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Ms. Ferguson from Urbana IL is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Quiet, Calm, Reading Corner for First Graders

My students need a rug that meets our fire safety standards and five pillows to go along with it to create a calm, quiet, reading corner in our classroom.

  • $463 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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 Students

My students come into First Grade in August rearing to learn. They come from a variety of backgrounds and experiences including students from other countries and who speak more than one language.

My school and classroom also continue to be a high-poverty school of around 95%, but that doesn't stop them from trying their best and persevering through difficult times, both in and outside of the classroom.

They are curious, motivated learners who enjoy showing off what they have learned and what they can do.

My Project

This project will help me create a quiet, calm area in a corner of my First Grade classroom to promote stamina during self-selected reading time. First graders love to read and love to learn how to read, but some students do need a quiet, calm area to do this. This corner will be dedicated to a student or students who choose they would like to read in a quiet, calm area. This will also help my young First Grade students understand the difference between good choices and not so good choices, since they will be able to choose where they read.

Ms. Ferguson
Grades PreK-2

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
LC161 - Navy Blue Rectangular Carpet - 6' x 9' • Lakeshore Learning Materials $229.00 1 $229.00
CF379 - Calming Colors® Pillows - Set of 5 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $129.00 1 $129.00

Materials cost

$358.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.37

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$393.37

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$69.42

Total project goal

$462.79

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $462.79

7 Donors

-$428.32

Donations toward project cost

-$393.37

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$34.95

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$34.47

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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