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Ms. Ellis from Jamaica Plain, MA is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Providing Equal Access to Literature

My students need a listening center in order to be able to listen to great literature independent from read alouds.

  • $232 goal

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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

Every student comes with different skills and a different background. It is part of my job to try to provide equal access to great books for these young learners. Many of my students cannot read literature independently, but at a listening center, they can hear great language while following along.

I work in an urban public school, with a low-income immigrant population for whom English is a new language.

The entire school receives free breakfast and lunch every day, in addition to dental, health, and counseling services through the school. For second-language learners, exposure to great literature and lots of language is essential to language and academic development. The students are hard-working and love to learn, so, I try to provide AS MANY WAYS to interact with books as possible. Our room is full of wonderful fiction and non-fiction texts. I read rich literature aloud, we read leveled literature in small groups, we read to each other, we invite guests to come in and read to our class, we build words and sentences, we create writing to reread together, and we have a library of books that children may borrow to read at home. Even with all this, it isn't enough.

My Project

This is a listening center that comes with 8 sets of earphones, a junction box, so that multiple people can listen from one machine, and a storage box with room for tapes. This not only provides most of the hardware needed to have a listening center, but it also provides a self-contained storage area for it.

Despite all of my efforts, my students still don't have enough opportunity to hear books.

I want them to have even more opportunity to listen to great stories, explore new ideas, discover new places, build new vocabulary, and continue to foster a love of literature. A listening center allows them to access literature that would ordinarily be out of their independent reading level.

Ms. Ellis John F Kennedy Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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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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Jamaica Plain, MA 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

22 students impacted 19donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
LC4250X - Lakeshore Listening Center • Lakeshore Learning $159.00 1 $159.00

Materials cost

$159.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.38

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$196.38

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$34.66

Total project goal

$231.04

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $231.04

14 Donors

-$230.00

Donations toward project cost

-$195.50

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$34.50

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 $1.04

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