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Mrs. Bechler from Charlotte, NC is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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The Phonics of Reading

Help me give my students word-building and phonics kits for reading fun!

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Bechler's classroom raised $516

This project is fully funded

My Students

My classroom is full of energetic and eager-to-learn children. My goal is to have a classroom full of grade-level readers and mathematicians by the end of the school year! I plan to use decodable reading books as a teaching assistant!

I work in a public Title I elementary school serving students in grades PK - 5 in which such a large percentage of the school population receive free and reduced-price meals; we have been provided a grant to provide free breakfast and lunch to all students.

My classroom consists of 17 first-grade students and me. My students consist of boys, girls, English speakers, and non-English speakers. Additionally, my children vary in their educational abilities with some students demonstrating above grade level behaviors while others have identified special academic needs. The literacy backgrounds of my students are also diverse with some having continuous exposure to books and reading and some having little to no experience.

My Project

The materials will provide my students with fun and engaging activities that they can use during independent work time to increase their foundational phonological skills!

Students will keep themselves involved in these amazing hands-on materials that will encourage them to be a stakeholder in their own learning as first graders!

The phonological and word-building activities I am requesting will be a solid base for my students in their journey to becoming proficient, independent readers. The door to the world is reading and the key to that door is knowing the absolute substructure of how words and sounds work! These materials will begin the development of this substructure.

Mrs. Bechler Whitewater Academy 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.

Charlotte, NC View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

22 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
FF455X - Phonics Magnetic Word Building Boards - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $139.00 1 $139.00
LL435X - Magnetic Sound Sorting Boards - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $99.50 1 $99.50
GG365X - Touch Read Phonics Word Match- Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $85.00 1 $85.00
EE949 - Prefixes Suffixes Giant Activity Dice • Lakeshore Learning Materials $24.99 1 $24.99
EE947 - CVC Words Giant Activity Dice • Lakeshore Learning Materials $24.99 1 $24.99

Materials cost

$373.48

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$29.13

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.60

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$438.21

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$77.33

Total project goal

$515.54

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$515.54

2 Donors

-$351.11

Donations toward project cost

-$311.75

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$39.36

match offer

-$148.78

Match offer toward project cost

-$126.46

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.32

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$15.65

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

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