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Mrs. Gruffi from Bronx, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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English Language Listeners!

My students need audio books to read at their listening center during reading time and a storage unit.

  • $1,018 goal

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

There are so many different ways to learn how to read, and one way is through listening to stories. Reading and listening to colorful picture books is one of the best way for English Language Learners to acquire language skills and enjoy reading at the same time!

Our classroom is filled with 25 ready-to-go kindergarten students.

We have nearly perfect attendance every day. There have been many times that when it's time to go home, a tear or two roll off a child's face because they don't want to leave school quite yet. A majority of the students in the classroom are English Language Learners. Our classroom is in an urban area of New York, where the community has little money, parents are working multiple jobs to support their children, and it's a tough neighborhood to play outside.

My Project

We have a Listening Center in the classroom with limited books. This project is requesting to "stock-up" on our audio books for our listening center. We are asking for non-fiction books to support the Common Core standards and the push for reading informational texts. Also in our project, we are asking for Emergent Storybooks which create foundational skills for storytelling and story language. Lastly, to organize these materials, we've requested an audio center to store and use our audio books and really create a "center" area for our listening center!

My classroom received a Listening Center from donors from DonorsChoose and we use it everyday in the classroom!

It is one of the best things that was donated because the students look forward to using the Listening Center! The students talk about which book they want to read that day, and then they talk about the book after they've read it at lunch and with me, the teacher! With these books, we will continue to strive towards language acquisition and attaining the Common Core standards!

Mrs. Gruffi PS 76 Bennington Grades PreK-2

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

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Bronx, NY View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

25 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
RE780X - Kevin Henkes Read-Alongs • Lakeshore Learning $159.00 1 $159.00
GG819 - Read-Along Storage Unit Only • Lakeshore Learning $69.95 1 $69.95
RE205X - Paul Galdone Read-Alongs - Set 1 • Lakeshore Learning $155.00 1 $155.00
RE640X - Gail Gibbons Science Read-Alongs - Set 2 • Lakeshore Learning $199.00 1 $199.00
RE733 - Caps for Sale Read-Along • Lakeshore Learning $40.50 1 $40.50
RE160X - Gail Gibbons Science Read-Alongs - Set 1 • Lakeshore Learning $199.00 1 $199.00

Materials cost

$822.45

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$12.34

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$864.79

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$152.61

Total project goal

$1,017.40

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$1,017.40

2 Donors

-$1,017.40

Donations toward project cost

-$864.79

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$152.61

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$0.00

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