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Ms. Daly from Michigan City, IN is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Learning Literary Lingo

My students need 13 book titles including "We're Going on a Bear Hunt" and "Poetry for Young People" that will help teach them literary devices such as alliteration, onomatopoeia, and personification.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Daly's classroom raised $172

This project is fully funded

My Students

Onomatopoeia, personification, alliteration… What are those? My students need to know those terms and other literary devices. Not only is it important for our state standardized test, but this vocabulary is also important for students to discuss literature and think about texts critically.

Over 80% of my students receive a free or reduced price lunch at school, which means that over 80% of these children come from low-income families.

Consequently, books are not as readily available to them as they are for students in wealthier communities. I would like to change that.

My Project

These books will allow me to provide examples of onomatopoeia and other literary devices in a format that will be easy for my students to understand. They will also be used for literary devices scavenger hunts, which is where students will be asked to find examples of personification, hyperbole, alliteration, etc.

With the help of these books, certain state standards will be easier for me to teach and easier for my students to understand.

Using these books in my teaching will also help my students to read, think, and write about texts in a critical manner by using the correct terminology.

Ms. Daly Elston Middle School Grades 6-8

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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More than three‑quarters of 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

105 students impacted 6donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Llama, Llama Red Pajama Anna Dewdney, Anna Dewdney (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $9.43 1 $9.43
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish Dr. Seuss • Barnes and Noble $7.68 1 $7.68
The Pout-Pout Fish Deborah Diesen, Dan Hanna (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.61 1 $11.61
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Bill Martin Jr., Lois Ehlert (Illustrator), John Archambault • Barnes and Noble $6.83 1 $6.83
The Spider and the Fly Tony DiTerlizzi (Illustrator), Mary Howitt • Barnes and Noble $8.54 1 $8.54
Click Clack Moo: Cows That Type Doreen Cronin, Betsy Lewin (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.61 1 $11.61
Skippyjon Jones Judy Schachner, Judy Schachner (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.97 1 $5.97
We're Going on a Bear Hunt Michael Rosen, Helen Oxenbury (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.83 1 $6.83
Fancy Nancy and the Late, Late, Late Night (Fancy Nancy Series) Jane O'Connor, Carolyn Bracken (Illustrator), Robin Preiss Glasser (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.41 1 $3.41
The Cat in the Hat Dr. Seuss, Dr. Seuss (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.68 1 $7.68
Hip Hop Speaks to Children: A Celebration of Poetry with a Beat (A Poetry Speaks Experience Series) Nikki Giovanni, Michele Noiset (Illustrator), Kristen Balouch (Illustrator), Jeremy Tugeau (Illustrator), Damian Ward (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.67 1 $13.67
Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes Langston Hughes, Arnold Rampersad (Editor), David Roessel (Editor), Benny Andrews (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $10.22 1 $10.22
Poetry for Young People: Robert Frost Robert Frost, David Scott Kastan (Editor), Marlen Kastan (Editor), Glenn Harrington (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.93 1 $5.93

Materials cost

$109.41

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.64

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$146.05

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$25.77

Total project goal

$171.82

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $171.82

3 Donors

-$85.90

Donations toward project cost

-$73.02

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.88

match offer

-$85.92

Match offer toward project cost

-$73.03

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.89

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 $0.00

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