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Ms. Lay from Los Angeles, CA is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Sensory Writing With a Touch Board

Help me give my students an irresistible learning tool to motivate them to write.

  • $1,285 goal

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My Students

My students are fun, resilient, caring, and eager to learn. They are all unique and lovable in their own special ways. They live and grow up in a low income neighborhood and go to an inner city school. All my students are English Language Learners. Each year we struggle to maintain a budget to provide hands-on materials for my students.

I learned at a literacy training that multi-sensory techniques help make learning more accessible to all students, especially marginalized students.

Students also retain the letter names and letter sounds more when they use the different learning modalities--visual, auditory, and kinesthetic. The touch boards will encourage even my most reluctant writers to write. With the touch board, "children just press with their fingertips to draw pictures, form letters and practice the skills they need to really start writing!"

My Kindergarten students need to practice letter names, letter sounds, and letter formation. This will not only provide the multi-sensory experience for students, it will also help make writing fun.

My Project

When I introduce an alphabet, we say the letter name, letter sound, and practice how to write the letter. With the touch boards, students do not need pencils or markers. It is mess-free and easy to use. They can feel and see what they write by pressing the tips of their fingers onto the smooth vinyl screen. The board is easily cleared by pulling up vinyl screen. Students can easily take the touch boards to work at their tables, on the carpet, in small groups, or one-on-one to practice writing.

Ms. Lay Hooper Primary Center 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.

More about Ms. Lay

Los Angeles, CA View local requests

Nearly all 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

24 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
RR698 - Draw Write Touch Board • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 24 $959.76

Materials cost

$959.76

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $87.82

3rd party payment processing fee

$14.40

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,091.98

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$192.70

Total project goal

$1,284.68

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,284.68

2 Donors

-$889.45

Donations toward project cost

-$756.03

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$133.42

match offer

-$395.23

Match offer toward project cost

-$335.95

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$59.28

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 $0.00

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