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Ms. Bengtson from Olathe KS is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Secret Stories for Phonics FUN!

Help me give my students secret stories to teach them the "secrets" of phonics!

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Hi! Thank you SO much for checking out my project! My special education resource room is in need of Secret Stories to help support our phonics FUN! :) So many educators are saying that Secret Stories have been the lifeline of their classroom and that students are making so much progress in their phonics knowledge. These stories give the "secrets" to why different phonics patterns make the sounds that they do; so not only does this make our crazy language easier to remember, it makes it fun!

By aligning letter behavior (why letters do what they do) to kid behavior (why kids do what they do), Secret Stories makes complex phonics skills familiar, allowing students to quickly gain power over text for reading and writing!

This project includes the class kit, flash cards (to be used at my small group table as a reference), and TPT gift cards for supplemental resources from their official storefront. We are so excited to bring phonics to life in my classroom!

Thanks in advance for considering a donation! :)

-Ms. B's resource room

Ms. Bengtson
Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
$100 Gift Card for Educational Resources on TPT • TPT $100.00 2 $200.00
“Decorative Squares” Class Kit • Secret Stories $109.00 1 $109.00
Heavy Duty “Decorative” Phonics Flashcards • Secret Stories $52.50 1 $52.50

Materials cost

$361.50

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 FREE

Sales tax

 $25.49

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.42

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$422.41

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$74.54

Total project goal

$496.95

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