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Ms. Schelble from Bronx, NY is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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The Language Gap Won't Stop Us From Learning to Read!

My students need engaging, supportive educational materials that will support them as they learn how to recognize the individual sounds in words.

  • $375 goal

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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

What comes to mind when I tell you that I am a first year public school teacher in the poorest congressional district in the United States of America? I can assure you that it is nothing other than beautiful, multi-cultural classrooms that are bustling with America's future leaders learning how to read and write. While they struggle every day to learn English as a New Language - they do not give up. These will be the students that will one day remind you why you must never give up on America's youth. I believe in them - can you?

My Project

“Education is a great equalizer of the conditions of men, the balance wheel of the social machinery, ” Horace Mann (1848). As a K-2 ENL teacher in a low-income community of the South Bronx, I believe that education MUST serve as the great equalizer that Horace Mann once referred to it as. In fact, it is a student's first few years of school when they learn foundational literacy skills that are the most critical in this process of equalization. However, when less than half of the children at our school show up on the first day prepared with the language skills they need to begin reading in Kindergarten, this work is in no way simple or straight forward.

The best way to close the "language gap" that students start school with - which will then put them on the track to becoming independent readers - is through the explicit instruction of phonics.

Why is this so important? Because without these foundational skills, students who entered Kindergarten with the odds already stacked against them will have little hope of progressing to their full potential. For this reason, I am asking for community support in ensuring that an incredible, well-deserving group of English Language Learners in Kindergarten become readers. While our school already uses a phonics program, we do not have the engaging, visual educational materials that English Language Learner's need in order to support them in identifying the individual sounds of letters.

Ms. Schelble PS 277 Grades PreK-2

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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Bronx, NY 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

25 students impacted 3donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
FR151 - First Little Readers - Level A • Lakeshore Learning Materials $79.99 1 $79.99
TT303 - Road to Reading Activity Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
EE709 - Change-A-Sound Flip Books • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
LL261 - Tell-A-Story Nursery Rhyme Kit • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
PP246 - Match & Sort Phonics Quickies - K-Gr. 1 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $24.99 1 $24.99
LL248 - Alphabet Picture Magnets • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 1 $19.99
JJ539 - Write & Wipe Alphabet Practice Cards • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 1 $19.99
EE391 - Write & Wipe Sight-Words Practice Cards • Lakeshore Learning Materials $16.99 1 $16.99
DD105 - Black Write & Wipe Markers - Thin-Line - Set of 4 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $3.99 3 $11.97

Materials cost

$283.89

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.26

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$318.15

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$56.14

Total project goal

$374.29

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $374.29

2 Donors

-$374.29

Donations toward project cost

-$318.15

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$56.14

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 $0.00

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