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Ms. Aldana from Los Angeles, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Reading Superstars!

My students need these vocabulary building skills activities such as Antonyms Listening Center Pack, Reading Skills Fluency Pack and Listen and Read Fluency Pack to build a strong foundation for reading.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Aldana's classroom raised $561

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 Students

You may have heard that reading is power. Well, that is what I want to give my students, the power to succeed in school. Reading entails a variety of skills from decoding, word analysis, and comprehension. My students come to school one or two years below grade level at no fault of their own.

My students live in the inner city.

Their neighborhood is mostly made up of factories. One block away from school homeless people camp out to receive their meals from the local soup kitchen. Poverty is evident all around. Students lack basic essentials such as books, school materials and decent living spaces. Yet, every day they come to school eager to learn and succeed.

My Project

My students need these vocabulary building skills activities such as Antonyms Listening Center Pack, Reading Skills Fluency Pack and Listen and Read Fluency Pack to build a strong foundation for reading. I am requesting a variety of hands-on manipulative that will help my students learn about synonyms and antonyms. In addition some of the materials requested will help students fluency and comprehension. These materials will be used on a daily basis to enhance and facilitate the learning of the essential skills needed to be a successful reader.

This project is very important to my students because the materials requested will help my students acquire the grade level skills necessary to be successful readers and learners.

Second Grade is the grade where students transition from learning to read to reading to learn. I want my students to be ready to learn from readings. I want them to have the power of reading.

Ms. Aldana Estrella Elementary 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.

Los Angeles, 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
BG507 - Best-Buy Book Bags - Set of 6 • Lakeshore Learning $6.95 2 $13.90
LC1198 - Classroom Calendar Kit • Lakeshore Learning $29.99 1 $29.99
FF852 - Easy Reference Homework Folder - Gr. 2 - Each • Lakeshore Learning $1.29 28 $36.12
EE870X - Building Vocabulary Listening Center Skill Packs - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning $149.00 1 $149.00
EE873 - Antonyms Listening Center Skill Pack • Lakeshore Learning $29.95 1 $29.95
EE871 - Prefixes Listening Center Skill Pack • Lakeshore Learning $29.95 1 $29.95
EE918 - Reading Skills Fluency Listening Activity Pack • Lakeshore Learning $29.95 1 $29.95
JJ713 - Listen & Read Fluency Practice Pack - Gr. 1-3 • Lakeshore Learning $29.95 1 $29.95
EE501 - Building Fluency Card Bank - Gr. 1-3 • Lakeshore Learning $49.95 1 $49.95

Materials cost

$398.76

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$36.49

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.98

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$476.23

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$84.04

Total project goal

$560.27

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$560.27

6 Donors

-$96.00

Donations toward project cost

-$81.60

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$14.40

match offer

-$464.27

Match offer toward project cost

-$394.63

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$69.64

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$0.00

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