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Decodable Reading

Help me give my students beginner readers that are fun and decodable to practice reading!

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My Project

With the science of reading in the headlines, our reading instruction has propelled phonics instruction. We want to practice these skills while reading engaging books that are written at a level for first graders. By purchasing the Laugh-a-Lot Phonics Set and The First Little Readers Leveled Text Sets, with the other sets requested, we will have a variety of choices that students love. By creating take home folders with the plastic folders, each student will have engaging decodable and early leveled text that will allow them to use phonics skills to show off first grade reading skills with family. These folders will be transported home each week to give first graders just-right books to read to continue their practice and gain confidence. These books will help first graders practice the important skills to decode and read books independently. They will be able to have decodable readers, which are often hard to find in a home library, to practice with their families.

Knowing that practice makes skills permanent, first graders will be able to continue reading at home.

Each student will have a plastic folder filled with books to take home for one week. The next folder will be sent home the next week and we will continue throughout the year giving kids the best practice.

Mrs. Thomas Sand Creek Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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Fishers, IN View local requests 22 students impacted 2donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
NEW RELEASE! Scholastic Laugh-a-Lot! Phonics Parent Pack 3 Boxes Set: Short Vowels, Long Vowels, Blends & Digraphs • Amazon Business $59.95 1 $59.95
Scholastic Little Leveled Readers Level A, B, C, D Complete Books Set (60 Books) • Amazon Business $30.99 1 $30.99
Animal Phonics Readers Parent Pack: 24 Easy Nonfiction Books That Teach Key Phonics Skills • Amazon Business $24.99 1 $24.99
EOOUT 48pcs Plastic Envelopes Poly Envelopes, Clear Document Folders with Snap Button Closure, Letter Size, A4 Size with Label Pocket for School Home Work Office Organization, 8 Colors • Amazon Business $20.99 1 $20.99
Folk & Fairy Tale Easy Readers Parent Pack: 15 Classic Stories That Are "Just Right" for Young Readers • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
First Little Readers: Guided Reading Levels E & F (Parent Pack): 16 Irresistible Books That Are Just the Right Level for Growing Readers • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
Buddy Readers: Levels E & F (Parent Pack): 16 Leveled Books to Help Little Learners Soar as Readers • Amazon Business $19.79 1 $19.79
Phonics First Little Readers (Parent Pack): 24 Fun and Easy Books for Beginning Readers • Amazon Business $19.79 1 $19.79
First Little Readers: Guided Reading Levels I & J (Parent Pack): 16 Irresistible Books That Are Just the Right Level for Growing Readers • Amazon Business $18.69 1 $18.69
First Little Readers: Guided Reading Levels G & H (Parent Pack): 16 Irresistible Books That Are Just the Right Level for Growing Readers • Amazon Business $16.79 1 $16.79
Sight Word Readers Parent Pack: Learning the First 50 Sight Words Is a Snap • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Scholastic Teaching Resources (Teaching Strategies) Buddy Readers (Parent Pack): Level D: 20 Leveled Books for Little Learners • Amazon Business $15.49 1 $15.49
Little Critter 12-Book Phonics Fun!: Includes 12 Mini-Books Featuring Short and Long Vowel Sounds (My First I Can Read) • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
The Yak Pack: Comics & Phonics: Book 1: Learn to read decodable short vowel words (The Yak Pack – Phonics & Sight Words) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
The Berenstain Bears 12-Book Phonics Fun!: Includes 12 Mini-Books Featuring Short and Long Vowel Sounds (My First I Can Read) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
The Yak Pack: Comics & Phonics: Book 2: Learn to read decodable digraph words (The Yak Pack – Phonics & Sight Words) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
The Yak Pack: Comics & Phonics: Book 3: Learn to read decodable blend words (The Yak Pack – Phonics & Sight Words) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Bob Books - Animal Stories Box Set | Phonics, Ages 4 and up, Kindergarten (Stage 2: Emerging Reader) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Pete the Cat 12-Book Phonics Fun!: Includes 12 Mini-Books Featuring Short and Long Vowel Sounds (My First I Can Read) • Amazon Business $9.69 1 $9.69

Materials cost

$365.57

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.48

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$401.05

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$70.77

Total project goal

$471.82

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $471.82

1 Donor

-$211.08

Donations toward project cost

-$200.53

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$10.55

match offer

-$235.91

Match offer toward project cost

-$200.52

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$35.39

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$24.84

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