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Mrs. Colvig from South San Francisco, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Poetry Books for our Classroom Library!

Help me give my students new poetry books so they can write their own poems to express themselves!

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Colvig's classroom raised $225

This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are creative writers and serious readers! They enjoy having choice about the texts that they read. They are also working at expressing themselves (but sometimes they struggle at this skill), which is why poetry books are such an integral part of our classroom library! During National Poetry Month, we will be analyzing lots of poetry of many different forms, topics, and authors. Using these mentor poems, students will then write their own poems.

I would love to be able to support my students' creativity and self expression by providing them with poetry mentor texts.

Middle school is an especially hard time, and having a creative and productive outlet for self expression greatly benefits my students' mental health and self-confidence.

My Project

When my students first hear the word "poetry," they often groan and complain about how boring poetry is. My goal is to change that! I want to expose my students to poetry that is contemporary, meaningful, and exciting. By adding more recent and engaging poetry books to our classroom library, my students will be able to move past their misconceptions about poetry and become expert poets themselves!

In my classroom, poetry is more than just a genre of literature; it is also a beautiful and effective way for my students to get out their feelings and process their daily experiences.

Through poetry, I've seen some of my most reluctant writers become passionate creators of poems that are deeply impactful and meaningful. I would love for all my students to get a chance to use poetry as a therapeutic method of overcoming some of the natural turmoil that comes along with being a teenager.

From donations through Donor's Choose, I've already been able to add some high-interest graphic novels to our classroom library, and I would love to give my students more poetry texts as well. Thank you for supporting my students' passion for reading and writing poetry!

Mrs. Colvig Alta Loma Middle School Grades 6-8

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

South San Francisco, CA View local requests

More than a third of 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

110 students impacted 5donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Gmorning, Gnight!: Little Pep Talks for Me & You • Amazon Business $15.40 1 $15.40
The Poet X • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard • Amazon Business $13.35 1 $13.35
Tears for Water: Poetry & Lyrics • Amazon Business $12.80 1 $12.80
The Sun and Her Flowers • Amazon Business $12.38 1 $12.38
Rebound (The Crossover Series) • Amazon Business $12.07 1 $12.07
Jabberwalking • Amazon Business $10.49 1 $10.49
Burned • Amazon Business $9.09 1 $9.09
Full Cicada Moon • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
the princess saves herself in this one • Amazon Business $8.80 1 $8.80
Brown Girl Dreaming • Amazon Business $8.00 1 $8.00
Booked (The Crossover Series) • Amazon Business $6.81 1 $6.81
Long Way Down • Amazon Business $6.70 1 $6.70
The Crossover (The Crossover Series) • Amazon Business $6.34 1 $6.34

Materials cost

$145.61

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $13.32

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.18

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$191.11

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$33.73

Total project goal

$224.84

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $224.84

2 Donors

-$224.84

Donations toward project cost

-$191.11

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$33.73

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