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Mrs. Howell from Shelbyville TN is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

We Love to Write and Illustrate!

Help me give my students the tools they need in order to write and illustrate their stories.

  • $165 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are from a beautiful, scenic area of the country. More than half of the students in our school come from low economic backgrounds.

My 1st graders love writing and illustrating their work!

We go through a lot of paper and colored pencils.

My Project

Writing is an integral part of learning. First graders are encouraged to write daily. We go through a lot of writing paper and colored pencils. Because they are still learning how to write and form their letters, we use special lined paper. Once their stories are completed, they love to use their creativity to illustrate their stories. We write what we have learned about each of our units, such as, fables, fairy tales, human body, earth, space, habitats, and our US History. We would love to have enough paper and colored pencils to finish our year writing!

Mrs. Howell
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
LA796 - Best-Buy Colored Pencils - 12-Color Box • Lakeshore Learning Materials $69.99 1 $69.99
TA2694 - Red Baseline Jumbo Picture Story Newsprint • Lakeshore Learning Materials $9.99 2 $19.98
TA2611 - Red Baseline Ruled Newsprint - Gr 1 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $8.99 2 $17.98

Materials cost

$107.95

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.62

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$139.57

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$24.63

Total project goal

$164.20

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$164.20

3 Donors

-$141.07

Donations toward project cost

-$139.57

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$1.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$23.13

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$0.00

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