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Mrs. Piperato from Montgomery TX is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

How-To Writing with Must-Have Mentor Texts

My students need mentor texts for writing How-To or procedural writing. We also need assorted highlighters for engagement and motivation when editing our writing pieces.

  • $247 goal

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My Students

Our school is a Pre-K - 6th-grade campus in Montgomery, Texas. Our 2nd-grade class is made up of 20 students from different socioeconomic backgrounds. Some of my students are English Language Learners, and others are Gifted and Talented.

In our classroom, we are a family.

My students are eager learners who work hard and encourage each other to succeed! Our classroom community encourages a growth mindset. We also encourage each other to strive for Mustang P.R.I.D.E. - our character development program. Each day I see students demonstrating purpose, respect, integrity, determination, and excellence.

Some of our daily activities include reading workshop (read to self, buddy read, listening station, free writing, and word study), math workshop (math tubs, computer games, partner problem solving, iPad fact fluency), social studies, science, and more! We love centers and small group instruction time.

My Project

This project includes tried-and-true mentor texts by New York Times best-selling authors of children's stories. With attention-grabbing titles such as "How to Dress a Dragon" and real-life application such as in "The Pioneer Women's Cookbook", these resources will appeal to a wide variety of interests.

Second graders will be so excited to read and write just like our mentor authors!

With on-level texts, these books will provide an abundance of inspiration during one of our favorite writing units. Gail Gibbons and Lori Shores are masters of integrating science and literature for elementary students. We will love diving into the "How To Make" series featuring slime and rainbows!

My students will be jumping at the chance to edit their pieces with the assorted highlighters. We use the different colors for close editing. Blue is for finding capital letters. Pink is for punctuation. Yellow is for spelling. Green is for vivid verb choices.

Mrs. Piperato
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Sharpie Pocket Highlighters, Chisel Tip, Assorted Colors, 12-Count • Amazon Business $4.21 12 $50.52
The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Come and Get It!: Simple, Scrumptious Recipes for Crazy Busy Lives • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
How a House Is Built • Amazon Business $14.41 1 $14.41
How to Be a Baby . . . by Me, the Big Sister (How To Series) • Amazon Business $13.92 1 $13.92
How to Teach a Slug to Read • Amazon Business $12.69 1 $12.69
How to Dress a Dragon • Amazon Business $12.03 1 $12.03
How to Babysit a Grandpa • Amazon Business $11.45 1 $11.45
How to Babysit a Grandma • Amazon Business $11.18 1 $11.18
How to Wash a Woolly Mammoth: A Picture Book • Amazon Business $10.98 1 $10.98
How to Catch a Monster • Amazon Business $7.30 1 $7.30
How to Make a Liquid Rainbow (Hands-On Science Fun) • Amazon Business $7.29 1 $7.29
How to Make Slime (Hands-On Science Fun) • Amazon Business $7.00 1 $7.00

Materials cost

$176.76

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.65

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$209.41

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$36.95

Total project goal

$246.36

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$246.36

1 Donor

-$246.36

Donations toward project cost

-$209.41

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$36.95

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$0.00

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