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Ms. Rocuant from Chicago, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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The Magic of Fantasy: Genre Study Project Part Two

My students need five copies each of four different picture books, including "Sector 7" and "Merlin and the Dragon", along with single copies of two additional titles.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Rocuant's classroom raised $257

This project is fully funded

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This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

Seventy percent of the students that attend the school at which I teach fall below the poverty line and are often not exposed to rich literature at home. I teach third graders that run a wide range of reading abilities and needs, from students with special needs to gifted learners. This project brings a dose of magic into our classroom while teaching my students strategies that help them maneuver and learn more about the genre of fantasy regardless of their reading level.

I could give you the "teacher" reason on why I have created this proposal, but I want to begin by explaining that ALL kids love magic. I think even some of us "big kids" love it too, hence the cultural draw to the Harry Potter books and movies. This project was designed with that in mind: open a door to a world of great books that many children never really considered before. This is the key to creating life-long readers, constantly exposing them to great books, by reading out loud and exposing them to new reads. I want to be able to do this systematically, but I need help! We need books! After teaching fifth graders for five years, I recently was asked to teach third grade, but was disappointed to see that many of the books that I had collected over those years were too difficult for my incoming third graders. This project, if funded, will help extend our classroom library for years to come, but will be used as a springboard for many great lessons that cannot happen without a little bit of magic called generosity!

This project will help bring excellent fantasy literature to my students, serving a two-fold purpose. One, it will help extend my students' knowledge of literature by exploring and reading different genres. Secondly, it helps build our classroom library, so following the culmination of our Genre Study Project, my students will be able to enjoy these beautiful books throughout the rest of the year.

Your help will ensure that my students have access to high-quality literature and will continue to grow as readers reading REAL books. Too often, teachers are limited to using their school's basal program, which transforms beautiful books into abbreviated stories bound by a test-prep mentality. This project is inspired by the idea that children CAN and DO learn by reading authentic literature. Thank you in advance for reading this and helping my students become life-long learners and readers!

Ms. Rocuant Gray Elementary School Grades 3-5

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Bad Case of Stripes Shannon, David Shannon (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 5 $31.45
Harvey Potter's Balloon Farm Jerdine Nolen, Mark Buehner, Mark Buehner (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 5 $31.45
Merlin and the Dragons Jane Yolen, Li Ming (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 5 $31.45
Wizard Jack Prelutsky, Brandon Dorman (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.29 1 $15.29
Tuesday David Wiesner, David Wiesner (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Sector 7 David Wiesner, David Wiesner (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $12.80 5 $64.00

Materials cost

$180.83

Vendor shipping charges

 $18.08

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.71

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$210.61

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$46.23

Total project goal

$256.84

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $256.84

1 Donor

-$256.84

Donations toward project cost

-$210.61

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$46.23

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