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Ms. Lucero from Oakland CA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Everyone Has a Story to Tell

My students need sketchbooks and crayons.

  • $351 goal

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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

Storytelling through art began before the written word; help my young writers find their first voices with quality sketchbooks and multicultural crayons. With these my first graders can experience their first writer's workshop.

My bright and energetic first graders attend an urban public school in a very low income neighborhood.

They come from quite varied backgrounds, with the majority of them being of African American, Asian, and Latino heritage. 100% of the students in our school receive free lunch. Most of my students are from single-parent households and cherish every resource they can use in the classroom.

My Project

Our writer's workshop focuses on engaging students in conversations through storytelling and the resulting drawings in order to develop their skills at creating detailed descriptions and organized writing. Through oral storytelling they focus the topic of their story, then they draw pictures to accompany the story. The multicultural crayons provide a more authentic drawing experience for the students. They are able to portray themselves and their families with colors that are more true to life. The sketchbooks give the children a special inviting medium to ease their way from drawing their stories to writing their stories with confidence. By engaging in conversations about the drawings, the students will develop more details to include in their written drafts.

Students who are able to express themselves are better able to socialize, communicate, and understand their world.

Helping our low-resource school provide this opportunity for its students will have a significant impact on their overall learning experience, giving them a creative and educational outlet they would not ordinarily have. Please help my students' success by giving them this chance to express themselves through art and stories.

Ms. Lucero
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Nasco Practice Sketchbooks - 50 Sheets, Bulk Pack of 50 - 8-1/2" x 11", 20 lb. • Nasco $125.95 1 $125.95
LC363Z - Jumbo People Colors® Crayons - Dozen Sets • Lakeshore Learning $99.95 1 $99.95

Materials cost

$225.90

Vendor shipping charges

 $12.60

Sales tax

 $20.67

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.39

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$297.56

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$52.51

Total project goal

$350.07

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $350.07

9 Donors

-$322.42

Donations toward project cost

-$289.06

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$33.36

match offer

-$10.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$8.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$1.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$17.65

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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