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Ms. Friel from East Elmhurst, NY is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Literacy Tools

Help me give my students phonics and morphology materials, as well as a magnetic wipe-off board.

  • $684 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

“Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.” – Mortimer J. Adler

As a speech-language pathologist in an elementary/middle school in New York City, I facilitate the communicative competence of students whose language difficulties impact their ability to access the curriculum.

Our diverse school community includes many English Language Learners and children whose learning and social-emotional challenges require specialized interventions to help them succeed academically and socially. According to the International Dyslexia Association, “74% of the children who are poor readers in 3rd grade remain poor readers in the 9th grade…." Many of the students on my caseload find reading, spelling, and writing challenging. Their difficulties with decoding and encoding prevent them from reading independently, learning through reading, and expressing their knowledge, opinions, and stories in writing.

My Project

Speech-language pathologists’ knowledge of language acquisition and disorders, coupled with their clinical experience, equip them to generate treatment plans that support literacy development. My students struggle with literacy skills such as phonemic awareness (sound manipulation), decoding (reading) and encoding (spelling/writing). They have difficulty with skills such as sound segmentation and letter/sound correspondence. They also have a limited understanding of word structure. In addition to the core instruction received in the classroom during the early elementary grades, my students benefit from explicit instruction with materials and programs based on The Orton Gillingham Approach. Intervention incorporates visual, auditory, and kinesthetic modalities in order to facilitate students’ understanding of the six syllable types and their knowledge of prefixes, suffixes, and root words. As their ability to read and understand complex texts increases, they become readers and writers who participate more actively in classroom discussions.

With your donation, my students will have the materials necessary to learn reading and spelling rules in order to become readers, spellers, and writers who comprehend grade level texts, use academic vocabulary in their writing, and engage in collaborative conversations.

They will also come to appreciate Kofi Annan’s assertion that “Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope. It is a tool for daily life in modern society.”

Ms. Friel PS 127 Aerospace Science Academy 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.

More about Ms. Friel

East Elmhurst, NY View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

10 students impacted 6donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
LC748 - Flex-Space Double-Sided Mobile Teaching Easel • Lakeshore Learning Materials $399.00 1 $399.00
Morphology Bundle Pack • Literacy for Life $25.00 4 $100.00
Sound Card Deck with Rules • Literacy for Life $25.00 1 $25.00
Blending Cards • Literacy for Life $5.00 3 $15.00

Materials cost

$539.00

Vendor shipping charges

 $3.50

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.08

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$580.58

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$102.46

Total project goal

$683.04

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $683.04

5 Donors

-$333.00

Donations toward project cost

-$298.05

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$34.95

match offer

-$332.39

Match offer toward project cost

-$282.53

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$49.86

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$17.65

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 $0.00

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