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Mrs. Caples from Vardaman MS is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Biographies to Inspire

My students need a selection biographies to improve literacy, to inspire them, and to have exposure to prominent figures in history like Jackie Robinson and Anne Frank.

  • $367 goal

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My Students

My classroom is a resource room for gifted students. Students attend my classroom to receive enrichment activities. Throughout the year, self-directed learning is used where students complete independent research projects on different topics of interest to them.

Our school is in a very rural, farming community with high poverty rates.

Half of the student body speaks English as a second language as they are children of migrant workers. All my students have been identified as intellectually gifted having an IQ of 120 or higher. They crave knowledge especially information about history and historical figures. They are self-motivated and absorb information quickly. Since this is the case, I must be prepared with additional information that interests them like these nonfiction selections.

My Project

During our self-directed learning/independent research projects, students can choose to read and compile information from the biographies provided in this grant. By using the biographies, students are learning history and becoming more fluent readers.

Gifted learners often have trouble accepting their mistakes.

They strive to be the best the first time, and if something becomes difficult, they often quit. By reading the biographies which show the challenges and struggles faced, I feel they will began to understand that mistakes are important for success. Mistakes help us make improvements, help us become more determined, and help us appreciate what we have accomplished. I hope my class realizes that the only true failure is quitting.

Mrs. Caples
Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Ready-To-Read Nonfiction Stories of Famous Americans (10 bk set) • AKJ Books $29.53 1 $29.53
Who Was Nelson Mandela? • Amazon $4.40 2 $8.80
Who Was Mark Twain?: Who Was? • Amazon $5.39 1 $5.39
Who Was Ulysses S. Grant? • Amazon $5.28 1 $5.28
Who Was Marie Curie? • Amazon $5.28 1 $5.28
What Was the Lewis and Clark Expedition? • Amazon $5.17 1 $5.17
Who Was Paul Revere? • Amazon $4.99 1 $4.99
Who Was Rosa Parks? • Amazon $4.99 1 $4.99
Who Was Eleanor Roosevelt? • Amazon $4.99 1 $4.99
Who Was Helen Keller? • Amazon $4.99 1 $4.99
Who Was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? • Amazon $4.99 1 $4.99
Who Was Leonardo da Vinci? • Amazon $4.57 1 $4.57
Who Was Albert Einstein? • Amazon $4.57 1 $4.57
Who Was George Washington? • Amazon $4.57 1 $4.57
Who Was Amelia Earhart? • Amazon $4.57 1 $4.57
Who Is Bill Gates? (Who Was...?) • Amazon $4.57 1 $4.57
Who Was Jackie Robinson? • Amazon $4.57 1 $4.57
Who Was Sacagawea? • Amazon $4.57 1 $4.57
Who Was Anne Frank? • Amazon $4.57 1 $4.57
Who Was Neil Armstrong? • Amazon $4.57 1 $4.57
Who Was William Shakespeare? • Amazon $4.53 1 $4.53
Who Was Davy Crockett? • Amazon $4.53 1 $4.53
Who Was Pablo Picasso? • Amazon $4.53 1 $4.53
Who Was Elvis Presley? • Amazon $4.53 1 $4.53
Who Was Ernest Shackleton? • Amazon $4.53 1 $4.53
Who Was Frida Kahlo? • Amazon $4.53 1 $4.53
Who Was Abigail Adams? • Amazon $4.53 1 $4.53
Who Was Queen Elizabeth? • Amazon $4.53 1 $4.53
Who Was Queen Victoria? • Amazon $4.53 1 $4.53
Who Was Louis Braille? • Amazon $4.53 1 $4.53
Who Is George Lucas? (Who Was...?) • Amazon $4.53 1 $4.53
Who Is Steven Spielberg? (Who Was...?) • Amazon $4.53 1 $4.53
Who Was Sally Ride? • Amazon $4.49 1 $4.49
Who Is Muhammad Ali? (Who Was...?) • Amazon $4.49 1 $4.49
Who Was John F. Kennedy?: Who Was...? • Amazon $4.49 1 $4.49
Who Was Walt Disney? • Amazon $4.49 1 $4.49
Who Was Thomas Jefferson? • Amazon $4.49 1 $4.49
Who Was Clara Barton? • Amazon $4.40 1 $4.40
Who Were the Wright Brothers? (Who Was...?) • Amazon $4.40 1 $4.40
Who Was Roberto Clemente? • Amazon $4.40 1 $4.40
Who Was Henry Ford? • Amazon $4.31 1 $4.31
Who Was Isaac Newton? • Amazon $4.31 1 $4.31
Who Was Milton Hershey? • Amazon $4.31 1 $4.31
Who Was Steve Jobs? • Amazon $4.31 1 $4.31
Who Was Dr. Seuss? • Amazon $4.08 1 $4.08
Who Was Harry Houdini? • Amazon $4.07 1 $4.07
Who Is Jane Goodall? (Who Was...?) • Amazon $3.86 1 $3.86
Who Was Bruce Lee? • Amazon $3.84 1 $3.84
Who Was Alexander Graham Bell? • Amazon $3.83 1 $3.83
Who Was Claude Monet? • Amazon $3.32 1 $3.32
Who Was Ronald Reagan? • Amazon $3.32 1 $3.32

Materials cost

$259.10

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $18.14

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.89

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$311.13

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$54.91

Total project goal

$366.04

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $366.04

2 Donors

-$158.02

Donations toward project cost

-$134.32

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$23.70

Matching donations from our partners

-$208.01

Match offers toward project cost

-$176.81

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$31.20

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