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Ms. Herlo from Chicago, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Reading notebooks and teaching paper for my Kindergarten learners!

My students need chart paper, a chart stand, and interactive language notebooks.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Herlo's classroom raised $576

This project is fully funded

My Students

I have 32 wonderful and bright students. They are all eager to learn many things in kindergarten. As a new teacher, I am motivated to bring new and exciting ideas into the classroom. I teach low-income students in a Chicago neighborhood. My school is great; unfortunately, it lacks necessary funding that is greatly needed. The principal and the staff are great to work with. We all help each other in order to benefit student learning, which is most important to me as an educator. Without funding, the students are not given the accurate amount of supplies needed to complete the school year.

I teach ESL students reading, math, writing, social studies, and science.

My students love participating in centers for reading and math, but I would love to incorporate a writing center filled with the right materials.

My Project

Our kindergarten classroom is out of big teaching paper. The ruled and unruled chart tablet are both perfect for small group or whole class instruction, and they will work great with the Adjustable Chart Stand. The students can use the adjustable stand to teach their classmates or show off their projects and work. I can also use the paper to instruct during full group instruction on the rug.

The ELA notebooks have reproducible activities that get kindergartners learning language skills in a fun, engaging way!

The notebook focuses on important language topics like punctuation, short vowel sounds and sight-word and guides students through creating interactive notebook pages that model and reinforce each skill. As students build personalized notebooks, they’ll learn to dig deep into each topic while strengthening reading and writing skills as they go! Any donation towards this project will help my students in a great way! Thank you!

Ms. Herlo G.B. Swift Elementary Specialty School Grades PreK-2

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.

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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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
AR800 - Interactive Language Notebook Reproducible Activities - Kindergarten • Lakeshore Learning Materials $9.99 35 $349.65
ID9890 - Adjustable Chart Stand • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
TA3385 - Unruled Chart Tablet • Lakeshore Learning Materials $17.99 1 $17.99
TA531 - 1" Graphing Paper - 500 Sheets • Lakeshore Learning Materials $12.99 1 $12.99
BJ7471 - 1 1/2" Ruled Chart Tablet • Lakeshore Learning Materials $11.99 1 $11.99
NF9765 - Rainbow Sentence Strips • Lakeshore Learning Materials $4.99 2 $9.98

Materials cost

$452.59

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.79

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$489.38

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$86.36

Total project goal

$575.74

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$575.74

3 Donors

-$362.76

Donations toward project cost

-$319.60

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$43.16

match offer

-$199.74

Match offer toward project cost

-$169.78

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$29.96

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$13.24

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$0.00

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