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Mrs. Dehem from Detroit MI is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Student Writing Journals

My students need 175 writing journals.

  • $571 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

I am a fourth grade Language Arts teacher at an urban elementary school in southeast Michigan.

As with most elementary schools in our country, we are struggling to improve our students' writing scores on our state standardized assessment. Getting our kids to write is like pulling teeth! I have found that they do like to write in journals when I give them interesting prompts such as "write about a time when you got in big trouble"! As the school year draws to a close I am finding that the kids really want to hang on to their journals.

To make next year's writing even more special, I thought it would be nice if they could have a unique journal rather than just a spiral notebook. The journals I am asking for have 48 lined pages and 48 blank pages. The students can draw pictures to go along with their writing. One journal will not last for a whole school year, so I am asking for two for each child.

I believe these journals will make a real difference to my students. I think they will take great pride in them and do their best work in them so they look nice. Your help will encourage my fourth graders to become better writers and hopefully more successful on writing assessments!

Mrs. Dehem
Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Elementary Journal - Grades 3-6 • Hammond & Stephens, Inc. $2.29 175 $400.75

Materials cost

$400.75

Vendor shipping charges

 $40.08

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.02

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$468.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$102.73

Total project goal

$570.73

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $570.73

9 Donors

-$549.59

Donations toward project cost

-$467.15

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$82.44

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$20.11

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $1.04

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