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

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Mrs. Hirsh's classroom raised $404

I Can Read A Song!

My students need picture books that are also songs, including "Miss Mary Mack" and "Puff the Magic Dragon".

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Mrs. Hirsh Alessandro Volta 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.

The Illinois urban school where I have been teaching for fifteen years has a student body where 93% of the children receive free or greatly reduced lunch. Many of our students do not speak English, have limited English skills and/or are involved in the special education program.

Picture cues are critical in teaching the Kindergartens music. When I can show pictures and use movement to demonstrate the words we are singing, it aids the students who lack sufficient English language skills in participating more fully in the music curriculum with English speaking peers.

With little finances provided to the music department, I am in great need of picture books that combine nursery rhymes, literature and story into songs. By using this method of teaching my 135 Kindergarten children, I can make certain that my classes are both enjoyable and educational to all students regardless of the obstacles they are striving to overcome.

Your donation will enable my students to be exposed to literature through song and movement. By combining these subjects, greater understanding of the English language will occur.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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

135 students impacted 16 donors
Mrs. Hirsh Alessandro Volta Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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

135 students impacted 16donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Albuquerque Turkey B. P. Ford, Lucinda McQueen (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
Sergei Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf: With a Fully-Orchestrated and Narrated CD Sergey Prokofiev, Janet Schulman, Retold by Janet Schulman • Barnes and Noble $15.96 1 $15.96
The Cat Came Back Fred Penner, Renee Reichert (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.35 1 $14.35
The Farmer in the Dell Alexandra Wallner (Illustrator), Alexandra Wallner • Barnes and Noble $14.35 1 $14.35
Barnyard Boogie Jim Post, Janet Post, Daniel Vasconcellos (Illustrator), Daniel Vasconsellos (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.39 1 $14.39
Animal Boogie Debbie Harter, Debbie Harter (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
De Colores/Bright with Colors David Diaz (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.29 1 $15.29
Over the Rainbow Maxfield Parrish (Illustrator), Mary Tiegreen, E. Y. Harburg • Barnes and Noble $17.05 1 $17.05
Down by the Bay Raffi (Illustrator), Nadine Bernard Westcott (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Philly Joe Giraffe's Jungle Jazz (Baby Loves Jazz Series) Andy Blackman Hurwitz, Andrew Cunningham (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
On the Road (Baby Loves Jazz Series) Andy Bl Blackman Hurwitz • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
Louis Lion Sings Good Night (Baby Loves Jazz Series) Andy Blackman Hurwitz, Andrew Cunningham (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Nursery Rhyme Jazz (Baby Loves Jazz Series) Andy Blackman Hurwitz, Brian Coldrick (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
Charlie Bird Count to the Beat: (Baby Loves Jazz Series) Andy Blackman Hurwitz, Andrew Cunningham (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Duck Ellington Swings through the Zoo (Baby Loves Jazz Series) Andy Blackman Hurwitz, Andrew Cunningham (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Miles the Crocodile Plays the Colors of Jazz (Baby Loves Jazz Series) Andy Blackman Hurwitz, Andrew Cunningham (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Ella Elephant Scats like That: (Baby Loves Jazz Series) Andy Blackman Hurwitz, Andrew Cunningham (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Today Is Monday Eric Carle • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Forever Young Bob Dylan, Paul Rogers (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.39 1 $14.39
Don't Laugh at Me Steve Seskin, Glin Dibley (Illustrator), Allen Shamblin • Barnes and Noble $13.56 1 $13.56
I'm a Manatee (Book and CD) John Lithgow, Ard Hoyt (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.36 1 $14.36
Miss Mary Mack Adapted by Mary Ann Hoberman, Nadine Bernard Westcott (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
We All Sing with the Same Voice J. Philip Miller, Sheppard M. Greene, Paul Meisel (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.59 1 $13.59
Hey, Little Ant Phillip M. Hoose, Debbie Tilley (Illustrator), Hannah Hoose • Barnes and Noble $12.79 1 $12.79
Puff, the Magic Dragon Peter Yarrow, Lenny Lipton, Leonard Lipton, Eric Puybaret (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.56 1 $13.56
I Got Two Dogs John Lithgow, Robert Neubecker (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.39 1 $14.39

Materials cost

$278.76

Vendor shipping charges

 $27.88

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.97

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$331.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$72.66

Total project goal

$403.66

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $403.66

14 Donors

-$389.41

Donations toward project cost

-$331.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$58.41

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$14.25

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