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Mrs. Jensen from Des Moines IA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Reading is the Best Gift of All: Project Let's Read!

Help me give my students books to read based on their reading level and writing journals to help them become inquisitive writers!

  • $376 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

My group of students have Individualized Education Plans based on reading, writing, math and adaptive behavior goals. Half of the day we spend in small groups in my tiny classroom and half of the day I spend pushing into general education classrooms and supporting my students there. My students are funny, fidgety, smart, clever, patient, endearing and kind. They work their hardest everyday at school, striving to meet their academic and personal goals. They make me proud every single day.

My Project

The books that I have carefully selected will help students with phonological awareness as well as help them build confidence with reading. Most of these books are specifically geared to teach phonics skills, English sounds and phonemic awareness.

These books will help my students who need the most intensive and explicit instruction when it comes to phonics.

Teaching students through reading, kinesthetic activities, songs and poems will keep my students involved, engaged and having fun while learning. My plan is to strengthen their skills in phonics so they become more fluent readers!

Mrs. Jensen
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
CR690X - I Can Read Readers - Complete Series • Lakeshore Learning Materials $145.00 1 $145.00
Classroom Library Must-Haves: Grades K-1 (DonorsChoose Exclusive) • Scholastic Magazines and Book Clubs $75.00 1 $75.00
GG275 - Writing Prompts Journal - Gr 3-4 - Set of 10 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99

Materials cost

$259.99

Vendor shipping charges

$7.50

Sales tax

$17.81

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.90

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$319.20

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$56.33

Total project goal

$375.53

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$375.53

8 Donors

-$371.53

Donations toward project cost

-$319.20

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$52.33

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.00

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$0.00

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