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Ms. Barkley from Virginia Beach VA is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Word Whiz

Help me give my students effective and efficient word study instruction and organization.

  • $435 goal

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Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

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 Students

My students are full of life and energy. Our school is part of a low in-come community. Out of my class of 18 students, 16 are African American. They are a creative and thrive on hands-on activities. I am fortunate enough to receive manipulatives for them to use, but we lack the storage to organize them. My students need structure and organization to focus best. Organization is a life skill that my class needs to learn. And the best way to learn is by example.

My Project

Word study and phonics is essential to reading. To help my students become better readers and writers they need to study and learn different spelling patterns. This will increase their ability to decode as they read and spell as they write. The district has provided sorts and phonetic activities, but it's all electronic. These active, creative, tactile students need those activities in their hands to learn. We need cardstock to print the hands on activities for students to use. Once I create, and print those sorts and activities, they need to be stored some where.

Photo cases and greeting card boxes, will provide the students with the storage to keep up with it all.

Children need organization taught and modeled to them. Having storage for all the hands on activities is desperately needed. That way all activities and sorts can be stored and filed together for easy access. The organization is also important because we are more efficient and effective when we are organized.

Ms. Barkley
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Novelinks Transparent 4" x 6" Photo Cases and Clear Craft Keeper with Handle - 16 Inner Cases Plastic Storage Container Box (Multi-Colored) • Amazon Business $25.99 4 $103.96
Pacon Card Stock, Colorful Jumbo Assortment, 10 Colors, 8-1/2" x 11", 250 Sheets • Amazon Business $19.98 5 $99.90
IRIS 5" x 7" Small Photo Storage and Embellishment Craft Keeper, 4 Pack, Clear • Amazon Business $43.44 2 $86.88
Dixon Ticonderoga Wood-Cased #2 HB Pencils, Box of 96, Yellow (13872) • Amazon Business $14.49 3 $43.47

Materials cost

$334.21

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.01

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$369.22

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$65.16

Total project goal

$434.38

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$434.38

9 Donors

-$401.20

Donations toward project cost

-$343.72

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$57.48

Matching donations from our partners

-$30.00

Match offers toward project cost

-$25.50

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$4.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$3.18

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$0.00

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Project Activity

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