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Mrs. Alford from Georgetown SC is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Word Mapping Wizards

Help me give my students reading readiness tools to build and strengthen their foundation of phonemic awareness and phonics skills.

  • $465 goal

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This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Project

My reading intervention students are currently working below their grade level on reading skills. They need hands-on materials to help improve their reading readiness skills. Following the science of reading, phoneme-grapheme mapping is an instructional activity where students link the 'sound' part of a word to the 'letter' part of a word. This skill is crucial for students to make the jump from phonemic awareness to phonics. The mobile whiteboard, reading rods, alphabet chips and other reading resources will provide my students with the opportunity to practice this skill with excitement and ease. The goal is to get my students to become word-mapping wizards. These trays and magnetic letter discs are sure to be a fun and interactive way for my struggling students to develop letter-sound connections.

According to Allison McDonald, "If we want our students to be better at a skill, we have to give them the opportunity to use and practice that skill." This is supported by the science of reading research and it is incorporated into my reading intervention classroom daily.

Please help me give my students the opportunity to use and practice the skills we work on daily.

Mrs. Alford
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Mobile Whiteboard, 40x24 inches Double Sided Reversible Whiteboard on Wheels, Rolling Stand Portable Easel Frame for Office Classroom Home, Black • Amazon Business $109.99 1 $109.99
hand2mind Reading Rods, Create Sight Words with Alphabet Blocks, CVC Word Builders Linking Cubes, Reading Manipulatives, Montessori Alphabet, 1st Grade Reading, Homeschool Supplies (Set of 82) • Amazon Business $17.79 3 $53.37
Gamenote Classroom Magnetic Letters Kit 234 Pcs with Double-Side Magnet Board - Foam Alphabet Letters for Kids Spelling and Learning • Amazon Business $19.99 2 $39.98
hand2mind Reading Rods Alphabet & CVC Words, Word Building Activities, Letter Blocks, CVC Words for Kindergarten, Spelling Toys, Reading Tools for Kids, Science of Reading Manipulatives • Amazon Business $14.21 2 $28.42
hand2mind Little Minds at Work Sound Segmenting Trays by Tara West, Phonemic Awareness, Science of Reading Manipulatives, Elkonin Boxes, Letter Sounds, Preschool Learning Activities (Set of 6) • Amazon Business $25.49 1 $25.49
Hand2mind Lowercase Alphabet Chips with Magnetic Metal Ring, Learn to Spell for Kids, Lowercase Magnetic Letters, Toddler Learning Toys, Preschool Reading, Science of Reading Manipulatives • Amazon Business $24.98 1 $24.98
Super Words - CVC Word Builders, Phonics Games, Rhyming Words Game for Kids, Kindergarten Learning Games, Match it Puzzles for Toddlers, Learn to Read Game, CVC Words for Kindergarten Activities • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
hand2mind Beginning Word Builder, CVC Word Games, Letter Word Puzzles, Learn to Spell for Kids, Sight Words Flash Cards Preschool, Toddler Learning Activities, Science of Reading Manipulatives • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
OWill Dry Erase White Board, 8” X 12” Small Whiteboard with Stand, Mini Whiteboard A4 Magnetic Desktop Board & Portable Double-Sided White Board Easel for Kids Drawing in School & Home • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99

Materials cost

$336.20

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$23.70

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.04

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$394.94

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$69.70

Total project goal

$464.64

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$464.64

7 Donors

-$439.64

Donations toward project cost

-$373.69

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$65.95

match offer

-$25.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$21.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.75

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$0.00

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