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Mrs. Szymanski from Charleston, SC is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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See It! Hear It! Say It!

My students need engaging story telling materials to maximize their ability to communicate with the world around them and to practice communicating using safe, non-threatening materials and activities.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Szymanski's classroom raised $239

This project is fully funded

My Students

As a speech-language pathologist in a low-income/high poverty school, my students are faced with several challenges both in and out of the classroom. Despite the many challenges they face they come to school almost every day willing to learn.

I serve students in self contained classrooms where students have a range of disabilities including but not limited to: health impairments, intellectual disabilities, emotional disturbance, autism spectrum disorder, specific learning disabilities, severe communication disorders.

The typical student I work with reads at a pre-k level (even students in 2nd and 3rd grades) and many struggle with basic phonics and number sense. 99.8% of our students are African American. The opportunities my students have (or don't have) and the achievement gaps are very apparent among the student population in our school. I have a $200 budget to buy all my supplies during the year including paper, printer supplies, pens, and classroom activity materials. Our classrooms are dilapidated and books are outdated. Special education teachers, such as myself, are expected to deliver excellent instruction in all academic and communication areas without the requisite tools to teach our students.

My Project

Students will use these story telling activities to practice language. Many have severe language deficits and have difficulty even with answering basic questions. Using familiar stories (once they are taught the stories...my students don't come to school knowing basic fairy tales), students are able to practice using correct language such as using correct grammar and sentence lengths.

My students, using these materials, will be able to practice answering comprehension questions after seeing the story and hearing the story.

They will be able to retell a story easier using engaging and tangible materials. Most of my students aren't even able to tell their caregivers at home how their day was or what they did during the day. Being able to practice retelling stories and events, using these materials, students will begin to develop the language skills necessary to be able to successfully communicate with the world around them. They will use the story telling glove and story items to retell stories and answer comprehension questions after listening to the story. The students will use the sorting items to learn that objects are different and will learn to attend to the color of items and sort them into the right bucket. I will have the students label the items as they put them into the correct bucket. I move from room to room serving my students and need something to carry all of the therapy materials from room to room and the tote will help me stay organized and be able to quickly and efficiently move from room to room.

Mrs. Szymanski Mary Ford Early Learning Center and Family Center Grades PreK-2

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

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.

Charleston, SC 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

37 students impacted 5donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
JJ594 - Carry-All Teacher’s Tote • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
HH413 - Color Sorting Paint Cans • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
LC260X - Storytelling Puppets - Set 2 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
LC270X - Storytelling Puppets - Set 1 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
LA998 - Storytelling Lapboard • Lakeshore Learning Materials $9.99 1 $9.99
LA835 - Storytelling Glove • Lakeshore Learning Materials $8.99 1 $8.99

Materials cost

$158.94

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $11.21

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.38

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$202.53

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$35.74

Total project goal

$238.27

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $238.27

5 Donors

-$237.39

Donations toward project cost

-$202.53

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$34.86

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.88

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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