You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). Keep up the great work!
Take credit for your charitable giving! Check out your tax receipts
To use your $50 gift card credits, find a project to fund and we'll automatically apply your credits at checkout. Find a classroom project
Skip to main content

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.

Your school email address was successfully verified.

See this teacher's page

Mrs. Brookshire-Tidmore from Waco TX is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Reading Our Way Into Writing

My students need mentor text to help guide them to become better authors (writers). We would use the text such as, "What do Authors Do?" to help understand the process of writing.

  • $179 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

My students come to school everyday excited about the next adventure we will go on.

My students are growing and learning in the same small, tight knit, school community that inspired me to become a teacher.

They are dreamers, thinkers, talkers, and questioners. They are inspirations to themselves and others around them. They are travelers, artist, mathematicians, scientists, entrepreneurs, teachers and they are our future. As their teacher I want to give them a great start to their long successful career.

My Project

The materials purchased will help students dive into writing. These books are great examples for our early readers and writers to explore.

Our Kindergarten students are eager to learn and being writing their stories!

With these books circulating the classroom, students will feel they can be authors too. Students will start by understanding an authors purpose by reading "What Do Author's Do". They will then move to books that only have pictures such as, "Flashlight". These books will help stir the child's imagination to create their own story to write and tell.

Again, our Kindergarten class is excited to tell their stories!

Mrs. Brookshire-Tidmore
Grades PreK-2

Boost your odds

Add a profile photo in addition to your classroom photo. If you add a photo, it'll show up right here on your project page.

You are more likely to receive funding if you put a face to your name.

Upload a photo

Top rated for efficiency and transparency.

You donate directly to the teacher or project you care about and see where every dollar you give goes.

Expand the "Where your donation goes" section below to see exactly what Mrs. Brookshire-Tidmore is requesting.

See our finances

TEACHERS, FEELING INSPIRED?

You can start a project with the same resources being requested here!

Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Pass It On • Amazon Business $13.47 1 $13.47
The Book of Mistakes • Amazon Business $13.29 1 $13.29
A Ball for Daisy (Caldecott Medal - Winner Title(s)) • Amazon Business $13.25 1 $13.25
Ish (Creatrilogy) • Amazon Business $12.01 1 $12.01
My Very Own Space • Amazon Business $11.86 1 $11.86
Flashlight • Amazon Business $10.80 1 $10.80
Not a Box • Amazon Business $10.49 1 $10.49
The Crayon Box that Talked • Amazon Business $10.36 1 $10.36
What Do Authors and Illustrators Do? (Two Books in One) • Amazon Business $9.33 1 $9.33
The Alphabet Tree (Dragonfly Books) • Amazon Business $7.83 1 $7.83
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?: With Audio Read by Eric Carle • Amazon Business $7.39 1 $7.39

Materials cost

$120.08

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.80

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$151.88

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$26.80

Total project goal

$178.68

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$178.68

2 Donors

-$178.68

Donations toward project cost

-$151.88

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.80

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

Our team works hard to negotiate the best pricing and selections available.

View complete list Show less

Support your local school!

Donate directly to any school in the US. Your donation will go towards directly purchasing urgent supplies.

Find a local school

Project Activity

{"pmaHash":"","schoolCity":"Waco","showProjectRecommendations":true,"teachersOnPage":[3452217],"isTeacherViewingTheirOwnProject":false,"hideTeacherDetails":false,"schoolState":"TX","teacherPossessivePronoun":"her","PMsManager":null,"schoolGradeType":{"id":1,"name":"Early Education"},"TeacherPMForms":{},"proposalId":3001190,"proposalMessageFormModel":null,"numActiveProjects":0,"completingDonationAmount":0,"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"proposalURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/project/reading-our-way-into-writing/3001190/","verifyShowPhotos":"","eligibleToBeCopied":false,"mayHaveReplacements":false,"numStudents":18,"teacherScreenName":"Mrs. Brookshire-Tidmore","isEquityFocus":false,"authorIds":{"3452217":{"owner":"Mrs. Brookshire-Tidmore","donationSalutations":{}}},"displayedPercentFunded":1.0,"proposalsOnPage":[3001190],"proposalHash":"1880643937","isApplePayMobileOnly":true,"progressBarPercentage":100.00,"pmaId":"","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3452217_272x272.jpg?width=136&height=136&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1454897129469","teacherHasProfilePhoto":true,"currentWorkflowStatusCode":21,"teacherChallengeId":20720871,"photosPublished":true,"queryString":"","DonorPMForm":null,"isApplePayEnabled":true,"fundedByTarget":false,"activeProject":null,"donorIdsForImpactPhotoCheck":["MzQ1MjIxNw==","MzQ3MDQxMw=="],"teacherId":3452217,"schoolCounty":"Mclennan","fullyFunded":true,"isStudentLed":false,"isExpired":true,"schoolStateObj":{"code":"TX","name":"Texas"}}