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

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Mrs. Dye's classroom raised $144

You Can't Catch Me! I'm the Gingerbread Man!

My students need a variety of 7 gingerbread themed stories in hardcover format, paperback, and even board book format.

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Mrs. Dye Eli Whitney Elementary School
Chicago, IL Grades PreK-2

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Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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.

I teach 40 four and five year old Preschool age children in a high poverty, high risk area of the city. Our neighborhood is infested with gang activity making it unsafe to go outside at times.

Studies have shown that children coming to school from low income families have lower vocabulary than middle income children. We are in need of great books full of rich text to place in our classroom library. Last year, after reading 'The Gingerbread Man' the children showed a big interest in the story. We took the project as far as we possibly could-even making our own Gingerbread Man who also "popped" out of our oven. The children and I chased the Gingerbread Man's notes around the school until we finally found him. This year I would like to extend this project to include different versions of the Gingerbread story. This project could lead to comparing and contrasting the different stories and include great conversation and vocabulary building.

We would like several different versions of the classic 'Gingerbread Man' for our classroom. The different versions will also us to talk endlessly about how some were the same and some books were different, and why. By having different books my children will be able to sit in small groups to share the books and discuss their ideas with each other.

Your help will ensure that my students gain vocabulary rich books in our classroom. You will make it possible for the children to grow their vocabulary as well as their experiences. By giving to this project, I can more effectively teach my children how to compare and contrast books. We can also chart our conversation for parents to see what we've been talking about in school. This project will give us countless hours of enjoyment and the resources can be used for future classes.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

40 students impacted 3 donors
Mrs. Dye Eli Whitney Elementary School Grades PreK-2

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Chicago, IL View local requests

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

40 students impacted 3donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Gingerbread Baby Jan Brett, Jan Brett (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.29 1 $15.29
The Musubi Man: Hawai'i's Gingerbread Man Takayama • Barnes and Noble $9.85 1 $9.85
Gingerbread Friends Jan Brett, Jan Brett (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $12.59 1 $12.59
The Gingerbread Girl Lisa Campbell Ernst, Lisa Campbell Ernst (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.29 1 $15.29
Gingerbread Baby Jan Brett, Jan Brett (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
The Gingerbread Boy Paul Galdone, Paul Galdone (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.40 1 $14.40
The Gingerbread Boy Richard Egielski, Richard Egielski (Illustrator), Retold by Richard Egielski • Barnes and Noble $15.29 1 $15.29

Materials cost

$89.90

Vendor shipping charges

 $8.99

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.25

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$118.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$25.90

Total project goal

$143.90

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $143.90

2 Donors

-$138.82

Donations toward project cost

-$118.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.82

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$5.08

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 $0.00

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