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Mrs. Kalma from Granada Hills, CA is requesting computers & tablets through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Tablet to Play Music and Draw Inspiration for Reading

Help me give my students a laptop/tablet that can be used for playing music, creating slideshows, and making drawings to enhance our Reader's Theater.

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My Project

I am a reading intervention teacher who teaches 36 hardworking and eager students from kindergarten through third grade. While teaching my students how to read and write, I incorporate creative ways to engage and "hook" them. My students enjoy Reader's Theater, which helps them with fluency and comprehension, but I have decided to step it up a notch by including music and art into our Reader's Theater.

My students' Reader's Theater will come alive with the background music they play and illustrations they draw on the tablet with the surface pen.

Their creativity will flow as they draw the characters, setting, and plot in SketchBook or even make a slideshow to read and share. I will do directed drawings to build their confidence in basic drawing techniques, which my students lack.

My students will use this device during our small group intervention time, and it will be used for many years to come. What an awesome way to incorporate technology, music, art, reading, and writing!

Mrs. Kalma Tulsa Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Granada Hills, CA 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

38 students impacted 3donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Microsoft Surface Pro 7 – 12.3" Touch-Screen - 10th Gen Intel Core i5 - 8GB Memory - 256GB SSD – Matte Black • Amazon Business $580.99 1 $580.99
Microsoft Surface Pro Signature Type Cover - Constructed with Alcantara, Durable, Stain-Resistant Material, Light Charcoal - FFQ-00141 • Amazon Business $119.17 1 $119.17
Metapen Stylus Pen M1 for Microsoft Surface (75-Day Battery Life,Smooth Writing),Work for Surface Pro X/9/8/7/6/5/4/3,Surface Go 3/Book 3/Laptop 4/Studio 2,ASUS VivoBook Flip 14 for Students&Doers • Amazon Business $31.39 1 $31.39
OMOTON Screen Protector Compatible with Surface Pro 7 Plus/Surface Pro 7/Surface Pro 6/ Surface Pro 5/Surface Pro 4 - [Tempered Glass] [High Responsivity] [Scratch Resistant] [High Definition] • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Sunshilor Metallic Markers Medium Point Metallic Marker Pens for Black Paper, Art Rock Painting, Easter Egg, Halloween Pumpkin, Card Making, Signature, Graffiti, Craft, Set of 12 • Amazon Business $9.48 1 $9.48
Sunshilor Metallic Markers Fine Point Metallic Marker Pens for Black Paper, Art Rock Painting, Easter Egg, Halloween Pumpkin, Card Making, Metal, Ceramics, Wine Glass, Set of 12 • Amazon Business $8.53 1 $8.53

Materials cost

$766.55

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $70.14

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.50

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$878.19

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$154.97

Total project goal

$1,033.16

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,033.16

1 Donor

-$439.10

Donations toward project cost

-$439.10

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

match offer

-$516.58

Match offer toward project cost

-$439.09

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$77.49

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$77.49

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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