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Please! Help Me Learn to Sound It Out

Help me give my students Rocket Pen Scanning Pens, two Kindle Kids, and additional materials for classroom use.

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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 Project

This project is to try and reach the struggling readers. I have a complex class this year which includes many circumstances that impede success. There are 2 sets of siblings (one set is twins) the other is a retained brother and his grade-level sister. There are 2 homeless students whose father is incarcerated. I have 5 left-handed students this year. There are 7 students with IEPs (2 who are diagnosed with ADHD/Oppositional Defiance Disorder, 2 who are LD, and 2 who are dyslexic). There are 4 students with 504s, plus 2 who are classified as gifted. One of my students has been absent 25 days with no excuse. To say, "It's complicated," would be an understatement. A barrage of emotional turmoil is a continuum, the academic grade levels are 1-2 below their current grade, and I have been doing all that I can with my 20 students.

I have incorporated Lexia and UDL as well as training in the Science of Reading.

I believe in these theories and are all evidence-based. Recently I have been using and teaching the students how to use morphemes, graphemes, and phonemes specifically. We have been mapping words for words they struggle with while reading. This strategy revealed remarkable gains, and the students enjoy the process. They marvel at the new methods which are helping everyone. There is a greater and more positive atmosphere instead of negativity.

I am requesting the Rocket Pens to assist my dyslexic students so they can stay on task with oral reading, plus more. The Kindles are requested for my gifted students so they can read in silence and have a sense of independence during times when I am engaged with the need-based students. All supplies are for the entire class to focus on the Science of Reading so that all students can be successful!

Ms. Green
Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Rocket Pen Reading Tutor Scanning Pen with Case. Extensive Learn to Read Features, Plus Reads Text Aloud. Scans Both Print and Onscreen. No PC Needed, Completely Self-Contained. • Amazon Business $347.00 2 $694.00
Kindle Kids (2019 release), a Kindle designed for kids, with parental controls - Blue Cover • Amazon Business $107.79 2 $215.58
The Science of Reading Decodable Texts: 50 Short Vowel Texts (The Science of Reading Decodable Books) • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
The Science of Reading Decodable Books: Soft g, Soft C, and Silent Letters • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
The Science of Reading Decodable Books: Ending Blends Decodable Stories for Reading Intervention for Students with Dyslexia • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
hand2mind Reading Rods Phonics Word-Building, Word Building Activities, Spelling Toys, Montessori Alphabet Letters, Reading Tools for Kids, Science of Reading Manipulatives, Phonemic Awareness • Amazon Business $15.39 1 $15.39
hand2mind Reading Rods Alphabet & Phonemic Awareness, Word Building Activities, Letter Blocks, CVC Words for Kindergarten, Spelling Toys, Reading Tools for Kids, Science of Reading Manipulatives • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Orton Gillingham Decodable 3rd Grade Readers. Easy decodable texts to improve reading and writing skills in struggling readers and kids with dyslexia. Volume 2. Black & white Edition. • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Orton Gillingham Spelling Workbook for Kids with Dyslexia. 100 spelling activities for struggling readers and kids with dyslexia. Volume 1. Black & White Edition. • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99

Materials cost

$1,021.91

Vendor shipping charges

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Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$15.33

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,067.24

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$188.34

Total project goal

$1,255.58

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

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 $1,255.58

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