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Ms. Colter from Sioux Falls, SD is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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New Country! New Language! Help Us Succeed!

My students need a variety hands-on activities to help them learn English AND be academically successful in school and in life.

  • $865 goal

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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

My second grade classroom is filled with students who are new to the country and speak little or no English. They have come from all over the world: El Salvador, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Kenya, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Liberia, Bhutan, Nepal, and Burundi. Many of them have come from refugee camps and have never had access to quality school supplies and/or materials. These kiddos are ready to learn and ready to succeed! They come to me with limited or no English and by the end of the year, it is always my hope they will be at or near grade level! "Learning is not a spectator sport, so let's play!"

My Project

Learning a second language is extremely challenging, especially when you are learning English as a second language and come from a culture with little or no print, schools, etc. Most of my students have had little or no schooling and do not understand what it is like to be in an American classroom.

My hope is that this project will help make learning fun and a little less challenging as they embark on this new journey!

The Kids Kore Wobble chairs will help the students I get that have difficulties sitting still. It will help them focus on their academics while being able to have some movement in the classroom. The Moods & Emotion Mirrors will help my students express how their are feeling since they don't have the language to tell me themselves. The various alphabet activities such as the Alphabet Mystery Box, the Magnetic Alphabet Maze, and the Sight-Word Steps will help my students learn the English alphabet and sounds so that they can gain a foundation for reading. The Math Equivalency Puzzles, Hands-On Number Grid, Independent Math Activities and the Number Rockets will help my students learn the numbers and how numbers are broken a part and put together.

I am very excited for this project as it will help my students be academically successful and will help create a solid foundation in Reading and Math! Their drive, support from their families, and love from their teachers and peers will help them go far in life to reach their goals and dreams!

Ms. Colter Elementary Immersion Center Grades PreK-2

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Sioux Falls, SD View local requests

Nearly all 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

30 students impacted 4donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Kids Kore Wobble Chair 14" - Black • Kaplan Early Learning Company $59.49 2 $118.98
PP862 - Ready-To-Go! Independent Math Activities - Gr. 2 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $79.99 1 $79.99
PP861 - Ready-To-Go! Independent Math Activities - Gr. 1 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $79.99 1 $79.99
FF900X - Math Equivalency Puzzles - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $59.99 1 $59.99
EE188 - Simple Sentences Instant Learning Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 2 $59.98
LL676 - Magnetic Alphabet Maze • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
FF315 - Alphabet Mystery Box • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
PP186 - Lakeshore Number Rockets • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
PP514 - Hands-On Number Grid • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
GG737 - Sight-Word Steps • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
AA708 - Moods & Emotions Mirrors • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99

Materials cost

$658.87

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $36.24

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.88

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$734.99

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$129.70

Total project goal

$864.69

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $864.69

4 Donors

-$864.69

Donations toward project cost

-$734.99

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$129.70

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