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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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Interactive Language Activities to Keep Learning Fun!

Help me give my students some new interactive activities that will help enhance their language skills and keep learning fun!

  • $436 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 task 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 the 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 interested in the lesson. The storytelling kits will provide my students with the visual support they need to be successful. The kits will allow my students to recall and retell stories and identify story elements using manipulatives. It will also allow them to use their imagination to add to stories.

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 nursery rhyme kits, phonics flip books, CVC word dice and the letter building puzzles 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 be begin to be independent and work with their peers.

Having these materials will also keep them excited and engaged when learning these important skills!

Ms. Adinolfi PS 153 Adam Clayton Powell 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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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 8donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
TT331 - Stack & Build Phonics Flip Books • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
LA956 - The Very Hungry Caterpillar Storytelling Kit • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
LL261 - Tell-A-Story Nursery Rhyme Kit • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
PP949 - Positional Words Resource Box • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
LA959 - The Kissing Hand Storytelling Kit • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
EE634 - The Snowy Day Storytelling Kit • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
RR513 - No, David! Storytelling Kit • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
LC733 - The Gruffalo Magnetic Storytelling Kit • Lakeshore Learning Materials $24.99 1 $24.99
LL904 - Storyteller Writing Box • Lakeshore Learning Materials $24.99 1 $24.99
EE947 - CVC Words Giant Activity Dice • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 1 $19.99
FF958 - 4-Scene Sequencing Cards • Lakeshore Learning Materials $14.99 1 $14.99
JJ466 - 3-Letter Word Building Puzzles • Lakeshore Learning Materials $14.99 1 $14.99
JJ465 - 4-Letter Word Building Puzzles • Lakeshore Learning Materials $14.99 1 $14.99

Materials cost

$334.87

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.02

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$369.89

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$65.27

Total project goal

$435.16

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $435.16

5 Donors

-$325.62

Donations toward project cost

-$295.52

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.10

match offer

-$87.50

Match offer toward project cost

-$74.38

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$13.12

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$22.05

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 $0.00

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