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Mrs. DAlessandro from Ash, NC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Dramatic Arts Retelling Center For Kinders

My students need age appropriate, leveled reading books and dress up clothing for a Dramatic Arts Retelling Center.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. DAlessandro's classroom raised $452

This project is fully funded

My Students

Creating and retelling a story is hard to do if you are a beginning reader. I want to give my Kindergarten students a boost to their imagination and help them comprehend and retell the books they are reading by having a Dramatic Arts Retelling Center after reading their leveled books.

My 20 Kindergarten students attend a Title I public school in a beautiful coastal town.

All economic levels are represented, as well as students with English as their second language. Our state has adopted the New Core Curriculum which has integrated Art into the curriculum. We live in a resort/fishing town with lots of migration in the off tourist season. Our school is small with only 3 teachers per grade level. Our community is close and most everyone works in some type of trade to benefit the resort areas. We like school and learning about the past, present and future!

My Project

I have requested leveled reading books for my K students and a set of dramatic art costumes! My students are learning to read. According to the Common Core, my students need to read and be able to retell what they have read to develop the critical thinking skills needed in our global society. I pull my students into small groups to read leveled books under my guidance. The other students are working in centers using technology, illustrating, and hands on activities. Once my students have read a book, it is difficult for them to retell what they have read. I feel that dressing up and acting out what they have read will help. Having wonderful dress up clothing will appeal to any 5 -6 year old child's sense of adventure. Retelling the stories with dress up clothing after they have read the book with me, will help them grasp this difficult Common Core standard. In this Dramatic Arts Retelling center they will help each other make dress up choices and work together to retell the story.

Having these dramatic play costumes for their story telling and the leveled reading books I have requested, will help my students become better readers.

As they are acting out the stories they read they will make connections to the book. I want to share my love of art with my students throughout the year. I need these supplies to do this. With the help of the Lily Sarah Grace Fund my students' academic lives can be enriched and their critical thinking skills enhanced through the arts.

Mrs. DAlessandro Jessie Mae Monroe Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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More than three‑quarters 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

21 students impacted 2donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Pretend Play Dress Up Trunk • Kaplan Early Learning Company $84.96 1 $84.96
First Litte Readers Level B • Kaplan Early Learning Company $59.46 1 $59.46
First Little Readers Level C • Kaplan Early Learning Company $59.46 1 $59.46
Leveled Library Non-Fiction: Level B with Bin - Grades K - 1 • Kaplan Early Learning Company $31.41 1 $31.41
Leveled Library Non-Fiction: Level A with Bin - Grade K • Kaplan Early Learning Company $30.56 1 $30.56
Leveled Library Set 1: Level D with Bin - Grade 1 • Kaplan Early Learning Company $28.86 1 $28.86
Leveled Library Non-Fiction: Level C with Bin - Grades K - 1 • Kaplan Early Learning Company $28.86 1 $28.86

Materials cost

$323.57

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $25.24

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.85

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$383.66

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$67.70

Total project goal

$451.36

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $451.36

2 Donors

-$451.36

Donations toward project cost

-$383.66

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$67.70

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