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Seeking Science: Read-Alouds for Science and Social Studies Integration

Help me give my students read aloud books aligned with our science and social studies standards.

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My Students

Welcome to our classroom! We're a diverse bunch, but what's evident is that we are a community. We are a neighborhood school with about 80% of students walking to or being dropped off at school by a guardian. We are a high poverty school, but my students are motivated to learn and want be engaged in the classroom.

Being an inclusive school, our classroom is full of students with diverse abilities, integrating both general and special education in one room.

These first graders have differing skills, but one thing they have in common is a love for learning.

My first graders are energetic and enthusiastic! They love to sing and get up and move. Unfortunately, many of them are missing basic academic skills in the areas of literacy, math, and writing. This year we are focusing on closing the achievement gap and creating a classroom full of confident, successful students.

My Project

In the elementary classroom Science and Social Studies can often take the back burner to core subjects like Reading and Math. That is why it is so important to integrate these subjects into core instruction. A great way to do this is through read-aloud books during the Reading block!

Read-alouds are a great way to engage students in new content while also activating students' background knowledge.

Students can listen to non-fiction and narrative texts about Science and Social Studies during Reading and then later apply that learning.

In First grade Science we learn Earth, Physical, and Life Sciences. For Earth Science we focus on the Earth's location in relation to the sun, but also about weather, moon phases, and seasons. For Physical Science we study the properties of solids and liquids. For Life Science we study the life cycle of plants. These resources would allow the students to learn about these areas with engaging, colorful books.

First grade Social Studies is about families. These books focus on what it means to be a family, different kind of families, and how people in families are related.

With these books as a resource, my students would have engaging texts to have read to them or to read independently to integrate Science, Social Studies, and Reading.

Ms. Davis Mann Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Tacoma, WA View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

27 students impacted 32donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Who's In My Family?: All About Our Families (Let's Talk about You and Me) • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Moon: A Peek-Through Picture Book • Amazon Business $13.50 1 $13.50
Tree: A Peek-Through Picture Book • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
If You Plant a Seed • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
How Does the Wind Blow? (I Wonder Why) • Amazon Business $11.95 1 $11.95
Many Moons: Learn about the different phases of the moon • Amazon Business $11.52 1 $11.52
Oh Say Can You Say What's the Weather Today?: All About Weather (Cat in the Hat's Learning Library) • Amazon Business $9.35 1 $9.35
Seasons (Discovery Concepts) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Solid Or Liquid? (My Science Library) • Amazon Business $8.95 1 $8.95
Oh Say Can You Seed?: All About Flowering Plants (Cat in the Hat's Learning Library) • Amazon Business $8.79 1 $8.79
The Faces, Err Phases, of the Moon - Astronomy Book for Kids | Children's Astronomy Books • Amazon Business $8.79 1 $8.79
Gusts and Gales: A Book About Wind (Amazing Science: Weather) • Amazon Business $8.40 1 $8.40
The Family Book • Amazon Business $8.00 1 $8.00
Me and My Family Tree • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Reasons for Seasons • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
From Seed to Plant • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Weather Words and What They Mean • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Moon Book • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
Wind (Weather Basics) • Amazon Business $7.29 1 $7.29
What Is the World Made Of?: All About Solids, Liquids, and Gases (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
What Is a Liquid? (First Step Nonfiction) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
How a Seed Grows (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 1) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Sunshine Makes the Seasons (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
How Plants Grow (TIME FOR KIDS® Nonfiction Readers) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
What Is a Solid? (First Step Nonfiction) • Amazon Business $5.95 1 $5.95
Solid or Liquid? (Science Readers: Content and Literacy) • Amazon Business $5.85 1 $5.85
National Geographic Readers: Plants (Level 1 Co-reader) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99

Materials cost

$238.65

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $20.88

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.58

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$293.11

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$51.73

Total project goal

$344.84

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $344.84

31 Donors

-$316.48

Donations toward project cost

-$271.86

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$44.62

match offer

-$25.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$21.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.75

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$3.36

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 $0.00

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