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Mrs. Pierce from Springfield, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Read Alouds for My Kindergarten Crowd!

My students need diverse books to improve literacy and writing. Some of these books include, Lon Po Po, Ghandhi: A March to the Sea, and If You Were a Question Mark.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Pierce's classroom raised $609

This project is fully funded

My Students

"Reading is dreaming with open eyes." My kindergarten students are experts at dreaming big. I truly believe this is one of their best qualities. I have the unique opportunity to help their dreams come alive by helping them get lost in a good book. Quality read alouds can make this

With an enrollment over 500 students, my school is the biggest elementary school in our district.

The school is situated in the heart of the roughest neighborhood in the city. I have 26 kindergarteners in my class, many of whom are below poverty level. I love to see the excitement in their eyes when they come in every morning. My students are so eager to learn. Their eagerness makes me want to do everything I can for them so that they feel safe, happy, and respected within the walls of our room because unfortunately many of them are not able to feel this way in their homes. I have a group of talented children. All of my students are very different from each other. I have some kids that have a very outgoing personality that love to make the class laugh. A few of them are more introverted. Some of my students are great dancers while others are great drawers and painters. What all of my students have in common is that they all come to school each day with a positive attitude.

My Project

Finding a good read aloud creates an opportunity for much more learning than just listening to a good story. I was fortunate to listen to experts and get their advice on many purposeful read alouds. From these books, I will be able to create meaningful lessons that include active listening, close readings, collaborative book talks, book reviews, and guided writing. My students will be able to collaborate on many different aspects of the text. Within the fiction books they will be able to express their opinion while offering support. On the other hand, the non-fiction books will allow them to cite factual information from the text. These books will allow me to integrate many different genres into our daily lessons. I have chosen a wide variety of topics from the Underground Railroad to books filled with opportunities for imagining new and different worlds. I look forward to seeing improvement in literacy across the board from these books.

My students love learning and I am in a position to give all I have to foster that love.

Many of my students have been through more in their short lives than most adults will ever experience. If I am able to help them dream big and find joy in reading and in life, I will be able to change their lives even if only for a short time. Even more important, a love of reading may just awaken them to the reality of a world different from their own where they may find even greater opportunity.

Mrs. Pierce Feitshans Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Nearly all 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
If You Were a Noun • AKJ Books $19.94 1 $19.94
If You Were an Exclamation Point • AKJ Books $19.94 1 $19.94
Abraham Lincoln • AKJ Books $16.16 1 $16.16
Face Bug • AKJ Books $15.26 1 $15.26
City Cat • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
A Ball for Daisy • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
The Greatest Dinosaur Ever • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
Henry''s Freedom Box • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
George Washington''s Birthday • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
The Day the Crayons Quit • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
Three Little Pigs • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
Sing • Amazon $12.80 1 $12.80
Won Ton: A Cat Tale Told in Haiku • Amazon $12.75 1 $12.75
There Was An Old Monster! • Amazon $12.75 1 $12.75
The Cart That Carried Martin • Amazon $12.73 1 $12.73
Many Moons • AKJ Books $12.41 1 $12.41
Super Hair-O and the Barber of Doom • AKJ Books $12.40 1 $12.40
Bob Books Set #3: Word Families (Bob Books Series) Bobby Lyn • AKJ Books $12.40 1 $12.40
Doodleday • AKJ Books $12.40 1 $12.40
Billy & Milly, Short & Silly • AKJ Books $12.40 1 $12.40
A Little Book of Sloth • AKJ Books $12.40 1 $12.40
Unspoken • AKJ Books $12.40 1 $12.40
Sourpuss and Sweetie Pie • AKJ Books $12.37 1 $12.37
Eats, Shoots and Leaves: Why, Commas Really Do Make a Difference! (HB) • AKJ Books $11.67 1 $11.67
Guyku • AKJ Books $10.94 1 $10.94
Gandhi: A March to the Sea • Amazon $10.79 1 $10.79
John Denver's Take Me Home, Country Roads (John Denver & Kids Series) • Amazon $8.06 1 $8.06
Sam, Bangs & Moonshine • AKJ Books $6.56 1 $6.56
Penny and the Punctuation Bee • AKJ Books $6.29 1 $6.29
Laugheteria • AKJ Books $5.84 1 $5.84
Punctuation Takes a Vacation • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
Lon Po Po • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
Nouns and Verbs Have a Field Day Robin Pulver, Lynn Rowe Ree • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
I Love Our Earth • AKJ Books $5.80 1 $5.80
If You Were a Question Mark Shelly Lyons, Sara Gray (Illustr • AKJ Books $5.80 1 $5.80
If You Were a Verb Michael Dahl, Sara Gray (Illustrator) • AKJ Books $5.80 1 $5.80
If You Were a Compound Word Trisha Speed Shaskan, Sara Gray • AKJ Books $5.80 1 $5.80
If You Were a Capital Letter Trisha Speed Shaskan, Sara Gray • AKJ Books $5.80 1 $5.80
If You Were an Exclamation Point • AKJ Books $5.80 1 $5.80
If You Were a Prefix • AKJ Books $5.80 1 $5.80
White Snow, Bright Snow • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
A My Name Is Alice • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Tyrannosaurus Was a Beast • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Once I Ate a Pie Patricia MacLachlan, Emily MacLachlan Chare • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
My Friend Rabbit Eric Rohmann, Eric Rohmann (Illustrator) • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
The Snowy Day • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Lulu and the Brontosaurus • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
To Root, to Toot, to Parachute • AKJ Books $5.07 1 $5.07
Fat Cat on a Mat • AKJ Books $3.64 1 $3.64
Bow-Wow Attracts Opposites • AKJ Books $3.61 1 $3.61

Materials cost

$479.68

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.20

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$516.88

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$91.21

Total project goal

$608.09

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $608.09

3 Donors

-$390.45

Donations toward project cost

-$346.88

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$43.57

match offer

-$200.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$170.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$17.64

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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