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Mr. Mirtsching from Morganton NC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Writing Wonderland

Help me give my students multiple mentor texts to use for learning opinion writing.

  • $215 goal

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My Students

We are a K-8 public charter school with a diverse population, located in rural Appalachia. Our teachers work to provide a stable, loving environment for those students and continue to teach with a passion to ensure the best learning possible. Our school strives to provide many different opportunities for students to learn and accelerate.

My classroom is a thriving, learning community.

My students work together to enhance their learning and work together as a community. I believe that all students can learn and it is my job to tap into that potential and make it possible!

My Project

In my second grade class, I have made a decision that writing is not going to be left by the road side. Many times in schools writing is not taught because it isn't a tested subject but I believe this is a mistake! Students have lost the art of writing. I am trying to nurture this art in my classroom of second graders.

My students need mentor texts to use to learn all about opinion writing.

Having examples to use while teaching is fun for the students and the teacher. These hardback books will come in handy year after year.

Mr. Mirtsching
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Musgrave Pencil, Half Pencils with Eraser, Golf Events School Church Library Pencil, Hexagon, Number 2, Sharpened, Box of 144, Red • Amazon Business $19.89 1 $19.89
I Want a Cat: My Opinion Essay (The Read and Write Series) • Amazon Business $19.19 1 $19.19
My Crazy Dog: My Narrative Essay (The Read and Write Series) • Amazon Business $19.05 1 $19.05
I Want a Dog: My Opinion Essay (Read and Write) • Amazon Business $19.05 1 $19.05
I Wanna Iguana • Amazon Business $13.77 1 $13.77
I Wanna New Room • Amazon Business $13.59 1 $13.59
Hey, Little Ant • Amazon Business $10.29 1 $10.29
I Hate My Cats (A Love Story) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Don't Feed the Bear • Amazon Business $7.56 1 $7.56

Materials cost

$132.38

Vendor shipping charges

$7.98

Sales tax

$10.33

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.99

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$182.68

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$32.24

Total project goal

$214.92

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$214.92

1 Donor

-$180.00

Donations toward project cost

-$172.50

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.50

match offer

-$11.98

Match offer toward project cost

-$10.18

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$1.80

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$22.94

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

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