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Mrs. Letford from Canoga Park, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Music, Lit and Life: The Three Amigos!

My students need creative music books, various genre music books and exciting activity scarves to make music come alive in the classroom!

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Letford's classroom raised $316

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This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

Can you hear it? Music is in the air, and my students are excited to learn more about it! I teach 3rd grade students in a low-income area at an art charter school that receives a lower amount of funding than public schools. My students enjoy learning about music, but our budget does not include supplies for a music program, including musical books.

Reading can be a struggle for some of my students. Now that they are excited about learning music, this is the perfect time to expose them to musical books. By combining literature and music, my students will expand their knowledge of different musical genres and increase their reading skills and vocabulary.

Stories like, ‘Peter and the Wolf’, and “The Carnival of the Animals’ not only show students how music and literature work well together but also introduces students to the powerful connection of different instruments to different characters. In addition, our requested music books have great musical terms to help my students better understand music vocabulary. The musical scarves will help in lessons of music and movement and to further show how music tells stories.

This is not only my request but the request of 20 eight year olds who helped select these musical books. By donating to our class you will be enriching the musical talent of these students and so many more to come. Music...it's all around you. Some say music begins where words ends. Can you hear it?

Mrs. Letford New Academy Elementary School - Canoga Park Grades 3-5

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Nearly all students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
TT681 - Activity Scarves • Lakeshore Learning $16.95 1 $16.95
Zin! Zin! Zin! a Violin Lloyd Moss, Marjorie Priceman (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: Book-and-CD Set Anita Ganeri, Benjamin Britten, Narrated by Ben Kingsley • Barnes and Noble $22.50 1 $22.50
Carnival of the Animals John Lithgow, Boris Kulikov (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $16.15 1 $16.15
Sergei Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf: With a Fully-Orchestrated and Narrated CD Sergey Prokofiev, Peter Malone • Barnes and Noble $15.96 1 $15.96
One Grain of Sand: A Lullaby Pete Seeger, Linda S. Wingerter (Illustrator), Linda Wingerter (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.35 1 $14.35
The Umbrella Jan Brett, Jan Brett (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.29 1 $15.29
Street Music Richard Brown (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.55 1 $3.55
Rap a Tap Tap: Here's Bojangles: Think of That! Leo Dillon, Diane Dillon, Leo Dillon (Illustrator), Diane Dillon (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.35 1 $14.35
Giraffes Can't Dance Giles Andreae, Guy Parker-Rees (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.56 1 $13.56
I Wish I Were a Butterfly James Howe, Ed Young (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.30 1 $15.30
Over in the Meadow John Langstaff, John M. Langstaff, Feodor Rojankovsky (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.30 1 $6.30
M is for Melody: A Music Alphabet Kathy-jo Wargin, Katherine Larson (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
Hey, Little Ant Phillip M. Hoose, Debbie Tilley (Illustrator), Hannah Hoose • Barnes and Noble $11.96 1 $11.96
Mole Music David M. McPhail, David M. McPhail (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
M Is for Music Kathleen Krull, Stacy Innerst (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.30 1 $15.30

Materials cost

$202.11

Vendor shipping charges

 $20.21

Sales tax

 $14.65

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.05

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$259.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$56.85

Total project goal

$315.85

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $315.85

6 Donors

-$304.71

Donations toward project cost

-$259.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$45.71

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$11.14

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 $0.00

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