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Ms. Boggs from Columbia, SC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ms. Boggs's classroom raised $204

Empowering Writers through Poetry

My students need 13 poetry books that we can use to immerse ourselves in during writing workshop.

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Ms. Boggs A.C. Moore Elementary School
Columbia, SC Grades PreK-2

My Students

If you remember what it was like to read poetry for the first time, then you'll know what it's like for our second graders. They become empowered writers through poetry because they see another way to express themselves besides writing narratives in story form. Students need an eclectic poetry mix.

My students come from varied backgrounds because we have a very diverse population (our school has students from 14 countries) and a very diverse socioeconomic dynamic.

Many students are on free or reduced lunch and are unable to purchase books for their homes. Many of them only have exposure to different genres in their classrooms.

My Project

When my students are engaged in writing workshop, they need touchstone and mentor texts to immerse themselves in. Only by being immersed in a variety of poetry can they fully understand what poetry is and therefore be able to write poems. The students in the past have become empowered writers through poetry. We have built community in our classrooms by opening ourselves up during the poetry unit. We learn much more about one another when they express their feelings in poems. I have had to scramble around for a variety of poetry because our school lacks many poetry anthologies and I can't afford to buy a sufficient amount of books for this unit. This will change my students' lives because they will understand poets so much better and also understand themselves better. It shows through their own poems.

My students will appreciate the diverse range of poetry because they are a very diverse group.

We have a multicultural community and it is important that they see students like themselves in books. Not only do they need to see different races in books, but different social classes and family dynamics that are different. They need to be able to express themselves like poets. Our school is unable to fund materials needed for writing workshop so please help us. Thanks so much.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

60 students impacted 6 donors
Ms. Boggs A.C. Moore Elementary School Grades PreK-2

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Columbia, SC View local requests

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

60 students impacted 6donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Honey I Love and Other Poems Eloise Greenfield, Diane Dillon, Leo Dillon (Illustrator), Diane Dillon (Illustrator), Leo and Diane Dillon (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.97 1 $5.97
Come with Me: Poems for a Journey Naomi Shihab Nye, Dan Yaccarino (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.61 1 $14.61
My Name Is Jorge: On Both Sides of the River Jane Medina, Fabricio Vanden Broeck (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.48 1 $7.48
My Man Blue Nikki Grimes, Jerome LaGarrigue (Artist) • Barnes and Noble $5.97 1 $5.97
Once I Ate a Pie Patricia MacLachlan, Emily MacLachlan Charest, Katy Schneider (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.97 1 $5.97
Been to Yesterdays: Poems of a Life Lee Bennett Hopkins, Charlene Rendeiro (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.50 1 $8.50
Love to Langston Tony Medina, R. Gregory Christie (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.79 1 $6.79
In the Land of Words: New and Selected Poems Eloise Greenfield, Jan Spivey Gilchrist (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $12.30 1 $12.30
Waiting to Waltz: A Childhood Cynthia Rylant, Stephen Gammell (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $16.23 1 $16.23
Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes Langston Hughes, Arnold Rampersad (Editor), David Roessel (Editor), Benny Andrews (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $10.22 1 $10.22
Poetry for Young People: The Seasons John N. Serio (Editor), Robert Crockett (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $10.22 1 $10.22
Poetry for Young People: Maya Angelou Maya Angelou, Edwin Graves Wilson (Editor), Jerome Lagarrigue (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $10.22 1 $10.22
All the World Liz Garton Scanlon, Marla Frazee (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $12.30 1 $12.30

Materials cost

$126.78

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $8.94

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.90

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$172.62

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$30.46

Total project goal

$203.08

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $203.08

4 Donors

-$146.00

Donations toward project cost

-$124.10

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$21.90

match offer

-$57.08

Match offer toward project cost

-$48.52

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$8.56

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