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Mrs. Shininger from Festus, MO is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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With You and Daily Five, Reading will Thrive!

My students need four Leapfrog Tag Readers and books to use during Daily Five or independent literacy time while I am working with groups or individuals.

  • $547 goal

This project expired on March 12, 2012.

This project expired on March 12, 2012.

My Students

My students' faces focus intently as I read stories aloud to them. They love to be taken away and let their imaginations soar as I read enthusiastically to them. By providing these Tag Readers and books, my students will be able to have this same experience when I am working with small groups.

I feel this school year is flying by, and I would like it to slow down!

It is due to the fact that this is one of the best groups of students I have ever taught in my seven years of teaching. They have such a desire to learn! My class consists of 19 bright kindergarten students. They always make me smile when they want to show me how well they know their sight words or when they even ask to practice spelling them! My students find reading fun and enjoyable. I hope to continue to instill this love for reading through these Tag Readers. Our school is located in rural Missouri where many students do not have a variety of local resources available to them. There isn't even a free local community library for our students to access! For some of my students, this is the first time they have been in a classroom setting since they did not attend preschool. For these students, it is even more important to provide a rich environment of literacy resources.

My Project

In my classroom, I am beginning a new program called Daily Five. Daily Five is a structure which allows every student to be independently engaged in meaningful literacy tasks. These research-based tasks are ones that will have the biggest impact on student reading and writing achievement, as well as help foster children who love to read and write. Daily Five is a structure that develops the daily habits of reading, writing, and working with peers. Daily Five is getting rave reviews from teachers across the country. One of the components to Daily Five is listening to reading. This is where the Tag Readers will come into play. My students will be able to utilize these interactive Tag Readers and variety of books to engage in reading. This will allow me to be able to work with small groups and individual students to focus on each student's learning needs.

I'm sure many of you remember when you first learned to read as a child.

I vividly remember the moment when it finally "clicked" for me. I had a toy that would read a story to you as you pressed under the words. It was called a Teach Me Reader (similar to the Tag Readers). I'll never forget looking at those words and finally being able to say them without the help of the machine. I hope to provide that same feeling for my students when it will finally "click" for them!

Mrs. Shininger
Never Before Funded Never Before Funded Grades PreK-2
    More than a third 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

    This project will reach 19 students.

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
TAG CHILDREN'S CLASSICS SET • School Specialty Inc. $63.64 1 $63.64
TAG SCHOOL READER PACK OF 4 • School Specialty Inc. $261.24 1 $261.24
TAG SUPER SPELLER • School Specialty Inc. $17.36 1 $17.36
TAG SCHOOL BOOKS PHONEMIC AWARENESS SERIES HIDE AND SEEK SOUNDS • School Specialty Inc. $21.47 1 $21.47
TAG SCHOOL BOOKS PHONEMIC AWARENESS SERIES RHYME TIME PARTY • School Specialty Inc. $21.47 1 $21.47

Materials cost

$385.18

Vendor shipping charges

 $38.52

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.78

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$464.48

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$81.97

Total project goal

$546.45

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