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Mrs. Owens's classroom raised $320

Hands Up For Author Studies

My students need finger play puppets to match seven stories we do in author studies along with chart paper to write their own stories.

Mrs. Owens Snacks Crossing Elementary School

Indianapolis, IN Grades PreK-2

My Students

What was YOUR favorite book as a kid? My son listened to "Where the Wild Things Are" so many times that I can still recite it from memory - and he is now 25. The fact that he had a stuffed Wild Thing to hold while I read the story made it more relevant. Kids remember when they hold it in hand.

My students are that way with books by certain authors.

Jan Brett's "The Mitten" and "The Umbrella" are predictable - we know all the animals will head inside. Laura Numeroff has the same magic with "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" and "If You Give a Pig a Pancake". We know the animal will want one more thing many times. Eric Carl fosters repetition in "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" and "Brown Bear, Brown Bear". They drink in literature and are always looking for patterns. This public school class in a high need area like the same things that boys and girls all over the world like. They do better if they practice over and over but learn the best when the lessons and practices are hands-on. We all learn best by doing - just hearing isn't enough.

My Project

My students respond best to reading when it is relevant to them, interesting, and manipulative based. Having finger puppets to go with the books when we do author studies of will allow them to retell many times and then write to reflect their work. Research states that some things take 21 tries until they are internalized. I want my students to WANT to tell, retell, and retell again. Then they can write about it again and again as well. I will be able to tell the story using the finger puppets in large group. They will then use these independently in station time to tell and retell for their friends (thus reading the story each time) and finally writing about it during yet another station time. Students will tell character, setting, plot, beginning, middle, and end. They will practice sequence and writing as well. This project will give more time "on their hands" with the puppets and give each author study 3 times the power - teacher read aloud, student read, and student writing.

Students learn by doing.

This project will allow students to DO many different activities with the same stories. Author studies are popular but making the time count using puppets is just what boys and girls in First grade need most.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than half of students from low‑income households

25 students impacted 7 donors

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Indianapolis, IN
Grades PreK-2
Literature & Writing
Early Development
Traditional School
Supplies
More than half of students from low‑income households

Mrs. Owens Snacks Crossing 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.

Indianapolis, IN 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

25 students impacted 7donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total

Give a Mouse a Cookie Story Props set • Kaplan Early Learning Company $30.06 1 $30.06

If You Give A Pig A Pancake Story Props • Kaplan Early Learning Company $30.06 1 $30.06

Brown Bear Puppet Set • Kaplan Early Learning Company $31.78 1 $31.78

Caterpillar & Story Props • Kaplan Early Learning Company $26.62 1 $26.62

Umbrella Soft Set • Kaplan Early Learning Company $21.46 1 $21.46

Mitten House • Kaplan Early Learning Company $24.04 1 $24.04

Story Props for Goodnight Moon • Kaplan Early Learning Company $20.60 2 $41.20

Chart Tablet 24" x 16" - White/Ruled • Kaplan Early Learning Company $4.26 2 $8.52

Materials cost			$213.74
Vendor shipping charges			$25.65
Sales tax			$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee			$3.21
Fulfillment labor & materials			$35.00
Total project cost			$277.60
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			$41.48
Total project goal			$319.08
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal			$319.08
4 Donors			-$158.54
Donations toward project cost			-$137.93
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			-$20.61
match offer			-$160.54
Match offer toward project cost			-$139.67
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			-$20.87
Still needed View calculation Hide calculation			$0.00

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