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Mr. Friesen's classroom raised $271

5th Grade Survival: Hatchet

Help me give my students a love for reading through exciting and powerful literature.

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Mr. Friesen Paul E Culley Elementary School
Las Vegas, NV Grades 3-5

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My Students

We love school in my class. It's a safe place to have fun while learning. We encourage and support each other to do our best and grow from our mistakes.

I hope to empower my students through project-based learning and authentic literature in order to close the achievement gap.

My students live in a socioeconomically disadvantaged urban area. The majority are English learners and academically low. Many are several years behind.

As a means to overcome the disadvantages of poverty, we are learning to value the ability to struggle as a path to growth.

My Project

You never know when you'll need to crash land a plane and survive in the wilderness. That's why I hope to supply my students with a class set of the novel "Hatchet."

When the worst-case scenario strikes, you must rely on your preparation and background knowledge to give you the edge.

As all seems lost, Brian Robeson must use what he's read in books and seen on TV to help him survive in the unforgiving landscape. Robeson learns from his mistakes, shows perseverance, engineers solutions to problems, and practices patient in order to gain the skills to fend off Mother Nature's fury. These are the themes I will guide my students to reflect upon while reading as work to survive the 5th grade and beyond.

Other activities I plan to incorporate to bring life to the text:

- Use a flight simulator to allow students to crash land a plane

- Read information texts about non-fiction survival stories

- Plan a field trip to the Spring Mountain wilderness area

As an avid outdoor enthusiast who has spent months camping in the woods while hiking (and comfortably) surviving the Pacific Crest Trail. I hope this novel will help me share my love for both reading and the outdoors with my students.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

30 students impacted 2 donors
Mr. Friesen Paul E Culley Elementary School Grades 3-5

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Las Vegas, NV 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

30 students impacted 2donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Hatchet • Amazon Business $6.10 30 $183.00

Materials cost

$183.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $14.37

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.74

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$230.11

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$40.61

Total project goal

$270.72

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $270.72

1 Donor

-$90.24

Donations toward project cost

-$76.70

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$13.54

match offer

-$180.48

Match offer toward project cost

-$153.41

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$27.07

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