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Mrs. Minezaki from San Diego CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Learning by Reading Through History

Help me give my students historical fiction such as Ghost in the Tokaido Inn and that enhances instruction in ancient world history.

  • $577 goal

This project expired on July 25, 2023.

This project expired on July 25, 2023.

My Project

We are finding that because of COVID and the effect of missed classroom instruction, many of our students are continuing to read far below grade level. It has been a struggle to find ways to get them back into the rigors of learning.

We are trying several ways to improve their reading skills such as The Ghost if the Tokaido Inn while still meeting the curriculum standards.

Hoping to reach our students by giving them interesting ways to continue building on their reading and writing skills and introducing them to aspects of life in ancient world history which coincides with their instruction.

Mrs. Minezaki
Grades 6-8

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
A Ceiling Made of Eggshells • Amazon Business $7.99 40 $319.60
The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn (The Samurai Mysteries) • Amazon Business $7.99 12 $95.88

Materials cost

$415.48

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $38.02

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.23

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$489.73

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$86.42

Total project goal

$576.15

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