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Mrs. Decker from N. Hollywood, CA is requesting other through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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We Learn by Doing!

My students need math and language arts materials to prepare them for kindergarten.

  • $568 goal

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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

My children are amazing! They are learning in their second language, yet they are almost meeting grade level standards!

My pre-k students attend our local public school.

This year's class is so dynamic. I have so many different personalities, yet they work so well together and truly take care of one another. I have some students that are are just learning color names while others are beginning readers. Since I have a different parent volunteer helping out in the classroom each day. I am able to work with the kids in small groups and even one on one- to meet the kids' diversified needs.

My Project

I need a lot of materials at hand to teach and reteach my students in as many ways as possible. I have requested language arts and math materials. Some of the Language Arts resources that I have requested, and am most excited about sharing with my students, are the Pop & Win Letter Writing Game and the Alphabet Folder Game Library. The first activity will help me to motivate the kids to practice their letter formation when this can be so tedious for their little fingers! The latter provides instant folder activities for kids who are just learning letter names as well as for kids who already know all the letter sounds. The math resources, that I know will keep the kids begging for a turn at, are the Match & Learn Patterning and Sorting Boards as well as the Count-With-Me Talking Cookie Jar. Each of these activities can be used independently by the children or with adult guidance. If I receive funding for these materials, we will start using them immediately!

Prior to having taught pre-k at my school, I taught many years of kindergarten.

In the 21 years I have been teaching, I have watched the kindergarten of "today" turn into the 1st grade of "yesterday." As much as it saddens me that we are pushing many of our kids to learn academics prematurely, I have to prepare them for what lies ahead. I need materials that can teach them in ways that are meaningful to them. I am so blessed to be their teacher and I just want to give them the best!

Mrs. Decker Camellia Avenue Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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N. Hollywood, CA 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

36 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
LL312 - Magnetic Alphabet Center • Lakeshore Learning $29.95 1 $29.95
HH775 - Pop & Win Letter Writing Games • Lakeshore Learning $29.95 1 $29.95
TT141 - Uppercase Letter Builders • Lakeshore Learning $29.95 1 $29.95
FF197 - Alphabet Folder Game Library • Lakeshore Learning $34.95 1 $34.95
FF171 - Literature-Based Alphabet Center • Lakeshore Learning $19.95 1 $19.95
JJ568 - Match & Learn Patterning Board • Lakeshore Learning $39.95 1 $39.95
JJ559 - Match & Learn Sorting Board • Lakeshore Learning $39.95 1 $39.95
JJ779 - Button Sorting Center • Lakeshore Learning $34.95 1 $34.95
LA1756 - Hands-On Counting Center • Lakeshore Learning $24.95 1 $24.95
FF933 - Farm Sorting Center • Lakeshore Learning $19.95 1 $19.95
FF932 - Bug Sorting Center • Lakeshore Learning $19.95 1 $19.95
ZZ474 - Count-With-Me Talking Cookie Jar • Lakeshore Learning $24.99 1 $24.99
FF257 - Lakeshore Number Rings • Lakeshore Learning $24.95 1 $24.95
RA587 - Foam Number Dice • Lakeshore Learning $29.95 1 $29.95

Materials cost

$404.34

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$37.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.07

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$482.41

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$85.13

Total project goal

$567.54

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$567.54

1 Donor

-$95.00

Donations toward project cost

-$80.75

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$14.25

match offer

-$472.54

Match offer toward project cost

-$401.66

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$70.88

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$0.00

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