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Ms. Jannotta from Philadelphia, PA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Historical Fiction with Our Parents

My students need historical fiction books to read with their parents for our upcoming Historical Fiction Club Unit.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Jannotta's classroom raised $496

This project is fully funded

My Students

"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." -Benjamin Franklin

We are a community of fourth graders, within the School District of Philadelphia, who are very eager to learn.

Our classroom consists of 32 students, a few of which receive special education services, as well as students who are struggling, English-speaking learners. Being an urban school setting, 100% of our students receive free or reduced-price lunches which means many of my students do not have the resources or tools at home to help reinforce their learning.

Since implementing Reading Workshop into our Literacy block, the students have been increasing their reading stamina and growing as readers. Their passion for reading has been spreading like wildfire throughout our classroom, truly establishing a culture of reading. They come to school excited to learn and read, and look forward to Reading Workshop each day. The sadness when Reading Workshop is over for the day is both heartbreaking and inspiring.

My Project

Many parents often say they do not know how to help their child at home. Therefore, we have opened the doors to our classroom for our parents. Parents are invited into the classroom to see real-time learning, so that they have the skills needed to reinforce at home. Now parents are better able to support their child's learning through the engaging activities they observe while in their child's classroom. If parents have the tools they need to work with their child, they will be more likely to support them at home.

Studies have shown that parental involvement drastically improves academic performance.

Parental involvement has increased in our classroom. Parents are loving the idea of joining their child in the classroom to read. Each week, parents join the class for Parent Reading Workshop. In a few weeks, we will begin our historical fiction book club. We are in desperate need of paired books for our children and parents to read that center around The Underground Railroad.

What an amazing opportunity for students to share their love of learning and reading with their families at home and at school. This has engaged families in my school, is encouraging life-long readers, as well as increasing parental participation in school, and has helped forge relationships between parents and educators. Please help us keep this momentum going by helping us supply our readers with the books needed for our upcoming historical fiction book club.

Ms. Jannotta J Hampton Moore Elementary School Grades 3-5

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Unspoken: A Story From the Underground Railroad A Story from the Underground Railroad • AKJ Education $12.40 2 $24.80
Eliza's Freedom Road An Underground Railroad Diary • AKJ Education $12.40 2 $24.80
From Slave to Soldier Based on a True Civil War Story • AKJ Education $12.40 2 $24.80
Almost to Freedom • AKJ Education $12.37 2 $24.74
Dear America: A Picture of Freedom The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl • AKJ Education $9.48 2 $18.96
A New Beginning My Journey With Addy • AKJ Education $8.99 2 $17.98
Shadows on Society Hill An Addy Mystery • AKJ Education $8.99 2 $17.98
Finding Freedom • AKJ Education $8.99 2 $17.98
Flight to Freedom!: Nickolas Flux and the • AKJ Education $7.16 2 $14.32
Underground Finding the Light to Freedom • AKJ Education $6.56 2 $13.12
The Patchwork Path A Quilt Map to Freedom • AKJ Education $5.83 2 $11.66
Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt • AKJ Education $5.83 2 $11.66
Nettie's Trip South • AKJ Education $5.83 2 $11.66
Under The Quilt Of Night • AKJ Education $5.83 2 $11.66
West of the Moon • AKJ Education $5.80 2 $11.60
Caleb's Choice • AKJ Education $5.10 2 $10.20
Freedom Crossing • AKJ Education $5.10 2 $10.20
Steal Away Home • AKJ Education $5.10 2 $10.20
The Daring Escape of Ellen Craft • AKJ Education $5.07 2 $10.14
Freedom Songs • AKJ Education $4.56 2 $9.12
Lost in the Tunnel of Time • AKJ Education $4.37 2 $8.74
Huir hacia la libertad/ Emma's Escape • AKJ Education $7.99 1 $7.99
Let It Shine Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Mystery at Kittiwake Bay • AKJ Education $7.26 1 $7.26
Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad • AKJ Education $5.91 1 $5.91
River Runs Deep • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Escape North! The Story of Harriet Tubman The Story of Harriet Tubman • AKJ Education $2.91 2 $5.82
The Drinking Gourd: A Story of the Underground Railroad • AKJ Education $2.91 2 $5.82
Stealing Freedom • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Who Was Frederick Douglass? • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
What Was the Underground Railroad? • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
The Underground Railroad Adventure of Allen Jay, Antislavery Activist • AKJ Education $1.90 2 $3.80

Materials cost

$385.71

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.79

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$421.50

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$74.38

Total project goal

$495.88

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $495.88

6 Donors

-$240.44

Donations toward project cost

-$217.12

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$23.32

match offer

-$240.45

Match offer toward project cost

-$204.38

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$36.07

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$15.00

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 $0.00

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