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Ms. Tello from Escondido, CA is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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One Letter Sound at a Time

Help me give my students access to phonics centers to provide access to phonemic awareness.

  • 2 donors
  • $462 goal

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Ms. Tello has another project! Donate to Just One Carpet Away to help her classroom.

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Help Ms. Tello

Ms. Tello has another project! Donate to Just One Carpet Away to help her classroom.

$244 - complete this project and be a hero

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 Project

I help provide much needed academic intervention for students who are impacted by a wide range of disabilities in a small setting. For many of them, reading is the most common area of struggle due to a lack of phonemic and phonological awareness. Because of this, the science of reading provides essential tools to make each one of my students a reader.

The letter formation trays will help provide multi-model instruction to students who require intensive intervention in the area of phonics.

The magnetic tiles will help diversify centers by exposing students to how letters and sounds can be manipulated to create a word.

Ms. Tello Miller Elementary School 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. Tello

Escondido, CA 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

10 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Primary Concepts Word Formation Sand Trays, Set of 4 - Wood - Early Childhood-Elementary - Toddler • School Specialty $179.02 1 $179.02
Lakeshore Double-Sided Magnetic Tiles with Phonics - Reading Manipulatives for Beginning Readers, Science of Reading • Lakeshore Learning Materials $89.99 1 $89.99
Primary Concepts Word Formation Sand Tray (PC-3003) • Quill.com $37.92 1 $37.92

Materials cost

$306.93

Vendor shipping charges

$22.40

Sales tax

$28.08

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.60

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$392.01

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$69.18

Total project goal

$461.19

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$461.19

1 Donor

-$230.60

Donations toward project cost

-$196.01

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$34.59

match offer

-$230.59

Match offer toward project cost

-$196.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$34.59

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$0.00

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