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Mrs. Tarpey from Centerville, OH is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Learning to Read is Fun with Pete the Cat!

Help me give my students books featuring a favorite character like Pete the Cat and literacy materials to help encourage a love of reading and build interest in learning letters and words.

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My Students

My students from Centerville, Ohio, are part of a literacy support program that helps struggling readers and writers gain the needed skills and strategies to become confident, independent learners.

Our students are enthusiastic, love to learn, have loads of potential, are diverse in many ways, and have some unique needs that keep me striving for fun and meaningful ways to accelerate their growth in reading and writing.

I thoroughly enjoy helping to foster a love of reading and writing that will benefit them for a lifetime.

My Project

Some emergent readers struggle with learning letters and high frequency words. I plan to use high quality literature and favorite characters like Pete the Cat to help make that learning fun!

Learning isolated skills like letters and words is always much more meaningful when connected to a favorite text.

I will use the books, games, and letter activities to help bridge their knowledge of skills and love of great stories. Kids will get to enjoy taking books, letter and word games, and stuffed animals home to share with their families! Parents will then have a better understanding of the way we help children connect their learning to books.

Mrs. Tarpey Centerville Primary Village South Grades PreK-2

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Centerville, OH View local requests 40 students impacted 5donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Pete the Cat Doll and 4 Paperback Book Set • Kaplan Early Learning Company $33.96 1 $33.96
TT461 - Tower of Sight-Words Game - Level 1 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $24.99 1 $24.99
Pete the Cat(r) Jack in the Box • Kaplan Early Learning Company $20.36 1 $20.36
DD279 - Dot & Learn Markers - Set of 4 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $9.99 2 $19.98
DD365 - Dot & Learn! Alphabet Journal • Lakeshore Learning Materials $4.29 2 $8.58
POP for Letterstm • Kaplan Early Learning Company $8.46 1 $8.46
Pete the Cat: Trick or Pete • Amazon Business $4.96 1 $4.96
Pete the Cat and the Cool Caterpillar (I Can Read Level 1) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Pete the Cat: Pete at the Beach (My First I Can Read) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99

Materials cost

$129.27

Vendor shipping charges

 $9.42

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.94

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$170.63

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$30.11

Total project goal

$200.74

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $200.74

4 Donors

-$175.74

Donations toward project cost

-$149.38

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.36

match offer

-$25.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$21.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.75

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 $0.00

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