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Mrs. Contreras from Eagle Pass TX is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Finding Our Voice

Help me give my students these beautiful journals from Peter H. Reynolds. These are the perfect journals for my first graders because it guides them on what to write.

  • $456 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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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

My students are bright kids! Ever since the coronavirus pandemic started I have not had much contact with my kids. My communication is mostly with their parents. Their parents are doing the best they can but my students need to see me daily and for me to deliver instruction.

My Project

My students love Peter H Reynold's and his beautiful books. We celebrated International Dot Day and they still reach out to that story, The Dot. These journals are perfect for my first graders. Writing has always been a difficult subject to teach so there is a lot of guided writing and lots of modeling before each time they write. But when they write, they write the most fun and wonderful stories. This journal, Start with a Word will guide them on how to get started to write everyday and create their beautiful stories. Thank you for help!

Mrs. Contreras
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Start with a Word (Guided Journal): A Journal for Finding Your Voice (Just Start) • Amazon Business $15.99 22 $351.78

Materials cost

$351.78

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.28

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$387.06

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$68.30

Total project goal

$455.36

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$455.36

67 Donors

-$404.07

Donations toward project cost

-$355.16

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$48.91

Matching donations from our partners

-$37.53

Match offers toward project cost

-$31.90

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$5.63

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$13.77

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$0.00

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