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Mrs. Fridley from Carlisle, IA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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The Power Of Story Retelling!

My students need story retelling kits! Story retelling is so powerful in helping children's reading comprehension develop and we need more retelling kits!

  • $565 goal

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My Students

Story retelling is a POWERFUL way to teach and develop children's reading comprehension. My students LOVE to retell stories but we only have a few retelling kits in our classroom. I want to be able to continue story retelling throughout the year but I need more kits to do so.

I have 22 students that are ages five and six in an Iowa school.

We spend a majority of our day on literacy and we are a school that is dedicated to improving student's reading skills. They LOVE literacy centers and one of my centers is story retelling. They get so excited when they are retelling a familar story and I love to hear them act out the story. They don't even realize they are learning because they are having so much fun!

My Project

I will put these story retelling kits in a literacy center. Each student will get the opportunity to read and act out the stories using the kits several times. Reading skills have a lifelong impact on students lives. I dedicate such a huge amount of my day and time to improving reading skills for all my students.

The story retelling kits will provide a vital role in improving my student's reading comprehension which will improve their reading skills.

Story retelling is a powerful way to teach reading comprehension. Reading comprehension is critically important to developing children's reading skills.

Mrs. Fridley
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 22 students.

    4 donors have given to this project.

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
BK3311 - The Rainbow Fish Hardcover Book • Lakeshore Learning $18.95 1 $18.95
BB291 - The Three Bears Hardcover Book • Lakeshore Learning $15.99 1 $15.99
BB292 - The Three Little Pigs Hardcover Book • Lakeshore Learning $15.99 1 $15.99
GG166 - Goldilocks & the Three Bears Storytelling Puppet Set • Lakeshore Learning $39.95 1 $39.95
GG167 - The Three Little Pigs Storytelling Puppet Set • Lakeshore Learning $39.95 1 $39.95
BK329 - The Napping House Hardcover Book • Lakeshore Learning $17.99 1 $17.99
LA329 - The Napping House Storytelling Kit • Lakeshore Learning $24.95 1 $24.95
RR543 - The Rainbow Fish Storytelling Kit • Lakeshore Learning $29.95 1 $29.95
Commotion In The Ocean Book And Puppet Set • Kaplan Early Learning Company $67.96 1 $67.96
Little Old Lady Story Sack • Kaplan Early Learning Company $62.86 1 $62.86
Mitten House • Kaplan Early Learning Company $22.91 1 $22.91
Come Alive Stories Set - The Gingerbread Man • Nasco $52.95 1 $52.95

Materials cost

$410.40

Vendor shipping charges

 $5.30

Sales tax

 $28.11

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.16

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$479.97

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$84.70

Total project goal

$564.67

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $564.67

2 Donors

-$554.67

Donations toward project cost

-$471.47

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$83.20

match offer

-$10.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$8.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$1.50

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 $0.00

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