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Mrs. Ragland from Smithfield, NC is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Light Up Learning With Hot Dots

Help me give my students Hot Dots flash cards and activity books to reinforce their emerging skills. These materials are an engaging way to practice necessary, foundational concepts.

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My Students

In my classroom, I employ many different methods of helping children learn based on their learning styles and research on best practices. I believe students learn best when academic areas are integrated in a hands-on, meaningful way!

We are a charter school with many diverse learners.

My students are active kids that require a variety of teaching methods to motivate them to learn at their full potential. They learn best when the activities presented are highly-engaging and allow them to work on meaningful tasks.

My Project

My students need many opportunities to practice their emerging skills. Flash cards and other rote methods can be boring and mundane. My students love using the few Hot Dot materials we do have as they work on the concepts they are learning. Hot Dot materials offer instant feedback for students as they study. The Hot Dot cards and pens add an extra motivation to keep them engaged as they learn math facts, phonics concepts, basic reading skills and vocabulary. We are requesting Hot Dot flash cards for addition, subtraction, multiplication, math word problems and math vocabulary. For literacy, we are hoping for the Jr. Phonics fun kit, Informational Text Reading Cards, the Alphabet cards and Academic Vocabulary card set. We are also asking for 4 additional Hot Dot pens so that several children can work with the same set at the same time.

We only have one pen and two books now and it's not enough for all of my students.

By adding more cards and more pens to our classroom, all children will be able to participate and work on the skills they each need in order to be successful! These materials would really build excitement in practicing basic concepts!

Mrs. Ragland Neuse Charter School Grades PreK-2

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Smithfield, NC View local requests 40 students impacted 4donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Hot Dots Jr. Phonics Fun • Quill.com $38.24 1 $38.24
Educational Insights Hot Dots Pete The Cat Pen 2450 • Quill.com $11.04 2 $22.08
Educational Insights Hot Dots Learn to Solve Word Problems Set, Grades 1-3 • Quill.com $16.99 1 $16.99
Hot Dots Reading Informational Text, Grades 1-3 • Quill.com $16.99 1 $16.99
Educational Insights Hot Dots Academic Vocabulary Card Sets, Grades 1-3 • Quill.com $15.29 1 $15.29
Educational Insights Hot Dots Laugh It Up! Math Vocabulary Card Set Grades 1 - 3 • Quill.com $13.59 1 $13.59
Educational Insights Hot Dots Jr. Light-Up Interactive Pencil (2348) • Quill.com $5.94 2 $11.88
Hot Dots Jr. Card Set, The Alphabet • Quill.com $11.04 1 $11.04
Educational Insights Hot Dots Math Flash Cards, Addition • Quill.com $9.77 1 $9.77
Educational Insights Hot Dots Math Flash Cards, More Subtraction • Quill.com $8.75 1 $8.75
Hot Dots Multiplication Flashcards • Quill.com $8.49 1 $8.49

Materials cost

$173.11

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$13.50

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.60

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$219.21

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$38.68

Total project goal

$257.89

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$257.89

4 Donors

-$257.89

Donations toward project cost

-$219.21

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$38.68

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$0.00

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