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Mrs. Finelli from Richmond Hill, NY is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Books for Building Foundational Reading Skills for ENL Kindergarten Students

Help me give my students access to engaging and visually appealing decodable text that will help build foundational reading skills.

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This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Project

New studies have shown the science of reading programs significantly help student learn to read. Being an ENL teacher to students in grades kindergarten through third grade, I have seen the importance of building these essential foundational skills for students to be successful readers.

These phonics books and decodable books will allow me to provide my students with engaging and visually appealing text to help them build those foundational reading skills.

At the moment, the decodable readers I have are printed in black-and-white. Some build those foundational phonic skills, but lack content to build comprehension skills. Visuals are very important for ENL student to build vocabulary and content knowledge. At times black-and-white or poorly printed photocopies, hinder the purpose of these visuals.

The decodable readers will allow me to provide students with text that build those foundational phonics skills as well as provide content for building comprehension skills. The Teacher-pay-Teachers gift card will allow me to buy additional decodable texts that can be printed. Additionally the printer ink will allow me to make color copies for students to have visually appealing text to read.

I try to provide every opportunity for my students to grow and learn. I want to give every student I teach access to every and any learning opportunity.

Mrs. Finelli PS 90 Horace Mann Grades PreK-2

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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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Richmond Hill, NY View local requests

Nearly all 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

50 students impacted

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lakeshore Phonics Skill-Building Book Sets - Complete Library for Beginning Readers, Phonics, and Science of Reading • Lakeshore Learning Materials $159.00 1 $159.00
$100 Gift Card for Educational Resources on TPT • TPT $100.00 1 $100.00
HP 67 Black/Tri-Color Standard Yield Ink Cartridge, 2/Pack (3YP29AN#140) • Quill.com $36.07 2 $72.14
Decodable Readers: 15 Short Vowel Phonics Decodable Books for Beginning Readers Ages 4-7 Developing Decoders (Set 3) • Amazon Business $29.99 1 $29.99
Decodable Readers: 15 Short Vowel Phonics Decodable Books for Beginning Readers Ages 4-7 Developing Decoders (Set 2) • Amazon Business $29.99 1 $29.99
Decodable Readers Set | 20 Books + Practice Workbook | Build Phonological Processing & Ability to Read for Meaning | Reading Age 5-9 | Grade Level K-3 | Includes Guide for Parents • Amazon Business $21.99 1 $21.99
The Science of Reading Decodable Texts: 50 Short Vowel Texts (The Science of Reading Decodable Books) • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
Decodable Books Kindergarten, First and Second Grade: Orton Gillingham Decodable Readers for Early and Struggling Readers, and Students with Dyslexia (Volume 1) • Amazon Business $12.97 1 $12.97
CVC Word Stories CVC Books for Beginning Readers: CVC Short Vowel Sounds Decodable Stories for Preschool and Kindergarten (Decodable Books Kindergarten) • Amazon Business $11.08 1 $11.08

Materials cost

$457.15

Vendor shipping charges

 $7.95

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.86

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$501.96

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$88.58

Total project goal

$590.54

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Total project goal

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 $590.54

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