Each day, I get the privilege of entering a learning environment filled with our future musicians, artists, authors, athletes, and scholars. For many of my students, school is their "safe space" - a place where their needs are met and they can focus on just being a kid! They are excited about learning and ready to experience all that a classroom has to offer!
Each of my students carries with them a unique and diverse set of strengths and challenges.
We work hard to help them grow academically but also physically, emotionally, and socially.
My third graders reside in rural South Dakota but they come from all walks of life. About 42% of the students in our school qualify for free or reduced-price lunches.
My Project
These materials will help me kick off a unit of study related to the mystery genre. I will be able to spark my students' interest by setting up a detective room transformation, complete with detective hats, invisible ink, and top-secret notepads. My class will be able to practice close reading skills with some short mystery inferencing passages from Teachers Pay Teachers and solve some word mysteries with the Word Building Tiles. Next, my students will work together in small groups to solve a mystery around our school, leading to each group finding their own set of mystery book study texts.
Over the course of two weeks, my students will read these new mysteries, connect their reading with writing by taking notes about their "case", and fall in love with a good mystery novel (or series!).
$100 Gift Card for Educational Resources on Teachers Pay Teachers
• Teachers Pay Teachers
$100.00
1
$100.00
GG955 Word Building Tiles Class Set
• Lakeshore Learning Materials
$89.99
1
$89.99
HeroFiber Invisible Ink Spy Pen - Black - with UV Light (12 Pack) + Mini TOP Secret Notepads (12 Pack). - Perfect Favor for Spy Parties, Stocking Stuffers, Pinatas, Science Fairs, and More
• Amazon Business
$14.99
2
$29.98
Jigsaw Jones: The Case of the Buried Treasure (Jigsaw Jones Mysteries)
• Amazon Business
$4.99
4
$19.96
Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective
• Amazon Business
$4.99
4
$19.96
Super Z Outlet 12 Pack Neon Mafia Style Gangster Fedora Dress Hats Children's Birthday Props Supplies Favors
• Amazon Business
$7.99
2
$15.98
Cam Jansen: the Basketball Mystery #29
• Amazon Business
$3.99
4
$15.96
The Missing Playbook (2) (Hardy Boys Clue Book)
• Amazon Business
$3.99
4
$15.96
Movie Madness (5) (Nancy Drew Clue Book)
• Amazon Business
$3.99
4
$15.96
2000 PLUS Stamp Pad, Felt, Size No.2, 6-1/4" x 3-1/2", Black Ink (090407)
• Amazon Business
$5.99
1
$5.99
Materials cost
$329.74
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$12.64
3rd party payment processing fee
$4.95
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$377.33
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$66.59
Total project goal
$443.92
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$443.92
3 Donors
-$348.66
Donations toward project cost
-$296.36
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$52.30
match offer
-$95.26
Match offer toward project cost
-$80.97
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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