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Ms. Ellickson from Santa Maria, CA is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Read to Succeed!

Help me give my students the ability to build a strong foundation in phonics and a LOVE of reading.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Ellickson's classroom raised $346

This project is fully funded

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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

The effects of Covid are still being felt in my fourth grade classroom. My students were first graders who missed the opportunity to build a strong foundation in phonics and a love of reading. My amazing students want to succeed and just need a little helping hand.

In order to support my students, I am requesting decodable texts and manipulatives to support my students in small groups.

Decodable texts play an important role in phonics instruction and build confidence in young readers.

Fourth graders still desperately need a strong phonics understanding to help them access upper grade material.

Ms. Ellickson Isaac Miller Elementary School Grades 3-5

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

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Santa Maria, 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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Word Mapping Paddles for Phoneme Grapheme Mapping | Orthographic Mapping & Science of Reading Manipulatives | 6 Double-Sided Magnetic Whiteboard Paddles w/ 36 Magnetic Discs • Amazon Business $49.50 1 $49.50
The Science of Reading Decodable Books: Controled R and Bossy R Text Set for Kindergarten, First Grade, Second Grade, and Third Grade • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
The Science of Reading Decodable Readers: Consonant Blends (The Science of Reading Decodable Books) • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
The Science of Reading Decodable Readers: Vowel Teams (The Science of Reading Decodable Books) • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
The Science of Reading Decodable Readers: Consonant Blends Book 2 (The Science of Reading Decodable Books) • 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
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 readers: Decodable Reading for Homeschool and the Classroom (The Science of Reading Decodable Books) • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
The Science of Reading Decodable Texts: Book 2 (The Science of Reading Decodable Books) • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
hand2mind Reading Rods Building Sight Words, Word Building Activities, Letter Blocks, Sight Words Kindergarten, CVC Words Spelling Toys, Reading Tools for Kids, Science of Reading Manipulatives • Amazon Business $14.59 1 $14.59
The Science of Reading Decodable Books: Silent E Rule • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99

Materials cost

$238.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $21.78

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.57

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$293.35

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$51.77

Total project goal

$345.12

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $345.12

3 Donors

-$335.71

Donations toward project cost

-$293.35

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$42.36

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$9.41

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