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Mrs. Heather Stewart from Lake Tapps, WA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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A Brand New Read Aloud: The Lion of Mars!

Help me give my students a class set of the book "The Lion of Mars" by Jennifer L. Holm!

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Heather Stewart's classroom raised $464

This project is fully funded

My Students

My elementary school serves first through third graders. A huge passion of mine has always been around classroom culture and climate.

My students become independent, hard-working, and cooperative learners focused on setting and reaching their own individual goals.

I offer a variety of seating options including adjustable stools, exercise balls, wobble stools, tall stools, traditional chairs and cushioned benches to sit on every day.

I opt to not use overhead fluorescent lighting. Instead, I have provided over thirty lamps throughout the classroom to foster a more relaxing environment for learning.

We listen to instrumental music during our independent work times in the background.

My students know they are safe, loved, and valued. We are family.

My Project

A favorite part of the day in our 3rd classroom is read aloud time.

I have completely fallen in love with this brand new book by Jennifer L Holm called "The Lion of Mars".

A short summary (from the book jacket itself)-

"How far would you go to save the people you love? Besides spending his whole life on Mars, Bell is just like any other kid. He loves cats, eats all kinds of cake, and is curious about everything. Like, why do teenagers act so weird? And why did his best friend, Trey, suddenly want to switch rooms? But most of all, Bell wonders about the secrets the adults keep. Why doesn't the US colony have contact with anyone in the other Mars settlements? Is it really so dangerous out there?"

First and foremost, I read aloud to my students purely for the entertainment value---allowing students to just sit and enjoy listening to a story read by their teacher. During read aloud, my students have their own copy of the book in hand in order to track along with the story. This allows for building of their fluency, vocabulary, and improved comprehension.

In addition, read aloud allows me to introduce my students to genres of literature that they might not have otherwise considered. Fantasy, autobiography, historical fiction, realistic fiction, mystery...read aloud time allows me to immerse my class in intentionally chosen books in ways they never dreamed possible.

Thank you for your support!

Mrs. Heather Stewart Lake Tapps Elementary School Grades 3-5 Lake Tapps, WA View local requests 18 students impacted 7donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Lion of Mars • Amazon Business $14.99 22 $329.78

Materials cost

$329.78

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $28.86

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.95

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$393.59

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$69.46

Total project goal

$463.05

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $463.05

6 Donors

-$350.36

Donations toward project cost

-$297.81

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$52.55

match offer

-$112.68

Match offer toward project cost

-$95.78

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$16.90

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