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Ms. Van Buren from Los Angeles, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Crossing the Bridge to Literacy: One Book at a Time!

My students need 10 portable CD players along with the vowel pairs read along book set to continue building their fluency of vowel patterns.

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My Students

Read alouds and repeated readings have helped students on their quest for literacy. Accessing engaging read alouds will help students continue along the bridge to literacy reading one book at a time, one level to the next, reaching grade level fluency in reading and writing!

We are on the move!

We are a small African American and Latino community building literacy against the odds of limited incomes, housing, working parents, homelessness and the harsh realities of a challenging economy. We are a title one program improvement school striving in California to build student literacy, parent awareness, and academic achievement focusing on a college-bound theme! Our students are eager to learn, motivated to succeed, and are proud of their achievements as they earn medals from producing proficient and advanced scores on our state annual assessment. They are becoming the change they want to see as they build literacy advancing kinder to fifth grade in spite of the odds.

My Project

Struggling readers need resources at their level to develop their skills one level at a time. These book sets and cd players will allow struggling readers to read along with engaging stories to build fluency of vowels patterns. Once students have gained some level of fluency with the use of the tape they will transition to independent reading and can read aloud in small groups. These activities will add to their growth, build their confidence as readers as well as enhance their abilities to spell and write on grade level.

Literacy is the key to success!

Students with access to books who can read will go on to develop skills for life. Students who remain illiterate are denied access to a future and will remain in darkness. So help me turn on the light of literacy building that bridge one book at a time through read alouds and repeated readings.

Ms. Van Buren Raymond Avenue Elementary School Grades 3-5

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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Los Angeles, CA 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Insignia™ Portable CD Player with Skip Protection • Best Buy $20.99 10 $209.90
TS740X - Vowel Pairs Read-Alongs - CD Version - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning $169.00 2 $338.00

Materials cost

$547.90

Vendor shipping charges

 $12.00

Sales tax

 $50.13

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.22

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$653.25

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$115.28

Total project goal

$768.53

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $768.53

3 Donors

-$126.00

Donations toward project cost

-$107.10

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$18.90

match offer

-$642.53

Match offer toward project cost

-$546.15

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$96.38

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 $0.00

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