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Mrs. Alford from Georgetown, SC is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Wild About Writing

My students need composition notebooks, pencils, and crayons to begin journal writing.

  • $425 goal

This project expired on December 25, 2012.

This project expired on December 25, 2012.

Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

"For me, writing is exploration; and most of the time, I'm surprised where the journey takes me," Jack Dann said, and I want my students to find this to be true for them, as well.

My kindergarten students are from a high poverty neighborhood in South Carolina, and are statistically at great risk of becoming high school dropouts.

They come into school with very little exposure to reading and writing, and I want to ensure that they walk out of my classroom door at the end of the school year academically ready for first grade and motivated and prepared to be excellent learners (and future college graduates)!

My Project

The composition books, pencils, and crayons will be important for my students because they will be a record of the progress of each student's writing skills. Students will use these books to improve not only their ability to write well, but their desire to create and tell stories. Students will be able to record new experiences throughout the year in their composition notebooks. They will also be able to keep these books to look back on someday.

My students desperately need to be able to communicate well through writing in order to have a successful journey through their academic careers.

These materials will allow students to document their thoughts and ideas, practice their handwriting, and record learned information. These are all skills which are crucial to academic success.

Mrs. Alford
Grades PreK-2

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
BOOK-COMPOSITION-PRIMARY - MEA09956 • School Specialty Inc. $4.18 28 $117.04
PENCIL LARGE FIRST PACK OF 12 • School Specialty Inc. $5.98 12 $71.76
CRAYONS CRAYOLA 8CT JUMBO SET OF 8 • School Specialty Inc. $3.22 28 $90.16

Materials cost

$278.96

Vendor shipping charges

 $27.90

Sales tax

 $19.67

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.18

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$360.71

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$63.65

Total project goal

$424.36

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