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Ms. O'Donnell from New York, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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We Can Read: Building Up Our Readers

Help me give my students decodable texts to practice their phonics skills and sound wall material to master phonemes.

  • $632 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 Project

Many of our students struggle with breaking the code and learning to read. Please help me reach students who have difficulty accessing text. Using these resources, I will provide opportunities for students to practice taught phonics skills using decodable books. Students feel success when they can decode and comprehend an entire book! The Tools 4 Reading kit will allow me to better understand how to teach the phonemes of reading and kids will differentiate how to make different sounds.

These Science of Reading-based materials open up the world of reading to many of our struggling learners.

They will allow reinforcement and practice throughout the school year. Many students will be able to share in using these resources and learning from them.

Ms. O'Donnell PS 142 Amalia Castro Grades 3-5

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 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

20 students impacted 11donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The T4R Value Pack • Tools4Reading $209.00 1 $209.00
Heggerty Library—Grade 1, Series 1 • Heggerty $62.00 1 $62.00
Heggerty Library—Grade 2, Series 1 • Heggerty $62.00 1 $62.00
50 Nifty Activities for 5 Components & 3 Tiers of Reading Instruction • Tools4Reading $57.00 1 $57.00
Decodable Books: Frog Series (Grade 1) • Heggerty $49.00 1 $49.00
Uncovering the Logic of English: A Common-Sense Approach to Reading, Spelling, and Literacy • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
Fundations Writing Paper For First Grade: 100 Reproducible Worksheets for Kindergarten and other grades • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99

Materials cost

$459.48

Vendor shipping charges

 $40.44

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.89

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$536.81

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$94.73

Total project goal

$631.54

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $631.54

9 Donors

-$421.02

Donations toward project cost

-$357.88

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$63.14

match offer

-$210.52

Match offer toward project cost

-$178.94

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$31.58

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.01

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 $0.00

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