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Open the Magic - One Book at a Time!
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My Students
My students are amazing. They arrive each day at school excited to learn. My school district, made up of mostly low socioeconomic households, has an enrollment of 504 students. Most students speak English, but 46% speak mainly Spanish at home.
These books will give them the opportunity to explore a world they have never seen. They live in a small rural town with the next largest city over an hour away. Most families farm or complete work in factories nearby. Many are children of migrant farm families and may not have access to a large variety of print at home.
My Project
The mentor texts I have requested will take us places we could never get to on our own. Whether we are at the library with Tomas, are having Chicken Sunday dinner at Grandma's, or are visiting The Last Stop on Market Street, we will be well traveled by the end of fourth grade.
Reading mentor texts every day helps us grow together as a class, to grow to be better writers, and it helps us blossom into students who love to read.
These mentor texts will used as examples of great writers, to teach reading strategies, to learn social studies concepts and to help us learn the importance and impact of being kind.
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Where Your Donation Goes
Materials
Cost
Quantity
Total
I Dissent
• AKJ Education
$13.86
1
$13.86
Each Kindness
• AKJ Education
$13.13
1
$13.13
The last stop on market street
• AKJ Education
$13.13
1
$13.13
The Potato Chip Champ Discovering Why Kindness Counts
• AKJ Education
$9.86
1
$9.86
A Sick Day for Amos Mcgee Storytime Set
• AKJ Education
$9.48
1
$9.48
Ishi, Simple Tips from a Solid Friend
• AKJ Education
$9.45
1
$9.45
The Jelly Donut Difference
• AKJ Education
$7.99
1
$7.99
Amelia's Road
• AKJ Education
$7.26
1
$7.26
Spaghetti in a Hot Dog Bun
• AKJ Education
$7.26
1
$7.26
A Sweet Smell of Roses
• AKJ Education
$6.56
1
$6.56
Abe's Honest Words The Life of Abraham Lincoln
• AKJ Education
$6.56
1
$6.56
To Dare Mighty Things: The Life of Theodore Roosevelt
• AKJ Education
$6.56
1
$6.56
Just a Dream
• AKJ Education
$6.56
1
$6.56
The Empty Pot
• AKJ Education
$6.56
1
$6.56
The Name Jar
• AKJ Education
$5.83
1
$5.83
The Keeping Quilt
• AKJ Education
$5.83
1
$5.83
The Bat Boy & His Violin
• AKJ Education
$5.83
1
$5.83
Tea With Milk
• AKJ Education
$5.83
1
$5.83
Tomas and the Library Lady
• AKJ Education
$5.83
1
$5.83
Roxaboxen
• AKJ Education
$5.83
1
$5.83
Chicken Sunday
• AKJ Education
$5.83
1
$5.83
My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother
• AKJ Education
$5.83
1
$5.83
Picnic at Mudsock Meadow
• AKJ Education
$5.83
1
$5.83
Emma Kate
• AKJ Education
$5.83
1
$5.83
Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge
• AKJ Education
$5.83
1
$5.83
Tacky The Penguin
• AKJ Education
$5.83
1
$5.83
Martin's Big Words The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
• AKJ Education
$5.83
1
$5.83
Teammates
• AKJ Education
$5.83
1
$5.83
The Harmonica
• AKJ Education
$5.80
1
$5.80
Night of the Gargoyles
• AKJ Education
$5.80
1
$5.80
Those Shoes
• AKJ Education
$5.10
1
$5.10
My Man Blue Poems
• AKJ Education
$5.10
1
$5.10
Brick by Brick
• AKJ Education
$5.10
1
$5.10
Please, Mr. Panda / Por favor, Sr. Panda
• AKJ Education
$5.10
1
$5.10
Eleanor
• AKJ Education
$5.10
1
$5.10
Flight: The Journey of Charles Lindbergh
• AKJ Education
$5.10
1
$5.10
The Bicycle Man
• AKJ Education
$5.07
1
$5.07
George vs. George The American Revolution As Seen from Both Sides
• AKJ Education
$5.07
1
$5.07
Materials cost
$258.18
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$3.87
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$292.05
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$51.54
Total project goal
$343.59
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$343.59
-$260.00
Donations toward project cost
-$239.75
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$20.25
-$61.53
Match offer toward project cost
-$52.30
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$9.23
Excluded support for DonorsChoose
-$22.06
Still needed
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