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Mrs. Umana from Miami, FL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Little Readers in the Making!

Help me give my students the alphabet sound teaching tubs in English and Spanish and the storage rack. These alphabet teaching tubs will help support the learning of my of prekindergarten students.

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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

I have 18 students who are all non-English speaking students and are all mostly from low-income families. Two of my students are special needs students. They all come from homes where the parents, unfortunately, do not speak English, and they do not have a role model in order to learn the English language from. My students are energetic little kids who love to learn and are very excited about being in school. However, since my students are all non-English speaking students, they need a lot of visuals and hands-on activities in order to learn and make the learning process more meaningful. Also, due to the lack of knowledge from the part of the parents on how to help their children, I feel that my students need a double dosage of educational fun activities in school in order to be up to par with their counterparts and succeed in school.

My Project

I am requesting alphabet sound teaching tubs from Lakeshore in English and Spanish. These alphabet teaching tubs will help support the learning for my group of prek students. All of my 18 prek students are English Language learners, and the Lakeshore alphabet sounds teaching tubs will bring each letter of the alphabet to life for my children. The 3D objects in each tub will help my students learn the letter and relate the letter to different objects. By giving the children hands-on materials to relate to each letter will help them identify letters, sort objects, explore letter sounds, and play games that will help them learn and build their vocabulary skills and even writing skills. I feel that incorporating the Spanish letter tubs will help them relate to their home language and help them make the learning process more meaningful.

This project will impact my prek students in so many ways!!

Please, please, please help!! The students will be able to learn the alphabet and their letters sounds in so many different ways. They will be able to use hands-on materials to learn their alphabet in a new and exciting way!

Mrs. Umana E.W.F. Stirrup Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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.

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Miami, FL View local requests

More than 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

18 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
LC421 - Spanish Alphabet Teaching Tubs • Lakeshore Learning Materials $169.00 1 $169.00
LC856 - Alphabet Sounds Teaching Tubs • Lakeshore Learning Materials $149.00 1 $149.00
LA627 - Teaching Tubs Storage Rack • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99

Materials cost

$367.99

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.52

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$403.51

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$71.21

Total project goal

$474.72

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $474.72

1 Donor

-$238.00

Donations toward project cost

-$202.30

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$35.70

match offer

-$236.72

Match offer toward project cost

-$201.21

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$35.51

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 $0.00

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