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Mrs. Culligan from South Glens Falls, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Teaching Poetry: Capturing a Love of Words

My students need 31 poetry books which will allow them to hear, read and experience poems by various poets.

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Mrs. Culligan Harrison Avenue Elementary School
South Glens Falls, NY Grades 3-5

My Students

Have you read poems from Walt Whitman, Robert Frost, Emily Dickinson, Edgar Allan Poe, or other famous poets? If so, I'm sure you know the power of poetry. Through poetry, students are able to express who they are and what they are thinking in a creative and fun way.

Hello!

I teach Academic Intervention Services to students in grades K-5. Our rural elementary school in upstate New York has a student population of 365 students. Students who are at risk of failing the New York State Assessments and students who are having difficulty academically are recommended to receive Academic Intervention Services.

My Project

Despite teachers' attempts to make reading and writing fun, reading and writing has become boring and uninteresting for many children. They have little or no desire to pick up a book to read or a pen to write. Poetry is a genre that many students never get the opportunity to explore because they find little interest in the genre. If students were asked to express their feelings about poetry, most would say it’s “boring”. By exploring famous poets, and by connecting to the poets' words, students will in turn, have a greater appreciation for this genre, and will discover that poetry is actually quite interesting and not boring at all.

I would like my students to have poems from many great poets, including Walt Whitman, Maya Angelou, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, and many more.

My students will then be able to better connect with poetry and they will have a better understanding of this genre. Your funding will give my students the chance to connect with famous poets of the past and present. They will then be able to get a better understanding of what poetry is and how they too can be poets.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than half of students from low‑income households

95 students impacted 1 donor
Mrs. Culligan Harrison Avenue Elementary School Grades 3-5

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

South Glens Falls, NY View local requests

More than half 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

95 students impacted 1donor

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
If You're Not Here, Please Raise Your Hand: Poems about School Kalli Dakos, G. Brian Karas (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.12 1 $5.12
Heartbeat Sharon Creech • Barnes and Noble $5.12 1 $5.12
Writing Kind of Day: Poems for Young Poets Ralph J. Fletcher • Barnes and Noble $8.50 1 $8.50
Toasting Marshmallows: Camping Poems Kristine O'Connell George, Kate Kiesler (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $10.94 1 $10.94
How to Eat a Poem: A Smorgasbord of Tasty and Delicious Poems for Young Readers American Poetry & Literacy Project (Editor), Ted Kooser, Academy of American Poets (Editor), Foreword by Ted Kooser • Barnes and Noble $2.13 1 $2.13
If I Were in Charge of the World and Other Worries: Poems for Children and Their Parents, Vol. 1 Judith Viorst, Lynne Cherry (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.97 1 $5.97
This is Just to Say: Poems of Apology and Forgiveness Joyce Sidman, Pamela Zagarenski (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $10.94 1 $10.94
The Dream Keeper and Other Poems Langston Hughes, Brian Pinkney (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.68 1 $7.68
Doodle Dandies: Poems That Take Shape J. Patrick Lewis, Lisa Desimini (Illustrator), Designed by Ann Bobco • Barnes and Noble $6.83 1 $6.83
Lunch Money And Other Poems About School Carol Shields, Paul Meisel (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.97 1 $5.97
Funny Dolch Word Book #1: Stories, Poems, Word Search Puzzles Betsy B. Lee • Barnes and Noble $5.08 1 $5.08
In the Land of Words: New and Selected Poems Eloise Greenfield, Jan Spivey Gilchrist (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $12.30 1 $12.30
Oh, Theodore!: Guinea Pig Poems Susan Katz, Stacey Schuett, Stacey Schuett (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $12.99 1 $12.99
Little Dog Poems Kristine O'Connell George, June Otani (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.11 1 $11.11
Steady Hands: Poems about Work Tracie Vaughn Zimmer, Megan Halsey (Illustrator), Sean Addy (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $12.99 1 $12.99
Baseball, Snakes and Summer Squash: Poems about Growing Up Donald Graves, Paul Birling (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.50 1 $8.50
Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices Paul Fleischman, Eric Beddows (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.12 1 $5.12
Poetry Matters: Writing a Poem from the Inside Out Ralph Fletcher • Barnes and Noble $5.12 1 $5.12
Family of Poems: My Favorite Poetry for Children Caroline Kennedy, John J. Muth (Illustrator), Jon J Muth (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.64 1 $13.64
Blue Lipstick: Concrete Poems John Grandits, John Grandits (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.08 1 $5.08
Poems Wes Magee • Barnes and Noble $21.66 1 $21.66
Poetry for Young People: Maya Angelou Maya Angelou, Edwin Graves Wilson (Editor), Jerome Lagarrigue (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $10.22 1 $10.22
Poetry for Young People: Emily Dickinson Emily Dickinson, Frances Schoonmaker Bolin (Editor), Chi Chung (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.93 1 $5.93
Poetry for Young People: Robert Frost Robert Frost, David Scott Kastan (Editor), Marlen Kastan (Editor), Glenn Harrington (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.93 1 $5.93
Poetry for Young People: Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe, Brod Bagert (Editor), Carolynn Cobleigh (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.93 1 $5.93
Poetry for Young People: Walt Whitman Walt Whitman, David Scott Kastan (Editor), Marlen Kastan (Editor), Glenn Harrington (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.93 1 $5.93
Poetry for Young People: Edward Lear Edward Lear, Edward Mendelson (Editor), Laura Huliska-Beith (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.93 1 $5.93
Poetry for Young People: William Blake William Blake, John Maynard (Editor), Alessandra Cimatoribus (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $10.22 1 $10.22
When You Reach Me Rebecca Stead • Barnes and Noble $8.88 1 $8.88
Locomotion Jacqueline Woodson • Barnes and Noble $6.83 1 $6.83
Sometimes I Like to Curl up in a Ball Vicki Churchill, Charles Fuge • Barnes and Noble $5.08 1 $5.08

Materials cost

$253.67

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.81

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$292.48

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$43.70

Total project goal

$336.18

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $336.18

1 Donor

-$336.18

Donations toward project cost

-$292.48

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$43.70

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