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Mrs. Zaldivar from Cerritos CA is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Future Authors

Help me give my students the tools to become better writers and publishers!

  • $169 goal

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Hooray! This project is fully funded

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

My students are creative, full of questions, and love reading! I have a 4th grade class and more than half my class is reading at grade level or a few grade levels above. Engaging novels is important to spark the love of reading for my students! They love challenges like projects and hands on activities. The students come to school ready to be active participants in order to grow academically and personally! They are wonderful students and will grow up to be great human beings!

My Project

These materials will help my students become better writers. They will be able to learn the writing process to create a book. They will make corrections on their writing and the writing of peers to help each other. They will learn different types of writing genres that will help them meet the academic standards for the school year and prepare them for the following school year. By the end of the year, they will be able to publish their work into a writing book that will showcase all their hard work and their growth in writing and learning the writing process. These materials will help to create the final book project. This will help all the students in my class learn the basics of writing from grammar to sentence structure.

Mrs. Zaldivar
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
BIC Gel-ocity Quick Dry Gel, Medium Point, Assorted Ink, Dozen (RGLCG11AST) • Staples Advantage $16.99 3 $50.97
BIC Gel-ocity Quick Dry Retractable Gel Pens, Medium Point, Assorted Ink, 8/Pack (RGLCGAP81-AST) • Staples Advantage $11.79 3 $35.37
Teacher Created Resource Polka Dots Numbers Magnetic Accents, Assorted Colors, 2.25", 42 Pieces Per Pack (TCR77211) • Staples Advantage $6.69 2 $13.38
Post-it Super Sticky Full Adhesive Notes, 3" x 3", Assorted, 25 Sheets/Pad, 1 Pad/Pack (F330-1PK) • Staples Advantage $1.26 2 $2.52

Materials cost

$102.24

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$9.35

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.53

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$143.12

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$25.26

Total project goal

$168.38

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$168.38

1 Donor

-$138.00

Donations toward project cost

-$134.25

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.75

match offer

-$10.44

Match offer toward project cost

-$8.87

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$1.57

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$19.94

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$0.00

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Project Activity

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