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Mrs. Ruane from Tampa, FL is requesting computers & tablets through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Rock Our Reading Block With New Technology!

Help me give my students new tablets to add more technology to our language arts block and rotations. These new tablets will allow more students to have access to read aloud apps.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Ruane's classroom raised $215

This project is fully funded

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My Students

My classroom is a mixture of exceptional learners, English language learners and high poverty students who are hungry to become strong, independent and fluent readers. I teach two wonderful groups of third graders who are hungry to learn!

I am so excited to bring in a new group of third graders and get them excited about all the magic reading can bring them and all the places it can take them!

Many of these students will start the new year struggling to truly enjoy reading as a pleasure and for fun, and I believe it is my job to help shift this view!

My Project

At a time when technology is such a huge and crucial part of the world around us, my students are lacking some of the basics in school. We have two old desktop computers (one of which is my teacher computer) to share between 18 students. We are a high-poverty school, so many students do not have access to technology outside of school. This does not allow my students to become exposed to some of the technology they will experience in the real world.

We were recently lucky enough to receive four new Amazon tablets that the students LOVE to use during our reading block, but with only four, there are many students who do not get to enjoy this technology on a daily basis.

The main use of these tablets is to to help build reading fluency.

Many of my students are ELL and are still developing their foundational reading skills. With the help of apps such as MyOn and TIME for Kids, my students will be able to listen to grade-level text while reading along on the screen which will allow them to hear what a fluent reader sounds like.

Hearing the text read aloud also helps with students who may become frustrated when reading is a struggle. These tablets allow them to relax and truly experience joy from reading rather than experiencing frustration. I want all readers in my classroom to truly LOVE reading, and these extra tablets will help with this goal!

Mrs. Ruane Alexander Elementary School Grades 3-5

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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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More than half 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

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Amazon - Fire - 7'- Tablet - 8GB 7th Generation, 2017 Release - Black • Best Buy Education $53.06 2 $106.12
Amazon - Kid-Proof Case for Amazon Fire 7 (7th Generation, 2017 Release) - Blue • Best Buy Education $21.82 2 $43.64

Materials cost

$149.76

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.25

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$182.01

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$32.12

Total project goal

$214.13

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $214.13

4 Donors

-$166.63

Donations toward project cost

-$141.64

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$24.99

Matching donations from our partners

-$47.50

Match offers toward project cost

-$40.38

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.12

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 $0.00

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