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The Secret to Reading Success

Help me give my students phonics intervention resources from Secret Stories in order to support them in reading.

  • $334 goal

This project expired on September 12, 2025.

This project expired on September 12, 2025.

My Project

As I continue my own journey into the Science of Reading (SOR), I am slowly building up a toolbox of resources for my students. Last year, I was introduced to a supplemental program for phonics instruction called Secret Stories.

Secret Stories is not a program, but a teaching and learning tool that works alongside existing reading and phonics curriculum to simplify skill concepts and get kids reading—easier, earlier and faster!

As I prepare for the 2025-2026 school year, I would like to incorporate Secret Stories into my intervention lessons with my students.

Ms. Nadia Plummer 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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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

60 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Secret Stories - Class Kit (Bright) • Secret Stories $109.00 1 $109.00
Secret Stories - Flash Cards (Bright) • Secret Stories $52.50 2 $105.00

Materials cost

$214.00

Vendor shipping charges

 $23.54

Sales tax

 $12.84

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.21

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$283.59

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$50.05

Total project goal

$333.64

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