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Mrs. Crenshaw from Brooklyn, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Reading is the Key to Knowledge

My students need the listening center and literacy activities such as read-along books, an Ending Sounds Instant Learning Center and a Sight Words Instant Learning Center, to become great readers and writers.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Crenshaw's classroom raised $583

This project is fully funded

My Students

Do you remember when you fell in love with reading? Well I want my students to have that memory in my classroom. Each day my students struggle with early literacy skills in my class because we don't have the supplies or the resources they need to be successful readers.

My Kindergarten Stars are one of a kind.

They are eager explorers wanting to know more about the world around them. They are at the age where everything is interesting and they want to know more about everything. The main question they always ask is why? They are very playful and outgoing and love to come to school and hate for the weekend to come, because they will be away from their friends and teachers, their home away from home. My school is a great place for any child who wants to come to school to attain a great education. It is an arts integrated school which provides art, music and drama to every single student each day. We focus on our DRIVE Values: Determination, Respect, Integrity, Voice,and Engagement. Our school is where not only is the staff happy to come to work every day but our students are happy to be there, too.

My Project

The resources I asked for in my classroom will help every student in my class develop early literacy skills. Also, they will enrich reading for students who are gaining early reading skills or struggling with early reading skills. These resources will also highly benefit my English Language Learners with the acquisition of the English Language. These resources will be available for all students in my class to access during center time. Two of the activities, the sight word recognition and ending sounds, will help my students with learning sight words and ending sounds, which will be very beneficial to all my students learning how to read. These activities allow the students to work in groups up to four students. The listening center, which includes headphones for up to four students allows students to listen and follow along with a read aloud. The read aloud kit includes 16 common read alouds on CD which allows students to follow along and gain confidence to become better readers!

By funding my project for my classroom it will improve my classroom in many ways.

One of the ways is building a strong culture that we are all readers, and that we are all capable of reading. I want all my students to have that memory and understanding of why they love reading and can't wait to read more. My students come from a background where most of them don't see the importance in reading and this project will allow them to love reading as much as I do.

Project tagged as

Brooklyn, NY
Grades PreK-2
Literacy
English Language Learning
Books
More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households

Mrs. Crenshaw PS 532 New Bridges Grades PreK-2

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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More than three‑quarters 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

25 students impacted 11donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total

RE309 - Single Student Read-Alongs Library K-Gr. 2 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $299.00 1 $299.00

FF280X - Best-Buy Listening Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $99.50 1 $99.50

EE187 - Sight-Words Instant Learning Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99

TT823 - Ending Sounds Instant Learning Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99

Materials cost			$458.48
Vendor shipping charges			FREE
Sales tax			$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee			$6.88
Fulfillment labor & materials			$30.00
Total project cost			$495.36
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			$87.42
Total project goal			$582.78
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal			$582.78
9 Donors			-$471.01
Donations toward project cost			-$401.86
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			-$69.15
match offer			-$110.00
Match offer toward project cost			-$93.50
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			-$16.50
Excluded support for DonorsChoose			-$1.77
Still needed View calculation Hide calculation			$0.00

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This teacher needs your help!

Reading is the Key to Knowledge

This project is fully funded

My Students

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

Equity Focus

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TEACHERS, FEELING INSPIRED?

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DonorsChoose is the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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