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Ms. Solis from New York, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Books That Spark the Love of Reading!

Help me give my students decodable reading books to help them become confident and independent readers.

  • $1,258 goal

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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

Our kindergarteners need your help to become confident and independent readers! According to research, children learn to read best through systematic, phonics-based instruction. In my classroom, I spend a lot of time on direct instruction and guided practice on letter sounds. As a teacher is really important for my students to feel empowered and to see themselves as readers by giving them texts that will provide them with an opportunity to successfully apply known sounds. Most books are not intentionally designed to support specific sound patterns; however, these decodable readers will not only provide targeted practice but also help to foster independence and a love of reading.

According to research, when students are mainly reading leveled text with predictable sentence structures, they’re undervaluing and underusing their phonics skills.

This creates a really bad habit. Every book they pick up, their first strategy is, try to look at patterns, look at pictures, memorize. Decodable books encourage the right strategy of sounding out the words.

In our school, we are teaching reading skills using the Science of Reading methods which focus on phonemic awareness and decoding skills. Decodable readers are a great way to practice. Our school has level books that focus on sight word patterns but not decodable books. I am trying to build a decodable book library so I can send home books and work with them during small group instruction. A wide range of decodable books will ensure that every student can practice what they are learning right away during the independent time! Students need a lot of practice to become fluent in sounding out new words. Having decodable books like Nonfiction Phonics Readers, Laugh-A-Lot Phonics: Short Vowels, Long Vowels, and Blends & Digraphs will help my kindergartners become independent readers and fall in love with reading.

Ms. Solis PS 125 Ralph Bunche Grades PreK-2

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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New York, NY View local requests

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

25 students impacted 8donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
S.P.I.R.E. Illustrated Decodable Reader Starter Set 1B, 10 Assorted Titles • School Specialty $46.09 4 $184.36
S.P.I.R.E. Illustrated Decodable Reader Starter Set 1A, 10 Assorted Titles • School Specialty $46.09 4 $184.36
Decodable Readers: 15 Short Vowel Phonics Decodable Books for Beginning Readers Ages 4-7 Developing Decoders (Set 1) • Amazon Business $29.99 4 $119.96
Nonfiction Phonics Readers SET 1: Short Vowels, Blends & More (Single-Copy Set): 25 Motivating Decodable Books That Reinforce Key Reading Skills • Amazon Business $23.99 4 $95.96
Laugh-A-Lot Phonics: Short Vowels (Parent Pack): 12 Engaging Books That Teach Key Decoding Skills to Help New Readers Soar • Amazon Business $23.99 4 $95.96
Laugh-A-Lot Phonics: Long Vowels (Parent Pack): 12 Engaging Books That Teach Key Decoding Skills to Help New Readers Soar • Amazon Business $23.99 4 $95.96
Decodable Cards: Short Vowels & More: Just-Right Passages That Target & Teach Key Phonics Concepts • Amazon Business $49.99 1 $49.99
Five Let's GO! Books 2: Systematic Decodable Books for Phonics Readers and Folks with a Dyslexic Learning Style (DOG ON A LOG Let’s GO! Book Collections) • Amazon Business $10.99 4 $43.96
Lakeshore Short Vowels Skill-Building Book Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
The Dog On The Log: Systematic Decodable Books for Phonics Readers and Kids With Dyslexia (DOG ON A LOG Let’s GO! Books) • Amazon Business $5.99 4 $23.96
The Pig Hat: Systematic Decodable Books for Phonics Readers and Kids With Dyslexia (DOG ON A LOG Let’s GO! Books) • Amazon Business $5.99 4 $23.96
Chad The Cat: Systematic Decodable Books for Phonics Readers and Kids With Dyslexia (DOG ON A LOG Let’s GO! Books) • Amazon Business $5.99 4 $23.96

Materials cost

$982.38

Vendor shipping charges

 $41.36

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$14.74

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,068.48

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$188.56

Total project goal

$1,257.04

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,257.04

6 Donors

-$688.81

Donations toward project cost

-$589.24

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$99.57

Matching donations from our partners

-$563.81

Match offers toward project cost

-$479.24

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$84.57

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.41

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 $0.00

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