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Mrs. Valdez from Los Angeles, CA is requesting materials related to food, clothing & hygiene through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Reading Rewards and Incentives!

Help me give my students gift cards to Starbucks, Rubik's cubes, mini plush animals, and other small prizes to reward them for improving their reading levels.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Valdez's classroom raised $287

This project is fully funded

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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

I am requesting gift cards to Starbucks, Rubiks cubes, mini plush animals, pencil pouches, fidget toys, bookmarks, and stickers to reward students for improving their reading levels. Our school has purchased a reading program called "Achieve 3000," and the online program is designed to help students advance their nonfiction reading skills by providing differentiated online instruction.

Teachers use the program with an entire class, but the assignments are tailored to each student's reading ability level.

For students to increase their reading level, students must read an article and take an 8-question common core based quiz. The end-of-the-semester goal is to reach 40 activities, and I want to reward my students who have completed 40 activities. A spinning wheel will be used when a student has reached 40 activities, and the spinning wheel will list the prizes I am requesting. The prizes on the spinning wheel will include: gift cards to Starbucks, Rubik's cubes, mini plush animals, pencil pouches, fidget toys, bookmarks, and stickers! The prizes will make spinning the wheel much more exciting and fun while at the same time help to improve reading levels!

Mrs. Valdez Florence Nightingale Middle School Grades 6-8

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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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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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Starbucks Gift Cards, Multipack of 4 - $10 • Amazon Business $40.00 2 $80.00
Full Size 3x3x3 Cube Set, Puzzle Party Toy, Eco-Friendly Material with Vivid Colors, Party Favor School Supplies Puzzle Game Set for Kids and Adults(15 Pack),2.2 Inch Each Side. • Amazon Business $26.99 1 $26.99
32 Piece Mini Plush Animal Toy Set, Cute Small Animals Plush Keychain Decoration for Themed Parties, Kindergarten Gift, Teacher Student Award, Goody Bags Filler for Boys Girls Child Kid • Amazon Business $23.97 1 $23.97
30pcs Mesh Zipper Pouch, Zipper Pencil Pouch B6 Net Zipper Pouch Multipurpose Travel Mesh Bag Plastic Colorful Small Pencil Pouches with Zipper to Storage Cosmetics Stationery Office Supplies,10 Color • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
40Pcs Pop Push It Keychain Fidget Toys, Anti-Anxiety Stress Relief Pop its Toys Hand Playset,Fidget Toys Sets with Keychain Office Desk Toy for Kids Adults • Amazon Business $13.47 1 $13.47
36 Pieces Scented Bookmarks Fruit Scratch and Sniff Bookmarks Fun Book Marks Classroom Bookmarks Colorful Chocolate Popcorn Donut Dessert Bookmarks for Kids Teenagers School Office Home, 12 Styles • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Sooez 12 Pack Pencil Erasers, Cute Erases Pencil Eraser with Clean up Roller Pencil Eraser Shaving Roller Case Erasers for Party Favors Gift Supplies • Amazon Business $11.98 1 $11.98
60 Pieces Scented Bookmarks Scratch and Sniff Fun Bookmarks 6 Styles for Students Bookmarks Smelly Bookmarks for Kids (Fruit Style) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Reading Reward Stickers for Students and Teachers| 50 Pcs Motivational Waterproof Vinyl Stickers for Water Bottles Laptop Bicycle Refrigerator Cup Luggage Computer Mobile Phone Skateboard Decals • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99

Materials cost

$199.37

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$10.92

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.99

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$243.28

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$42.93

Total project goal

$286.21

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$286.21

2 Donors

-$204.00

Donations toward project cost

-$173.40

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.60

match offer

-$82.21

Match offer toward project cost

-$69.88

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.33

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$0.00

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