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Ms. Johnston from Charlottesville VA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Dictionary Digs!

Help me give my students a brand new hardback set of reference materials!

  • $223 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

Set in a small, urban setting, our school houses students from 3 years old to 10 years old. We have a wide variety of students with diverse needs, but also an amazing assortment of languages, cultures, ​and attitudes! We serve two subsidized housing projects and many of our students have very limited background knowledge and need a lot more "experiences" to make connections.

My classroom consists of 17 students.

We each bring a unique perspective to our room and work on creating a positive climate, despite our differences. We, diligently, work on accepting others and praising what sets us apart as students and people, but by also celebrating our commonalities.

We have a wide range of learners in our room from extremely bright and gifted to low academic achievers. We, continue our process of inclusion through instruction and work hard on making students feel successful.

My Project

My third grade students are working on using reference materials to find pertinent literary information. Students need to know how to alphabetize, use guide words and count syllables.

Many of the reference materials that our students have come across are in digital format only.

We want students to be able to use both print and digital formats. Having a dictionary in your hand and flipping through the pages is a different experience than scrolling down a screen. Students need to be able to access the material to determine and clarify the meaning of unknown words or phrases. Our current sets of dictionaries have pages missing and are coming unbound. A new, fresh set of dictionaries will improve our learning!

Ms. Johnston
Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Merriam-Webster's Elementary Dictionary, New Edition, 2019 Copyright • Amazon Business $15.69 10 $156.90

Materials cost

$156.90

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.35

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$189.25

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$33.40

Total project goal

$222.65

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $222.65

5 Donors

-$222.65

Donations toward project cost

-$189.25

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$33.40

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 $0.00

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