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Mrs. Townsend from Memphis, TN is requesting other through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mrs. Townsend's classroom raised $467

Writing The Right Way!

My students need journals and writing activity guides to use during writing workshop.

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Mrs. Townsend LaRose Elementary School
Memphis, TN Grades PreK-2

My Students

"Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart." ~William Wordsworth Writing is the window to your imagination and soul. My students are slowly discovering how writing can help them to express themselves, and to be creative. Help my students to open that window and let imagination shine through.

I am teacher/ mother to students who come from the inner city.

My students are second and third grade students who enjoy learning. Their opportunities to extend their learning is often limited to the inside of my classroom. We are part of a small school with only two teachers per grade level. Our classroom and school is very family like. Students often share teachers with their siblings. Teachers often visit students at their homes. My students are eager to receive any information I offer them. They love for me to listen to what they have learned. They come from homes where they are not always listened to. My goal is to provide an environment where they feel important, loved, and most of all heard!

My Project

The resources provided will allow my students to effectively participate in the writing workshop process. Journals will allow students to keep a record of their growth as writers. The journals will be something that they can cherish well into adult life. How cool would it be to look back and read something that you wrote in elementary school? The teaching resources requested (charts) will allow me to provide effective examples of the writing process. My students will be closer to becoming better communicators. They will also become skilled in expressing themselves.

In this age of technology, becoming an effective writer is often placed on the back burner.

Your donations will provide my students with a creative outlet to express themselves. It will also aid them in becoming effective communicators. Often times the first and only impression someone receives of you is what you have written. Help my students to make a good impression, and the value the art of written expression and communication.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

15 students impacted 24 donors
Mrs. Townsend LaRose 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.

Memphis, TN 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

15 students impacted 24donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
FF522 - Writing Activity Pockets - Gr. 2-3 • Lakeshore Learning $29.95 2 $59.90
AA997 - Build-A-Story Flip Book • Lakeshore Learning $12.95 3 $38.85
GG139 - Build-A-Paragraph Flip Book • Lakeshore Learning $12.95 3 $38.85
GG182 - The Writer’s Notebook - Set of 10 • Lakeshore Learning $39.95 2 $79.90
AA461 - Journal Storage Center • Lakeshore Learning $24.99 1 $24.99
FF359 - The Writing Process Student Folder - Set of 10 • Lakeshore Learning $16.95 2 $33.90
DD105 - Black Write & Wipe Markers - Thin-Line - Set of 4 • Lakeshore Learning $3.99 1 $3.99
DD728 - Developing Writing Skills Magnetic Teaching Charts • Lakeshore Learning $24.95 1 $24.95
FF593 - 30 Extra Blank Books • Lakeshore Learning $12.95 2 $25.90
GG668 - Writing Process Management Chart • Lakeshore Learning $24.95 1 $24.95

Materials cost

$356.18

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.34

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$396.52

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$69.97

Total project goal

$466.49

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $466.49

19 Donors

-$466.49

Donations toward project cost

-$396.52

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$69.97

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