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Mr. Alvarez from Los Angeles, CA is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Tools for Success, Part II

My students need math manipulatives, Read-Along Books on CD, and a digital camera to facilitate and enrich their learning experiences.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Alvarez's classroom raised $556

This project is fully funded

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This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

Have you ever tried to do a job, but been frustrated because you didn't have the tools you needed? The job of learning requires many tools and unfortunately my students will not have access to some of the tools they need without your generosity.

I teach a very diverse group of students.

Culturally, my students have roots in Mexico, Central and South America, India, the Philippines, Korea, Egypt, Iran, Belgium and various parts of the United States. Thirteen of my twenty-four students are English language learners. Most of my students come from working class families with limited resources to invest in their education. They are hard workers and extremely eager to learn.

My Project

The digital camera will allow my students to document their learning experiences, including field trips, science experiments, and art projects. They will use the photographs they take to create PowerPoint presentations and digital portfolios. The magnetic manipulatives will assist me in helping my students build their knowledge of money, fractions, and geometric shapes. The read-along books will add life and depth to their reading experiences. Hearing a narrator read a story as they follow along in their book will provide them with a model of proper phrasing and fluid reading. It will also help them build their sight word and academic vocabularies. For those of my students who are just beginning to read, the Read Along Books will allow them to have access to higher-level texts. Last, because read-along stories include music, sound effects, and narrators who embellish their reading by using silly or dramatic sounding voices, they help build a love of reading.

Your donations will help provide powerful and effective tools that will facilitate and enrich my students' learning.

My students will use these tools on a daily basis to improve their reading, writing, math skills. I thank you in advance for your generosity!

Mr. Alvarez Carthay Center 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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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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
PENTAX Digital Camera Optio H90, Black • Quill $179.99 1 $179.99
RE544 - The Three Billy Goats Gruff CD Read-Along • Lakeshore Learning $39.50 1 $39.50
RE542 - Goodnight Moon CD Read-Along • Lakeshore Learning $39.50 1 $39.50
RE176 - Clifford’s Good Deeds CD Read-Along • Lakeshore Learning $28.50 1 $28.50
RE731 - Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock CD Read-Along • Lakeshore Learning $40.50 1 $40.50
ID302 - Magnetic Pattern Blocks • Lakeshore Learning $7.95 1 $7.95
ID301 - Magnetic Fraction Circles • Lakeshore Learning $10.95 1 $10.95
ID306 - Magnetic Coins • Lakeshore Learning $9.95 1 $9.95
RE252 - The Little Red Hen CD Read-Along • Lakeshore Learning $36.50 1 $36.50

Materials cost

$393.34

Vendor shipping charges

 $1.80

Sales tax

 $35.99

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.90

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$472.03

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$83.30

Total project goal

$555.33

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $555.33

2 Donors

-$96.00

Donations toward project cost

-$81.60

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$14.40

match offer

-$459.33

Match offer toward project cost

-$390.43

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$68.90

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