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Ms. Saltveit from El Cerrito, CA is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Teaching Tools for First Grade

Help me give my students Scholastic News, an easel, and a Secret Stories kit as engaging and accessible learning materials to succeed in first grade.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Saltveit's classroom raised $520

This project is fully funded

My Project

I am eager to transition from kindergarten to first grade at a new school. First grade is a special and important school year full of learning, sharing, and growing.

The materials in this project will serve my students to their highest potential.

Secret Stories is a supplemental phonics curriculum that makes learning more complex phonics rules engaging and tangible. Used alongside the University of Florida Literacy Institute (UFLI) foundations toolbox, students' reading and writing will soar. Scholastic News is a multidisciplinary supplemental social studies program that engages students with age-appropriate, relevant topics and themes. Students get to read, engage with, and take home a mini magazine each week across the school year. And finally, a classroom easel allows me to best teach explicit concepts across subjects and engage in shared learning with students during mini-lessons. I believe these products will elevate my classroom and students' learning experiences.

Ms. Saltveit Madera Elementary School Grades PreK-2 El Cerrito, CA View local requests 22 students impacted 6donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Secret Stories Cool Pastel Class Kit • The Secret Stories $199.99 1 $199.99
Scholastic News, Grade 1 (Print + Digital) • Scholastic Magazines+ $6.25 23 $143.75

Materials cost

$343.74

Vendor shipping charges

$30.88

Sales tax

$31.45

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.16

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$441.23

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$77.86

Total project goal

$519.09

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$519.09

6 Donors

-$492.62

Donations toward project cost

-$441.23

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$51.39

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$26.47

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$0.00

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