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Ms. Sullivan from New Britain, CT is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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The Building Blocks Toward Success!

Help me give my students the scholastic sentence building tiles super set so they have the chance to practice using their new learned words by forming sentences with them.

  • $584 goal

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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

In my first year of teaching I was asked, "why do you want to be a teacher" and my response was automatic, "impact" I said. I want to be the teacher that I never had and really leave an impact on the students lives that I will encounter each year.

Children learn in so many ways and I feel students should be given the opportunity to use appropriate materials to help them.

Without the proper resources, the child may not know how to express what they know. The students that I work with learned English as a second language and require scaffolded supports throughout their school day. They are full of life, and are enthusiastic about coming to school each day to learn. I am excited to see the places they will go!

With that, I have found out quickly that in order for these students to reach these amazing heights, they need the resources to be able to do so. I am very thankful to have come across Donors Choose to give the students on my caseload for Special Education a chance grow and expand their knowledge with the best resources possible. Thank you!

My Project

Learning can be fun and engaging for students when they have things to touch, move, see, and play with. In the small groups that I pull, the students are working on decoding/encoding CVC words, answering -wh questions, sequencing, and adding and subtracting within 100. The materials I have chosen will support the students as they learn new content.

The students will be able to use the self-correcting letter puzzles, and puzzle boards during center work, and another group can use the sentence building tiles as well as the CVC spelling board games.

The resources can be used for educational games on Fun Fridays with the students allowing them to further practice their foundational skills.

Knowledge of letters and the letter sound correspondence is a major part of being able to read print and write. The students that I work with would have a chance to form words and build sentences in centers in English and practice using their new vocabulary.

Ms. Sullivan Smalley Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

Equity Focus

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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New Britain, CT 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

22 students impacted 10donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Scholastic Sentence Building Tiles Super Set • School Specialty $59.99 1 $59.99
Scotch Thermal Laminating Pouch, 8-9/10 x 11-2/5 Inches, 5 mil Thick, Pack of 100 • School Specialty $58.04 1 $58.04
Learning Resources Vowel Owls Sorting, Set of 6 • School Specialty $51.59 1 $51.59
Didax CVC Spelling Board Games • School Specialty $41.99 1 $41.99
Fiskars Blunt Tip Kids Scissors, 5 Inches, Assorted Colors, Pack of 12 • School Specialty $27.07 1 $27.07
Melissa & Doug See and Spell Puzzle Board • School Specialty $26.99 1 $26.99
School Smart Dry Erase Boards, Unruled, 9 x 12 Inches, White, Pack of 10 • School Specialty $23.99 1 $23.99
Tru-Ray Sulphite Construction Paper, 24 x 36 Inches, Assorted Color, Pack of 50 • School Specialty $23.02 1 $23.02
Learning Resources Snap It Up! Phonics and Reading Card Game: Word Familes, 90 Cards • School Specialty $20.02 1 $20.02
Scholastic Learning Mats: Word Families, Gr K-2 • School Specialty $20.02 1 $20.02
Storex Small Caddy, 9-1/4 x 9-1/4 x 5-1/4 Inches, Black, Pack of 6 • School Specialty $19.12 1 $19.12
Melissa & Doug Self-Correcting Letter Puzzles, 52 Pieces with Storage Box • School Specialty $18.82 1 $18.82
Didax 0-10/0-20 Number Line, Set of 10 • School Specialty $14.84 1 $14.84
School Smart Glue Stick, 0.28 Ounces, White and Dries Clear, Pack of 30 • School Specialty $12.07 1 $12.07

Materials cost

$417.57

Vendor shipping charges

 $41.76

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.26

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$495.59

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$87.46

Total project goal

$583.05

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $583.05

8 Donors

-$434.52

Donations toward project cost

-$372.34

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$62.18

match offer

-$145.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$123.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$21.75

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$3.53

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 $0.00

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