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Mrs. Dorsey from San Pedro, CA is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Listening Centers Help Books Come Alive!

My students need a listening center for our classroom to build listening and vocabulary skills.

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My Students

I am very fortunate to be able to teach and help shape an amazing group of transitional kindergarten students! The diversity of socioeconomic backgrounds among these students make our classroom a great environment for many of their first school experience.

Their excitement and eagerness to learn inspire me to seek out new and fun ways to instill learning in our classroom.

They are an energetic, fun, and bright group of children who absorb new information and skills like a sponge. It is my goal to provide them with the best first introduction to school that I can, and offer them a variety of materials to spark their interest and instill a love of learning!

My Project

Young children take great pleasure in listening to stories. Hearing a book read on tape helps them see how the words on the page can come alive in a fluid, expressive way. Children can build vocabulary skills while listening to a variety of stories, as well as begin to build on their reading comprehension. It also helps them focus on the sounds of words read without interruption and provides a model of fluent reading.

Audio books also provide an important introduction to listening — a skill that children must master in order to learn to read.

With the use of this listening center and CD player, my transitional kindergarten students will be provided with a wonderful opportunity to hear a variety of books read aloud again and again. The more they listen, the greater the likelihood that they will learn new vocabulary words and gain reading comprehension skills. Please help me make this listening center a reality for my students! Thank you!

Mrs. Dorsey Taper Steam Magnet School Grades PreK-2

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San Pedro, CA View local requests

Half of 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

22 students impacted 5donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
FF280X - Best-Buy Listening Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $99.50 1 $99.50
JJ665 - Portable CD Player • Lakeshore Learning Materials $89.99 1 $89.99

Materials cost

$189.49

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$17.34

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.84

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$239.67

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$42.29

Total project goal

$281.96

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$281.96

4 Donors

-$140.97

Donations toward project cost

-$119.83

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$21.14

match offer

-$140.99

Match offer toward project cost

-$119.84

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$21.15

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$0.00

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