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Mrs. Montecinos from Los Angeles, CA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Assist a 1st Grade Class in Developing Their Writing Traits (Part I)

The cost of writing manipulatives, journals and games for this proposal is $544, 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>.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Montecinos's classroom raised $563

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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.

Thank you for considering this proposal! I am the teacher of 22 wonderful 1st Grade students at San Pedro St. Elementary School. The school is located in downtown Los Angeles, near the Garment District. It is a 4-Track K through 5 school. Our enrollment consists of 720 students, where 93.5% are English Language Learners and 100% are Socio-economically disadvantaged. Writer's Workshop time is an exciting time of the day for all my 1st Grade students. It is the time when they brainstorm their ideas, put them down on paper, and most importantly, share them and publish them. Developing effective writing skills is essential from the beginning of their journey as writers, and I believe that my students would highly benefit from the Six Trait Writing Model. This instruction model allows teachers to pinpoint students' strengths and weaknesses pertaining to ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, conventions, and presentation, and, from there, to plan and carry out instructions, making this writing instruction and learning process more meaningful to all students. The purchase of a collection that would include the essential resources for implementing this Six Trait Writing Model would be powerful because my students would take writing more seriously when they know that their creative efforts will be enhanced, polished and preserved. This would include a Six Trait Writing Model complete guide for the Primary Grades, Traits of Writing charts, games to practice their writing traits, quick reference guides for each student, writing journals and assessment materials. Students can constantly refer to the charts to help them plan their writing or they can look at their personal quick reference guides for further assistance. They can also acknowledge the importance of their writing pieces when saved in their own writing journals. My students and I thank you for taking the time to read our proposal!

Mrs. Montecinos San Pedro Street Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

22 students impacted 2donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
EE304 - Instant Writing Center - Gr. 1-2 • Lakeshore Learning $69.50 1 $69.50
TT368 - Sentence Building Learning Center • Lakeshore Learning $29.95 1 $29.95
Quick Flip Resources - Set of 7 • School Specialty Inc. $29.25 1 $29.25
6 + 1 Traits of Writing Grades K-2 Guide • National School Products $26.99 1 $26.99
RR630 - Draw & Write Journal - Set of 10 • Lakeshore Learning $25.00 3 $75.00
GG668 - Writing Process Management Chart • Lakeshore Learning $24.95 1 $24.95
EE914 - The Sentence Building Machine Game • Lakeshore Learning $24.95 1 $24.95
Traits of Writing Charts Set of 8 • National School Products $23.95 1 $23.95
RR674 - My Word Journal - Set of 10 • Lakeshore Learning $22.50 3 $67.50
AA997 - Build-A-Story Flip Book • Lakeshore Learning $10.95 1 $10.95
EE326 - Interactive Writing Posters • Lakeshore Learning $10.95 1 $10.95

Materials cost

$393.94

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

3rd party payment processing fee

Fulfillment labor & materials

Total project cost

$461.25

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$101.25

Total project goal

$562.50

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $562.50

2 Donors

-$536.47

Donations toward project cost

-$461.25

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$75.22

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$26.03

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