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Mrs. Clyde from Herriman, UT is requesting musical instruments through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Drumming up reading fluency one beat at a time!

Help me give my students four floor drums to improve literacy and reading fluency and make lifelong connections between music and the amazing words that inspire it.

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I am fortunate enough to work with more than 850 wonderful, creative children as a music specialist who's job it is to integrate core academic subjects with the engaging power of music. Every day, we dance, sing, and play our way from one personal success to another and the drums I'm hoping to receive will help me continue the transformative work that I do. I am going to use them to help younger students as well as English language learners practice syllables and sound out word "chunks" as they learn to read. When a child sees a word on the board, it's easy to "play" that word on the drums and count the syllables as well as drum the sounds they hear when they decode those same words. Magic happens when you seamlessly connect both body and mind!

My long term goal is to improve literacy and reading fluency one drummer at a time by having students play sounds and syllables on floor drums as they read in tandem.

Children often learn in unconventional ways and drumming is an excellent example of that. No one can deny the joy a child feels when they immerse themselves in music. Now, meld that joy with the undeniable satisfaction of succeeding academically, and you have a winning combination that's pretty hard to "beat"! Get it? That's me being "punny"!

Mrs. Clyde will only receive her materials if this project is fully funded by July 20.

Mrs. Clyde Silver Crest Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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Herriman, UT View local requests 375 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Remo KD-5080-01 Kids Percussion Floor Tom Drum - Fabric Rain Forest, 10" • Amazon Business $49.99 4 $199.96

Materials cost

$199.96

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$232.96

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$41.11

Total project goal

$274.07

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