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Ms. Lugo from Bakersfield, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Readers Fly with UFLI

Help me give my students an explicit and systematic phonics program as a resource that introduces them to the foundational reading skills necessary to become a proficient reader.

  • $522 goal

This project expired on September 5, 2024.

This project expired on September 5, 2024.

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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

Ventris Learning is the University of Florida Literacy Institutes' publishing partner for the new Foundations teacher manual. I am asking for the teaching manual for our primary grade levels to use for tier 1 and tier 2 phonics instruction. It will also support 3rd grade tier 2 phonics instruction. Tier 1 is whole class instruction and tier 2 would be small group instruction for intervention or enrichment.

We are seeing an strong need for students to have explicit instruction in decoding texts which UFLI is built to establish and support.

This is an all-in-one resource that can hit many different skills good readers need. Thank you for your consideration in helping to fund my project. This would be amazing tool for our teachers that would provide consistency in routines and instruction across grade levels which will help students as they change grades each year.

Ms. Lugo Ramon Garza 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.

Bakersfield, 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

120 students impacted

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
UFLI Foundations • Ventris Learning $70.00 5 $350.00

Materials cost

$350.00

Vendor shipping charges

$26.25

Sales tax

$32.02

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.25

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$443.52

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$78.27

Total project goal

$521.79

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