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Mrs. Vanill from Buffalo, NY is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Secret Stories for Second Grade Reading Sleuths

Help me give my students access an engaging, whole-brain approach to learning phonics!

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Vanill's classroom raised $461

This project is fully funded

My Project

Secret Stories is a phonics based program that helps students from Preschool to Grade 5 better understand phonics. These Secret Stories give reasons when certain letters are next to each other in a word, they make a certain sound. It is presented in a fun and exciting "secret" way that engages our kiddos, making them more eager to learn! This is for letter combinations such as ch, wh, sh, au, and many many more!

Secret Stories uses a whole brain approach that is perfect for such young brains!

These stories fit in perfectly with our curriculum we already have, which will help link reading and writing together! The visual posters will be around the classroom for students to always have a reference point while reading and writing!There are three classroom sets, so all 2nd grade classrooms can have access to these amazing resources!

Thank you so much for your generosity and support of our classrooms!

Mrs. Vanill Westminster Community Charter School Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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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.

Buffalo, NY 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

60 students impacted 16donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
“Decorative Squares” Phonics Kit • Secret Stories $109.00 2 $218.00
“Space Saver” Square Classroom Phonics Kit with Brain-Based Red Phonics Posters • Secret Stories $103.00 1 $103.00

Materials cost

$321.00

Vendor shipping charges

 $35.31

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.82

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$391.13

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$69.02

Total project goal

$460.15

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $460.15

7 Donors

-$446.56

Donations toward project cost

-$391.13

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$55.43

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$13.59

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 $0.00

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