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Mrs. Walsh from Magna, UT is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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The Importance of Cursive

Help me give my students cursive workbooks to practice the art of cursive.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Walsh's classroom raised $207

This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are in a low income area, with parents that work a lot in order to support their families. Because of the amount that they work we don't have a lot of parental involvement in the classroom. These students face a lot of challenges every single day and I do my best to help them be successful and loved here at school.

My students now have access to one to one technology with each of them having their own Chromebook in our classroom.

I have seen them take ownership of their learning and have been very impressed with the gains they have made while using this new technology.

My Project

Teaching cursive writing is one of my favorite things to do. I love seeing the enthusiasm my students have when we begin cursive writing. It almost feels like a rite of passage for many students. Each year I have a few students that are hesitant to begin and each year I have students that jump right in and want to write everything in cursive.

Cursive is a required skill and important for today's students to have.

I want them to enjoy the process of learning it so they don't see it as another monotonous expectation from their teacher. We are not provided with cursive curriculum to teach our students. I would like to have workbooks for my students so they can see the correct formation of letters and can practice by tracing over the letters they are struggling with. They also take ownership of books they can call their own instead of just practicing on a single sheet of paper. I want to see all my students succeed with cursive writing and know cursive books would help accomplish this.

Mrs. Walsh Magna Elementary School Grades 3-5

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Traditional Handwriting: Beginning Cursive, Grades 1 - 3 • Amazon Business $3.99 36 $143.64

Materials cost

$143.64

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.15

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$175.79

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$31.02

Total project goal

$206.81

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$206.81

3 Donors

-$126.81

Donations toward project cost

-$120.54

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$6.27

match offer

-$65.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$55.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$9.75

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$15.00

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

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