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Ms. Dicharry from San Francisco, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Dictionaries for Spelling-Phobes!

My students need 30 paperback dictionaries for use during Language Arts instruction in English.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Dicharry's classroom raised $224

This project is fully funded

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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.

My Students

Nothing makes an essay or a story look more professional than having correct spelling and grammar. Students could have the most amazing ideas in the world, but if they aren't written in a form than anyone else could understand, they can be ignored.

My students are an incredibly diverse group of eleven- and twelve-year-olds.

They come from a variety of different cultural, socioeconomic, and linguistic backgrounds. They attend an medium-sized public urban middle school. Because of budget cuts and state-wide economic constraints, we are all having to make do with fewer resources and older materials.

My Project

I am requesting thirty student paperback dictionaries for use in my English Language Arts class for sixth graders. Currently in our classroom, we have hundreds of donated novels, but less than five dictionaries. All of the dictionaries are different, which makes class instruction on dictionary usage extremely difficult. With this class set of dictionaries, I will be able to instruct my students in using reference books to proofread their own and each other's writing. We will also be able to study more closely the complexities and the difficulties of the English language.

Despite informally abbreviated "textspeak" and the use of spell check on the computer, all students of the English language would benefit from having a paperback resource that they can refer to when in need of spelling elucidation or information about words.

Without knowledge of the structure and the intricacies of the words in the English language, how will my students ever have the opportunity to express themselves creatively or clearly?

Ms. Dicharry James Lick Middle School Grades 6-8

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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

70 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The American Heritage Dictionary • AKJ Books $4.67 30 $140.10

Materials cost

$140.10

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $12.82

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.10

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$190.02

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$33.53

Total project goal

$223.55

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $223.55

1 Donor

-$190.02

Donations toward project cost

-$190.02

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$33.53

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 $0.00

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