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The Amazing Race For Reading!

My students need a taxi-trike, a police officer costume, sight word magnets, flip books, and 5 magnetic boards.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Bendiksen's classroom raised $726

This project is fully funded

My Students

Imagine if you could harness the energy of Kindergartners to help them on their journey to being readers. We plan to do just that with our Amazing Race to Reading!

We are a classroom of 20 students in a grade level of 5 Kindergarten classes.

We plan for our requested equipment to be shared with the entire grade level. California's budget crisis has created an extreme funding challenge for our school district which is likely to last for some years to come. We continue to want the best for our students despite the lack of resources.

My Project

Our Amazing Race and accompanying resources work together to make stronger students, physically and academically. We are creating a better foundation for all our students and setting up each of them for life long success through building enthusiasm for reading. In teams of two, on a taxi-trike, our students will race around a course, making "pit stops" to read high frequency words. Our police officer will direct traffic while other students hold up magnetic sight word clues. This is an engaging, hands-on method for practicing a rote skill. Rather than sitting at a desk or reviewing flash cards, we've created an experiential introduction to reading. We have a plan to engage students of all learning styles, particularly addressing the needs of under-served kinesthetic learners but meeting the needs of auditory and visual learners, too. We intend for all our students to master our Kindergarten high frequency words and for them to have fun in the process.

Having a solid foundation of high frequency words as beginning readers, our Kindergartners will enter 1st grade with enthusiasm for reading and the basic skills on which to build a lifetime of learning.

Donations for this project allow us to provide our active young students with a meaningful alternative to traditional classroom instruction. In teams of two, our children will race to reading success!

Ms. Bendiksen Don Benito Fundamental School Grades PreK-2

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.

Pasadena, CA View local requests

More than half of 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

125 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
FF174 - Literature-Based Sight-Words Center • Lakeshore Learning $19.95 1 $19.95
EE709 - Change-A-Sound Flip Books • Lakeshore Learning $29.95 1 $29.95
RR621 - Magnetic Write & Wipe Lapboard • Lakeshore Learning $6.95 5 $34.75
GG310X - Sight-Word Magnets - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning $69.95 1 $69.95
LC855 - Police Officer Costume • Lakeshore Learning $39.95 1 $39.95
LA157 - Easy-Ride Taxi-Trike (3-7 years) • Lakeshore Learning $299.00 1 $299.00

Materials cost

$493.55

Vendor shipping charges

$49.36

Sales tax

$35.78

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.40

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$595.09

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$130.63

Total project goal

$725.72

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$725.72

2 Donors

-$263.86

Donations toward project cost

-$216.37

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$47.49

match offer

-$461.85

Match offer toward project cost

-$378.72

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$83.13

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.01

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$0.00

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