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Ms. Herlo from Chicago, IL is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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We Can Read in Kindergarten!

My students need touch & read phonics sets for our kindergarten classroom.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Herlo's classroom raised $233

This project is fully funded

My Students

I have 32 wonderful and bright students. They are all eager to learn many things in kindergarten. As a new teacher, I am motivated to bring new and exciting ideas into the classroom. I teach low-income students in a Chicago neighborhood. My school is awesome; unfortunately, it lacks the necessary funding that is greatly needed. The principal and the staff are great to work with. We all help each other in order to benefit student learning which is most important to me as an educator. Without funding, the students are not given supplies needed to complete the school year.

I teach ESL students reading, math, writing, social studies, and science.

My students love participating in centers for reading and math, but I would love to incorporate a writing center filled with the right materials.

My Project

For most children, before they learn how to walk, they must learn how to crawl. It's an important developmental step which few children skip. The same adage is true for many other things in life, especially in the education of a young child. Though there are several different theories on and methods for learning how to speak and understand the English language, phonics-based systems perhaps best embrace this one-step-at-a-time methodology.

Reading is such a complex process that an estimated 10 million children struggle with learning to read.

The good news is that most of these children, given the proper instruction under the five components of reading, will progress out and become strong and avid readers. One component, proven to have a severe impact on reading success, is phonics.

This phonics set will help my kindergarten students start reading at their own reading level. The engaging match-ups, CVC words, vowel sounds, and blends and digraphs are just what my kindergarten students need to help them learn to read. Kids just select a word card and touch the textured dots as they say each sound. Then they read the full word and find its matching picture card! With your donation, my students will get 3 phonics sets with 60 textured word cards, 60 picture cards, 6 storage pockets and 6 answer cards. The letter tiles will help my students build word after word and explore everything from spelling patterns and word families to decoding! The set includes 20 vinyl pouches, each with 48 double-sided letter tiles with uppercase on the front and lowercase on back. The consonants and vowels are color-coded so it’s easy to build and sound out words. The 20 pouches include a total of 960 letter tiles, perfect for my whole classroom!

Ms. Herlo G.B. Swift Elementary Specialty School Grades PreK-2

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
GG365X - Touch & Read Phonics Match - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $85.00 1 $85.00
GG955 - Word Building Tiles Class Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $79.99 1 $79.99

Materials cost

$164.99

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.47

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$197.46

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$34.85

Total project goal

$232.31

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $232.31

4 Donors

-$232.31

Donations toward project cost

-$197.46

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$34.85

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