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Ms. Song from New York NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Becoming Writers

My students need books! As a part of the curriculum, we use books for students to read to become writers, and we're in need of books for different units of studies.

  • $449 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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.

I teach first grade at a Charter School in a high-need community in Harlem, NY. My first graders are enthusiastic and passionate about learning.

One of my students' favorite subject is Writing. Some days they ask to stay in from recess to do more writing- can you believe it, children who'd rather write than to play? As amazing as it sounds, it is more amazing to read their expressions and thoughts come to life through their writings. The difficulty is supplying the books that they need to become writers. As a part of the curriculum, we use touchstone books at the beginning of each unit of study so that the writers will be fully immersed into the genre of study. Therefore, we need supplies of these touchstone books!

The students are amazed by the craft of non-fiction narrative and personal narratives that the published authors have written and try the writing on their own. The more writers are immersed in these great published touchstone books, the better they are able to create their own writing. These books also serve as great read aloud books, where students enjoy listening to and thinking about, and asking and making connections to these stories.

With your contribution of these books, the first grade writers will have opportunities to immerse themselves into how published writers write different genres and create their own writings. Some of my students' dream is to become writers when they grow up, and with your help, you might find one of their writings in the bookshelf at bookstores in years to come!

Ms. Song
Grades PreK-2

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Night Driving John Coy, Peter McCarty (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
Do Like Kyla Angela Johnson, James Ransome (Illustrator), James Ransome (Photographer) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Night Shift Daddy Eileen Spinelli, Melissa Iwai (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.49 1 $13.49
I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato (Charlie and Lola Series) Lauren Child, Lauren Child (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Jalapeno Bagels Natasha Wing, Robert Casilla (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.25 1 $15.25
Sisters & Brothers: Sibling Relationships in the Animal World Steve Jenkins, Robin Page • Barnes and Noble $14.40 1 $14.40
Big Blue Whale Nicola Davies, Nick Maland (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.99 1 $8.99
Bats Gail Gibbons, Gail Gibbons (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
Bat Loves the Night (Read and Wonder Series) Nicola Davies, Sarah Fox-Davies (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
One Tiny Turtle Nicola Davies, Jane Chapman (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Surprising Sharks Nicola Davies, James Croft (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Extreme Animals: The Toughest Creatures on Earth Nicola Davies, Neal Layton (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.69 1 $11.69
What's Eating You?: Parasites--The inside Story Nicola Davies, Neal Layton (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.69 1 $11.69
Poop: A Natural History of the Unmentionable Nicola Davies, Neal Layton (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Ice Bear: Read and Wonder: In the Steps of the Polar Bear Nicola Davies, Gary Blythe (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
White Owl, Barn Owl Nicola Davies, Michael Foreman (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.29 1 $15.29
Actual Size Steve Jenkins • Barnes and Noble $14.40 1 $14.40
What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? Steve Jenkins, Robin Page • Barnes and Noble $12.00 1 $12.00
Biggest, Strongest, Fastest Steve Jenkins • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
Wiggling Worms at Work (Let's-Read-and-Find-out Science Series, Stage 2) Wendy Pfeffer, Steve Jenkins (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Hottest, Coldest, Highest, Deepest Steve Jenkins • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
Almost Gone: The World's Rarest Animals (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science Series) Steve Jenkins, Steve Jenkins (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Honey, I Love and Other Love Poems Eloise Greenfield, Diane Dillon, Leo Dillon (Illustrator), Diane Dillon (Illustrator), Leo and Diane Dillon (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Rosa Parks Eloise Greenfield, Gil Ashby (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.82 1 $3.82
Grandpa's Face Eloise Greenfield, Floyd Cooper, Floyd Cooper (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
The Random House Book of Poetry for Children : A Treasury of 572 Poems for Today's Child Jack Prelutsky, Arnold Lobel (Illustrator), Selected by Jack Prelutsky • Barnes and Noble $18.39 1 $18.39
A Child's Book of Poems Gyo Fujikawa (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.95 1 $8.95
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day and Other Stories and Poems Judith Viorst, Judith Viorst (Illustrator), Ray Cruz (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.56 1 $13.56
Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings Shel Silverstein, Shel Silverstein (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.19 1 $15.19
Owl Moon Jane Yolen, John Schoenherr (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.59 1 $13.59
The American Heritage Children's Dictionary American Heritage Dictionary (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $14.36 2 $28.72

Materials cost

$311.81

Vendor shipping charges

 $31.18

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.80

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$368.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$80.78

Total project goal

$448.78

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $448.78

2 Donors

-$216.44

Donations toward project cost

-$183.97

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$32.47

match offer

-$216.51

Match offer toward project cost

-$177.54

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$38.97

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$7.91

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