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Ms. Zuniga from Jackson, MI is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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That's What Good Readers Do!

Help me give my students flashcards and activities that will help them build their literacy skills so that they will become better readers. These items will strengthen their knowledge in phonics and provide literacy scaffolding.

  • $564 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are in grades 3 through 5. For the most part, they are from low-income areas. Generally, they do not come from homes with parents who are educated past high school. Some students come from homes where English is not their first language. Others come from difficult and stressful family situations.

My students WANT to learn, but a huge challenge is our lack of resources.

I don't have the literacy manipulatives and interactive materials needed to help them improve their literacy skills.

Flashcards, whiteboards, and other manipulatives would greatly enhance the ability of my students to practice their phonics and other strategies for reading.

My Project

My students will use these supplies to help them be successful in building their literacy skills. Most concerning is that some of my 3rd grade students are non-readers! My older students also lack essential skills for processing textual information.

With these essential literacy tools, my students will excel in their efforts to become amazing readers and writer.

Most of the materials I have in my classroom are NOT manipulatives, and the workbooks become monotonous and do not motivate students.

Using manipulatives such as flashcards and other activities motivates students to achieve success and meet their goals for reading and writing.

Ms. Zuniga
Grades 3-5
  • Frost Elementary School
  • Jackson, MI
  • 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

    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 reach 250 students.

    8 donors have given to this project.

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
LEARNING PALETTE 3RD GR READING CENTER KIT • School Specialty $86.61 1 $86.61
GAME WORD FOR PHONICS • School Specialty $45.86 1 $45.86
KIT UNIFIX PHONICS SMALL GROUP S/180 • School Specialty $41.60 1 $41.60
PHONICS DOMINOES LONG VOWELS • School Specialty $30.31 1 $30.31
ADVANCED READING DECK • School Specialty $28.55 1 $28.55
BULLETIN BOARD SET SOUND BUDDIES W/TG • School Specialty $22.22 1 $22.22
RECIPE FOR READING SOUND CARDS • School Specialty $22.15 1 $22.15
GAMES 6 PHONICS SET • School Specialty $19.45 1 $19.45
SIGHT WORDS BINGO • School Specialty $14.12 1 $14.12
UNIFIX READ PHONICS WORDBUILD CARD GR K • School Specialty $13.48 1 $13.48
GAME SNAP IT UP PHONICS + READING WORD FAMILIES CARDS • School Specialty $12.13 1 $12.13
GAME BINGO SIGHT WORDS LEVEL 2 • School Specialty $10.43 1 $10.43
GAME PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES BINGO • School Specialty $10.43 1 $10.43
UNIFIX READ PHONICS WORDBUILD CARD G 1-2 • School Specialty $10.00 1 $10.00
UNIFIX READ PHONICS WORDBUILD CARD G 1-2 • School Specialty $10.00 1 $10.00
FLASH CARDS CONSONANTS • School Specialty $8.51 1 $8.51
FLASH CARDS SIGHT WORDS • School Specialty $8.51 1 $8.51
FLASH CARDS VOWELS AND VOWEL TEAMS • School Specialty $8.51 1 $8.51

Materials cost

$402.87

Vendor shipping charges

$40.29

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.04

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$479.20

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$84.56

Total project goal

$563.76

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$563.76

6 Donors

-$554.94

Donations toward project cost

-$479.20

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$75.74

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.82

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$0.00

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