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Ms. Morris from Lawton, OK is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Experiencing Composers with Nonfiction

My students need biographies of musical composers, like Duke Ellington, Bach and Mozart, for exposure to biographical nonfiction reading in a musical setting.

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My Students

How can you really know about music if you don't know about the people who write the music? My students are learning all about music and compositions, but they haven't been able to make the connection between themselves and the people who write the songs.

My students are elementary school students who are learning to love music and love reading.

They are full of energy and talent waiting to blossom. They are all students in a Title One school where 96% receive free and reduced cost lunches. Some of my students are transient military dependents. Others are products of homes that fall into the poverty category. It doesn't matter what struggle my students meet, they are at school each day ready to learn.

My Project

Because of our Title One status, our school has an emphasis on reading and math. While we are working hard as a whole to increase the amount of non-fiction literature in our classroom libraries, we are still lacking those resources. I am requesting fourteen books from the Getting to Know the World's Greatest Composer series. These biographical books of musical greats such as Mozart, Gershwin, Stravinsky, Sousa and even the Beatles will be a stepping stone to my students understanding more about music and will also give them the experience of reading from the biographical genre. These books would be used weekly by myself to read aloud to students and create connections between our listening activities and the music we are learning. These books would also serve a purpose in my classroom for student-guided reading activities during small group instruction.

Quality reading material in the classroom is a must.

Having stories that can pull students in and open a new world to them is priceless. My students need a new world opened to them to inspire them to possibly become the next great composer. Having the Getting to Know the World's Greatest Composer series is one tool I would be able to use to unlock those doors.

Ms. Morris Cleveland 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

160 students impacted 17donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Mike Venezia, Mike Venezia (Illustrator) • AKJ BOOKS $5.93 1 $5.93
Peter Tchaikovsky Mike Venezia, Mike Venezia (Illustrator) • AKJ BOOKS $5.93 1 $5.93
Johann Sebastian Bach Mike Venezia, Donald Freund • AKJ BOOKS $5.93 1 $5.93
Fr d ric Chopin Mike Venezia • AKJ BOOKS $5.93 1 $5.93
John Philip Sousa Mike Venezia • AKJ BOOKS $5.93 1 $5.93
Leonard Bernstein Mike Venezia, Mike Venezia (Illustrator) • AKJ BOOKS $5.93 1 $5.93
Aaron Copland Mike Venezia, Mike Venezia (Illustrator) • AKJ BOOKS $5.93 1 $5.93
George Handel Mike Venezia, Mike Venezia (Illustrator) • AKJ BOOKS $5.93 1 $5.93
Igor Stravinsky Mike Venezia, Shari Joffe (Editor), Mike Venezia (Illustrator), Designed by Steve Marton • AKJ BOOKS $5.93 1 $5.93
Getting to Know the Worlds Greatest Composers: the Beatles Mike Venezia, Mike Venezia (Illustrator) • AKJ BOOKS $5.93 1 $5.93
Duke Ellington Mike Venezia, Mike Venezia (Illustrator) • AKJ BOOKS $5.93 1 $5.93
George Gershwin Mike Venezia, Mike Venezia (Illustrator) • AKJ BOOKS $5.93 1 $5.93
Johannes Brahms Mike Venezia • AKJ BOOKS $5.93 1 $5.93
One Shoe Blues Sandra Boynton, B.B. King • AKJ BOOKS $8.89 2 $17.78
Famous & Fun Classic Themes, Bk 1 Carol Matz • AKJ BOOKS $6.27 1 $6.27
Famous & Fun Classic Themes, Bk 2, Vol. 2 Carol Matz • AKJ BOOKS $5.36 1 $5.36

Materials cost

$106.50

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $8.68

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.60

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$151.78

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$26.78

Total project goal

$178.56

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $178.56

16 Donors

-$177.34

Donations toward project cost

-$151.78

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$25.56

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.22

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