You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). Keep up the great work!
Take credit for your charitable giving! Check out your tax receipts
Donate
To use your $50 gift card credits, find a project to fund and we'll automatically apply your credits at checkout. Find a classroom project
Skip to main content

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.

Your school email address was successfully verified.

See this teacher's page

This teacher needs your help!

Ms. Ellis from Jamaica Plain, MA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

See what Ms. Ellis is requesting

Student Response Boards

My students need a class set of magnetic boards and magnetic phonics practice cards to provide them opportunities to directly apply skills they are learning and receive immediate feedback.

  • $340 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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 Students

The challenge in learning something new is in applying the skills just after exposure and receiving immediate feedback. The ideal would certainly be for each student to work one-on-one with a teacher, but this isn't possible when I have 22 students.

I teach in one of Boston's Public School's turnaround schools.

This means that it was taken over last school year and the principal and majority of the staff were replaced. Now we have three years to bring up our scores. Our students are mostly second-language learners and many of them come from single-parent families. 94% of our students live below the poverty line, and so they receive free breakfast and lunch at school. My class this year is amazing. They are motivated, thoughtful, fun, and showing great potential. They love to read and are making excellent progress towards their end-of-the-year goals.

My Project

I would like a class set of magnetic boards because they will provide a fast, easy, and clean way to assess my students' understanding of a topic during a lesson. Whether they will write a spelling word, solve a math problem, or draw a geometric shape, I can quickly see how they are doing with a topic. As we sit on the rug during a lesson, they can respond to a question and hold up their boards all at once, which allows me to quickly see whether we need more time on the subject, or whether I just need to work with a few students later. They will be reused for many activities, and for many years. I would also like the set of phonics activity cards that go with the boards. The phonics pack will be a great independent activity to build literacy skills. Student complete words according to phonics principles that we have been practicing. It will build their writing skills, and their ability to apply conventions in their spelling.

This project is really exciting because it means I can be more direct in my teaching.

Instead of just calling on one student to answer at a time, I will be able to check in on ALL the students' understandings in the moment, and adjust my teaching accordingly. Furthermore, they have limitless potential for hands-on practice in the classroom, and provide a tree-friendly alternative that makes work fun. I know I will only continue to find ways to use this engaging resource.

Ms. Ellis John F Kennedy Elementary 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.

More about Ms. Ellis

Jamaica Plain, MA 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

22 students impacted 10donors

Boost your odds

Add a profile photo in addition to your classroom photo. If you add a photo, it'll show up right here on your project page.

You are more likely to receive funding if you put a face to your name.

Upload a photo

Top rated for efficiency and transparency.

You donate directly to the teacher or project you care about and see where every dollar you give goes.

Expand the "Where your donation goes" section below to see exactly what Ms. Ellis is requesting.

See our finances

TEACHERS, FEELING INSPIRED?

You can start a project with the same resources being requested here!

Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
TT770X - Magic Board Phonics Practice Cards - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning $89.95 1 $89.95
TR717X - Lakeshore Magic Board - Set of 10 • Lakeshore Learning $79.95 2 $159.90

Materials cost

$249.85

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.75

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$288.60

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$50.93

Total project goal

$339.53

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $339.53

6 Donors

-$169.76

Donations toward project cost

-$144.30

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$25.46

match offer

-$169.76

Match offer toward project cost

-$144.30

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$25.46

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

Our team works hard to negotiate the best pricing and selections available.

View complete list Show less

Give the most requested basic supplies

See teacher requests

Give back to your community

Find opportunities to impact local needs by exploring a map of classroom projects near you.

See local area

Project Activity

Project Activity
Back to top

DonorsChoose is the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

As a teacher-founded nonprofit, we're trusted by thousands of teachers and supporters across the country. This classroom request for funding was created by Ms. Ellis and reviewed by the DonorsChoose team.

See how DonorsChoose works
{"pmaHash":"","showProjectRecommendations":true,"leadGenEnabled":true,"hideTeacherDetails":false,"schoolState":"MA","teacherPossessivePronoun":"her","PMsManager":null,"schoolGradeType":{"id":1,"name":"Early Education"},"TeacherPMForms":{},"completingDonationAmount":0,"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"proposalURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/project/student-response-boards/523241/","mayHaveReplacements":false,"numStudents":22,"teacherScreenName":"Ms. Ellis","isEquityFocus":true,"proposalHash":"-716330299","isApplePayMobileOnly":true,"progressBarPercentage":100.00,"photosPublished":true,"queryString":"","DonorPMForm":null,"schoolCity":"Jamaica Plain","teachersOnPage":[576191],"isTeacherViewingTheirOwnProject":false,"minimizedLeadGenEnabled":false,"proposalId":523241,"proposalMessageFormModel":null,"numActiveProjects":0,"verifyShowPhotos":"","eligibleToBeCopied":false,"authorIds":{"576191":{"owner":"Ms. Ellis","donationSalutations":{}}},"displayedPercentFunded":1.0,"proposalsOnPage":[523241],"pmaId":"","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp576191_orig.png?crop=398,398,x0,y0&width=136&height=136&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1663888400104","teacherHasProfilePhoto":true,"currentWorkflowStatusCode":21,"teacherChallengeId":33958,"isApplePayEnabled":true,"fundedByTarget":false,"activeProject":null,"donorIdsForImpactPhotoCheck":["NjY0OTE5","ODQ4MTU5","Nzg3OTc2","ODM2OTI1","ODQ3ODMy","ODQ4NDI2","ODQ3ODU3"],"teacherId":576191,"schoolCounty":"Suffolk","fullyFunded":true,"isStudentLed":false,"isExpired":true,"schoolStateObj":{"code":"MA","name":"Massachusetts"}}