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Ms. Carrie McClean from Brooklyn, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Read, Play, Love

Help me give my students books that they can take home in their baggies to practice their reading skills.

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My Students

My school was originally created by a group of parents unhappy with the public school options in their neighborhood. We strive to maintain a racial, ethnic, and economic mix because we believe that integration and equal access benefit everyone. It is now part of a diversity pilot project in NYC and remains committed to making progressive education accessible to all.

This year, I will be teaching first grade to 24 incredible children.

My first-graders are a unique cohort because many of them have not been in a school building for the last year and a half. They will be learning the ABCs at the same time they are learning how to be in school. All the kids returning to classrooms this fall will present with a wide range of developmental needs, and I want my classroom to be flexible enough to meet them where they're at!

My Project

So much has changed in the world of teaching children to read! Scientists have been studying the brain, and the different methods educators have used to in the past to teach reading.

In this reading research, one of the key elements of successful reading instruction scientists identified is the role that phonics instruction plays in learning to read.

The scientific consensus is that teaching phonics systematically, explicitly, and cumulatively is key to successful reading instruction.

In order to support the work we're doing in class, we need a library of high-quality decodable books for children to take home and read and enjoy. These books will become part of a library of decodable and leveled books that my students will be able to take home and enjoy with their families and bring back to school. Being able to practice their skills at home will further reinforce the work we're doing in the classroom. Along with books, this project also includes games that will reinforce our phonics work as well as an easel to use with small groups.

Ms. Carrie McClean The Brooklyn New School at PS 146 Grades PreK-2

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More than a third 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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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Phonics First Little Readers (Classroom Set): A Big Collection of Decodable Readers That Teach Key Phonics Skills • Amazon Business $73.00 1 $73.00
Wood Double-Sided Tabletop Easel 80pc Activity Set for Kids- Childrens Magnetic Dry Erase Whiteboard & Chalkboard, Alphabet Phonic Letters & Shapes - Back to School and Art STEM Play Center • Amazon Business $39.59 1 $39.59
Phonics Readers Boxed Set 3 Short Vowels, Consonant Blends and Digraphs (24 Books) • Amazon Business $29.99 1 $29.99
Phonics Readers Boxed Set 4 Long Vowels (24 Books) • Amazon Business $29.99 1 $29.99
Animal Phonics Readers Parent Pack: 24 Easy Nonfiction Books That Teach Key Phonics Skills • Amazon Business $24.99 1 $24.99
Dr Maggie's Phonics Readers, Set 2: Picking Up Speed! • Amazon Business $20.94 1 $20.94
Phonics First Little Readers (Parent Pack): 24 Fun and Easy Books for Beginning Readers • Amazon Business $20.56 1 $20.56
ThinkFun Zingo Word Builder Early Reading Game - Award Winning Game for Pre-Readers and Early Readers • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
Fun Express Beginning and Ending Sounds Clip Cards - 106 Pieces - Educational and Learning Activities for Kids • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
Starfall Short-Vowel Pals 16 Decodable Phonics Books • Amazon Business $19.20 1 $19.20
Dr Maggie's Phonics Readers, Set 3: Taking Off! • Amazon Business $18.22 1 $18.22
Dr Maggie's Phonics Readers, Set 1: Getting Started! • Amazon Business $16.98 1 $16.98
Learn to Read with Tug the Pup and Friends! Box Set 2: Levels Included: C-E (My Very First I Can Read) • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Learn to Read with Tug the Pup and Friends! Box Set 1: Levels Included: A-C (My Very First I Can Read) • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
Learn to Read with Tug the Pup and Friends! Box Set 3: Levels Included: E-G (My Very First I Can Read) • Amazon Business $12.60 1 $12.60
Tiny's Bath • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
We Are Twins (Penguin Young Readers, Level 1) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
The Titanic: Lost and Found (Step-Into-Reading, Step 4) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
A New Friend (Penguin Young Readers, Level 1) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
That Bad, Bad Cat! (Penguin Young Readers, Level 2) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Volcanoes: Mountains That Blow Their Tops (Penguin Young Readers, Level 3) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
On a Farm (Penguin Young Readers, Level 1) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Clara and Clem Under the Sea (Penguin Young Readers, Level 1) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
In the Forest (Penguin Young Readers, Level 1) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
The Bookstore Ghost (Penguin Young Readers, Level 2) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Wild Cats (Step into Reading) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Hungry Plants (Step-into-Reading, Step 4) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Guppy Up! (Penguin Young Readers, Level 1) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Discovery in the Cave (Step into Reading) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Snail-Snaily-Snails (Penguin Young Readers, Level 2) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
The Fat Cat Sat on the Mat (I Can Read Level 1) • Amazon Business $4.74 1 $4.74
Turtle and Snake Go Camping (Penguin Young Readers, Level 1) • Amazon Business $4.50 1 $4.50
Go to Bed, Blue (Penguin Young Readers, Level 1) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Monkey See, Monkey Do (Penguin Young Readers, Level 1) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
L. Frank Baum's Wizard of Oz (Penguin Young Readers, Level 4) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
The Bravest Dog Ever: The True Story of Balto (Step-Into-Reading) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Play with Blue (Penguin Young Readers, Level 1) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Ice Cream Soup (Step into Reading) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Bake, Mice, Bake! (Penguin Young Readers, Level 1) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Cat Days (Penguin Young Readers, Level 1) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
The Garden That We Grew (Penguin Young Readers, Level 2) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Tiny Goes Camping • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Tiny the Birthday Dog • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Max Finds an Egg (Penguin Young Readers, Level 1) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
At the Beach (Penguin Young Readers, Level 1) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Muddy, Mud, Bud (Penguin Young Readers, Level 1) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Clara and Clem in Outer Space (Penguin Young Readers, Level 1) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Vroom, Zoom, Bud (Penguin Young Readers, Level 1) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Clara and Clem Take a Ride (Penguin Young Readers, Level 1) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99

Materials cost

$526.44

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.90

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$564.34

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$99.59

Total project goal

$663.93

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $663.93

4 Donors

-$663.93

Donations toward project cost

-$564.34

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$99.59

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