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Mrs. Alford from Andrews, SC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Today's Readers, Tomorrow's Leaders

My students need word building puzzles, a CVC word work center, sight word games, and new sight word readers.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Alford's classroom raised $425

This project is fully funded

My Students

"Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body." -Joseph Addison

I teach a large kindergarten class made up of 20 eager and ready to learn 5 year olds in a high poverty area of South Carolina.

My students come from a low-income, rural area, but are very eager to learn new things. They attend a large elementary school that houses prekindergarten through fifth grade.

My Project

I am requesting a variety of materials for my students to include word building puzzles, a CVC word work center, sight word games, and new sight word readers. My students will use these reading materials to become better readers. The books are leveled for them to be reading level appropriate for my students so they will enjoy reading them. The reading games will help them to become better readers by helping them learn to sound out words and learn the important sight words.

These reading games and new books will help my students become better readers.

By improving their reading skills, my students will continue to develop a love of reading and become lifelong readers.

Mrs. Alford Andrews 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.

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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 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
TT557 - Lakeshore Nonfiction Sight-Word Readers - Level 1 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
TT536 - Lakeshore Fiction Sight-Word Readers - Level 2 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
TT235 - Lakeshore Fiction Sight-Word Readers - Level 1 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
TT559 - Lakeshore Nonfiction Sight-Word Readers - Level 2 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
DD691 - CVC Word Work Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
PP817 - Count-The-Syllables Sorting Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 1 $19.99
TT507 - Fishing for Sight-Words • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 1 $19.99
JJ466 - 3-Letter Word Building Puzzles • Lakeshore Learning Materials $14.99 1 $14.99
PP844 - Sight-Word Seashell Game • Lakeshore Learning Materials $9.99 1 $9.99

Materials cost

$304.91

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$21.50

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.57

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$360.98

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$63.70

Total project goal

$424.68

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$424.68

2 Donors

-$390.98

Donations toward project cost

-$360.98

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$33.70

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$0.00

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