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Ms. McGinley from Chicago IL is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Pencils to Increase Time on Task!

My students need pencils to complete our science fair successfully. These pencils will be put to work all day, in all subjects!

  • $157 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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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

Only one student is reading on level, so we need tools to help students catch up on writing and reading quickly. The kids recently learned about a table of contents, and are very excited to point this out when they find one! The students also enjoy learning new vocabulary words and using them in their writing.

One hundred percent of the class has family income below the poverty level.

Many learners do not come to school prepared to learn and do not bring basic supplies. Having a sharpened pencil ready to go for each child would helps us make the most of instructional minutes. Every minute counts, as only one child is reading at the third grade level. The rest of my class is reading at K, 1st, or 2nd grade level.

My Project

My students need pencils to write fabulous stories and persuasive essays. We want to maximize our learning time and use every minute on learning, not pencil sharpening. Our school also doesn't have any manual pencil sharpeners and I have burned out two electric ones. Thus, having pre-sharpened pencils is a life saver. We will use these pencils in numerous ways. We will write stories about "small moments" of our lives, research autobiographies, and write editorials. We will share the wonders of our imagination after reading. Pencils will be used to analyze our city's history and to conduct science experiments about mealworms.

I have the best class in the world, full of budding engineers, authors, lawyers, artists, and entrepreneurs.

We only have a few pencils left in our class and my budget has been stretched thin buying supplies this year. Please help our wonderful learners!

Ms. McGinley
Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Dixon Ticonderoga Pre-Sharpened with Erasers Pencils, #2, Yellow, Box of 30 (13830) • Amazon $5.97 15 $89.55
Dixon Ticonderoga Pre-Sharpened with Erasers Pencils, #2, Yellow, Box of 30 (13830) • Amazon $5.97 1 $5.97
Dixon Ticonderoga Pre-Sharpened with Erasers Pencils, #2, Yellow, Box of 30 (13830) • Amazon $5.97 1 $5.97

Materials cost

$101.49

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.52

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$133.01

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$23.47

Total project goal

$156.48

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $156.48

3 Donors

-$156.48

Donations toward project cost

-$133.01

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$23.47

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 $0.00

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