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Mrs. Hruska from Hermosa Beach, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Learning with Literature

My students need literature for our poetry unit as well as our authors lit unit.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Hruska's classroom raised $608

This project is fully funded

My Students

Our district is very small with only two schools in it and our school has approximately 900 students total, but we are growing quickly.

We live just a few blocks away from the Pacific coast.

My students come from a variety of backgrounds and family structures. They are all full of life and have a huge love of learning! Our students work hard, have huge dreams, and deserve an education that not only consists of textbooks, but also technology, hands on learning, magazines/newspapers, and so much more.

My Project

My students are coming up on two huge units of study in our classroom. The first is our literature unit using the wonderful author, Dr. Seuss! Students will read many of his published works and then write a literature essay about what they learned in regards to common themes, character analysis, and authors viewpoint.

The second unit we will focus on is our poetry unit.

In this unit, our students will use the novel, Love That Dog, to help teach and write their own poetry.

By using literature to teach, students are more engaged and excited to delve deeper into the curriculum.

Mrs. Hruska Hermosa Valley School Grades 3-5 Hermosa Beach, CA View local requests 30 students impacted 5donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Love That Dog • AKJ Education $4.54 32 $145.28
Dr. Seuss (7 Bk Set) • AKJ Education $51.92 1 $51.92
Oh, the Places You'll Go! • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
The Butter Battle Book (New York Times Notable Book of the Year) • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
If I Ran the Zoo • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
Horton Hatches the Egg • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
The Sneetches and Other Stories • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
The Lorax • AKJ Education $11.04 1 $11.04
And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street • AKJ Education $10.94 1 $10.94
Hunches in Bunches • AKJ Education $10.91 1 $10.91
Bartholomew and the Oobleck (Caldecott Honor Book) • AKJ Education $10.91 1 $10.91
On Beyond Zebra! • AKJ Education $10.91 1 $10.91
Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose • AKJ Education $10.91 1 $10.91
What Pet Should I Get? • AKJ Education $10.68 1 $10.68
What Was I Scared Of? (A Glow-in-the Dark Encounter) • AKJ Education $9.48 1 $9.48
The Foot Book • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
I Can Read With My Eyes Shut! • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Ten Apples up on Top! • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Great Day for Up! • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Horton Hears a Who and Other Sounds of Dr. Seuss • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Fox in Socks: 50th Anniversay Edition • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
The Cat in the Hat • AKJ Education $6.49 1 $6.49
Hop on Pop • AKJ Education $6.49 1 $6.49
Green Eggs and Ham • AKJ Education $6.49 1 $6.49
Oh, the Thinks You Can Think! • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10

Materials cost

$439.55

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$40.22

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.59

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$516.36

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$91.12

Total project goal

$607.48

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$607.48

4 Donors

-$607.48

Donations toward project cost

-$516.36

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$91.12

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