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Ms. Dubel from Portland, ME is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Reading Is Fun!

Help me give my students decodable books and books that reflect their culture and heritage.

  • $596 goal

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My Project

My students are amazing. They are diverse and unique, and represent what is best about our community. I want to add classroom materials that support their growing abilities in decoding texts and will continue to make learning to read fun.

My students deserve high quality and engaging materials to help them meet their goals in learning to read in English.

They walk into our school each day with the desire to learn and grow, especially their skills in reading English. They persevere when challenged with new learning.

Help make learning to read fun! By adding engaging books and phonics materials to my classroom, I'll help them meet their academic goals while also making learning to read fun and engaging. The dual language books will be used to support students that know how to read in their home language, while also supporting their growing ability to read in English. These books will reflect who they are as learners. Not only will these materials support brain activity and growth, they will make learning these necessary reading skills fun.

Ms. Dubel East End Community School Grades 3-5

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Portland, ME View local requests

More than half of 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

20 students impacted 8donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lakeshore Match & Sort Language Quickies - K-Gr. 1 - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $119.00 1 $119.00
Kaplan Early Learning Spanish Favorite Books - Set of 6 • Kaplan Early Learning Company $46.76 1 $46.76
Phonic Books Moon Dogs Set 2: Decodable Books for Older Readers (CVC Level, Consonant Blends and Consonant Teams) (Phonic Books Catch-Up Decodable Readers) • Amazon Business $34.66 1 $34.66
Phonic Books Moon Dogs Set 3 Vowel Spellings Decodable Books for Older Readers (Two Spellings for a Vowel Sound) (Phonic Books Catch-Up Decodable Readers) • Amazon Business $31.60 1 $31.60
Phonic Books Moon Dogs Set 1: Decodable Books for Older Readers (Alphabet at CVC Level) (Phonic Books Catch-Up Decodable Readers) • Amazon Business $30.00 1 $30.00
Sou pequena? Am I small?: Brazilian Portuguese-English: Children's Picture Book (Bilingual Edition) (Livros bilíngues de Philipp Winterberg) (Portuguese Edition) • Amazon Business $12.99 2 $25.98
Mantra Lingua Farmer Duck, French and English Bilingual Book - Early Childhood-Elementary - Toddler • School Specialty $24.74 1 $24.74
Lakeshore Rhyming Sounds Phonics Train • Lakeshore Learning Materials $21.99 1 $21.99
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $18.00 1 $18.00
Firekeeper's Daughter (hardcover) - Reese's Book Club YA Pick • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $15.00 1 $15.00
We Are Water Protectors (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $15.00 1 $15.00
Amader Bangladesh: Our Bangladesh • Amazon Business $13.55 1 $13.55
Am I small? আমি কি ছোট?: Children's Picture Book English-Bengali (Bilingual Edition) (Bilingual Books (English-Bengali) by Philipp Winterberg) • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Kingston and the Magic Stone: A Decodable Chapter Book (The Science of Reading Decodable Books) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Fly, Little Bird - Vole, petit oiseau: Bilingual Children's Picture Book English-French with Pics to Color (Kids Learn French) • Amazon Business $11.49 1 $11.49
Mantra Lingua Pandoras Box, Bengali and English Bilingual Book - Early Childhood-Elementary - Toddler • School Specialty $6.81 1 $6.81

Materials cost

$439.56

Vendor shipping charges

 $8.16

Sales tax

 $21.98

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.59

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$506.29

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$89.35

Total project goal

$595.64

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $595.64

5 Donors

-$583.87

Donations toward project cost

-$506.29

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$77.58

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$11.77

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