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Ms. Liss from Chicago, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Building a Listening Center With Books and CDs

Help me give my students books on CD to use at our listening center.

  • $561 goal

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My Students

I work for a large urban school district, where I teach diverse students with diverse language backgrounds. After two of the strangest school years I've ever experienced as a teacher and construction delay after construction delay, we have finally moved from our temporary location to a brand new Pre-K center.

When we are full, I will have 20 eager four-year-old children.

Many of these children were two-years-old when our pandemic lockdown began and they missed many opportunities to go to playgrounds and experience the world.

We are already noticing that we have a unique class with fine-motor, gross-motor, and social-emotional needs, some of which are different from what we are used to in a typical four-year-old preschool classroom.

My Project

My classroom was fortunate enough to have a listening center donated to it. The only problem is that the listening center takes CDs and I do not have many books on CD.

Early Literacy is so important.

Since my students are in preschool, most of them are not yet able to read on their own. However, they thoroughly enjoy having a book read to them. I am asking for sets of the same book and a CD of the book so that my students can listen to books in small groups during centers and small group times. I am asking for classic titles such as, "Caps For Sale." This book is a classic. The children love acting the book out and it also has a mathematics activity, sorting, embedded in it. Other books include "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom," which goes through all of the upper and lower case letters of the alphabet. "Rosie's Walk" is another classic book that helps children learn positional words. There is also the chance to tell their own story about the second main character in the story. In total, this project will bring my students four copies of ten different stories and 10 CDs that they can listen to independently when they want to hear a book and my assistant and I are unable to read to them.

This would give them one more opportunity for a rich literacy experience daily.

Ms. Liss Peirce School - PreK Branch Grades PreK-2

Equity Focus

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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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

20 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
RE749X - Classroom Classics Read-Alongs - Set 2 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $225.00 1 $225.00
RE550X - Leveled Read-Alongs - K-Gr1 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $215.00 1 $215.00

Materials cost

$440.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.60

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$476.60

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$84.11

Total project goal

$560.71

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $560.71

2 Donors

-$461.71

Donations toward project cost

-$392.45

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$69.26

match offer

-$99.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$84.15

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$14.85

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 $0.00

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