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Ms. Zambito from Brooklyn, NY is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Kindle a Love of Reading

My students need two Kindle E-readers to update our listening center and improve my students' ability to learn to read.

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My Students

Kindles represent the latest in educational technology. With their interactive displays and innovative new functions, Kindles are revolutionizing the way students learn to read. Help my students join the revolution!

I teach first grade special education in a low-income New York City public school.

Many of my students enter my classroom as struggling readers. At age 6, they are already coping with a variety of challenges such as learning disabilities and language barriers, making learning to read all the more difficult. My students are from families struggling to make ends meet and many do not have access to books at home--let alone computers or e-readers like the Kindle. Because many of my students don't have books at home, literacy instruction in the classroom is crucial.

My Project

The Kindle provides students access to literally thousands of books on one device. For a student who has never owned a single book of her own (something that, unfortunately, is true for several students in my classroom), this would be truly life-changing. In addition to opening up a whole new world of books to my students, the Kindle will also help improve my students' decoding and comprehension skills through tools like the "text-to-speech" function, a revolutionary tool that allows students to have unfamiliar words read aloud to them with the click of a button. With Kindles in the classroom, my students will be able to read more fluently, recognize more sight words on their own, and--most importantly--become inspired to love reading.

Learning to read is every child's right, and first grade is a critical time for literacy instruction.

Because of state budget cuts, we have had to make do for too long with the outdated technology we have in the classroom. Without your help, my students would never have access to resources like these--resources that will enable my students to reach new heights in reading.

Ms. Zambito PS 251 Paerdegat Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

Equity Focus

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Brooklyn, NY View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

22 students impacted 5donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Kindle Wireless Reading Device, Wi-Fi, Graphite, 6" Display with New E Ink Pearl Technology • Amazon $139.00 2 $278.00

Materials cost

$278.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.17

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$317.17

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$55.97

Total project goal

$373.14

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $373.14

3 Donors

-$329.91

Donations toward project cost

-$317.17

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.74

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$43.23

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 $0.00

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