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A Picture Says a 1000 Words

Help me give my students the opportunity to unleash their imagination while learning literacy.

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Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Project

Picture less books will help my students learn language/ English in an appealing context to the mind of middle school learner.

The picture less books will be used with 6, 7 and 8 grade students.

Card stock will be used for the final/ ready to publish stories. The stories are generated by the students and shared among all grade levels.

I will provide the beginner students with sentences for each picture of the book and they get to pick one. I can differentiate the lesson by giving students scrambled sentences to unscramble and match to the pictures of the book.

I can also provide word bank for those who are more advanced in their language skills.

My students lack literacy skills including(phonemic awareness, vocabulary words, syntax...) and the books can target all these skills in an intriguing approach to middle school students.

We can also use the same books and the stories the students create to learn literary devices such as similes, metaphors, ...

This library of wordless books is going to be one of the best investments in teaching literacy.

Ms. Saffar
Grades 6-8

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Array 65 lb. Cardstock Paper, 8.5" x 11", Black, 100 Sheets/Pack (101187) • Quill.com $12.59 3 $37.77
Astrobrights 65 lb. Cardstock Paper, 8.5" x 11", Blast-Off Blue, 250 Sheets/Pack (WAU21911) • Quill.com $27.89 1 $27.89
Astrobrights 65 lb. Cardstock Paper, 8.5" x 11", Terrestrial Teal, 250 Sheets/Pack (21855 / 22109) • Quill.com $25.19 1 $25.19
Journey trilogy aaron becker 3 books collection set-(journe • Amazon Business $23.99 1 $23.99
Astrobrights Vintage Cardstock Paper, 65 lbs, 8.5" x 11", Assorted Colors, 250/Pack (21003/22003) • Quill.com $22.31 1 $22.31
Pancakes for Breakfast • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
Workman Publishing Company Indestructibles Wordless Picture Books - Set of 3 • Kaplan Early Learning Company $19.76 1 $19.76
Next Door (-) • Amazon Business $19.49 1 $19.49
Lola's Heart • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
The Farmer and the Clown (The Farmer Books) • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
The Girl and the Bicycle • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
Hello • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Door: (Wordless Children’s Picture Book, Adventure, Friendship) • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Fly! • Amazon Business $17.93 1 $17.93
Once, a Bird • Amazon Business $17.92 1 $17.92
The Book from Far Away • Amazon Business $17.87 1 $17.87
Whose Footprints Are These? • Amazon Business $17.19 1 $17.19
Common Threads: Adam's Day at the Market • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Laney Dances in the Rain: A Wordless Picture Book About Being True to Yourself • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Afterward, Everything was Different: A Tale From the Pleistocene (Aldana Libros) • Amazon Business $16.78 1 $16.78
A Stone for Sascha • Amazon Business $16.49 1 $16.49
The Snowman: A Classic Children's Book • Amazon Business $16.11 1 $16.11
Red Hat • Amazon Business $16.07 1 $16.07
Rosie's Glasses • Amazon Business $16.00 1 $16.00
Red • Amazon Business $15.95 1 $15.95
A Tree Is a Home • Amazon Business $15.90 1 $15.90
I See You: A Story for Kids About Homelessness and Being Unhoused • Amazon Business $15.78 1 $15.78
The Flower Man • Amazon Business $15.28 1 $15.28
Over the Shop • Amazon Business $15.21 1 $15.21
Mirror • Amazon Business $15.19 1 $15.19
Gold (The Fairy-Tale Color Collection) • Amazon Business $15.07 1 $15.07
A Day for Sandcastles • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Sidewalk Flowers • Amazon Business $14.59 1 $14.59
Free Fall • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
Found • Amazon Business $13.79 1 $13.79
Picture Stories: A Wordless Picture Book for Children Ages 4-6, wordless picture books for speech therapy, language skills and storytelling • Amazon Business $13.70 1 $13.70
Gopher Golf: A Wordless Picture Book (Stories Without Words) • Amazon Business $13.55 1 $13.55
Polar Bear Bowler: A Story Without Words (Stories Without Words) • Amazon Business $13.55 1 $13.55
The Midnight Fair • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Forever Home: A Dog and Boy Love Story • Amazon Business $12.39 1 $12.39
Red Sled • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Colored Cardstock A4 100 Sheet Card Stock Paper 230gm- More Fun Crafting and Decorating - Sketch and Cutting Paper - 30 Assorted Colours • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
One Little Bag: An Amazing Journey • Amazon Business $11.87 1 $11.87
Little Red and the Cat Who Loved Cake • Amazon Business $11.79 1 $11.79
Astrobrights 70 lb. Cardstock Paper, 8.5" x 11", Assorted Colors, 80 Sheets/Ream (91668) • Quill.com $11.69 1 $11.69
The Lion & the Mouse (Caldecott Medal Winner) • Amazon Business $11.39 1 $11.39
The Paper Boat: A Refugee Story • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
BE QUIET! • Amazon Business $10.89 1 $10.89
Penguin Sets Sail-A Wordless Picture Book about Friendship, Home, and the High Seas • Amazon Business $10.50 1 $10.50
Flora and the Penguin (Flora & Friends) • Amazon Business $9.39 1 $9.39
Re-Zoom • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Have You Seen My Duckling?: An Easter And Springtime Book For Kids • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Do You Want to Be My Friend? • Amazon Business $6.26 1 $6.26

Materials cost

$842.73

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $50.56

3rd party payment processing fee

$12.64

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$935.93

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$165.16

Total project goal

$1,101.09

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,101.09

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 $1,101.09

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