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Ms. Lisa from WEST HAVEN, UT is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Segment, Build, Blend, Write, and Cement Words in My Mind!

Help me give my students lots of opportunity to practice connecting phonemes and graphemes with engaging whiteboards and hands on letters.

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My Students

I consider meaningful human connections as important as air and water and my Kindergarteners are masters at this. They willingly and naturally want to connect to me, to each other, and share what's important to them. They can't wait to tell about a new baby brother because they know the class cares about them and love to hear the happy news. I love watching the kindness they show one another, the quickness to forgive, and the growth they make after working on mistakes they've made.

They are naturally curious, eager to learn, and yearn to show what they can do.

It's such a pleasure to witness the growth they've made in reading this year. Many came without a preschool experience because of the pandemic, so we had some catching up to do, but they've astonished me with their grit and willingness to trust me as we worked extra hard to learn basic preschool concepts in a short time. I'm so proud of them!

Making up for lost time can feel heavy at times, but they keep working hard and keep surprising me with the gains they make, while making wonderfully warm connections along the way!

My Project

Many of my Kindergarten students missed the opportunity to attend preschool because of the pandemic and came to Kindergarten without letter name and sound recognition, which is at the very heart of learning to read! Having lots of opportunities to see, sort, write and manipulate the alphabet, connects phonemes to graphemes and is crucial to automatic recognition of the alphabet and ability to learn to read and write.

Magnetic white boards with handwriting lines provide lots of opportunities for segmenting words, building words with the magnetic letters, blending words, and writing the words which Kindergarteners needs extensive practice in daily!

Paddle boards can be used during whole class instruction at our rug for an effective, quick check in dictation, handwriting, and comprehension in math. The magnetic alphabet letters will be used every year to practice learning the alphabet fluently, using lots of games and fun activities. After mastering the alphabet, they learn to build words, change simple CVC words into new words by manipulating one of the sounds (change "bat" into "bit"; now change "bit" into "big"), and eventually simple sentences. The gel boards provide another multi-sensory opportunity to write and finger trace letters and words, adding variety to instruction and keeps engagement high. We are currently using hand made laminated "boards", which are floppy (hard to use at our rug), don't erase well and can't be utilized with magnetic letters. It was the closest option I could afford.

It might seem like these materials are a small part of a classroom, but they are at the root of many good instructional practices as children needs hours of practice segmenting, building, blending, and writing words to make those words part of their memory forever as they learn to become fluent readers and writers.

Ms. Lisa Quest Academy Grades PreK-2

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WEST HAVEN, UT View local requests 19 students impacted 1donor

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Dowling Magnets Magnetic Dry-Erase Lined/Blank Board, 6 boards (DO-72500025) • Staples $29.49 6 $176.94
KleenSlate 2-Sided Dry-Erase Round Paddles with Markers, Assorted Colors, Blank/Lined, 32/Pk • Staples $169.99 1 $169.99
Gel Writing Boards - Set of 12 • Kaplan Early Learning Company $62.96 2 $125.92
AlphaMagnets Uppercase & Lowercase Letters • Kaplan Early Learning Company $18.86 6 $113.16

Materials cost

$586.01

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.79

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$624.80

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$110.26

Total project goal

$735.06

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $735.06

1 Donor

-$735.06

Donations toward project cost

-$624.80

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$110.26

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 $0.00

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