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Mrs. Bindrich from Slinger, WI is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mrs. Bindrich's classroom raised $338

Poetry Books Mentor Young Poets

My students need an appropriate, relevant and motivating collection of poetry at their fingertips to use as mentors as they embark on writing original poems.

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Mrs. Bindrich Slinger Middle School
Slinger, WI Grades 6-8

My Students

Poetry? Again? We do that every year! Let's face it: poetry can be confusing and misunderstood. While some look forward to it, many students just don't get poetry. Poetry provides a wealth of learning opportunities in writing and in life- we all need poetry!

My seventh grade students are curious, energetic, and creative.

Their interests range from music and art to sports to politics and the environment. I teach roughly 125 students at a suburban school in Wisconsin, whose interests and strengths are diverse and unique.

My Project

Every year, I begin an uphill battle nurturing the 7th grade poet out of his or her shell. Having daily access to relevant poetry titles from the start of the year will help. I've found poetry books that focus on friends, family, sports, multicultural experiences, nature, and teen angst. Each and every student will have the opportunity to find a poet or a poem that "speaks" to him or her.

Your donation will not only positively impact my current students, but also my students in the future.

Adding a poetry shelf to our classroom library will expose students to writing that they may not check out on their own at the library. This safe and easy access will allow students to understand poetry in a natural and unforced way- this is so important in early adolescence.

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Mrs. Bindrich Slinger Middle School Grades 6-8 Slinger, WI View local requests 125 students impacted 6donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Falling Down the Page Georgia Heard (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $12.20 1 $12.20
Technically, It's Not My Fault: Concrete Poems John Grandits • Barnes and Noble $5.35 1 $5.35
The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom Margarita Engle • Barnes and Noble $12.20 1 $12.20
Poetrees Douglas Florian, Douglas Florian (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $12.23 1 $12.23
A Child's Calendar John Updike, Trina Schart Hyman (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $12.92 1 $12.92
Rimshots: Basketball Pix, Rolls, and Rhythms Charles R. Smith, Charles R. Smith (Photographer) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Ego-Tripping and Other Poems for Young People Nikki Giovanni, George Ford (Illustrator), Foreword by Virginia Hamilton • Barnes and Noble $7.88 1 $7.88
Mother Earth/Father Sky: Poems of Our Planet Jane Yolen, Jennifer Hewitson (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.34 1 $15.34
Water Music: Poems for Children Jane Yolen, Jason Stemple (Photographer) • Barnes and Noble $9.36 1 $9.36
Wild Wings: Poems for Young People Jane Yolen, Jason Stemple (Photographer) • Barnes and Noble $8.95 1 $8.95
Street Love Walter Dean Myers • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
Paint Me Like I Am: Teen Poems from WritersCorps Bill Aguado, Richard Newirth, Foreword by Nikki Giovanni, Kevin Powell • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
You Hear Me?: Poems and Writing by Teenage Boys Betsy Franco, Betsy Franco (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
American Dragons: Twenty-Five Asian American Voices Laurence Yep, Kam Mak (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Pain Tree: And Other Teenage Angst-Ridden Poetry Mark Todd (Editor), Esther Watson (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
God Went to Beauty School Cynthia Rylant • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
This Same Sky: A Collection of Poems from Around the World Naomi Shihab Nye • Barnes and Noble $9.39 1 $9.39
Poetry Matters: Writing a Poem from the Inside Out Ralph Fletcher • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Poetry Speaks Who I Am Elise Paschen, Dominique Raccah (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $14.39 1 $14.39
Blue Lipstick: Concrete Poems John Grandits, John Grandits (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.35 1 $5.35
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows • Barnes and Noble $10.08 1 $10.08
Hip Hop Speaks to Children: A Celebration of Poetry with a Beat (A Poetry Speaks Experience Series) Nikki Giovanni, Michele Noiset (Illustrator), Kristen Balouch (Illustrator), Jeremy Tugeau (Illustrator), Damian Ward (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.39 1 $14.39
Zombie Haiku: Good Poetry For Your...Brains Ryan Mecum • Barnes and Noble $8.99 1 $8.99
Family of Poems: My Favorite Poetry for Children Caroline Kennedy, John J. Muth (Illustrator), Jon J Muth (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.36 1 $14.36
Color Me a Rhyme: Nature Poems for Young People Jane Yolen, Jason Stemple (Photographer) • Barnes and Noble $7.88 1 $7.88
This is Just to Say: Poems of Apology and Forgiveness Joyce Sidman, Pamela Zagarenski (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.52 1 $11.52
Baseball, Snakes and Summer Squash: Poems about Growing Up Donald Graves, Paul Birling (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.95 1 $8.95
Writing Kind of Day: Poems for Young Poets Ralph J. Fletcher • Barnes and Noble $8.95 1 $8.95

Materials cost

$263.66

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.95

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$276.61

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$60.72

Total project goal

$337.33

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $337.33

3 Donors

-$45.00

Donations toward project cost

-$36.90

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$8.10

match offer

-$292.33

Match offer toward project cost

-$239.71

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$52.62

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