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Ms. Adinolfi from New York, NY is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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I Learn Best When I Can Use My Hands!

Help me give my students phonemic awareness games and story retelling kits to keep learning engaging and exciting!

  • $517 goal

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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

My caseload is made up of thirty wonderful students in grades kindergarten through fifth. The students I work with come from very diverse backgrounds with many different cultures represented. About 90% of the students are English language learners and speak a different language at home. Communication is a foundation for daily life; however, many of my students lack the basic skills to express themselves and find daily academic and social tasks challenging. Due to the fact that a significant amount of my students are learning English as a second language, often they lack the basic sound-letter correspondence, do not have basic reading skills, have a limited vocabulary and struggle to comprehend information. Additionally, a significant number of students come from low-income households. My students work hard every day, and I am constantly looking for new ways to get them engaged in lessons and expose them to new experiences!

My Project

I am constantly looking for new ways to keep language lessons fun and engaging because students learn best when they are enjoying themselves. We spend a lot of time working with books during therapy sessions, and it's important for me to always have new ways to keep the students engaged while practicing important skills. The storytelling kits will provide my students with the visual support they need to be successful as well as the opportunity to use their hands while learning. The kits will allow my students to recall and retell stories and identify story elements using manipulative. The story kits I have used in the past have been so successful, I can not wait to introduce new ones!

These interactive activities will give my students the opportunity to participate in lessons in a hands-on way, which will lead to improved attention and retention of the skills!

Phonemic awareness is another skill that I often address in speech, and it is very difficult for my students, especially the students with learning disabilities, speech and language impairments and those that are learning English as a second language. The magnetic soundboards and rhyming game will help them work on improving their phonemic awareness skills, which is the foundation for reading. It also gives them the opportunity to engage in play while learning and gives them the chance to begin to be independent and work with their peers.

Ms. Adinolfi PS 153 Adam Clayton Powell Grades 3-5

Equity Focus

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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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

30 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
LL435X - Magnetic Sound Sorting Boards - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $85.00 1 $85.00
IEP Goal Writing for Speech-Language Pathologists: Utilizing State Standards • Amazon Business $59.95 1 $59.95
JJ728 - Story Wands • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
RR543 - The Rainbow Fish Storytelling Kit • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
RR677 - Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes Storytelling Kit • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
RR944 - The Jacket I Wear in the Snow Storytelling Kit • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
AA528 - Launch & Learn Rhyming Sounds Game • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
LC731 - Pete the Cat and His Magic Sunglasses Magnetic Storytelling Kit • Lakeshore Learning Materials $24.99 1 $24.99
LC732 - The Pout-Pout Fish Magnetic Storytelling Kit • Lakeshore Learning Materials $24.99 1 $24.99
BD584 - Power Pen!® Reading Comprehension Quiz Cards - Gr. 4 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $15.99 1 $15.99
The Rainbow Fish • Amazon Business $13.86 1 $13.86
Pete the Cat and His Magic Sunglasses • Amazon Business $12.60 1 $12.60
Those Darn Squirrels Fly South • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Those Darn Squirrels! • Amazon Business $7.59 1 $7.59

Materials cost

$402.91

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.04

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$438.95

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$77.46

Total project goal

$516.41

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $516.41

1 Donor

-$516.41

Donations toward project cost

-$438.95

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$77.46

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 $0.00

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