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First Grade Poets

My students need 38 books for language arts lessons in grammar and poetry.

Ms. Olsen Tenderloin Community Elementary School

San Francisco, CA Grades PreK-2

Celebrating 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.

My Students

Kids are natural poets because they see the world through different lenses than adults do. They are able to compare and contrast, relate, and string words together in unique ways, so long as they are provided with the language and writing foundation.

My first-grade classroom is like a mini-United Nations.

Eight different linguistic or ethnic cultures are represented. 85% of the students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. They come to school with a variety of experiences and stories. I am amazed everyday to see how they come together to share, problem solve, and create as twenty-one individuals but also one cohesive class. Their hard work and achievement constantly impress me.

My Project

I am beginning an in-depth poetry unit for the first time. In the past, I have read examples of poetry and the students have created pattern books that follow a particular author's example. This year, however, I am envisioning student-created poems that go much further. I want to begin with similes and move onto poems that describe colors using the senses. I want to try acrostic poems and perhaps haiku. The books in this grant have been carefully selected as model texts, or books that I can read aloud to illustrate a part of speech.

I am very excited about this new poetry unit and I can't wait to see what the students create.

My hope is to expand the unit more in the coming years, using what I learn this year as a launching pad. The books I am requesting will be used by hundreds of students in the years to come. I am sure there are many surprises in store for me as I explore this literary genre. Thank you for supporting my teaching, our classroom, and public education!

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

21 students impacted 5 donors

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San Francisco, CA
Grades PreK-2
Literature & Writing
Books
Nearly all students from low‑income households

Ms. Olsen Tenderloin Community Elementary School Grades PreK-2

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

21 students impacted 5donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total

To Root, to Toot, to Parachute: What Is a Verb? Brian P. Cleary, Jenya Prosmitsky (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25

I and You and Don't Forget Who: What Is a Pronoun? Brian P. Cleary, Brian Gable (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25

I Love You the Purplest Barbara M. Joosse, Barbara Lavallee (Illustrator), Mary Whyte (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $12.23 1 $12.23

My Dog Is As Smelly As Dirty Socks: And Other Funny Family Portraits Hanoch Piven • Barnes and Noble $12.23 1 $12.23

My Best Friend Is As Sharp As a Pencil: And Other Funny Classroom Portraits Hanoch Piven • Barnes and Noble $12.14 1 $12.14

If You Were a Compound Word Trisha Speed Shaskan, Sara Gray (Illustrator), Contribution by Melissa Kes, Designed by Hilary Wacholz • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15

If You Were a Plural Word Trisha Speed Shaskan, Sara Gray (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15

If You Were Quotation Marks Molly Blaisdell, Sara Gray (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15

If You Were a Comma Molly Blaisdell, Sara Gray (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15

If You Were a Period Nicholas M. Healy, Sara Gray (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15

If You Were a Capital Letter Trisha Speed Shaskan, Sara Gray (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15

If You Were a Contraction Trisha Speed Shaskan, Sara Gray (Illustrator), Contribution by Melissa Kes, Designed by Hilary Wacholz • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15

If You Were a Question Mark Shelly Lyons, Sara Gray (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15

If You Were an Apostrophe Shelly Lyons, Sara Gray (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15

Building Fluency, Grade 1 Evan-Moor Educational Publishers • Barnes and Noble $26.99 1 $26.99

Perfect Poems with Strategies For Building Fluency: Grades 1-2 Scholastic • Barnes and Noble $10.39 1 $10.39

Skin Like Milk, Hair of Silk: What Are Similes and Metaphors? Brian P. Cleary, Brian Gable (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $12.76 1 $12.76

Stop and Go, Yes and No: What Is an Antonym? Brian P. Cleary, Brian Gable (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25

Pitch and Throw, Grasp and Know: What Is a Synonym? Brian P. Cleary, Brian Gable (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25

Mine, All Mine!: A Book about Pronouns Ruth Heller, Ruth Heller (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29

Behind the Mask: A Book about Prepositions Ruth Heller • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19

Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock Retold by Eric A. Kimmel, Janet Stevens (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25

Anansi and the Talking Melon Retold by Eric A. Kimmel, Janet Stevens (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25

Anansi Goes Fishing Eric A. Kimmel, Eric A. Kimmel (Illustrator), Janet Stevens (Illustrator), Designed by Eric A. Kimmel • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25

Anansi and the Magic Stick Eric A. Kimmel, Janet Stevens (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25

How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Dr. Seuss, Dr. Seuss (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $16.20 1 $16.20

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Judith Viorst, Judith Viorst (Illustrator), Ray Cruz (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.56 1 $13.56

Miss Nelson Is Missing! Harry G. Allard Jr., James Marshall, James Marshall (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $12.80 1 $12.80

Diary of a Spider Doreen Cronin, Harry Bliss (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.59 1 $13.59

Summer: An Alphabet Acrostic Steven Schnur, Leslie Evans (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.40 1 $14.40

Winter: An Alphabet Acrostic Steven Schnur, Leslie Evans (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.40 1 $14.40

Spring: An Alphabet Acrostic Steven Schnur, Leslie Evans (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.40 1 $14.40

Autumn: An Alphabet Acrostic Steven Schnur, Leslie Evans (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.40 1 $14.40

Crazy Like a Fox: A Smile Story Loreen Leedy • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25

Mama, Do You Love Me? Barbara M. Joosse, Barbara Lavallee (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $12.79 1 $12.79

Papa, Do You Love Me? Barbara M. Joosse, Barbara Lavallee (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.35 1 $14.35

Creature ABC Andrew Zuckerman (Photographer) • Barnes and Noble $15.99 1 $15.99

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Judi Barrett, Ron Barrett (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $12.20 1 $12.20

Materials cost			$389.90
Vendor shipping charges			FREE
Sales tax			$28.27
3rd party payment processing fee			$5.85
Fulfillment labor & materials			$9.00
Total project cost			$433.02
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			$95.05
Total project goal			$528.07
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal			$528.07
4 Donors			-$484.17
Donations toward project cost			-$433.02
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			-$51.15
Excluded support for DonorsChoose			-$43.90
Still needed View calculation Hide calculation			$0.00

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First Grade Poets

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