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Mr. M. from NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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The cost of a classroom set of dictionaries is $259, including shipping and <a target="new" href="http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm" onclick="g_openWindow('http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm', 300, 800, 'fulfillwindow');return false;">fulfillment</a>.

  • $259 goal

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

"Teacher, how do you spell...?" This is a phrase I hear all throughout my writing workshop. Unfortunately, my students must ask me because we haven't a single dictionary in our class. I teach third grade at P.S. 345 in East New York, where most of the students, including all in my class, qualify for free lunch. My class began the year below grade level and have been struggling with reading and writing. Part of the problem is spelling and developing a wide range of sight words. Our classrooms lack dictionaries, which means that during our writing workshop the students must rely on me to correct their spelling mistake. With a set of classroom dictionaries, students would not only practice looking up words and editing their work on their own, they will also get exposed to a greater variety of words. The more a student sees a word, the more familiar it becomes. With a set of dictionaries for the class, students will be able to develop the habit of checking their spelling. By learning the skills of proofreading, they will be able to work with one another cooperatively as peer editors. Gradually, they will grow less dependent on me to edit their work and will gain a valuable learning and living skill. Funding this proposal will help set my students on the path to be great writers!

Mr. M.
Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
AMERICAN HERITAGE CHILDRENS DICTIONARY -- American Heritage Children's Dictionary • Quill Corporation $14.39 12 $172.68

Materials cost

$172.68

Vendor shipping charges

 $17.27

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.32

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$212.18

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$46.58

Total project goal

$258.76

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $258.76

1 Donor

-$244.01

Donations toward project cost

-$213.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$31.01

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$15.75

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 $0.00

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