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Ms. Goodfriend from Chicago, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Reaching the Next Level

My students need 1 set of vocabulary stamps, 1 set of fluency cards, 1 set of reader's notebooks, 1 set of reader's response cards, 1 comprehension kit and 2 sets of nonfiction books to help enrich their learning.

  • $437 goal

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My Students

"There is a brilliant child locked inside every student." -Marva Collins. That quote pretty much sums up a lot of what my project is about. I am requesting materials to challenge my students and push them into a different academic level with higher expectations.

I teach in a diverse neighborhood in Chicago.

Like many public schools, we are under resourced and under funded. Almost all of our school receives free or reduced lunch. I have 30 students in my kindergarten classroom that come from over 11 different countries. They are very excited about learning and happy to be in school. They are also at all different academic levels. I often teach students in small groups to target their needs. While I spend a lot of my time working with students who are below grade level, I decided that it is important for me to spend more time with those students who are above grade level.

My Project

Every year I have a handful of students who are very fast learners. Not only are they fast learners, but very bright students. I try my best to challenge them, but don't always have the right materials to push them farther. I am requesting a variety of literacy materials to challenge my students. A good teacher not only recognizes when a student achieves a goal, but pushes them into a deeper thinking and understanding. It is wonderful that I already have students who can read, but now it is time to work on their comprehension, vocabulary, and fluency. I have requested materials that will help with all of these essential literacy skills. Some materials include: a vocabulary stamp set, comprehension activity folders, and reader's response activity pads.

Children need to know that learning is everlasting, it never stops.

They may be able to complete the work at a kindergarten level, but that is not good enough. I want to challenge them and continue to teach them new things throughout the year. These are the students that absorb new information like sponges. Please help these bright young students achieve more and reach that next level of academic success.

Ms. Goodfriend G.B. Swift Elementary Specialty 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.

More about Ms. Goodfriend

Chicago, IL View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
EE501 - Building Fluency Card Bank - Gr. 1-3 • Lakeshore Learning $49.95 1 $49.95
FB712 - Eyewitness Nonfiction Readers - Level 2 • Lakeshore Learning $39.50 1 $39.50
FB711 - Eyewitness Nonfiction Readers - Level 1 • Lakeshore Learning $39.50 1 $39.50
FF129 - Reader’s Response Activity Pads • Lakeshore Learning $19.95 1 $19.95
GG185 - Reader’s Response Notebook - Set of 10 • Lakeshore Learning $44.95 1 $44.95
FF156 - Month-By-Month Fluency Practice Kit - Gr. 1-2 • Lakeshore Learning $39.95 1 $39.95
HH391 - Read & Learn Comprehension Activity Folders • Lakeshore Learning $49.95 1 $49.95
LA866GR - Giant Kid-Safe Stamp Pad - Green • Lakeshore Learning $4.29 4 $17.16
HH819 - Vocabulary Stamp Set • Lakeshore Learning $29.95 1 $29.95

Materials cost

$330.86

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.96

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$370.82

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$65.44

Total project goal

$436.26

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$436.26

3 Donors

-$436.26

Donations toward project cost

-$370.82

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$65.44

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$0.00

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