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Mrs. Green from Lyman, SC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Superior Books with Superior Sentences

My students need books with superior sentences to promote reading and writing!

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Green's classroom raised $466

This project is fully funded

My Students

Third grade is a giant step away from K-2. Students are moving away from learning to read to reading to learn. We, as teachers, still guide them closely, but our goal is to have students work independently. Having grade-level appropriate, standards-based books to read to students and for students to read is so important. These students may not have the money to have books at home nor the means to get to the public library. It's my job to provide a variety of reading material.

My elementary believes "Every Child, Every Day".

We strive each day to meet the diverse needs of our students through effective teaching practices to ensure that every child has the opportunity to reach their full potential. A majority of our students receive free or reduced-price lunch. Over half of our students qualify for the national school lunch program, which means the family income must be below 130% of the poverty line.

My Project

Instead of standing up in front of the class and lecturing about grammar rules and telling students, “It’s just the way it is” in reference to memorizing grammar rules, you can stand up in front of the class and say, “Let’s look at what R.J. Palacio, Kate DiCamillo, or Lois Lowry does in this sentence.”

Through mentor sentences, you can intrigue students and subconsciously get them interested in books.

A single sentence can cause students to wonder and predict what it means in the context of a story. They can also expose students to quality writing and inspire them to try out techniques used by their favorite authors in their writing.

On Monday we read the book. What do you notice about this sentence? They might see exciting words, figurative language, punctuation, or different parts of speech. On Tuesday we rewrite the mentor sentence exactly as it is and we identify the different parts of speech. On Wednesday we revise the mentor sentence by making it more descriptive or exciting, but we keep the meaning the same! By Thursday we are ready to imitate the mentor sentence by keeping the style and structure the same but making it their own. This will be a whole new sentence. On Friday we reread the text, noticing other sentences that might have the same qualities and we apply them to our own writing!

Mrs. Green Lyman Elementary School Grades 3-5

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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

24 students impacted 3donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Stellaluna - Oversize edition • Amazon Business $26.99 1 $26.99
Revolutionary War on Wednesday (Magic Tree House (R)) • Amazon Business $4.99 5 $24.95
Civil War On Sunday (Magic Tree House #21) • Amazon Business $4.39 5 $21.95
Sojourner Truth's Step-Stomp Stride • Amazon Business $15.08 1 $15.08
The Wretched Stone • Amazon Business $14.00 1 $14.00
Enemy Pie (Reading Rainbow book) • Amazon Business $13.22 1 $13.22
I Wanna Iguana • Amazon Business $12.79 1 $12.79
Verdi • Amazon Business $12.27 1 $12.27
I Wanna New Room • Amazon Business $10.97 1 $10.97
I Need My Monster • Amazon Business $10.90 1 $10.90
The Recess Queen • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Spaghetti in a Hot Dog Bun: Having the Courage To Be Who You Are • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
Owl Moon • Amazon Business $9.94 1 $9.94
My Mouth Is a Volcano! • Amazon Business $8.66 1 $8.66
Thunder Cake • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Dandelions • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Tar Beach • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Knots on a Counting Rope (Reading Rainbow Books) • Amazon Business $7.98 1 $7.98
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers • Amazon Business $7.98 1 $7.98
The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig • Amazon Business $7.75 1 $7.75
The Rough-Face Girl • Amazon Business $7.73 1 $7.73
Roller Coaster • Amazon Business $7.59 1 $7.59
My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother (Aladdin Picture Books) • Amazon Business $7.58 1 $7.58
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
Grandpa's Teeth (Trophy Picture Books (Paperback)) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Trouble with Trolls • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Groundhog Gets a Say • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
If You Find a Rock • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
My Great-Aunt Arizona • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Shortcut • Amazon Business $6.72 1 $6.72
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs • Amazon Business $6.00 1 $6.00
The Raft • Amazon Business $5.64 1 $5.64
Fireflies • Amazon Business $3.94 1 $3.94

Materials cost

$336.68

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $23.74

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.05

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$395.47

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$69.79

Total project goal

$465.26

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $465.26

2 Donors

-$257.63

Donations toward project cost

-$218.99

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$38.64

match offer

-$207.62

Match offer toward project cost

-$176.48

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$31.14

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.01

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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