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Ms. Salerno from Bridgeport CT is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Ready, Sit, Read!

My students need a new carpet for our main reading and whole group instruction area in our classroom.

  • $608 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! 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

My second grade classroom is a place of transition and learning. Students will spend this year getting accustomed to new course work and material. As a teacher in a low-income/high poverty district, my students are faced with challenges in and outside the classroom. Despite these challenges, I look to provide them with rigorous, fun coursework that will help them to be successful.

My students are silly, exceptional, and creative.

All twenty two of my students love to learn and look forward to coming to school each day. Creating lessons that are positive and creative will provide my students with a comfortable environment outside of their home lives.

My Project

In my classroom, carpet time is critical to establish routines and procedures for learning. In a second grade classroom, we commonly use carpet time for reading and math instruction. In addition, I project many of my lessons and videos onto the white board as a supplement to daily instruction.

A new carpet with specific squares for each student would be a life saver.

Each student could have their own space to sit comfortably and attentively during whole and small group. "Meet me on the rug" is a common saying in my classroom, therefore, I want my students to have their own space and room to spread out if necessary.

Ms. Salerno
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
LC698 - Flex-Space A Place for Everyone Carpet for 30 Kids - 9' x 12' • Lakeshore Learning Materials $479.00 1 $479.00

Materials cost

$479.00

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.18

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$516.18

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$91.09

Total project goal

$607.27

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$607.27

8 Donors

-$589.62

Donations toward project cost

-$516.18

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$73.44

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$17.65

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$0.00

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