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Ms. Ledford from Sacramento, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Poetry in Motion: Encouraging Student Voice

Help me give my students the encouragement to find their voice through an exploration of modern poetry for teens!

  • $395 goal

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My Project

Our students are thoughtful, creative, expressive, and eager to find ways to get their voices heard. We are fortunate to have collaborative teachers that allow space for students to create in many of their classes, not just one or two. Our students have demonstrated so far this year that they are eager to build relationships with each other and with their teachers again beyond virtual walls.

Poetry fuels students not just creatively, but academically as well.

Our students are facing a learning gap like many other students from around the nation due to the pandemic. Besides missing content in core academic areas, students need the time and space for creativity, too. They are asking for it and we are attempting to give it to them.

Ms. Ledford
Grades 9-12

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Ain't Burned All the Bright • Amazon Business $15.80 2 $31.60
Deeper Than The Ocean • Amazon Business $14.99 2 $29.98
I would, but my DAMN MIND won't let me!: a teen's guide to controlling their thoughts and feelings (Words of Wisdom for Teens) • Amazon Business $14.95 2 $29.90
150 Most Famous Poems: Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, William Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe, Walt Whitman and many more • Amazon Business $14.61 2 $29.22
American Poetry to Read Aloud: A Collection of Diverse Poems • Amazon Business $12.99 2 $25.98
I'm Rising: Determined. Confident. Powerful. • Amazon Business $12.49 2 $24.98
Home Is Not a Country • Amazon Business $10.42 2 $20.84
IMPERFECT: poems about mistakes: an anthology for middle schoolers • Amazon Business $8.49 2 $16.98
A Poetry Book For Sad, Messed-Up Teenagers (Giving Up On Giving Up) • Amazon Business $7.50 2 $15.00
When the Stars Wrote Back: Poems • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
The Best American Poetry 2020 (The Best American Poetry series) • Amazon Business $14.79 1 $14.79
Tales of Woe: Contemporary Suspense Poetry • Amazon Business $11.41 1 $11.41
A Suspension in Time: A Collection of Poetry • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99

Materials cost

$275.66

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $25.22

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.13

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$335.01

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$59.12

Total project goal

$394.13

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $394.13

4 Donors

-$394.13

Donations toward project cost

-$335.01

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$59.12

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