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4th Grade Researchers Need New Reference Materials!
This project expired on December 27, 2008.
I teach 4th grade at a Title I school in Florida. We have been an "A" school for the past 5 years.
4th graders spend a lot of the year studying Florida history. Every year we do lots of research on Florida's landforms, cities, famous people, endangered animals, and state symbols.
I know that kids can always look information up on the Internet but it's still important for them to know how to use actual reference materials like encyclopedias and almanacs!
My students desperately need some new reference materials of their own! The encyclopedias in my classroom are old, mismatched, and pieced together from about 3 or 4 different hand-me-down sets.
With four or five other 4th grade classes studying the same curriculum, resources are often unavailable at the library. Having some new materials in my classroom would allow my students to have a lot of the information they need right at their fingertips!
I need to start building my "Florida section" in my classroom library, so I need lots of informational books on Florida. I also need some reference materials for the students to use, like kid-friendly encyclopedias, almanacs, and atlases.
With your help, my students will have a ton of brand new resources to use throughout the year to aid them in their Florida research.
Your donations will also help my future students as well! Thank you!
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Materials
Cost
Quantity
Total
The Student Encyclopedia of the United States Kingfisher Books (Editor)
• Barnes and Noble
$26.95
1
$26.95
Children's Illustrated Encyclopedia Jenny Finch (Editor), Aekta Jerath (Editor)
• Barnes and Noble
$35.99
1
$35.99
Osceola, Patriot and Warrior Moses Jumper, Patrick Soper (Illustrator), Ben Sonder
• Barnes and Noble
$6.52
1
$6.52
Florida's Ghostly Legends and Haunted Folklore: South and Central Florida, Vol. 1 Greg Jenkins
• Barnes and Noble
$13.45
1
$13.45
Henry Flagler, Builder of Florida Sandra Wallus Sammons
• Barnes and Noble
$8.95
1
$8.95
Who Was Thomas Alva Edison? Margaret Frith, John O'Brien (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$4.49
1
$4.49
Mary McLeod Bethune Eloise Greenfield, Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$6.29
1
$6.29
Juan Ponce de Leon (The Great Hispanic Heritage Series) Louise Chipley Slavicek
• Barnes and Noble
$11.92
1
$11.92
The Concise Children's Encyclopedia David Burnie, Kingfisher Books, Kingfisher Books (Editor), Kingfisher Publications (Editor)
• Barnes and Noble
$13.45
1
$13.45
The Concise History Encyclopedia David Burnie, Kingfisher Books, Kingfisher Books (Editor)
• Barnes and Noble
$13.45
1
$13.45
The Concise Geography Encyclopedia Clive Gifford (Editor), Manufactured by Kingfisher Books
• Barnes and Noble
$13.45
1
$13.45
Scholastic Atlas of the United States David Rubel
• Barnes and Noble
$9.85
1
$9.85
National Geographic United States Atlas for Young Explorers Priyanka Lamichhane (Editor)
• Barnes and Noble
$19.96
1
$19.96
Florida Facts and Symbols Emily McAuliffe
• Barnes and Noble
$19.13
1
$19.13
Florida Jeopardy!: Answers and Questions about Our State! Carole Marsh
• Barnes and Noble
$7.15
1
$7.15
Florida "Jography": A Fun Run Thru Our State! Carole Marsh
• Barnes and Noble
$7.15
1
$7.15
The Big Florida Reproducible Activity Book! (Florida Experience! Series) Carole Marsh
• Barnes and Noble
$8.95
1
$8.95
Florida Karen Sirvaitis
• Barnes and Noble
$6.25
1
$6.25
State Shapes: Florida Erik A. Bruun, Rick Peterson (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$8.95
1
$8.95
Florida Ann Heinrichs
• Barnes and Noble
$7.15
1
$7.15
Florida Carmen Bredeson, Nanci R. Vargus
• Barnes and Noble
$5.35
1
$5.35
Florida Barbara A. Somervill, Jana R. Fine, Melissa N. Matusevich
• Barnes and Noble
$7.15
1
$7.15
The World Almanac for Kids 2008 World Almanac Books, Zoe Kashner (Editor)
• Barnes and Noble
$11.69
1
$11.69
Materials cost
$273.64
Vendor shipping charges
$27.36
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$6.84
Fulfillment labor & materials
$17.00
Total project cost
$325.00
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$71.34
Total project goal
$396.34
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