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Mrs. Gendelman from Van Nuys, CA is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Please Teach us to Read!

Help me give my students engaging letter and word activities that will promote literacy.

  • $374 goal

This project expired on July 7, 2025.

This project expired on July 7, 2025.

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This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Project

I have been teaching for 25 years. I teach an inclusion pre-k class. I have a mixture of students with and without special needs.

It is crucial to I produce engaging literacy activities to early learners which will hopefully build the love of reading.

For this project, I am asking for many engaging literacy activities from Lakeshore which include, 3 and 4 word picture and word puzzles, Magnetic letters to help build simple words. I will use these activities during small group instruction. I want to help build strong foundational skills for my pre-k students. They will be ready to start kindergarten!

Thank you for your support!

Mrs. Gendelman Sylvan Park Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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.

Van Nuys, CA View local requests

Nearly all 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

24 students impacted

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lakeshore Classroom Magnetic Letters Kit for Beginning Readers - Phonics, Science of Reading • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
Lakeshore Word Building Blocks • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
Lakeshore Building Words Instant Learning Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
Lakeshore Find & Write CVC Words Activity Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $34.99 1 $34.99
Lakeshore Word Building Magnetic Activity Tin • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
Lakeshore Word Building Tiles Student Pack • Lakeshore Learning Materials $5.99 4 $23.96
Lakeshore Word Building Puzzles - 4-Letter Words • Lakeshore Learning Materials $14.99 1 $14.99
Lakeshore Word Building Puzzles - 3-Letter Words • Lakeshore Learning Materials $14.99 1 $14.99

Materials cost

$248.89

Vendor shipping charges

$12.44

Sales tax

$22.77

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.73

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$317.83

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$56.09

Total project goal

$373.92

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