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Ms. F.'s classroom raised $340

Learning Through Literature

My students need 31 picture books by famous authors including Mem Fox, Eve Bunting, Donald Crews, and Greg Tang.

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Ms. F.
Grades 3-5

“You cannot write for children They're much too complicated. You can only write books that are of interest to them.” Maurice Sendak (author of Where the Wild Things Are). In my fifth grade high-poverty classroom, students enter with hundreds of problems on their mind each morning. With students preoccupied with personal difficulties, lessons must be taught in a creative fashion to keep their attention on learning basic math facts or techniques to improve their writing.

My fifth graders enjoy the personal connection of a picture book and are extremely attentive during any read aloud time. Through the use of picture books, I have been able to teach many different concepts and excite my students about writing, reading, math, and science. This interest catapults students into exploring more about their world, striving to become better writers and mathematicians, and learning about topics the stories discuss. With a very limited budget, I have not been able to purchase new picture books for the classroom in several years. I would like new picture books to expand on the lessons I have incorporated into the year and increase the number of examples students have to learn from.

Our classroom needs new picture books that connect math and writing to literature, provide examples of techniques they can implement in their own writing, and teach mathematical concepts in a way that is fun and exciting to them. The picture books selected are texts that lend themselves to several lessons apiece and will be used frequently in the classroom throughout the school year.

Your donation will help my students learn math and writing through the power of picture books. While keeping their interest and allowing them to escape the realities of their home lives; you will help my students focus on math concepts and writing techniques. Your donation will truly make learning fun for these fifth graders and engage them in reading, writing, and math.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

24 students impacted 16 donors
Ms. F. Grades 3-5

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

24 students impacted 16donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Snapshots from the Wedding Gary Soto, Stephanie Garcia (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.09 1 $5.09
Multiplying Menace: The Revenge of Rumpelstiltskin Pam Calvert, Wayne Geehan (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.77 1 $4.77
Clean-Sweep Campers Lucille Recht Penner, Paige Billin-Frye (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.35 1 $5.35
No Fair! Caren Holtzman, Joan Holub (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
A Very Improbable Story: A Math Adventure Edward Einhorn, Adam Gustavson (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
The Great Divide: A Mathematical Marthon Dayle Ann Dodds, Tracy Mitchell (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Doorbell Rang Pat Hutchins, Pat Hutchins (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Anno's Mysterious Multiplying Jar Mitsumasa Anno • Barnes and Noble $7.49 1 $7.49
Three Hat Day Laura Geringer, Arnold Lobel (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Spaghetti and Meatballs for All! A Mathematical Story Marilyn Burns, Debbie Tilley (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.45 1 $4.45
Math Potatoes: Mind-Stretching Brain Food Tang, Harry Briggs (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.29 1 $15.29
Math Appeal (Mind-Stretching Math Riddles Series) Tang, Harry Briggs (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.95 1 $14.95
Math-Terpieces: The Art of Problem-Solving Greg Tang, Greg Paprocki (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.59 1 $13.59
Faithful Elephants: A True Story of Animals, People and War Yukio Tsuchiya, Ted Lewin (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
Working Cotton Sherley Anne Williams, Carole Byard (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.30 1 $6.30
Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge Mem Fox, Julie Vivas (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World's Fastest Woman Kathleen Krull, David Diaz (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.30 1 $6.30
Night in the Country Cynthia Rylant, Mary Szilagyi (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
The Relatives Came Cynthia Rylant, Stephen Gammell (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
When I Was Young in the Mountains Cynthia Rylant, Diane Goode (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Twilight Comes Twice Ralph Fletcher, Kate Kiesler (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $12.80 1 $12.80
Fig Pudding Ralph J. Fletcher • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
A Christmas Memory Truman Capote • Barnes and Noble $2.97 1 $2.97
The Paperboy Dav Pilkey, Dav Pilkey (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Danny the Champion of the World Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Owl Moon Jane Yolen, John Schoenherr (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $12.44 1 $12.44
The Wednesday Surprise Eve Bunting, Donald Carrick (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.35 1 $5.35
Up North at the Cabin, Vol. 1 Marsha Wilson Chall, Steve Johnson (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.29 1 $15.29
The Butterfly House Eve Bunting, Greg Shed (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $16.19 1 $16.19
Shortcut Donald Crews, Donald Crews (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Bigmama's Donald Crews, Donald Crews (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29

Materials cost

$241.95

Vendor shipping charges

 $24.20

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.63

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$278.78

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$61.20

Total project goal

$339.98

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $339.98

10 Donors

-$327.94

Donations toward project cost

-$278.81

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$49.13

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$12.07

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