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Mrs. Waldo from Madison WI is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

A School of Fish: An Integrated Studies Project

Help me give my students books and research materials for our integrated studies projects.

  • $543 goal

This project expired on May 24, 2020.

This project expired on May 24, 2020.

My Students

In today's educational system, the differences between kindergarten and first grade are massive. They go from a potentially half-day program with free choice play into a highly academic full day of non-stop learning. It's taxing on teachers but even more so on six- and seven-year-old children.

First graders have a very difficult job, and it takes special students to be able to handle everything that first grade throws their way.

They overcome obstacles every day to do their very best. Many of them do not get enough sleep or enough to eat at home, and, yet, they still come to school every day, ready and willing to learn.

My Project

This year, our district has opted to implement a new science curriculum with a unit on animal structures and defenses. Our first grade students dove into this unit with such enthusiasm; we were vastly underprepared for how much they wanted to research and explore the content within the curriculum. We decided to integrate the science curriculum across our learning format and incorporate their love of animals, particularly ocean creatures, into a semester project using writing, science, literacy, and social emotional standards such as collaboration and cooperation.

When you integrate student voice and choice into the curriculum, the outcome of learning changes dramatically.

Our students couldn't wait to get to our integrated studies time each day. However, we were not adequately prepared with the amount of resources we would need to support this learning. The curriculum we were given provided a wonderful baseline, but in order to truly immerse ourselves and our students into the content, we need additional resources such as texts for research and animal models for visualization. The books will not only be used for research purposes in our final projects but will be used for our weekly shared reading plans as well as small group and individualized instruction.

Mrs. Waldo
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
ADORE 12" Fugu the Porcupine Pufferfish Plush Stuffed Animal Toy • Amazon Business $16.84 3 $50.52
Lazada Realistic Stuffed Crabs Cute Dolls Plush Crabs Toys Red 10" Gifts Collection • Amazon Business $12.99 3 $38.97
Everything You Should Know About : Puffer Fish Faster Learning Facts • Amazon Business $11.99 3 $35.97
Lionfish: Beautiful Pictures & Interesting Facts Children Book About Lionfish • Amazon Business $9.99 3 $29.97
National Geographic The Photo Ark: One Man's Quest to Document the World's Animals • Amazon Business $27.15 1 $27.15
Facts About the Puffer Fish (A Picture Book for Kids, Vol 186) • Amazon Business $8.99 3 $26.97
Look Out for the Pufferfish! (Surprisingly Scary!) • Amazon Business $8.25 3 $24.75
Amazing Animals: Crabs • Amazon Business $8.20 3 $24.60
The Crab Alphabet Book • Amazon Business $7.26 3 $21.78
Wild Republic Lionfish Plush, Stuffed Animal, Plush Toy, Gifts for Kids, Sea Critters 8" • Amazon Business $7.00 3 $21.00
Ultimate Oceanpedia: The Most Complete Ocean Reference Ever (National Geographic Kids) • Amazon Business $20.22 1 $20.22
National Geographic Animal Encyclopedia: 2,500 Animals with Photos, Maps, and More! • Amazon Business $20.20 1 $20.20
National Geographic Kids Readers: Animal Armor (L1) • Amazon Business $4.99 3 $14.97
National Geographic Readers: Weird Sea Creatures • Amazon Business $4.99 3 $14.97
National Geographic Readers: In the Ocean (L1/Co-reader) • Amazon Business $3.99 3 $11.97
Ocean Animals: Who's Who in the Deep Blue • Amazon Business $11.79 1 $11.79
Oceans: Dolphins, sharks, penguins, and more! • Amazon Business $11.59 1 $11.59
National Geographic Little Kids First Big Book of the Ocean (National Geographic Little Kids First Big Books) • Amazon Business $9.79 1 $9.79
DK Eyewitness Books: Ocean: Discover What Lies Beneath the Watery Surface of Our Planet from its Sunlit Shal • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99

Materials cost

$425.17

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.38

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$461.55

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$81.45

Total project goal

$543.00

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