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Ms. Trayers from Houston, TX is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Reading for Fun

My students need various books, workstation activities, mp3 players and a digital camera for reading response projects.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Trayers's classroom raised $1,972

This project is fully funded

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Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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 Students

Children are not reading for fun anymore. How do we change that? I think we have to make reading fun! Not just boring worksheets to respond to what they are reading, but making the latest technology available for them to complete their own projects.

I work in an area of low economic development.

A majority of our students qualify for free/reduced lunch and also come from homes where English is not the primary language. They are very eager to learn and love when we can make learning fun for them. I facilitate for a book club that meets after school each week and students have a list of required books to read. We read those books and discuss the plots and characters. Sometimes they get very excited about certain titles and want to do more to advertise those books to the rest of the group. This project would make books available for them to check out. There is nothing like watching a group of kids leaving school with their noses in their books!

My Project

The mp3 players and camera would allow the students to respond to what they are reading by making book trailers, PSA's for the favorite causes of characters, and record themselves reading to improve their own fluency. We could show these videos and presentations that the kids make on the school-wide morning announcements and reach even more students! I am also asking for books from some of their favorite authors to help peak that interest in reading. Often our students don't have regular access to books that they can read-this donation could remedy that issue. We could put books in the hands of every student as they go home at night.

This donation would help us instill a passion for reading in our students!

If we can get them excited about not only what they are reading but how they are responding to it, maybe it will be a skill that will continue to grow as they do. This donation would give access to reading resources and technology that these kiddos haven't had access to before. Reading is such an important skill-it's the foundation for all other subject areas. You could help us set that foundation for many, many students!

Ms. Trayers Roosevelt Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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
Nikon - Coolpix P600 16.1-Megapixel Digital Camera - Black • Best Buy for Business $429.99 1 $429.99
SanDisk - Clip Sport 8GB* MP3 Player - Lime • Best Buy for Business $45.11 1 $45.11
SanDisk - Clip Sport 8GB* MP3 Player - Blue • Best Buy for Business $45.11 2 $90.22
SanDisk - Clip Sport 8GB* MP3 Player - Black • Best Buy for Business $45.11 2 $90.22
SanDisk - Clip Sport 8GB* MP3 Player - Yellow • Best Buy for Business $45.11 2 $90.22
LL240X - Fill-In-The-Blank Magnetic Activity Tins - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $69.99 1 $69.99
KT2902 - Everyday Songs & Activities Box • Lakeshore Learning Materials $59.99 1 $59.99
HH696 - Leveled Books Activity Box - Levels A-P • Lakeshore Learning Materials $59.99 1 $59.99
LL961 - Teaching Phonemic Awareness Skills Activity Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
LL938 - Teaching Vocabulary Skills Activity Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
EE183 - Sound Switch Instant Learning Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
LA815 - Pretend & Play Mailbox • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
LL939 - Teaching Comprehension Skills Activity Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
LL965 - Teaching Fluency Skills Activity Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
LL239 - Word Building Magnetic Activity Tin • Lakeshore Learning Materials $24.99 1 $24.99
The Day the Crayons Quit • Amazon $10.74 1 $10.74
The Art Box • Amazon $16.15 1 $16.15
Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone • Amazon $14.90 1 $14.90
Extraordinary Jane • Amazon $13.59 1 $13.59
Wallace's Lists • Amazon $13.59 1 $13.59
Monsieur Marceau: Actor Without Words • Amazon $13.35 1 $13.35
Leonardo, the Terrible Monster • Amazon $13.24 1 $13.24
Little Cloud • Amazon $13.23 1 $13.23
Lester's Dreadful Sweaters • Amazon $13.01 1 $13.01
How to Train a Train • Amazon $12.92 1 $12.92
The Three Little Pigs and the Somewhat Bad Wolf • Amazon $12.91 1 $12.91
Maple • Amazon $12.88 1 $12.88
Matilda's Cat • Amazon $12.67 1 $12.67
Tea Party Rules • Amazon $12.63 1 $12.63
The Pilot and the Little Prince: The Life of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry • Amazon $11.46 1 $11.46
Counting by 7s • Amazon $11.30 1 $11.30
Scribbles and Ink, Out of the Box (Jump-Into-Chapters) • Amazon $11.10 1 $11.10
Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures • Amazon $11.01 1 $11.01
Extra Yarn • Amazon $10.90 1 $10.90
The Three Little Tamales • Amazon $10.79 1 $10.79
Jack and the Giant Barbecue • Amazon $10.79 1 $10.79
The Planets in Our Solar System (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science, Stage 2) • Amazon $5.39 2 $10.78
Over My Dead Body (43 Old Cemetery Road) • Amazon $5.39 1 $5.39
Platypus Police Squad: The Frog Who Croaked • Amazon $10.70 1 $10.70
This Moose Belongs to Me • Amazon $10.66 1 $10.66
The Black Rabbit (Junior Library Guild Selection) • Amazon $10.60 1 $10.60
Paul Meets Bernadette • Amazon $10.44 1 $10.44
Little Red Writing • Amazon $10.26 1 $10.26
Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales: One Dead Spy • Amazon $9.32 1 $9.32
Pete the Cat: Big Easter Adventure • Amazon $8.99 1 $8.99
My Weird School Special: Bunny Double, We're in Trouble! • Amazon $4.49 2 $8.98
The Mysterious Benedict Society • Amazon $8.00 1 $8.00
Freckle Juice • Amazon $3.78 2 $7.56
The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig • Amazon $7.19 1 $7.19
Dead City • Amazon $7.19 1 $7.19
The Tiny Seed (The World of Eric Carle) • Amazon $7.19 1 $7.19
The Three Little Fish And The Big Bad Shark • Amazon $7.19 1 $7.19
Dusty Locks and the Three Bears • Amazon $7.19 1 $7.19
Rebel McKenzie • Amazon $7.19 1 $7.19
The Three Horrid Little Pigs • Amazon $7.16 1 $7.16
Athlete vs. Mathlete • Amazon $6.91 1 $6.91
Little Red Hot • Amazon $6.54 1 $6.54
The Neptune Project • Amazon $6.29 1 $6.29
Liar & Spy • Amazon $5.71 1 $5.71
Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me (The World of Eric Carle) • Amazon $5.47 1 $5.47
The Year of the Book (An Anna Wang novel) • Amazon $5.39 1 $5.39
Shiloh • Amazon $5.12 1 $5.12
Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin • Amazon $5.06 1 $5.06
Kingston Technology - 8 GB Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC) - 1 Card • Best Buy for Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Bridge to Terabithia • Amazon $4.48 1 $4.48

Materials cost

$1,621.76

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$24.33

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,676.09

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$295.78

Total project goal

$1,971.87

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,971.87

1 Donor

-$1,971.87

Donations toward project cost

-$1,676.09

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$295.78

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