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Mrs. Johnson from Vancouver, WA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Poetry Matters!

My students need a variety of poetry books so they can become better poets.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Johnson's classroom raised $169

This project is fully funded

My Students

We ask students to write poems but without a large library of poetry to read, students will never quite understand the magic of poetry...or be able to write it themselves. My classroom library is lacking poetry books.

The school year is drawing near.

I'm sure my future second grade students are getting ready for the year and so am I. I will have about 25 students. Second graders have incredible imaginations and they are at a place, academically, where they can experiment with word choice, sentence structure, and how they organize their stories. I am looking forward to teaching this new group about the magic and power of poetry.

My Project

In my professional reading, I read time and time again, that in order for students to be good writers, they must first be exposed to HUNDREDS of books. The more they read, the better they write. I have seen this in my classroom however, the one genre I am lacking resources in is poetry. I have requested 11 quality poetry books to add to my library. Second graders LOVE poetry. It's funny, serious, accessible to all readers, and inspiring. I want to provide more poetry books to inspire my new class.

We all know that reading takes you places.

Poetry not only gives a snap shot of an event or moment but it evokes emotion and allows students to express themselves with words that paint pictures in their reader's minds. Please help me expand my library so that I can show my students the beauty of poetry.

Mrs. Johnson Riverview Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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More than half 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

25 students impacted 5donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Days to Celebrate: A Full Year of Poetry, People, Holidays, • AKJ Books $14.05 1 $14.05
Spectacular Science • AKJ Books $5.91 1 $5.91
Mathematickles! • AKJ Books $5.91 1 $5.91
Revenge of the Lunch Ladies • AKJ Books $6.62 1 $6.62
Because I Could Not Stop My Bike • AKJ Books $5.88 1 $5.88
Sometimes I Wonder If Poodles Like Noodles • AKJ Books $5.91 1 $5.91
For Laughing Out Loud: Poems to Tickle Your Funnybone Jack P • AKJ Books $14.76 1 $14.76
Messing Around on the Monkey Bars: and Other School Poems fo • AKJ Books $14.05 1 $14.05
Insect Soup: Bug Poems Barry Louis Polisar, David Clark (Ill • AKJ Books $13.46 1 $13.46
The Cuckoo''s Haiku and Other Birding Poems Michael J. Rosen, • AKJ Books $13.31 1 $13.31
I Saw You in the Bathtub : And Other Folk Rhymes • AKJ Books $2.95 1 $2.95

Materials cost

$102.81

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $9.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.54

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$143.35

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$25.30

Total project goal

$168.65

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $168.65

4 Donors

-$151.00

Donations toward project cost

-$143.35

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.65

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$17.65

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