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Mrs. Morikawa from Irvine, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Making Cents Out Of Books

Help me give my students a variety of picture books and STEM materials to use in the classroom.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Morikawa's classroom raised $310

This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are excited to come to school each day and to learn from one another. They enjoy working in collaborative groups and sharing their knowledge with each other. They enjoy using their critical thinking skills to evaluate new information while integrating the arts to show their learning. They get very excited any time we can use technology in the classroom and they aren't afraid to try something new.

Jane Goodall once said, "You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you.

What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make." With this quote in mind, I want to help my students become aware of the impact they are having on the world around them.

My Project

I am requesting picture books about kindness to promote a strong classroom community. Books like Grump Monkey and Say Something help kids recognize and express their feelings. To build on the theme of community, we will use the straws and connectors to promote teamwork and unity. The books The Adventures of a Plastic Bottle and What if Everybody Did That will be used to promote social awareness and financial literacy skills. After reading these books, we will begin a class challenge where students will bring recyclables from home. It is important for kids to learn how to take care of our word while learning financial literacy skills. This project will allow them to do both. We will count our bottles and cans to determine their recycling value and strengthen their financial literacy skills. I am also requesting books books like Dear Deer and Punctuation Takes a Vacation. We will read these before creating recycling posters to put around the school to remind kids how important it is to pay attention to grammar when they write.

Through this project, my students will strengthen their community and make a difference in the world around them.

Mrs. Morikawa Santiago Hills Elementary School Grades PreK-2 Irvine, CA View local requests 30 students impacted 3donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Large 800 Piece Straws Builders Construction Building Toy - Giant Pack with Special Connectors by Playlearn • Amazon Business $34.99 1 $34.99
Straw Constructor STEM Building Toys 800 pcs-Colorful Interlocking Plastic Enginnering Toys- Fun- Educational- Safe for Kids- Develops Motor Skills-Construction Blocks- Best Gift for Boys and Girls … • Amazon Business $34.99 1 $34.99
Astrobrights Color Paper, 8.5” x 11”, 24 lb/89 gsm, “Brights” 5-Color Assortment, 500 Sheets (99608) • Amazon Business $16.80 1 $16.80
The Good Egg • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
Say Something • Amazon Business $12.73 1 $12.73
The Highest Mountain of Books in the World • Amazon Business $11.55 1 $11.55
Grumpy Monkey • Amazon Business $10.47 1 $10.47
The Fruit Salad Friend: Recipe for A True Friend • Amazon Business $10.25 1 $10.25
Let Me Finish! • Amazon Business $9.98 1 $9.98
10 Things I Can Do to Help My World • Amazon Business $8.87 1 $8.87
Punctuation Takes a Vacation • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Dear Deer: A Book of Homophones • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
What If Everybody Did That? • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
A Bat Cannot Bat, a Stair Cannot Stare: More about Homonyms and Homophones (Words Are CATegorical ®) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
Wumbers • Amazon Business $6.36 1 $6.36
The Adventures of a Plastic Bottle: A Story About Recycling (Little Green Books) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
How Much Is a Million? (Reading Rainbow Books) • Amazon Business $4.63 1 $4.63

Materials cost

$210.92

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $19.30

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.16

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$263.38

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$46.48

Total project goal

$309.86

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $309.86

2 Donors

-$147.00

Donations toward project cost

-$138.45

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$8.55

match offer

-$146.98

Match offer toward project cost

-$124.93

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.05

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$15.88

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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