1 $38.97
Amazon Basics 3-Ring Binder, 1-Inch - White, 4-Pack • Amazon Business $10.72 2 $21.44
Post-it Flags Combo Pack .47 Wide and .94 Wide Assorted Colors 320 Flags/Pack (683-XL1) • Staples $13.70 1 $13.70

Materials cost

$156.83

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$10.82

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.35

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$200.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$35.29

Total project goal

$235.29

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$235.29

1 Donor

-$235.29

Donations toward project cost

-$200.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$35.29

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$0.00

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