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Ms. L. from Saint Louis, MO is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Help My Kindergartners Learn to Read!

My students need four sets of kindergarten level books to help them learn how to read.

  • $194 goal

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My Students

Learning to read can be a challenge-especially when there aren't enough beginner books around to learn with! Teaching my students to read would be so much easier if we had a large supply of kindergarten level books available in the classroom for my students to practice with.

I teach a diverse kindergarten class.

Several of my students are ELL (English Language Learners) and are learning to speak English for the first time in my classroom. Many of my students were not able to afford preschool, and so they are attending school for the first time when they walk into my classroom. Although they may not have been exposed to many literacy concepts before they came to kindergarten, I want them to leave my classroom with a solid foundation in reading.

My Project

There's no reason learning to read has to be difficult. When you have the right resources available in the classroom, every child can get the reading practice he or she needs to be successful. Help me turn my young students into avid readers with 4 sets of kindergarten level books. These book sets will add 80 new books to our classroom for my students to read. These books are special because they are written with very simple text so they are perfect for students who are just learning to read. The more my students practice reading, the better they will get at it-but they can't practice if we don't have enough books!

Do you remember the excitement of learning to read?

Help me pass that excitement on to my kindergarteners! I want to spark a love of reading in my students so that they become lifelong readers, and these books would help me make that happen. Your generous donation will help put books into my kindergarteners hands, and make sure they start off their education the right way with a strong foundation in reading.

Ms. L. Crestwood Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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Saint Louis, MO View local requests 45 students impacted 4donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Early Kindergarten Reading Collection Set 1 • WILBOOKS $29.00 1 $29.00
Kindergarten Reading Collection Set 2 • WILBOOKS $29.00 1 $29.00
Early Kindergarten Reading Collection Set 2 • WILBOOKS $29.00 1 $29.00
Kindergarten Reading Collection Set 1 • WILBOOKS $29.00 1 $29.00

Materials cost

$116.00

Vendor shipping charges

 $11.60

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.74

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$164.34

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$29.00

Total project goal

$193.34

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $193.34

4 Donors

-$193.34

Donations toward project cost

-$164.34

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$29.00

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