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Mrs. Smith from Grants Pass, OR is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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1st Days of 1st Grade!

Help me give my students these beginning of the year essentials for our classroom!

  • 2 donors
  • $167 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Project

Hi! Thank you for taking the time to check out my project. The new school year is quickly approaching and I am getting excited for my new group of 1st graders. Every year there are some essentials that teachers need in order to start the year off right. For my classroom, the items in this cart are my beginning of the year essentials.

In my cart are 10 items I cannot start the year without.

There are name tags for desks and rainbow name tags for the hallway where they hang their backpacks. There is also magnets that the students' names go on so when they are using the restroom they can move their magnet to the restroom sign. The cupcakes are for displaying the students' birthdays (they love looking at these all year long). The posters and the cut out pencils are for my student of the week. Each week a new student is chosen and they and a friend sit at special desks. The pencils get the name of the star student and the posters are shared by them during their show-n-tell time. The lined tape is to mark sections of our reading table so that kids know where their "area" is for writing. The circle dot stickers are for marking many things around the room. We label the computers, their dry erase magnets, their whiteboards, their pencil caddy etc. Each student is assigned a number at the beginning of the year and then they know what items are their's. Just writing about all these items is getting me excited for the new school year!

Please help me get my classroom ready for my new group of kiddos! Your donations are such a blessing! Thank you!!

Mrs. Smith
Grades PreK-2
  • Redwood Elementary School
  • Grants Pass, OR
  • More than half 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 28 students.

    2 donors have given to this project.

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
VELCRO Brand Adhesive Dots White 500 Pk 3/4" Circles Sticky Back Round Hook and Loop for School, Teachers, Mounting Arts and Crafts | VEL-30077-AMS • Amazon Business $17.64 1 $17.64
Glenmal 80 Pcs All About Me Star Student Of The Week Posters Back to School Star Student Poster for Kids Classroom Kindergarten Elementary School Preschool 13.39 x 10.24 Inch • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
65 PCS Animal Magnets, Adorable Magnetic Animal with Name Fridge Magnets-Wild Animal, Farm Animal & Marine Animal-Thickened Cardstock Refrigerator Magnets Cute Educational Learning Toys for Kids 3+ • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Chalkboard Brights Numbers Stickers • Amazon Business $4.86 3 $14.58
CTP Cupcakes 6" Designer Cut-Outs, Set of 36 décor accents, 6” x 6” Each (Creative Teaching Press 1795) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Jecery 60 Pack Pencils Cut Outs Colorful Pencil Name Tags for Classroom Bulletin Board Locker Decor Classroom Colored Pencils Accents for School Home Teacher Student Back to School Party Decorations • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Scholastic Alphabet-Number Line Standard Name Plates, 4" x 12", 36/Set (TF-1528) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
cridoz 15 Rolls 1/8 Whiteboard Tape Pinstripe Tape Dry Erase Board Thin Tape Lines Pinstriping Graphic Chart Line Grid Marking Tape, 108 Feet Per Roll • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Carson Dellosa 36-Piece Rainbow Bulletin Board Cutouts, Sunny Rainbow Cut outs for Bulletin Board, Rainbow Classroom, Spring Classroom Décor & St. Patrick's Day Classroom Décor • Amazon Business $7.46 1 $7.46

Materials cost

$109.62

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.64

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$141.26

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$24.93

Total project goal

$166.19

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$166.19

2 Donors

-$166.19

Donations toward project cost

-$141.26

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$24.93

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$0.00

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