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Mrs. K. from Wimauma FL is requesting Books through DonorsChoose, the #1 classroom funding site for teachers.

Teaching All the Genres

My students need fairytales, fables, folktales, poetry and books on figurative language.

  • $492 goal

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My Students

I am a Reading Coach so I have the amazing opportunity to work with students across the grade levels at our school. I teach lessons in Kindergarten through 5th grade as well as pull small groups of struggling readers.

Despite the challenges our students face in and out of school, they are sweet, hard-working kids and each year they grow as learners.

We are a Title One school. We have a large percentage of ELL students and migrant students. Our students struggle with language acquisition, vocabulary and reading.

My Project

Our students need books that are from different genres. These books on mythology, fairytales, fables, folktales, poetry, and figurative language will give our students exposure to different genres and the background knowledge they lack. They have heard of the movie cinderella, but understanding that different cultures have their own version of the story is new to them. Understanding that fairytales can have different points of view is also something I want to expose out students to.

Many of the students at our school have no experience with mythology and poetry.

These books will help us expose them to stories from different cultures.

English Language Learners struggle with figurative language. These poetry books and books on idioms and similes will help build their background knowledge for this genre.

These books will help expose students in several classes to these wonderful picture books and poems. They will be used through independent reading, shared reading and read-clouds.

Mrs. K.
Grades 3-5
Nearly all students from low‑income households

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This project will reach 250 students.

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
National Geographic Book of Nature Poetry: More than 200 Poems With Photographs That Float, Zoom, and Bloom! (Stories & Poems) • Amazon Business $17.49 1 $17.49
National Geographic Book of Animal Poetry: 200 Poems with Photographs That Squeak, Soar, and Roar! (Stories & Poems) • Amazon Business $17.46 1 $17.46
Treasury of Greek Mythology: Classic Stories of Gods, Goddesses, Heroes & Monsters • Amazon Business $16.50 1 $16.50
The Random House Book of Poetry for Children • Amazon Business $15.50 1 $15.50
My Best Friend Is As Sharp As a Pencil: And Other Funny Classroom Portraits • Amazon Business $14.77 1 $14.77
D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths • Amazon Business $13.96 1 $13.96
Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings • Amazon Business $13.59 1 $13.59
The Three Pigs • Amazon Business $11.75 1 $11.75
National Geographic Kids Everything Mythology: Begin Your Quest for Facts, Photos, and Fun Fit for Gods and Goddesses • Amazon Business $10.81 1 $10.81
Poetry for Kids: Emily Dickinson • Amazon Business $9.90 1 $9.90
Something Big Has Been Here • Amazon Business $9.85 1 $9.85
The New Kid on the Block • Amazon Business $8.98 1 $8.98
It's Raining Pigs & Noodles • Amazon Business $8.98 1 $8.98
The Rough-Face Girl • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Crazy Like a Fox: A Simile Story • Amazon Business $7.98 1 $7.98
Little Red Riding Hood • Amazon Business $7.81 1 $7.81
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears: A West African Tale • Amazon Business $7.67 1 $7.67
Stubborn as a Mule and Other Silly Similes (Ways to Say It) • Amazon Business $7.49 1 $7.49
You're Toast and Other Metaphors We Adore (Ways to Say It) • Amazon Business $7.49 1 $7.49
Ruby's Wish • Amazon Business $7.48 1 $7.48
Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China • Amazon Business $7.42 1 $7.42
In a Pickle: And Other Funny Idioms • Amazon Business $7.31 1 $7.31
Why The Sky Is Far Away: A Nigerian Folktale • Amazon Business $7.00 1 $7.00
James Marshall's Cinderella • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Goldilocks and the Three Bears (Picture Puffin Books) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Some Smug Slug • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
The Egyptian Cinderella • Amazon Business $6.98 1 $6.98
No Lie, Pigs (and Their Houses) Can Fly!: The Story of the Three Little Pigs as Told by the Wolf (The Other Side of the Story) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
Seriously, Cinderella Is SO Annoying!: The Story of Cinderella as Told by the Wicked Stepmother (The Other Side of the Story) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
Seriously, Snow White Was SO Forgetful!: The Story of Snow White as Told by the Dwarves (The Other Side of the Story) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
Really, Rapunzel Needed a Haircut!: The Story of Rapunzel as Told by Dame Gothel (The Other Side of the Story) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
The Polar Bear Son: An Inuit Tale • Amazon Business $6.88 1 $6.88
The Korean Cinderella (Trophy Picture Books (Paperback)) • Amazon Business $6.29 1 $6.29
Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
The Three Little Pigs and the Somewhat Bad Wolf (A StoryPlay Book) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Trust Me, Jack's Beanstalk Stinks!: The Story of Jack and the Beanstalk as Told by the Giant (The Other Side of the Story) • Amazon Business $5.89 1 $5.89
Red Riding Hood (retold by James Marshall) • Amazon Business $5.83 1 $5.83
Adelita • Amazon Business $5.69 1 $5.69
Believe Me, Goldilocks Rocks!: The Story of the Three Bears as Told by Baby Bear (The Other Side of the Story) • Amazon Business $5.40 1 $5.40
Cinderella • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig • Amazon Business $4.74 1 $4.74
Honestly, Red Riding Hood Was Rotten!: The Story of Little Red Riding Hood as Told by the Wolf (The Other Side of the Story) • Amazon Business $4.53 1 $4.53
Poetry for Young People: Robert Frost • Amazon Business $4.12 1 $4.12
The Three Little Pigs (Reading Railroad) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Rapunzel • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
DK Readers L3: Greek Myths • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Jack and the Beanstalk • Amazon Business $2.74 1 $2.74

Materials cost

$381.98

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

State sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.73

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$417.71

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$73.71

Total project goal

$491.42

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $491.42

1 Donor

-$491.42

Donations toward project cost

-$417.71

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$73.71

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