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Mrs. Mendez from Pacoima, CA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Help Kindergarten Students Learn to Read

My students need phonics games, clipboards, phonics stamps and more to transfer their knowledge into writing.

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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 Students

Do you remember what it was like learning how to speak and read in a second language? These are the challenges that my students are facing in my classroom. My students are limited in English and have difficulties learning how to read without the use of visuals and hands-on learning tools

I work in a Title 1 school.

I have 24 English language learners and 2 Special Education students that mainstream into my class daily. My students come to kindergarten lacking the necessary skills needed to succeed in reading. My students need exciting and engaging ways to learn about letters, sounds, and blending. With the current budget cuts, my school is unable to purchase games that will help achieve success in reading. My students need a hands-on approach for learning how to read.

My Project

These phonics materials and games will give my students the opportunities to learn to read in a fun and exciting way while acquiring phonemic awareness. These games will allow students to recognize letter names and sounds,identify sight words and build simple consonant/vowel/consonant words. Also, these games will increase my students' vocabulary and improve their decoding skills. These materials and games will be used during small group instruction for practice. Once the students develop knowledge of letter names and sounds, we will be utilizing the clipboards to do letter investigations. During letter investigations, the students will be drawing pictures and writing the letters of the objects they see. We will be doing our letter investigations in the classroom as well as outdoors. The clipboards will make it easier for students to write as they walk around.

Please help my students build phonemic awareness skills with games that are exciting, interactive and engaging.

My students will not only learn to read but will develop a love for reading and much success. Give my students the opportunities to build phonemic awareness as they play with super fun games and then transfer that knowledge into writing with the use of clipboards.

Mrs. Mendez Haddon Avenue Elementary School 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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Pacoima, CA 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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
LL816 - Ending Sounds Phonics Train • Lakeshore Learning $14.95 1 $14.95
LL818 - Beginning Sounds Phonics Train • Lakeshore Learning $14.95 1 $14.95
HH621 - Kid-Safe Clipboard - Set of 10 • Lakeshore Learning $44.95 2 $89.90
HH620 - Kid-Safe Clipboard - Each • Lakeshore Learning $4.95 6 $29.70
TT813 - Stamp & Write Sight-Words - Level 1 • Lakeshore Learning $29.95 1 $29.95
DD691 - CVC Word Work Center • Lakeshore Learning $39.95 1 $39.95
RR265 - Word Family Sliders Set • Lakeshore Learning $29.95 1 $29.95
LL337 - Picture-Word Match - 3-Letter Words • Lakeshore Learning $9.99 1 $9.99
JJ296 - Beginning Sounds 3-In-A-Row Game Set • Lakeshore Learning $19.99 1 $19.99
GG299 - Fill-In-The-Blank Phonics Stamps - Set 1 • Lakeshore Learning $29.95 1 $29.95

Materials cost

$309.28

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $28.30

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.64

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$377.22

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$66.57

Total project goal

$443.79

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $443.79

1 Donor

-$48.00

Donations toward project cost

-$40.80

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.20

Matching donations from our partners

-$395.79

Match offers toward project cost

-$336.42

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$59.37

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