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Mrs. Bilotto from Staten Island, NY is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Building Phonemic Awareness Through Science of Reading Aligned Activities

Help me give my students materials to improve phonemic awareness with differeniated small group activities.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Bilotto's classroom raised $327

This project is fully funded

My Project

The materials I have requested, are activities and manipulatives I can use in small group instruction and literacy centers. Students in kindergarten love to use hands-on activities. These supplies will give my students the opportunities to build phonemic awareness by making letter/sound connections. These materials align with the Science of Reading.

I have a very eager group of students.

They come to school each day excited about learning something new. As their teacher, I love to give my students varied ways to achieve learning goals. All of these materials requested will help give them exciting and beneficial learning experiences.

Mrs. Bilotto Space Shuttle Columbia School Grades PreK-2

Equity Focus

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

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Staten Island, 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

23 students impacted 6donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
hand2mind Advancing Phonics Word Work Small Group Set, Magnetic Letter Tiles, Magnetic Letter Trays, Kindergarten Phonics Manipulatives, Phonemic Awareness, Science of Reading Classroom Materials • Amazon Business $89.51 1 $89.51
Lakeshore Touch & Read CVC Words Sentence Match • Lakeshore Learning Materials $34.99 1 $34.99
Lakeshore Touch & Read Sight-Word Sentence Match - Level 1 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $34.99 1 $34.99
hand2mind Rainbow Lowercase Magnetic Letters, Plastic Magnetic Letters for Classroom, Alphabet Letters for Kids, Letter Recognition for Kindergarten, Word Building Letter Magnets for Kids (Set of 6) • Amazon Business $32.29 1 $32.29
hand2mind Plastic Small Write-On/Wipe-Off Dice for Kids Ages 5-8, Dry Erase Surface On All Sides, Draw Letters, Numbers, and Numeral Operations, 4-Color Dice Measures 2-Inches (Pack of 4) • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Torlam CVC Word games Phonics Games Sight Words Flash Cards, Spelling Reading Learning Flashcards, Speech Therapy Toy Preschool Kindergarten Classroom Learning Activities Must Have Homeschool Supplies • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Play-Doh Modeling Compound 10-Pack Case of Colors, Non-Toxic, Assorted, 2 oz. Cans, Multicolor, Ages 2 and Up (Amazon Exclusive) • Amazon Business $7.04 2 $14.08

Materials cost

$240.84

Vendor shipping charges

$3.50

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.61

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$277.95

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$49.05

Total project goal

$327.00

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$327.00

5 Donors

-$292.00

Donations toward project cost

-$248.20

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$43.80

match offer

-$35.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$29.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$5.25

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$0.00

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