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Ms. Amodeo from Los Angeles CA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Writer's Blocks

My students need notebooks, pencils, a pencil sharpener, story, writing prompt, and retell cubes; reading and conversation cubes and a writer's block box.

  • $300 goal

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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.

My Students

Kids hate writer's block. When they can't think of ideas for a story, they start to dread writing. I want my kids to love writing, so let's give them some writer's blocks that make writing fun.

My fourth graders live in a working class and immigrant neighborhood.

Most of them are learning English as a second language, some have special needs, and all of them love to learn. Our Title I school is an important safe haven for my kids, who are surrounded by poverty and gang activity.

My Project

My kids will enjoy writing if they have a writing center that is fun and inviting. The writing cubes we are requesting have different prompts on them, like "If I could fly, I would..." or "If I were a king, I would..." On the retell story cubes, students are asked to tell about a character's feelings, or retell the story using a different setting. My students will be able to work independently, writing fun stories based on a roll of the cubes. These writer's "blocks" will bring a level of surprise and spontaneity to the writing process. We are asking for several kinds of story cubes and prompts, plus basic writing materials like notebooks, pencils and a pencil sharpener.

Thanks to your generous donation, my students will love getting writer's block!

With each visit to their writing center, they will roll the dice and start having fun. My students and I thank you!

Ms. Amodeo
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Tops Spiral-Bound Notebook 8x10-1/2" Wide Ruling, White, 70 Sheets/Pad, Punched • Quill.com $1.25 40 $50.00
X-ACTO School Pro Electric Pencil Sharpener • Quill.com $41.39 1 $41.39
Economy Entre Pencils • Quill.com $4.49 6 $26.94
Writers Block, Grades 3-6 • Quill.com $14.84 1 $14.84
Story Starter Word Cubes • Quill.com $11.69 1 $11.69
Story Starter Picture Cubes • Quill.com $11.69 1 $11.69
Writing Prompt Cubes • Quill.com $11.69 1 $11.69
Conversation Cubes • Quill.com $11.51 1 $11.51
Retell a Story Cubes • Quill.com $11.51 1 $11.51
Reading Comprehension Cubes • Quill.com $11.51 1 $11.51

Materials cost

$202.77

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$18.55

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.04

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$254.36

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$44.89

Total project goal

$299.25

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$299.25

1 Donor

-$299.25

Donations toward project cost

-$254.36

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$44.89

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$0.00

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