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Mrs. Michalec from Wendell NC is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Colonial Times Today

My students need a map, globes they can handle, and books to learn about colonial times. My students need games and craft materials for hands on experiences.

  • $392 goal

This project expired on January 27, 2015.

This project expired on January 27, 2015.

My Students

My students thrive with hands on learning, and work well in small teams to complete projects, play games, or problem solve.

Our school is a "Leader In Me," school where students are growing each day to become leaders.

Students take a wide range of leadership roles throughout the school including sweeping up after lunch, managing a recycling program, and working together to meet challenges in the classroom. As a result, our school is beautiful, the children are wise, courteous, respectful, and eager to start each new day. They embrace and approach each new topic with immediate questioning of their own. We are a rural school with somewhat limited resources, but an extremely active PTA. Many of our students lack basic school supplies which are often provided by the PTA or community donors. We have science kits to use in the classroom, a leveled book room that we all share, and we use many online resources for math.

My Project

The third grade could use some basic social studies materials for our upcoming unit on Colonial Life. It would be great to have a "Colonial Day," for the entire grade. Students would play games, taste traditional foods, and make crafts. Prior to that day, students will study the settling of the colonies and daily life. Using the globes provided, students will be able to trace the paths of the many ancient and European explorers who came the the Americas. The books requested will provide more background into the motivation of these explorers, the lives of the Powhatan before and after the European arrivals and life in the colonies. Students will then have some personal experiences through enjoying some toy making, crafts, and games.

A map on the wall is needed in the classroom for social studies, but the inflatable globes can be held without worry, and examined closely by small groups of students.

Books for partner reading will be easily explored as opposed to a read aloud by the teacher. A painted wooden top or corn husk doll will be keepsakes that children can take home as well as a small note they have written with a feather and ink. We will make lasting connections by bringing a little history to life today.

Mrs. Michalec
Never Before Funded Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
If You Lived in Colonial Times • AKJ Books $5.10 15 $76.50
YG446 - Make-Your-Own Spinning Tops - Set of 30 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $9.99 4 $39.96
Learning Resources Inflatable 12 inch Globe • Amazon $6.79 5 $33.95
Corn Husks (1 lb) by Hoosier Hill Farm • Amazon $10.50 3 $31.50
High Quality Wooden Tops, Great Fun for Kids! (Set of 6) • Amazon $16.95 1 $16.95
WOODEN JACOB'S LADDERS (1 DOZEN) - BULK • Amazon $15.00 1 $15.00
Child Life in Colonial Times • AKJ Books $10.91 1 $10.91
Marbles in a Tin Box, 160-Piece • Amazon $9.99 1 $9.99
Jack & Ball Sets (1 dz) • Amazon $7.00 1 $7.00
Explorers Who Got Lost • AKJ Books $6.56 1 $6.56
Life of The Powhatan ( Native Nations in North America Serie • AKJ Books $6.53 1 $6.53
Powhatan Indians • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
New Americans: Colonial Times: 1620-1689 Betsy Maestro, Giul • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
Rand McNally World Folded Wall Map (M Series Map of the World) • Amazon $5.35 1 $5.35
Jamestown:America''s First PermanentSettlement • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10

Materials cost

$276.96

Vendor shipping charges

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Sales tax

 $21.60

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.15

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$332.71

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$58.71

Total project goal

$391.42

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