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Ms. McSpadden from Katy, TX is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Creating Musical Memories, One Folder at a Time.

My students need folders for music class to assist in the development of learning portfolios.

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My Students

The most joyous part of my day is the time that I get to spend singing and playing song experience games with my students. I teach in a school that serves a community that is both strongly connected and beautifully diverse. My students are excited to learn and especially enjoy music class. When attending music, students spend their time singing, playing games, playing instruments, listening to and moving to music and finding creative ways to capture their learning. Each activity provides students with experiences that lead to musical literacy including reading, writing and creating music.

Having the right materials at the right time enables students to spend every moment actively engaged in music making.

Students attend music once a week, which makes every minute of music class precious. Join us as we work to make excellent use of every opportunity to help students develop a life-long love of music.

My Project

This year, donorschoose.org enabled my music students to create music folders. The introduction of music folders has gone so well that I am writing this project to ensure that my students can have folders again next year. This year we had enough folders for all of 4th-grade and 5th-grade students. Next year we hope to include 2nd-grade and 3rd-grade students.

Using folders in music class give students a place to capture and keep their learning for future reference.

Music is a transient experience that is difficult to capture. However, giving students a place to regularly reflect and record their experiences in music class helps to increase the likelihood that students will remember what they have learned. In our music class, we also incorporate technology most often by using ipads to record video and audio. Students can easily take those memories with them in their music folders through the use of QR codes.

Folders in music class assist students in creating a dynamic learning portfolio that can reflect the music they experienced while giving them a place to collect samples of music they create to be shared with their families.

Ms. McSpadden Woodcreek Elementary School Grades 3-5

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Katy, TX View local requests 999 students impacted 3donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Oxford Twin Pocket Folders, Letter Size, Light Blue, 25 per Box (57501) • Amazon Business $12.08 9 $108.72
Oxford Twin Pocket Folders, Letter Size, Green, 25 per Box (57503EE) • Amazon Business $8.27 9 $74.43
Oxford Twin Pocket Folders, Letter Size, Orange, 25 per Box (57510EE) • Amazon Business $8.20 9 $73.80
Oxford Twin Pocket Folders, Letter Size, Yellow, 25 per Box (57509) • Amazon Business $7.34 9 $66.06

Materials cost

$323.01

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.85

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$357.86

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$63.15

Total project goal

$421.01

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $421.01

3 Donors

-$420.66

Donations toward project cost

-$357.86

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$62.80

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.35

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 $0.00

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