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Ms. Sullivan from New York, NY is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Secret Stories Help First Graders Read!

Help me give my students access to phonics stories, songs, and portable reference cards.

  • $329 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 Project

My first-grade students are awesome! They are kind and help inspire each other. I find that they love to sing and dance as they learn. "Secret Stories" is an engaging way to teach them to read!

Secret Stories is a brain-based approach to traditional phonics instruction that accelerates learner access to the reading and writing code.

Secret Stories provides the logical explanations for letter sound behavior that learners' brains crave. These logical explanations are shared in the form of “secret” stories, which are the secret reasons WHY letters make all of the crazy sounds that they do when they get together in words. The “Secrets” work seamlessly with our reading series, fitting snugly between the teaching of reading and writing.

Please help me give my first graders the gift of reading with Secret Stories!

Ms. Sullivan Paula Hedbavny 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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New York, NY 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
“Decorative Squares” Phonics Kit • Secret Stories $109.00 1 $109.00
Phonics Porta-Pics Class Pack of 25 • Secret Stories $65.00 1 $65.00
“Heavy Duty” Decorative Phonics Flashcards • Secret Stories $47.50 1 $47.50

Materials cost

$221.50

Vendor shipping charges

 $24.37

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.32

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$279.19

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$49.27

Total project goal

$328.46

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $328.46

6 Donors

-$230.48

Donations toward project cost

-$215.41

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.07

match offer

-$75.04

Match offer toward project cost

-$63.78

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$11.26

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$22.94

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 $0.00

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