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LES Lions Roar into Learning With Books
FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Zimmerman's classroom raised $495
This project is fully funded
My Students
I teach a class of fun and energetic third graders. They love working together to solve problems and learn.
My students are in the process of learning that mistakes help them grow as students and individuals.
They are a class of hard workers and dreamers who despite being in a school with a low socio-economic status ultimately want to be successful with anything that may challenge them. The only thing that gets in their way sometimes is their mindset when the going gets tough!
My Project
During morning meetings, we will read a picture book. These picture books will have various themes and lessons for students to identify that will encourage students to have a growth mindset for learning.
These books will motivate my students to overcome obstacles that they may meet throughout the school year and throughout life.
By being exposed to these books during read alouds, third graders will meet characters who have faced adversity and persevered. Students will have the opportunity to make connections with these characters and learn from them. The books will encourage the love of reading as well as empathy towards others, resilience, persistence, flexibility in thinking, and optimism.
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Where Your Donation Goes
Materials
Cost
Quantity
Total
Your Fantastic Elastic Brain: Stretch It, Shape It
• Amazon Business
$16.61
1
$16.61
Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah
• Amazon Business
$14.00
1
$14.00
The Monster Who Lost His Mean
• Amazon Business
$13.81
1
$13.81
Stuck
• Amazon Business
$13.78
1
$13.78
Zen Ties
• Amazon Business
$13.73
1
$13.73
Nadia: The Girl Who Couldn't Sit Still
• Amazon Business
$13.49
1
$13.49
The Most Magnificent Thing
• Amazon Business
$13.16
1
$13.16
Anything Is Possible
• Amazon Business
$13.15
1
$13.15
Flight School
• Amazon Business
$12.76
1
$12.76
Hana Hashimoto, Sixth Violin
• Amazon Business
$12.64
1
$12.64
Tough Guys Have Feelings Too
• Amazon Business
$12.56
1
$12.56
Good News, Bad News
• Amazon Business
$12.05
1
$12.05
How to Catch a Star
• Amazon Business
$12.04
1
$12.04
Luke Goes to Bat
• Amazon Business
$11.78
1
$11.78
A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin (Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children (Awards))
• Amazon Business
$11.71
1
$11.71
The Sandwich Swap
• Amazon Business
$11.44
1
$11.44
Maybe Something Beautiful: How Art Transformed a Neighborhood
• Amazon Business
$11.24
1
$11.24
Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music
• Amazon Business
$11.23
1
$11.23
Giraffes Can't Dance
• Amazon Business
$10.96
1
$10.96
The Invisible Boy
• Amazon Business
$10.95
1
$10.95
Stand in My Shoes: Kids Learning About Empathy
• Amazon Business
$10.95
1
$10.95
Each Kindness (Jane Addams Award Book (Awards))
• Amazon Business
$10.54
1
$10.54
A Hat for Mrs. Goldman: A Story About Knitting and Love
• Amazon Business
$10.16
1
$10.16
Spaghetti in a Hot Dog Bun: Having the Courage To Be Who You Are
• Amazon Business
$9.95
1
$9.95
Thanks for the Feedback, I Think (Best Me I Can Be!)
• Amazon Business
$9.77
1
$9.77
First Grade Dropout
• Amazon Business
$9.56
1
$9.56
Last Stop on Market Street
• Amazon Business
$9.39
1
$9.39
Rosie Revere, Engineer
• Amazon Business
$9.33
1
$9.33
The Dot
• Amazon Business
$8.96
1
$8.96
Sam and the Lucky Money
• Amazon Business
$8.63
1
$8.63
The Name Jar
• Amazon Business
$7.99
1
$7.99
WHISTLE FOR WILLIE (PAPERBACK) 1977 PUFFIN (Picture Puffins)
• Amazon Business
$6.99
1
$6.99
Tight Times (Picture Puffins)
• Amazon Business
$5.99
1
$5.99
Brave Irene: A Picture Book
• Amazon Business
$5.07
1
$5.07
Salt in His Shoes: Michael Jordan in Pursuit of a Dream
• Amazon Business
$4.40
1
$4.40
Those Shoes
• Amazon Business
$3.69
1
$3.69
Materials cost
$384.46
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$5.77
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$420.23
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$74.16
Total project goal
$494.39
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$494.39
-$449.39
Donations toward project cost
-$381.98
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$67.41
-$45.00
Match offer toward project cost
-$38.25
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$6.75
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$0.00
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