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Mrs. Hays from Clearwater, FL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Class set of Read Alouds for Gifted Intermediate Students

Help me give my students physical copies of the books we study as part of our Transformations in Stories and Arguments curriculum. Currently, we watch read alouds as we don't have physical copies of these texts.

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This year our gifted curriculum is based on Vanderbilt University's Programs for Talented Youth book, "Transformations in Stories and Arguments." Over the course of the year, students closely examine various components of stories and have a culminating task of creating their own story that incorporates all the pieces we have studied during the year.

Currently, we own two of the 19 stories that are read alouds and closely examined for story elements in the unit - please help me change this so we have a physical copy of each book and in some instances, multiple books for students to review closely.

Students benefit from the opportunity to hold the books in their hands and from being able to point to and cite specific examples. For instance, when we studied characters and obstacles, students had three read alouds to choose from to closely examine in groups. I provided links to these read alouds, however, many students struggled with the technology, and some had trouble remembering or identifying elements without the book in front of them for reference. I know this would be a much more enriching and thought-provoking exercise with physical books in hand.

Mrs. Hays Ponce De Leon Elementary School Grades 3-5

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Nearly all students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Stellaluna 25th Anniversary Edition • Amazon Business $11.66 3 $34.98
Owl Moon • Amazon Business $8.17 4 $32.68
Wings • Amazon Business $7.57 3 $22.71
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Picture Book Edition (hardcover) • MahoganyBooks $17.09 1 $17.09
The Big Orange Splot • Amazon Business $5.57 3 $16.71
The Best Story • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
Where the Wild Things Are • Amazon Business $5.00 3 $15.00
Two Bad Ants • Amazon Business $13.59 1 $13.59
A Tale of Two Beasts • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Memoirs of a Goldfish • Amazon Business $12.57 1 $12.57
They All Saw a Cat (Brendan Wenzel) • Amazon Business $9.64 1 $9.64
The Day the Crayons Quit • Amazon Business $9.26 1 $9.26
Ralph Tells a Story • Amazon Business $7.56 1 $7.56
Mrs. Katz and Tush (Dell Picture Yearling) • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs • Amazon Business $7.00 1 $7.00
Seven Blind Mice • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99

Materials cost

$247.71

Vendor shipping charges

$9.00

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.72

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$290.43

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$51.25

Total project goal

$341.68

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$341.68

1 Donor

-$341.68

Donations toward project cost

-$290.43

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$51.25

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$0.00

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