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Ms. Shuckhart from Rock Hill SC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mentor Texts that Mentor Young Authors

My students need these wonderful mentor texts, such as Come on, Rain and Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad to help guide them in their own writing.

  • $231 goal

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My Students

Some people can only go to the store and buy books by their favorite authors, but not me! I am so fortunate, I get to not only read stories and books as soon as they are written, but I also get to help my favorite authors write their stories too!

My favorite authors are of course my fourth grade students who never cease to amaze me with their imaginations and creativity!

They get their inspiration through many mentor texts that we read every single day in our classroom. After all, reading and writing go hand-in-hand.

My Project

Language Arts is without a doubt one of my favorite subjects to teach to my fourth grade class! My language arts block revolves around the workshop method in both reading and writing.

The materials requested will be used as mentor texts to be read aloud during the mini-lesson portion of workshop.

These mentor texts inspire students to use real authors' crafts in their own pieces of writing. The books will also be used to teach grammar by pulling out mentor sentences for the students to focus on specific parts of speech. The uses of these books span across the curriculum and is invaluable!

A wide variety of books in the classroom library is essential in order for students to become the authors they are truly meant to be! Without the opportunity to read good quality literature, students have no idea how to write like real authors. Complete immersion is the key to literacy success!

Ms. Shuckhart
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Come On, Rain • Amazon Business $19.95 1 $19.95
Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad • Amazon Business $13.83 1 $13.83
Junkyard Wonders • Amazon Business $13.63 1 $13.63
Sojourner Truth's Step-Stomp Stride • Amazon Business $13.09 1 $13.09
Enemy Pie (Reading Rainbow book) • Amazon Business $11.02 1 $11.02
White Socks Only (Albert Whitman Prairie Paperback) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt (Reading Rainbow Books) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
How Many Days to America?: A Thanksgiving Story • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
Dandelions • Amazon Business $6.94 1 $6.94
My Mouth Is a Volcano! • Amazon Business $6.27 1 $6.27
Spaghetti in a Hot Dog Bun: Having the Courage To Be Who You Are • Amazon Business $6.15 1 $6.15
The Raft • Amazon Business $6.07 1 $6.07
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs • Amazon Business $6.00 1 $6.00
Our Tree Named Steve • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
If You Find a Rock • Amazon Business $5.29 1 $5.29
Knots on a Counting Rope (Reading Rainbow Books) • Amazon Business $5.12 1 $5.12
The Rough-Face Girl • Amazon Business $4.51 1 $4.51
Fireflies • Amazon Business $4.15 1 $4.15

Materials cost

$148.94

Vendor shipping charges

 $3.99

Sales tax

 $10.50

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.23

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$195.66

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$34.53

Total project goal

$230.19

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $230.19

1 Donor

-$115.10

Donations toward project cost

-$97.84

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$17.26

match offer

-$115.08

Match offer toward project cost

-$97.82

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$17.26

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.01

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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