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Mrs. Owens from Richmond, VA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Connecting Science and Literacy

My students need a classroom set of the young adult novel 'Life As We Knew It' by Susan Beth Pfeffer.

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My Students

As a teacher in a low-income/high poverty school district, my students are faced with several challenges both in and out of the classroom. Despite the many obstacles they face, I am looking to provide my students with creative and meaningful learning experiences.

My students are creative, intelligent and very hard working.

They come from diverse neighborhoods, backgrounds, and family lives, but one thing they all have in common is they set high goals and standards for themselves. They are faced with many challenges that many of their peers in other school districts don't have to confront, yet they never use that as an excuse not to work hard and strive for success. They are my motivation and inspire me daily!

My Project

I am always looking for ways to both bring literacy skills and practice into my science classroom, as well as connecting broad concepts to my students' personal life experiences. 'Life As We Knew It' is a young adult novel that explores what happens to an ordinary family in a normal American town when their world changes forever. An asteroid hits the moon, knocking it into a closer orbit. This causes all kinds of environmental disasters that bring the world to a halt. Without shops, food, electricity, heat and water, the main character and her family face problems together and struggle to survive.

I will be working collaboratively with the English teacher, employing a cross-curricular approach to this project.

As our students read Life As We Knew It they will work through literary elements in their English class, while discussing the scientific concepts in my class. For their culminating project they will have a choice of three projects to complete, including journal entries from the main character's perspective, designing a disaster plan, or compiling a research presentation on three natural hazards. This varied approach will allow our students to express their understanding of the novel and the scientific topics within it in the way that best matches their learning styles.

Mrs. Owens Albert Hill Middle School Grades 6-8

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

Equity Focus

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Richmond, VA View local requests

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

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Life As We Knew It • AKJ Education $6.56 30 $196.80

Materials cost

$196.80

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.95

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$229.75

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$40.54

Total project goal

$270.29

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $270.29

5 Donors

-$245.88

Donations toward project cost

-$212.75

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$33.13

match offer

-$20.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$17.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.41

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 $0.00

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