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Mrs. Sarah Archer from Indianapolis, IN is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Building Our Background Knowledge Matters!

Help me give my students books to help them build background knowledge to prepare for our units of study.

  • $248 goal

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Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Project

Do you know the number one predictor of comprehension? Its isn't if students can read the words on the page or vocabulary knowledge. Its is background knowledge. I was once told that "1/2 of the curriculum walks through the door with your students." Wow! What an thought.

Because I teach a very diverse group of learners, it is imperative that I help build their background knowledge around topics that many are not familiar with.

This includes integrating read alouds that allow for them to learn about our upcoming unit around the Earth. In my experience, students struggle with enjoying and being engaged in non fiction text. Why? Well many do not have much background knowledge about what we are asking them to read/learn about.

For our upcoming unit titled Features, our essential question is: Why is it important to understand our planet? This project will provide read aloud texts that students can help students build their background knowledge and strength their understanding of our unit.

Mrs. Sarah Archer Chapelwood Elementary School Grades 3-5

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

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More than half of 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

30 students impacted 5donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
National Geographic Book of Nature Poetry: More than 200 Poems With Photographs That Float, Zoom, and Bloom! • Amazon Business $19.78 1 $19.78
National Geographic Book of Animal Poetry: 200 Poems with Photographs That Squeak, Soar, and Roar! • Amazon Business $16.49 1 $16.49
Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings • Amazon Business $13.89 1 $13.89
WE ARE ALL CONNECTED: CARING FOR EACH OTHER & THE EARTH • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Kids vs. Plastic: Ditch the straw and find the pollution solution to bottles, bags, and other single-use plastics • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Our Planet! There's No Place Like Earth (Our Universe, 6) • Amazon Business $12.86 1 $12.86
Extreme Weather: Surviving Tornadoes, Sandstorms, Hailstorms, Blizzards, Hurricanes, and More! (National Geographic Kids) • Amazon Business $12.39 1 $12.39
What a Waste: Trash, Recycling, and Protecting our Planet (Protect the Planet) • Amazon Business $12.19 1 $12.19
Recycling: Discover Pictures and Facts About Recycling For Kids! • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
A Light in the Attic Special Edition with 12 Extra Poems • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
My Friend Earth: (Earth Day Books with Environmentalism Message for Kids, Saving Planet Earth, Our Planet Book) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Earth! My First 4.54 Billion Years (Our Universe, 1) • Amazon Business $10.49 1 $10.49
You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Extreme Weather! (You Wouldn't Want to Live Without…) • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
Thank You, Earth: A Love Letter to Our Planet • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99

Materials cost

$177.98

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.67

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$210.65

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$37.17

Total project goal

$247.82

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $247.82

4 Donors

-$123.03

Donations toward project cost

-$106.08

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$16.95

match offer

-$123.02

Match offer toward project cost

-$104.57

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$18.45

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.77

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 $0.00

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