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Ms. Mercado from Greenville, SC is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Phonics for Firsties

Help me give my students phonics instruction materials to continue their growth and love for reading and writing!

  • $288 goal

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Ms. Mercado has another project! Donate to Small Group Supplies to help her classroom.

$317 - complete this project and be a hero

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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 love teaching first grade! One of my favorite things about teaching first grade is not only teaching them how to read, but how to LOVE reading. One of our favorite times of day is phonics.

These resources will help a strong foundation in reading and writing.

This book will help give us new ideas for phonics, resources needed to teach and wonderful lesson ideas that are research based in the Science of Reading. This will help our students grow and become more confident in their reading and writing! The Decorative Squares” Phonics Kit will help students better understand letter sounds with a fun representation.

Ms. Mercado Monaview Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Greenville, 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

17 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
“Decorative Squares” Phonics Kit • Secret Stories $109.00 1 $109.00
UFLI Foundations • UFLI - Ventris Learning $70.00 1 $70.00

Materials cost

$179.00

Vendor shipping charges

$20.00

Sales tax

$12.62

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.68

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$244.30

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$43.11

Total project goal

$287.41

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$287.41

1 Donor

-$287.41

Donations toward project cost

-$244.30

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$43.11

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$0.00

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