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Mrs. Sprout from Bressler, PA is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Exploring An iPad With ELLs

My students need an iPad to accelarate English language learning.

  • $647 goal

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My Students

Putting an iPad in the hands of an English Language Learner will level the playing field. that is my hope at least!

My school has about 400 students.

Almost 90% of them are eligible for free or reduced lunch. I currently work with about 25 English Language Learners in kindergarten through third grade. These students come from many different countries such as Mexico, Pakistan and even China! The students are grateful to learn English and enjoy school.

My Project

Using an iPad will not only help my students become comfortable with technology (a 21st century skill), but it will help them be successful in the real world. I look forward to using the iPad to aid English language acquisition. One way to help English Language Learners (ELLs) learn English is through the use of apps. Apps can be used to help translate, or used to look up words through a dictionary. One app that does this is Sentence Builder. This app helps students build gramatically correct sentences. The one thing that ELLs tend to struggle with more than anything else is idioms. Kidioms helps students figure out the meaning behind common phrases and idioms.

Learning a second language is certainly not an easy task.

The iPad can engage and inspire ELLs to take risks when using English. Students will acquire English at a more rapid pace and in turn be successful in school.

Mrs. Sprout Tri - Community Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Equity Focus

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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Bressler, PA 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

25 students impacted 14donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Apple® iPad® with Retina display Wi-Fi - 4th generation - tablet - iOS 6 - 16 GB - 9.7' • Best Buy for Business $499.99 1 $499.99

Materials cost

$499.99

Vendor shipping charges

$12.00

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.50

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$549.49

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$96.97

Total project goal

$646.46

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$646.46

11 Donors

-$400.00

Donations toward project cost

-$340.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$60.00

match offer

-$246.46

Match offer toward project cost

-$209.49

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$36.97

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$0.00

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