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Mrs. Oulton from Phoenix, AZ is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Center Time At My Student's Level

Help me give my students more individualized center time with their own book boxes, giant timers, engaging centers, and charged iPads.

  • $243 goal

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My Students

My students are energetic, creative and full of life. For most of them, kindergarten is their first experience in a school setting. They enter the classroom ready to learn, explore and discover.

I teach at a Title I school so many of my students come from low-income households.

They may not have all the resources that some students have, but they don't let that stop them! In my classroom, you will find tomorrow's brightest doctors, lawyers, teachers, engineers and whatever else they dream of becoming.

Trust me when I say, it is one of the greatest joys to be a part of their success. If you could only see how they beam with joy as they proudly learn to identify letters and begin to write.

My Project

I am so excited to use book boxes in my classroom. Each student will have their own box to keep books in that they know how to read. Having access to books at their level can open up a whole new world for my students!

We are also going to use baseball playing card protectors to practice sight words.

I have been reading research about how a child will not fully know a word until they have successfully read it 10 times. I read about a strategy that suggests having several pockets. Put the new words in the first pocket. When the student reads it successfully on their own, they get to move it to the next pocket. Then they proceed to read all of the words in the other pockets and move them up to the next pocket or leave it in the current pocket if they couldn't remember it. In kinder, we learn 100 sight words. This resources is an incredibly simplistic way for me to customize their sight word learning to each individual student's needs.

I also asked for some jumbo timers. I have found that having the timer up on the Smart Board is not working well. I either am working with a small group and forget to start it or I need to pull up a resource for small group that covers it up. The timers will allow time management to be at my student's level and to be student run.

Last, I asked for a power strip that can charge twelve iPads at once. This will help ensure that students have a working iPad when they are doing their iPad center. This is very important to their learning because the iPad programs adjust to their mistakes and give them an individualized learning path.

Mrs. Oulton Esperanza Elementary School 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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Phoenix, AZ 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

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Storex Book Bins, 11-Inch, Assorted Colors, 30 Bins (STX70105U06C) • Amazon Business $59.38 1 $59.38
DreamSky Digital Kitchen Timer with Large Red Number Display, Count Up & Down, Loud Alarms with Volume Adjustable (High/Low), Magnetic Back Stand, Battery Operated, Easy Operation. • Amazon Business $11.99 3 $35.97
Learning Resources Snap-n-Learn Alphabet Alligators • Amazon Business $12.90 2 $25.80
HITRENDS Surge Protector Power Strip 6 Outlets with 6 USB Charging Ports, USB Extension Cord, 1625W/13A Multiplug for Multiple Devices Smartphone Tablet Laptop Computer (6ft, white) • Amazon Business $23.98 1 $23.98
VERGILIUS 540 Pockets Trading Card Storage Album Pages Card Collector Coin Holders Wallets Sleeves Set Perfect for Skylanders , Pokemon, Top Trumps • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99

Materials cost

$162.12

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $11.59

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.43

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$206.14

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$36.38

Total project goal

$242.52

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $242.52

4 Donors

-$233.69

Donations toward project cost

-$206.14

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$27.55

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.83

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