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Alexa, What is Snow?

My students need an Aazmon Echo in order to access materials in their own language. We need one in each classroom for our team.

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My Students

Our school is a Title I school, meaning at least half of our students get free or reduced lunch. We have about 25% of our student body for whom English is a Second language. About 10% of those students are newcomers, who speak little, if no English.

Our three classrooms are mostly a project based learning group of three classrooms, all having a mixture of third, fourth, and fifth graders.

Although we do split up by grade for math, most of our work is done in project form with teams of different grade levels.

My Project

Teachers seem to have more and more to do every day. We try to be there for all of our students at all times, but understandably, that is not possible. Often a student will try and interrupt a small group to find out what a word means or ask a question about spelling. It is hard to not answer the child, but it is also difficult to take time away from a teachable moment.

What if my English language learners could walk up to an Echo and say, "Alexa, what is discouraged?" Or what if they could walk up to the Echo and ask it a question in Arabic, to clarify something they are doing in English?

More and more newcomers are arriving at our school, not able to speak any English at all. We use google translate sometimes, but the Echo would be so convenient in each classroom.

When I began this grant I was only asking for one Echo. But my students spend time in the other three classrooms as well, so I thought if we could have 2 Echo dots in the other rooms, we could make sure they were always available to all of our students.

It is also a great tool for our native English speakers. They can use it for quick references or spelling. They could use it as a thesaurus.

Mr. C. Amanda C Rowe Elementary School Grades 3-5

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Portland, ME View local requests

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

60 students impacted 12donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Amazon Echo • Staples Advantage $179.99 1 $179.99
Amazon Echo Dot (2nd Generation), Black • Staples Advantage $49.99 2 $99.98

Materials cost

$279.97

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $14.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.20

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$328.17

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$57.91

Total project goal

$386.08

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $386.08

8 Donors

-$340.38

Donations toward project cost

-$289.92

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$50.46

match offer

-$45.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$38.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$6.75

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.70

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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