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Mrs. Kellerstrass from Springfield MO is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

The Write Stuff!

Help me give my students primary journals for creative writing activities for first grade!

  • $186 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are eager to learn. They walk into my classroom every day, ready to learn and full of life. They love working with each other and are very curious about the world around them.

I teach in a Title I school, and my students come from a variety of backgrounds.

Over sixty percent of my students receive free or reduced-price lunch. They are ready for a 21st-century learning environment that helps them develop collaboration skills. These skills will prepare them for what the future holds. They also love participating in our weekly STEM/STEAM activities.

My Project

My students love to be creative! Writing is a great way to show a student's creative ability.

Writing is an important skill to teach to first graders!

The nine months of first grade are arguably the most important in a student's schooling. Writing, like reading, takes a variety of forms in the first-grade classroom. Children “invent” their spellings as they work out their understandings of written language. Writing activities include journal writing, writing creative stories, or documenting their work in other subject areas. These primary journals are a wonderful way to showcase my first graders writing journey. Thank you for considering my project!

Mrs. Kellerstrass
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Mead Primary Journal 7-1/2x9-3/4", Wide Ruling, White, 100 Sheets/Pad • Quill.com $3.14 40 $125.60

Materials cost

$125.60

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.88

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$157.48

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$27.79

Total project goal

$185.27

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $185.27

1 Donor

-$185.27

Donations toward project cost

-$157.48

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$27.79

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 $0.00

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