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Mrs. McIlhenny from Philadelphia, PA is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mrs. McIlhenny's classroom raised $242

Stellar Spellers!

Help me give my students magnetic journals and letter tiles to use for spelling activities.

Mrs. McIlhenny Rhodes School

Philadelphia, PA Grades PreK-2

My Project

My students have difficulty with phonics and spelling skills. Using magnetic letter tiles to assist with spelling individual words helps students to break words down into sounds/parts. It gives them visual cues for the phonics topics they are learning. (These magnetic letter boards and tiles align with the phonics program used for instruction.)

Not only do these magnetic letters and boards help students with spelling, but my students have fun using them!

My students' faces light up when they walk in the classroom and see their spelling boards set out on the table. In fact, my students enjoy using their magnetic spelling board so much year after year, that the current set is very worn. Many of the letters are faded and hard to see. Some of the boards are starting to fray, warp, and tear. I would love for my students to have new magnetic boards and letter tiles so that I can continue to provide hands-on, engaging spelling instruction for years to come!

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

32 students impacted 4 donors

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Philadelphia, PA
Grades PreK-2
Literacy
Classroom Basics
Nearly all students from low‑income households

Mrs. McIlhenny Rhodes 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.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Philadelphia, PA 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

32 students impacted 4donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total

WRS Magnetic Journal with Letter Tiles, 4th Edition • Wilson Language $32.00 5 $160.00

Materials cost			$160.00
Vendor shipping charges			$12.80
Sales tax			$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee			$2.40
Fulfillment labor & materials			$30.00
Total project cost			$205.20
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			$36.21
Total project goal			$241.41
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal			$241.41
3 Donors			-$120.70
Donations toward project cost			-$102.60
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			-$18.10
match offer			-$120.71
Match offer toward project cost			-$102.60
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			-$18.11
Excluded support for DonorsChoose			-$0.01
Still needed View calculation Hide calculation			$0.00

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