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Ms. Esquivel from Los Angeles, CA is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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The Love For Phonics

Help me give my students journals to increase their love for phonics instruction

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Esquivel's classroom raised $360

This project is fully funded

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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

I have 26 kindergarten students this school year who are full of energy and, most importantly, eager to learn. They love to read and learn many subjects. They enjoy their classroom because it is full of fun activities and comfortable.

Students learn multiple subjects throughout the day including physical education indoors and outdoors.

They love reading and doing science experiments. They are very eager to learn every day and are learning to be the best that they can be. They love their classroom and want to learn something new every single day!

My Project

This school year has been challenging for many of our young scholars during distant learning. I want to help maximize instruction for my scholars to make sure that they receive the best foundational skills instruction. These journals will help kinder students increase not only phonics instruction but will help them with their fine motor skills. Part of my instruction is increasing sight word recognition as well as sound-spelling patterns. These journals will be integrated daily with the curriculum I am using. Scholars will have their journals personalize as well as receive rigorous foundational skills daily.

Ms. Esquivel 99th Street 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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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

26 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
DD972 Phonics Interactive Journal Set of 10 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $42.99 3 $128.97
GG184 SightWord Daily Activity Journal Set of 10 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 3 $119.97

Materials cost

$248.94

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$22.78

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.73

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$305.45

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$53.90

Total project goal

$359.35

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$359.35

1 Donor

-$359.35

Donations toward project cost

-$305.45

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$53.90

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$0.00

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