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Mrs. Lusk-Hauswirth from Pontiac, MI is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Success in Reading Starts with Decodable Readers

Help me give my students these research-based books, with very specific skills covered in decodable readers.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Lusk-Hauswirth's classroom raised $839

This project is fully funded

My Project

These books will help us enrich our library area in our kindergarten classroom. Our students will be hands on with these books. These book titles that are chosen are loved by children in kindergarten. We love our kindergarten students, and you would love them to. With these research-based books, there are very specific skills covered. Paired with explicit phonics instruction, I am confident that every student will be able to engage in meaningful, relevant reading instruction. These books will help me work in small groups and one on one to increase their confidence and fluency, by providing accessible, decodable texts.

Mrs. Lusk-Hauswirth Owen Elementary 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 will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lakeshore Phonics Skill-Building Book Sets - Complete Library for Beginning Readers, Phonics, and Science of Reading • Lakeshore Learning Materials $159.00 2 $318.00
Scholastic Books Laugh-A-Lot Phonics Short Vowels Class Set, Grades PreK to 2 - Grades K-2 - Toddler • School Specialty $73.49 1 $73.49
Lakeshore Short Vowels Skill-Building Book Set for Beginning Readers, Phonics, and Science of Reading • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
Charge into Reading Decodable Books (Stage 3): 6 Digraph Decodable Readers to Help Kindergarten and First Grade Beginning Readers Learn to Read (One Digraph Per Book) • Amazon Business $15.99 2 $31.98
Nonfiction Phonics Readers SET 1: Short Vowels, Blends & More (Single-Copy Set) • Amazon Business $15.36 2 $30.72
Decodable Readers: 15 Short Vowel Phonics Decodable Books for Beginning Readers Ages 4-7 Developing Decoders (Set 2) • Amazon Business $29.99 1 $29.99
Decodable Readers: 15 Beginning Blends Phonics Decodable Books for Beginning Readers Ages 4-7 Developing Decoders (Set 5) • Amazon Business $29.99 1 $29.99
Junior Learning Decodable Readers The Pods - Phase 2 Letter Sounds: The Science of Reading, Easy decodable Texts, Beginning Readers, for Ages 5+, Grade K • Amazon Business $28.72 1 $28.72
CVC Word Stories CVC Books for Beginning Readers: CVC Short Vowel Sounds Decodable Stories for Preschool and Kindergarten (Decodable Books Kindergarten) • Amazon Business $11.08 2 $22.16
Charge into Reading Decodable Books (Stage 2): 5 Consonant Blends Decodable Readers to Help Kindergarten and First Grade Beginning Readers Learn to Read (One Blend Type Per Book) • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
My Beginning Readers Set (A Complete Set of 25 First Reader Books, Level A) • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
Charge into Reading Decodable Books (Stage 1): 5 Short Vowel Decodable Readers to Help Kindergarten and First Grade Beginning Readers Learn to Read (One Short Vowel Sound Per Book) • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99

Materials cost

$647.81

Vendor shipping charges

 $25.25

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.72

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$712.78

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$125.78

Total project goal

$838.56

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $838.56

2 Donors

-$828.56

Donations toward project cost

-$704.28

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$124.28

match offer

-$10.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$8.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$1.50

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