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Ms. Olsen from San Francisco, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Do Not Disturb: Authors in the Making

The cost of these books is $563, including shipping and <a target="new" href="http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm" onclick="g_openWindow('http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm', 300, 800, 'fulfillwindow');return false;">fulfillment</a>.

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

I am in my second year as a first grade teacher in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood, and one of my main focuses this year is student writing. A colleague and I have joined a professional development group, where student writing is the main topic for discussion. The purpose of this grant is to acquire materials that will foster our students' writing abilities. For this proposal, I seek books that will serve as models of the concepts we are teaching. There is also a teacher's resource book that will help us improve our instruction, and there is a centers organizational chart to help the students stay on task while we are working on our writing. As first grade teachers, we have our work cut out for us in the area of writing. It can be very daunting to look at what we must accomplish over the course of 180 days. Students enter barely knowing their letters and sounds, and by the end of the year they are expected to write full paragraphs in various genres, including personal narrative and expository. The students move from simple one-sentence journal writing to animal reports and fictional stories that include an introduction, a main body paragraph, and a conclusion. They progress from being dependent on the teachers to working independently. At least, all of this is the expectation and the hope. The specific skills mentioned above can be further developed with the materials that I seek. The resources will be shared with my colleague and will reach forty students, not to mention the students in our classes for years to come. Thank you for your help in transforming our students into authors!

Ms. Olsen Tenderloin Community Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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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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Materials Cost Quantity Total
AA853 - Literacy Centers Management Chart • Lakeshore Learning $39.95 1 $39.95
6+1 Traits of Writing: The Complete Guide for the Primary Grades Ruth Culham, Foreword by Carol Avery • Barnes and Noble $21.59 1 $21.59
What Can Fly? Patricia Whitehouse • Barnes and Noble $19.22 1 $19.22
I'm Not Invited? Diana Cain Bluthenthal, Diana Cain Bluthenthal (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $16.15 1 $16.15
Our Granny Margaret Wild, Julie Vivas (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.30 1 $15.30
Shortcut, Vol. 1 Donald Crews, Donald Crews (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.29 1 $15.29
When I Was Little: A Four-Year-Old's Memoir of Her Youth Jamie Lee Curtis, Laura Cornell (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.29 1 $15.29
Moon Was the Best, Vol. 1 Charlotte Zolotow, Tana Hoban (Illustrator), Tana Hoban (Photographer) • Barnes and Noble $15.29 1 $15.29
When I Was Young in the Mountains Cynthia Rylant, Diane Goode (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.29 1 $15.29
Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest Lynne Cherry • Barnes and Noble $14.40 1 $14.40
Peter's Chair Ezra Jack Keats • Barnes and Noble $13.77 1 $13.77
Tops & Bottoms Janet Stevens, Stevens, Janet Stevens (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.60 1 $13.60
My Friends Taro Gomi, Chronicle Books LLC • Barnes and Noble $13.05 1 $13.05
Reading Makes You Feel Good Todd Parr • Barnes and Noble $12.79 1 $12.79
The Family Book Todd Parr, Todd Parr (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $12.76 1 $12.76
Today I Feel Silly: And Other Moods That Make My Day Jamie Lee Curtis, Laura Cornell (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.89 1 $11.89
Kissing Hand Audrey Penn, Ruth E. Harper (Illustrator), Nancy M. Leak (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.86 1 $11.86
The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog! Mo Willems, Mo Willems (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.69 1 $11.69
Who Beats the Heat Pamela Chanko, Daniel Moreton • Barnes and Noble $9.09 1 $9.09
It's Okay to Be Different Todd Parr • Barnes and Noble $8.99 1 $8.99
Earrings! Judith Viorst • Barnes and Noble $8.95 1 $8.95
Hating Book Charlotte Zolotow, Ben Shecter, Ben Shecter (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Big Sister and Little Sister Charlotte Zolotow, Martha Alexander (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Things That Make You Feel Good / Things That Make You Feel Bad Todd Parr, Todd Parr (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
A Fruit is a Suitcase for Seeds Jean Richards, Anca Hariton (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
When I Was Five Arthur Howard, Howard • Barnes and Noble $5.40 1 $5.40
Whoops! But It Wasn't Me (Charlie and Lola Series) Lauren Child, Lauren Child (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Fireflies Julie Brinckloe, Julie Brinckloe (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Five Little Ducks Raffi, Ariane Dewey (Illustrator), Jose Aruego (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Sing Out, Irene James Marshall • Barnes and Noble $5.35 1 $5.35
What's Under the Log? Anne Hunter, Anne Hunter (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.45 1 $4.45
What's in the Pond? Anne Hunter, Anne Hunter (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.45 1 $4.45
I Absolutely Must Do Coloring Now or Painting or Drawing (Charlie and Lola Series) Lauren Child, Lauren Child (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59

Materials cost

$380.70

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

3rd party payment processing fee

Fulfillment labor & materials

Total project cost

$479.70

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$105.30

Total project goal

$585.00

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $585.00

3 Donors

-$569.78

Donations toward project cost

-$480.50

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$89.28

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$16.20

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