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Ms. Choate from Portland OR is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Putting Phonics Instruction in the Hands of Online Learners

Help me give my students magnetic letters and work boards for online phonics and literacy practice.

  • $1,325 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

I am a kindergarten teacher in a Chinese language immersion program. That means that my students are with me, learning all the regular stuff that is taught in kindergarten, PLUS they are learning Mandarin Chinese.

This year, I've decided to join them in learning the fundamentals of Chinese.

I like that they can see me learning and struggling alongside them, and they like to correct me when I make a mistake!

Though I've only just met most of my students, I look forward to finding creative ways to build relationships with them and their families in a virtual platform.

My Project

Quality phonics instruction is one of the most fundamental elements of early reading. In the classroom, there are many different ways to practice making this connection between letters and the sounds that they represent, but most students don't have access to these types of materials at home.

Putting magnetized letters and work boards in the hands of our youngest online learners will go VERY far in helping us teach them how to read in this less-than-optimal, virtual format.

These materials will assist our kindergartners in their transition from knowing the sound of a letter, to spelling, and eventually to writing words and sentences.

Ms. Choate
Grades PreK-2

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Dowling Magnets - Wonderboard Fun-with-letters • Teachers' School Supply $14.99 65 $974.35

Materials cost

$974.35

Vendor shipping charges

 $107.18

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$14.62

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,126.15

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$198.73

Total project goal

$1,324.88

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,324.88

5 Donors

-$880.12

Donations toward project cost

-$760.55

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$119.57

match offer

-$430.12

Match offer toward project cost

-$365.60

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$64.52

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$14.64

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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