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Mrs. Williams from Chicago, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Reading into Science Success!

My students need 2 classroom sets of 10 titles (6 copies of each title) from the National Geographic Content Based Fiction Science Series.

  • $914 goal

This project expired on November 12, 2008.

This project expired on November 12, 2008.

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Mrs. Williams Morton Elementary School
Chicago, IL Grades 3-5

I currently teach fourth grade at an inner city school in Illinois. 96% of our students receive free or reduced lunch. Yet, I have never met students more eager to learn and achieve excellence. Excellence in science education in the United States has a direct correlation to the country's ability to successfully compete, prosper and be secure in the global community of the 21st century. Yet, the National Academies of Science, found that only 29 percent of 4th grade students, 32 percent of 8th grade students, and 18 percent of 12th grade students performed at or above the proficient level in science. THIS IS A PROBLEM! Lucky for you, I have an answer to get our children back on the right track. Most science instructional materials are non-fiction text, yet most of the books students choose to read independently are fictional stories. National Geographic has the answer with a new series of books called “Content Based Fiction”, a reading program that both meets the needs of my young readers, while at the same time teaching them essential science concepts. NG’s Content Based Fiction series supports, extends, and deepens core content in science with compelling and beautifully illustrated narrative stories. I have used one set in this series previously with my fourth graders and they LOVED them. Not only did the books strengthen their science content knowledge, but engaged them in reading as well! While our school is committed to high quality reading instruction, there are only so many books to go around. Currently the one set that we have is a shared set among the third, fourth and fifth grade teachers. My students LOVE reading the books in this series, so I am asking for two additional sets, Eyewitness (teaches students about natural disasters) and Planet Patrol (teaches students about different ecosystems) for my classroom. The sets that I have selected correlate with the Illinois Learning Standards as well as the individual interests and needs of our students.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households

80 students impacted
Mrs. Williams Morton Elementary School Grades 3-5

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Chicago, IL View local requests

More than three‑quarters of 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

80 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Planet Patrol Set - Planet Patrol Classroom Set • National Geographic School Publishing $356.06 1 $356.06
Eyewitness Set - Eyewitness Classroom Set • National Geographic School Publishing $358.34 1 $358.34

Materials cost

$714.40

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 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$17.86

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$749.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$164.41

Total project goal

$913.41

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