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Mrs. Houser from Toledo, OH is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Everyone Needs to Meet Grandma!

My students need 30 copies each of "A Year Down Yonder" and "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck.

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Mrs. Houser Grove Patterson Academy
Toledo, OH Grades 3-5

My Students

Grandma is just too funny! She brings humor to the third grade. Both of these books will allow the students to laugh and learn about the use of vocabulary in the english language.

I have a group of third graders that go to a school that has an extended school day (8:00 - 4:00) and an extended school year (1 week longer).

We have the Success for All reading program where the students have reading for 1.5 hours a day. The students also learn content while they learn German.

My Project

My students need A Year Down Yonder and A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck to complete a vocabulary unit in reading. The students will be able to learn and laugh at the humor that the author conveys through the characters in both books. The students will be able complete a character study on the main character, Grandma Dowdel, that they will be able to compare to the "characters" in their own lives.

I usually read these books aloud to the students.

These books will allow me to teach the book in a more in-depth manner. To be able to hold the book in their hand and to study a book like this will make the characters come alive and to really be able to make mind movies of what they are reading.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than a third of students from low‑income households

120 students impacted 12 donors
Mrs. Houser Grove Patterson Academy Grades 3-5

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.

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More than a third 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

120 students impacted 12donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
A Year Down Yonder Richard Peck, Richard Peck (Illustrator), Don Freeman (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 30 $188.70
A Long Way from Chicago Richard Peck • Barnes and Noble $6.29 30 $188.70

Materials cost

$377.40

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 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.66

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$392.06

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$86.06

Total project goal

$478.12

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $478.12

9 Donors

-$478.12

Donations toward project cost

-$392.06

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$86.06

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