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I Love Non-Fiction! Mentor Texts for my 2nd Graders.

My students need vibrant 'Mentor Texts' to guide them through two non-fiction reading and writing units: How-To and All About.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. L.'s classroom raised $168

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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.

I teach a second grade inclusion class at PS 42, a public empowerment school in the South Bronx. My students have a wide range of academic, linguistic and emotional needs. Many are more than a year behind their peers in suburban schools. As part of the Teacher's College literacy curriculum, my students will study and produce two types of non-fiction texts — instructive How-To Guides and informative All About books. These units are particularly important because as my students transition from learning-to-read to reading-to-learn, they will encounter more and more non-fiction, instructive and informative, texts. Furthermore, the majority of reading and writing people do in their adult lives is non-fiction. I need vibrant 'Mentor Texts' that will exemplify each unit's writing style while capturing my class' interest. A fantastic Mentor Text serves as another teacher during a writing unit of study. My students will refer to their favorite Mentor Texts for guidance as they write their own How-Tos and All Abouts. For example, a student may refer to a Mentor Text to see how the author used transition words in her instructions, or a student may check a Mentor Text to see an example of a diagram. I am requesting kid-friendly, engaging Mentor Texts for each non-fiction unit of study — nine for "How To" and eight for "All About". Please fund this grant to get my students excited about reading and writing non-fiction!

Ms. L. Grades PreK-2

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
How to Lose All Your Friends Nancy L. Carlson • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
I Love Wild Cats Steve Parker • Barnes and Noble $4.48 1 $4.48
I Love Baby Animals Steve Parker, Ian Jackson, Ian Jackson (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.48 1 $4.48
I Love Crocodiles Steve Parker • Barnes and Noble $4.48 1 $4.48
I Love Dinosaurs Steve Parker, Chris Buzzer • Barnes and Noble $4.48 1 $4.48
I Love Whales & Dolphins Steve Parker • Barnes and Noble $4.48 1 $4.48
I Love Sharks Steve Parker, John Butler • Barnes and Noble $4.48 1 $4.48
I Love Bears Steve Parker, Ian Jackson (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.48 1 $4.48
How to Be a Baby--by Me, the Big Sister Sally Lloyd-Jones, Sue Heap (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $12.79 1 $12.79
Clifford: How To Draw ( Clifford The Bog Red Dog Series) B.S. Watson • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Eloise's Guide to Life: Or, how to Eat, Dress, Travel, Behave, and Stay Six Forever Kay Thompson, Hilary Knight (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.95 1 $8.95
How to Speak Politely and Why Munro Leaf, Munro Leaf (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.96 1 $11.96
How to Behave and Why Munro Leaf, Munro Leaf (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.96 1 $11.96
How to Talk to Your Dog Jean Craighead George, Sue Truesdell (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
How Not to Start Third Grade (Step into Reading Series Step 4) Catherine Hapka, Ellen Titlebaum, Debbie Palen (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
How to Be a Friend: A Guide to Making Friends and Keeping Them Marc Brown, Laurie Krasny Brown, Marc Tolon Brown (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
I Love Bugs Steve Parker • Barnes and Noble $4.48 1 $4.48

Materials cost

$106.65

Vendor shipping charges

 $10.67

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.67

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$137.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$30.07

Total project goal

$167.07

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $167.07

1 Donor

-$161.18

Donations toward project cost

-$137.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$24.18

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$5.89

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 $0.00

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