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Mrs. Ward from Chicago, IL is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Authors And Illustrators On The Go

My project needs 20 Picture Story Write and Wipe Boards with 20 Write & Wipe Lapboard Erasers for each student per (A.M./P.M.)session. My project needs 20 set of 8 Write and Wipe Crayons for independent, vivid creative expression. My project needs 10 set of 8 Magnetic Write and Wipe Markers with eraser caps for small group work.

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As a dedicated early childhood teacher in the public sector, each year as I reflect upon my practice I am inspired to improve my students' development through innovative instructional approaches. As my young students enter a structured learning environment for the first time they are generally hesitant and often avoid the writing center. They express a lack of confidence in their ability to create and their parents demonstrate limited knowledge of the various stages of development and the importance to encourage and foster initial attempts. I desire to enhance my learning environment by providing authentic opportunities for my young students to draw and write about their experiences and motivate them to participate in shared and interactive writing throughout the curriculum. "Authors and Illustrators On The Go!" will nurture my young children's interest in reading and writing for multiple purposes as they make choices and become active learners throughout their instructional day. Providing writing materials in activity centers gives children opportunities to connect reading and writing. The more exposure and engagement with reading and writing for many different purposes in many different contexts provide my students with a broad literacy foundation. The Picture Story Write & Wipe Boards will provide a dual "kid friendly", portable avenue to encourage and support my young students earliest writing attempts and experiments with various writing tools. A child's ability to symbolize is essential for early literacy development. Children's pictures and scribbles demonstrate their emerging knowledge of print concepts and a developing knowledge of the features of different types of text. A drawing shows the emergence of small-motor control. Children gradually learn to master the functions and purposes of writing as they practice the forms and features of print. Efforts at making letters or writing a name indicate an awareness of the meaning of printed text. The Write & Wipe Crayons and Markers will encourage daily creativity and reinforce diversity. The Write & Wipe Lapboard Erasers with easy grip wooden handles will foster confidence and develop independence. Early attempts at writing help children develop reading skills. "Authors and Illustrators On The Go!" will enable my students to use and progress from pretend writing to identifiable word-like group of letters and develop an understanding that writing is a way of communicating for a variety of purposes addressing and achieving Illinois Early Learning Standards. You can help develop future authors and illustrators by fostering early literacy development.

Mrs. Ward Wadsworth Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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Chicago, IL 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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
DD101 - Magnetic Write & Wipe Markers with Erase • Lakeshore Learning $8.99 10 $89.90
RR423 - Write & Wipe Lapboard Erasers - Set of 1 • Lakeshore Learning $9.95 2 $19.90
LA837X - Picture Story Write & Wipe Board - Set o • Lakeshore Learning $55.00 2 $110.00
TE612 - Write & Wipe Crayons • Lakeshore Learning $2.99 20 $59.80

Materials cost

$279.60

Vendor shipping charges

 $27.96

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.99

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$332.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$72.88

Total project goal

$404.88

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $404.88

6 Donors

-$385.87

Donations toward project cost

-$332.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$53.87

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$19.01

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 $0.00

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