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Mrs. Clarke from Wilmington, CA is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Reading Manipulatives That Engage Early Readers

Help me give my students reading manipulatives to help support them with reading fluency.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Clarke's classroom raised $303

This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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 Project

Reading manipulatives help students learn and interact better with teachers. It also helps them participate in learning in an interesting yet engaging way, while at the same time improving spelling and word association skills. These tools can help my students learn to write words because it teaches him or her to 'sound out' the words. 

By breaking a word down into the individual sounds, students find it easier to read and write the whole word.

CCVC and CVCC words are learned as part of students’ reading education, especially during the earlier foundational years. Students can learn to read and write using manipulatives to increase spelling skills, blending words, and improving reading fluency and phonics. These manipulative tools include pop its, flip boards, writing boards, and bananagram letter tiles.

In addition, we would need storage to organize our manipulative tools which be the mailboxes, along with a stapler to keep everyone’s work together.

Finally, I am requesting writing boards that can be used for writing our spelling words but also double over for math work. As students use the magnetic ten frames to solve math equations, students can also writing final answers on their writing boards as an interactive tool to keep students engaged in learning and accountability for his or her own learning.

Mrs. Clarke Scholarship Preparatory South Bay Grades PreK-2

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

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Wilmington, 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

23 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
20 Pack LCD Writing Board for Kids, 8.5 Inches Doodle Board Colorful Reusable Scribbler Board Screen Drawing Pad Erasable Painting Pads Educational Toy for 3-8 Years (Blue, Red, Green, Pink) • Amazon Business $60.99 1 $60.99
Adir File Sorter Literature Organizer - Mail Vinyl Craft Paper Storage Holder Corrugated Cardboard for Office, Classrooms, and Mailrooms Organization (30 Slots, Black) • Amazon Business $53.05 1 $53.05
Magnetic Ten-Frame Set,6 Frames(with Blank Writing Space) and 66 Colorful Discs with 2 Markers (Upgraded Version for Fridge & Hand-held) • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Aizweb CVC Word Builder,Phonics Games Flash Cards for Preschool Kindergarten Classroom,Montessori Special Education Reading Manipulative Spelling Toy for Learning Activity Teacher School Supplies • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Aizweb CVCC & CCVC Word Builder,Phonics Games Flash Card for Preschool Kindergarten Classroom,Special Education Reading Manipulative Spelling Toy for Learning Activity Teacher School Supplies • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Craftinova Long Reach Stapler,Include 2000 Staples. Full Strip,20-25 Sheet Capacity,with Built-in Ruler and Adjustable Locking Paper Guide, Black • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
My First Bananagrams: Multi-Award Winning Kids Spelling Board Game For Ages 4+ • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Amazon Basics Plastic Envelopes for A4 Letter Paper with Snap Button, 10-Pack, Assorted Color • Amazon Business $12.31 1 $12.31
Pop Building Blocks Fidget Toy Push Pop Puzzle Building Sensory Toy Educational Colorful Brain Training for Kids Silicone Anti-Anxiety Stress Reliever Toys Set(11Pcs) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99

Materials cost

$205.29

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$18.78

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.08

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$257.15

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$45.38

Total project goal

$302.53

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$302.53

2 Donors

-$279.00

Donations toward project cost

-$242.40

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$36.60

match offer

-$17.35

Match offer toward project cost

-$14.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$2.60

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$6.18

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$0.00

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