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Ms. Kite from Newport News VA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Reading Together While Virtually Learning

Help me give my students physical copies of our virtual read alouds: Fortunately, The Milk, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.

  • $681 goal

This project expired on May 15, 2020.

This project expired on May 15, 2020.

Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

I currently teach 4th grade TAG (talented and gifted) students at a Title 1 school in Newport News, VA. My students come from diverse backgrounds, but all share one thing in common: pure awesomeness. Awesomeness may sound vague, but in truth in encapsulates many things, the first of which is how creative my students are.

The students I work with are so awesome because they are caring and imaginative individuals.

Each moment I spent in the classroom with them was truly magical (even those disciplinary moments that will always happen when you have around 25 kids in one classroom). They are a community of learners who supported one another and were not hesitant to share their thoughts and opinions on anything and everything. I taught them everyday, but I also learned from them each day.

I miss being in that classroom with each of them more than I can put into words. I miss their good mornings, I miss the group hugs they would give me when they were proud of something we had done together. I wish you could know these amazing kids who are destined to be future leaders.

My Project

In Virginia, our physical schools have been shut down for the rest of the year. In my classroom, connections and relationships are key to my students' success as learners. The most successful way we have been able to connect during this time of Virtual Learning is through reading, specifically through our Virtual Read Alouds which I have been recording and putting on Google Classroom.

In the classroom, read alouds were more meaningful and students enjoyed the read alouds even more when they could follow along with a physical copy of the book.

This project will help me send copies of our current and our next two virtual read alouds: Fortunately, The Milk, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone into their hands. This will allow students to read "with" me during our time apart.

Students become better readers when they read with someone, and our connection as a community is solidified through storytelling. My students have had their worlds completely turned upside down with the closure of our school and the introduction of virtual learning. This is one small way in which I can help us maintain our connection and keep our small classroom community strong during this time.

Ms. Kite
Never Before Funded Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone • Amazon Business $8.50 25 $212.50
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane • Amazon Business $7.13 25 $178.25
Fortunately, the Milk • Amazon Business $5.99 25 $149.75

Materials cost

$540.50

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.11

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$578.61

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$102.11

Total project goal

$680.72

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