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Ms. Alley from Chicago, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Fairy Tales and Folk Tales for Second Graders!

My students need fairy tales and folk tales to read at school!

  • $299 goal

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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.

My Students

Once upon a time, there was a classroom full of wonderful students without access to the world of fairy tales and folk tales. This is a tragedy, as folklore is known to develop a student's love of stories and reading!

Every year that I have been teaching, the part of the day when students are most engaged, is when I read aloud to them.

My students have an insatiable desire to read. I teach at an urban school in Illinois, in a community where 95% of our students receive free lunch. All of my students are African-American and Latino. The Latino population has been growing in the community, and therefore we get more and more ESL students each year. My students have very diverse language needs in the classroom. Even though I have a diverse group of learners, they all suffer from a lack of literacy-rich homes. Every year I talk to my students about reading at home and taking trips to the library, and every year I am astounded how little they are encouraged to read at home.

My Project

Reading fairy tales and folk tales to young children is so important because most, if not all folklore deals with real life issues, the struggle between good and evil, and the good being rewarded and the bad being punished. Folklore helps students relate their real life experiences to characters and situations in the stories. Of course, the stories are fun and interesting as well! Having fairy tales and folk tales in my classroom would enable me to create thematic units of study for my students. I would like my students to study the different versions of stories like: The Gingerbread Man, Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, and The Three Little Pigs. Additionally, I want my students to study folklore written by different cultures. For example, groups of students could become experts on folklore that comes from Native Americans or from China. In this way, students will have a window into other cultures to expand their schema on the world and the people living in it.

This project will make such a difference for my students!

Through using these books, my goal is to develop three things. First, I want my students to love reading! Second, I want my students to learn about reading strategies and literary elements by using books they enjoy. And last, I want my students to learn about the amazing cultures that have passed down these incredible stories that have stood the test of time. I hope you will help me accomplish these goals!

Ms. Alley Jordan Community School Grades PreK-2

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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More than three‑quarters 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

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Lion and the Mouse Jerry Pinkney • Barnes and Noble $11.61 1 $11.61
Tops and Bottoms Janet Stevens, Stevens, Janet Stevens (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.62 1 $11.62
You Read to Me, I'll Read to You: Very Short Fairy Tales to Read Together Mary Ann Hoberman, Michael Emberley (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.61 1 $11.61
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears: A West African Tale Verna Aardema, Leo Dillon (Illustrator), Diane Dillon (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.83 1 $6.83
Goldilocks and the Three Bears James Marshall, James Marshall (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.97 1 $5.97
Adelita: A Mexican Cinderella Story Tomie dePaola, Tomie dePaola (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.97 1 $5.97
Little Red Riding Hood Retold by Trina Schart Hyman, Trina Schart Hyman (Illustrator), Based On Work by Brothers Grimm • Barnes and Noble $5.93 1 $5.93
Anansi and the Talking Melon Retold by Eric A. Kimmel, Janet Stevens (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.93 1 $5.93
Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales Jon Scieszka, Lane Smith (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $9.39 1 $9.39
Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal: A Worldwide Cinderella Paul Fleischman, Julie Paschkis (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.59 1 $11.59
Pretty Salma: A Little Red Riding Hood Story from Africa Niki Daly, Niki Daly (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $12.99 1 $12.99
Little Red Cowboy Hat Susan Lowell, Randy Cecil (Illustrator), Brothers Grimm • Barnes and Noble $6.79 1 $6.79
Dusty Locks and the Three Bears Susan Lowell, Randy Cecil (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.79 1 $6.79
Goldilocks Returns Lisa Campbell Ernst, Lisa Campbell Ernst (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.83 1 $6.83
Kate and the Beanstalk Mary Pope Osborne, Giselle Potter (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.83 1 $6.83
Jack and the Beanstalk Steven Kellogg, Steven Kellogg (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.97 1 $5.97
Red Riding Hood James Marshall, Based On Work by Brothers Grimm • Barnes and Noble $5.97 1 $5.97
Hansel and Gretel James Marshall, James Marshall (Illustrator), Brothers Grimm • Barnes and Noble $6.83 1 $6.83
Gingerbread Cowboy Janet Squires, Holly Berry (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $12.30 1 $12.30
The Three Little Javelinas Susan Lowell, Jim Harris (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $10.90 1 $10.90
Three Little Cajun Pigs Mike Artell, Jim Harris (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.61 1 $11.61
The Wolf's Story: What Really Happened to Little Red Riding Hood TOBY FORWARD, Izhar Cohen (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $10.93 1 $10.93
Thirteen Moons on Turtle's Back: A Native American Year of Moons Joseph Bruchac, Thomas Locker (Illustrator), With Jonathan London • Barnes and Noble $5.97 1 $5.97
The First Strawberries: A Cherokee Story Joseph Bruchac, Anna Vojtech • Barnes and Noble $5.97 1 $5.97
How Chipmunk Got His Stripes Joseph Bruchac, James Bruchac, Ariane Dewey (Illustrator), Jose Aruego (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.97 1 $5.97
Stone Soup Jon J. Muth (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $12.30 1 $12.30

Materials cost

$221.40

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.32

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$259.72

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$38.81

Total project goal

$298.53

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $298.53

1 Donor

-$298.53

Donations toward project cost

-$259.72

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$38.81

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