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Mrs. Whitfield from Richmond, VA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mrs. Whitfield's classroom raised $205

Write Young Writers!!!

My students need 16 writing supplies, including construction paper, storybook paper, folders, pink erasers, crayons and pencils.

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Mrs. Whitfield J.H. Blackwell Elementary School
Richmond, VA Grades PreK-2

My Students

When students write from their imagination, words come to life in mini-books, short stories, or fully illustrated books. My students need constant opportunity to write out their feelings, create fantasy stories or create nonfiction books.

I have 18 first grade students who attend a public Title I school in an urban area.

All of my students receive free lunch. They lack writing and literacy experiences at home. Young students need print rich environments around them and often lack these experiences.

My Project

I have created a writing center in my classroom, where students get thirty minutes a day of free writing time. I have begun providing writer's craft techniques for them so that their writing may be prompted by various authors' ideas. In this writing center, students make their own books and develop their own stories. My students are learning to write down their ideas, how to become imaginative in their thought process, and how to develop the mechanics and composition of their writing. These supplies will give my students further opportunities to create new writing pieces and make them their own. The resources I am requesting include various colors of construction paper, primary writing paper, pencils, pink erasers, new crayons for illustrating and pocket folders for students to contain all their writing work.

Students who do not have the opportunity to write daily often have difficulty composing as they grow up.

Writing is the key component to expressing ideas and developing knowledge. They need support in brainstorming, drafting, revising and publishing. We always want our students to develop their creativity in their own way and these materials will support that. I hope that each year, a stocked writing center will help my students develop their skills and improve their attitude and confidence!

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

18 students impacted 11 donors
Mrs. Whitfield J.H. Blackwell Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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.

Richmond, VA 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

18 students impacted 11donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
ERASER/MEDIUM 12PK • Blick Art Materials $3.82 3 $11.46
CRAYOLA REG CRAYON/832CT CLSPK 16 CLRS • Blick Art Materials $52.86 1 $52.86
PEACOCK CONSTR PAPER/BLU 9X12 PK50 • Blick Art Materials $1.78 1 $1.78
PEACOCK CONSTR PAPER/DK BLUE 9X12 PK50 • Blick Art Materials $1.78 1 $1.78
PEACOCK CONSTR PAPER/HOLIDAY GRN 9X12 50 • Blick Art Materials $1.78 1 $1.78
PEACOCK CONSTR PAPER/HOT LIME 9X12 PK50 • Blick Art Materials $1.78 1 $1.78
PEACOCK CONSTR PAPER/LT BRN 9X12 PK50 • Blick Art Materials $1.78 1 $1.78
PEACOCK CONSTR PAPER/ORG 9X12 PK50 • Blick Art Materials $1.78 1 $1.78
PEACOCK CONSTR PAPER/PINK 9X12 PK50 • Blick Art Materials $1.78 1 $1.78
PEACOCK CONSTR PAPER/RED 9X12 PK50 • Blick Art Materials $1.78 1 $1.78
PEACOCK CONSTR PAPER/VIOLET 9X12 PK50 • Blick Art Materials $1.78 1 $1.78
PEACOCK CONSTR PAPER/WHT 9X12 PK50 • Blick Art Materials $1.78 2 $3.56
PEACOCK CONSTR PAPER/YLW 9X12 PK50 • Blick Art Materials $1.78 1 $1.78
Item Shipping/Handling Charges • Blick Art Materials $12.95 1 $12.95
PORTFOLIO SCHOOL SMART POLY PACK OF 2 DK BLUE • Childcraft, Inc. $1.72 20 $34.40
PENCIL #2 SCHOOL SMART PACK OF 96 • Childcraft, Inc. $8.54 1 $8.54
PAPER SCHOOL SMART STORYBOOK R&B GR1-2 LW • Childcraft, Inc. $4.74 2 $9.48

Materials cost

$151.05

Vendor shipping charges

 $5.24

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.27

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$167.56

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$36.78

Total project goal

$204.34

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $204.34

8 Donors

-$204.34

Donations toward project cost

-$167.56

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$36.78

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