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Mrs. O'Carroll from Sarasota, FL is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Make Reading and Writing Fun for Struggling Students!

Help me give my students a more accessible Reading classroom with line readers, fidget toys, calming strips, and reading and writing tools.

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My Project

In my ESE Intensive Reading Classroom, many of my students are struggling to find motivation and use the right tools to help them become better readers and writers. I would love to provide them with tools to help them focus, including Calming Strips and Fidget Toys. I would also like to make reading more accessible for my students by providing them with Line Readers, Graphic Organizer Whiteboards, and Reading Comprehension posters to give them as many learning tools as possible. My students also struggle with feeling motivated to write, so the Writing Starters flipbook will help them have over 100+ interesting topics to write about.

I believe giving my students the right tools they need will help them be successful and achieve their reading and writing goals.

Please help donate to support my students!

Mrs. O'Carroll Sarasota School - Arts & Science Grades 6-8

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Sarasota, FL View local requests

More than a third 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

86 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Calm Strips - Classroom Pack 30 • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $40.00 1 $40.00
Lakeshore Graphic Organizer Write & Wipe Boards • Lakeshore Learning Materials $31.99 1 $31.99
Lakeshore Beginner’s Reading Trackers - Set of 30 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $22.99 1 $22.99
Teacher Created Resources Fidget Box 18 Pieces (TCR20361) • Staples $19.34 1 $19.34
Let’s Get Writing! Writing Starters Flip Book - Gr. 4-8 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $9.99 1 $9.99
Reading Comprehension Mini Poster Pack • Lakeshore Learning Materials $8.49 1 $8.49

Materials cost

$132.80

Vendor shipping charges

 $5.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.99

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$169.79

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$29.96

Total project goal

$199.75

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $199.75

1 Donor

-$99.88

Donations toward project cost

-$84.90

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$14.98

match offer

-$99.87

Match offer toward project cost

-$84.89

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$14.98

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 $0.00

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