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Ms. Barger from Waukegan, IL is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Every Successful Leader Was Once a Beginning Reader

Help me give my students sets of magnetic letters and 20 magnetic whiteboards in order to focus on blending, segmenting, and spelling during our small group UFLI phonics lessons.

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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 Project

As a teacher of dual language learners, our goal is biliteracy - reading, writing, speaking, and listening in both English and Spanish. At this point, 87% of my third-graders are unable to properly read or write in either language.

Since the COVID-19 Pandemic, the gap between what students should be able to do and what students can do has grown significantly.

We have switched from a Phonics workbook-type curriculum to following the science of reading using UFLI which is an explicit phonics program developed by the University of Florida that focuses on foundational reading skills in order to promote reading proficiency. During our small group, WIN time, (What I Need Time), students are separated by ability level into specific groups; we do this cross-grade level, along with support from our interventionists and paraprofessionals in order to see every child, every day.

The magnetic letters and magnetic boards will be used during our UFLII lessons. Students will be able to encode and decode regular and irregular words by manipulating their magnetic letters. As dual language learners, my students struggle with the Spanish vs. English letter sounds, having visual and kinesthetic manipulatives can support students' reading foundational skills which will promote reading proficiency.

Ms. Barger Washington Elementary School Grades 3-5

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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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Waukegan, IL 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

38 students impacted 6donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Magnetic Whiteboard • Nasco $8.92 15 $133.80
Lakeshore Classroom Magnetic Letters Kit • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 2 $99.98

Materials cost

$233.78

Vendor shipping charges

 $13.38

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.51

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$280.67

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$49.53

Total project goal

$330.20

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $330.20

1 Donor

-$321.76

Donations toward project cost

-$280.67

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$41.09

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.44

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 $0.00

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