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Ms. Garcia from Fall River, MA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Connecting Music And Literacy

My students need high quality literature to foster their love of reading.

  • $282 goal

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My Students

I teach general music to over 500 students in grades K-5. Music education is a great resource for our students, as it provides enrichment for literacy, language skills, social and emotional wellness, and a creative outlet for students who might otherwise miss out due to lack of resources.

Our students are hands-on learners that are inquisitive, creative, and highly imaginative.

Many of my students are English Language Learners from other countries. Reading literacy can become a challenge when concepts are not differentiated to meet their visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learning styles.

My Project

Books aren’t just for English Language Arts classrooms. A music library serves multiple purposes. It not only supports English language arts, it supports music history, music cultures around the world and careers in music. Books also support musical skills with rhyming activities, movement activities, timbre and singing activities.

Reading to children provides an opportunity to show them how interesting books are.

It is important to read high-quality literature to develop students' expression. Reading with appropriate expression brings these stories to life.

The books chosen are based on the great songtales of our heritage and they combine storytelling, poetry, and music into delightful classic songtales that will captivate and delight all children.

The books in this project will be used as a reading/listening center during music class time and also as a closure activity, where all students gather around and listen to the storyteller sing the story using correct expression and feeling.

Ms. Garcia Frank M Silvia Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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Fall River, MA View local requests

More than half of 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

350 students impacted 5donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
There Was a Man and He Was Mad (First Steps in Music series) • Amazon Business $16.95 1 $16.95
Father Grumble (First Steps in Music series) • Amazon Business $16.95 1 $16.95
Risseldy, Rosseldy (First Steps in Music series) • Amazon Business $16.27 1 $16.27
Kitty Alone (First Steps in Music series) • Amazon Business $16.09 1 $16.09
My Aunt Came Back (First Steps in Music series) • Amazon Business $15.83 1 $15.83
The Frog and the Mouse (First Steps in Music series) • Amazon Business $15.61 1 $15.61
The Derby Ram (First Steps in Music series) • Amazon Business $15.57 1 $15.57
There's a Hole in the Bucket! (First Steps in Music series) • Amazon Business $14.38 1 $14.38
Jennie Jenkins (First Steps in Music series) • Amazon Business $14.27 1 $14.27
The Tailor and the Mouse (First Steps in Music series) • Amazon Business $13.94 1 $13.94
The Other Day I Met a Bear (First Steps in Music series) • Amazon Business $13.55 1 $13.55
The Crabfish (First Steps in Music series) • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
Momma, Buy Me a China Doll (First Steps in Music series) • Amazon Business $11.86 1 $11.86
Over in the Meadow • Amazon Business $11.26 1 $11.26

Materials cost

$206.02

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.09

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$239.11

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$42.20

Total project goal

$281.31

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$281.31

3 Donors

-$230.42

Donations toward project cost

-$196.61

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$33.81

match offer

-$50.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$42.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.89

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$0.00

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