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Ms. Johnson from Columbia SC is requesting computers & tablets through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Our Authors Have a Purpose!

Help me give my students an iPad mini and stand to provide creative examples of how authors can write for different purposes.

  • $1,264 goal

This project expired on May 15, 2020.

This project expired on May 15, 2020.

Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

Have you ever visited a place that made you feel like you could do anything? That is the feeling I hope to capture for my students. I am a teacher of early childhood​ education in the capital of South Carolina.

Our students are a part of a community of inspiring, diverse, talented, and inquisitive children.

Our Title I school is a neighborhood school located in one of the largest districts in the state.

Students are kinesthetic and have a love for reading integrated with the arts to involve technology, music, and dancing. We celebrate diversity as each student has a different personality, talent, and style that adds character to the classroom and makes them special; one of the main reasons I love being an educator.

My Project

In second grade, students learn that authors write to persuade, inform, or entertain. The author's purpose is a very important concept for children to continue to learn more about as they progress in their grade levels.

Students will create multimedia or authentic books that will give them an opportunity to express how authors write, serving as the author themselves.

Students will present their projects (books) to the class. Their classmates have to figure out if their purpose in writing and creating their books is to persuade, inform, or entertain the reader. The stands will be perfect for this.

This project will provide a culturally responsive approach to students learning content standards in second grade they are required to master.

Ms. Johnson
Grades PreK-2

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Apple - iPad mini (Latest Model) with Wi-Fi - 64GB - Space Gray • Best Buy Education $399.99 2 $799.98
CTA - Adjustable Gooseneck Floor Stand for Apple iPad mini, iPad Air, iPad Pro 11'&12.9'(2018)&Microsoft Surface Pro 4 - Black • Best Buy Education $44.30 2 $88.60
PCI Brand - black - toner cartridge (alternative for: HP 80A, HP CF280A, Xerox 6R3026) • Best Buy Education $36.56 2 $73.12

Materials cost

$961.70

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $67.80

3rd party payment processing fee

$14.43

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,073.93

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$189.52

Total project goal

$1,263.45

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