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Phoneme Phun!!!

My students need 8 hands-on Phonemic Awareness center activities and a tabletop Communication Center for storage.

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My Students

Reading can take us places we may otherwise never be able to go! Research suggests that Phonemic Awareness is related to success in learning to read. "Children who lack Phonemic Awareness are likely to become among our poorest readers." (Blackman 2000)

I teach 5 year-old Kindergarten in rural South Carolina.

My students are bright and inquisitive. We are a Title One school with 93% of Kindergarten students receiving free/reduced lunch. Our school was featured on South Carolina's ETV's "Corridor of Shame." All of our funds for this school year have been frozen."

My Project

I would love to flood my classroom with opportunities for my students to explore the sounds of language by providing a phonemically rich environment. Adding hands-on opportunities for my students to develop Phonemic Awareness through manipulation in learning centers would greatly increase my students exposure to these sounds. Students who struggle with Phonemic Awareness need many more opportunities for this exposure to help them learn to read!

I would like to provide Phonemic Awareness opportunities for my students to help them share my love for reading.

In the homes of many of my students reading is not modeled or encouraged at this age. I would like to provide this fundamental necessity and to help my students become lifelong readers.

Mrs. Tallon Dillon 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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Dillon, SC 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

25 students impacted 12donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
FF315 - Alphabet Mystery Box • Lakeshore Learning $34.95 1 $34.95
JJ618 - Classic Birch Tabletop Communication Center • Lakeshore Learning $69.95 1 $69.95
LL312 - Magnetic Alphabet Center • Lakeshore Learning $29.95 1 $29.95
LL313 - Magnetic Phonemic Awareness Center • Lakeshore Learning $29.95 1 $29.95
FF197 - Alphabet Folder Game Library • Lakeshore Learning $29.95 1 $29.95
FF196 - Phonemic Awareness Folder Game Library • Lakeshore Learning $29.95 1 $29.95
EE185 - Middle Sounds Instant Learning Center • Lakeshore Learning $24.95 1 $24.95
TT823 - Ending Sounds Instant Learning Center • Lakeshore Learning $24.95 1 $24.95
TT822 - Beginning Sounds Instant Learning Center • Lakeshore Learning $24.95 1 $24.95

Materials cost

$299.55

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $21.12

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.49

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$360.16

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$53.82

Total project goal

$413.98

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $413.98

11 Donors

-$413.97

Donations toward project cost

-$360.16

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$53.81

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.01

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 $0.00

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