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

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Tile Up Some Words

Help me give my students extra pencils, and letter tiles so that they can make words that we are learning.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Fraas's classroom raised $166

This project is fully funded

My Students

Today's classrooms have certainly changed in the past year, we went from in-person school, to remote, to hybrid learning. I want my students to come back in the fall to the normal, where we are hands-on, learning in groups, with the laughing and learning.

My students love to learn hands-on, they are well-behaved and love to play games that promote learning.

They are also really starting to enjoy reading.

They attend a school that has a very diverse population, many of these students are free and reduced lunch children. Most of my students come from single-parent homes, in which the parents work second and third shifts.

My Project

Phonics begins at an early age, and in a first-grade classroom, a phonics program that provides structure and enrichment is key to having a successful way to learn how to read.

In any classroom, the use of visuals to help enhance what the students are learning is crucial.

My students need letter tiles so that they can manipulate the sounds that words make with hands-on experiences while doing phonemic and phonics awareness. These are items that my students need to help with my literacy instruction that will enhance and challenge what they already know.

Mrs. Fraas Griffith Elementary 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.

Winston Salem, NC View local requests

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

20 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
GG955 - Word Building Tiles - Class Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $89.99 1 $89.99
MN10 - Easy-Grip Triangular Pencils - Set of 12 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $5.99 1 $5.99
SDZ78018 - Smiley Face Pencils - Set of 24 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $4.99 1 $4.99

Materials cost

$100.97

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$7.88

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.51

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$140.36

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$24.77

Total project goal

$165.13

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$165.13

2 Donors

-$165.13

Donations toward project cost

-$140.36

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$24.77

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$0.00

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