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Ms. Cervenka from San Antonio, TX is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Fall in Love With Stories

Help me give my students fun opportunities for read aloud stories that will help them think.

  • $195 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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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 Project

I absolutely love reading to children. For 20 years now my favorite part of being a teacher is getting to read to my students. My students all know I am madly in love with books and the world that they unlock. I think that the read aloud time of the day is the most important. When the children are younger 75% of oral language skills come from being read to. My students that I work with aren't exposed to a lot of wonderful literature. When I realized that they do not have access to lots of books I started getting as many as I could for them. Then I uncovered this series of the Other Side of the Story books. I love getting to do oral comprehension with these stories. They give a twist to the stories we all know. We get to compare and contrast and go outside of the box for thinking! When children are read to they unlock a whole new world.

Ms. Cervenka
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Seriously, Snow White Was SO Forgetful!: The Story of Snow White as Told by the Dwarves (The Other Side of the Story) • Amazon Business $6.95 2 $13.90
The Other Side of the Story: Fairy Tales with a Twist • Amazon Business $12.95 1 $12.95
Another Other Side of the Story: Fairy Tales with a Twist (The Other Side of the Story) • Amazon Business $9.74 1 $9.74
Truthfully, Something Smelled Fishy!: The Story of the Fisherman and His Wife as Told by the Wife (The Other Side of the Story) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
Listen, My Bridge Is SO Cool!: The Story of the Three Billy Goats Gruff as Told by the Troll (The Other Side of the Story) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
Honestly, Our Music Stole the Show!: The Story of the Bremen Town Musicians as Told by the Donkey (The Other Side of the Story) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
For Real, I Paraded in My Underpants!: The Story of the Emperor’s New Clothes as Told by the Emperor (The Other Side of the Story) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
Believe Me, I Never Felt a Pea!: The Story of the Princess and the Pea as Told by the Princess (The Other Side of the Story) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
No Lie, Pigs (and Their Houses) Can Fly!: The Story of the Three Little Pigs as Told by the Wolf (The Other Side of the Story) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
No Kidding, Mermaids Are a Joke!: The Story of the Little Mermaid as Told by the Prince (The Other Side of the Story) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
Really, Rapunzel Needed a Haircut!: The Story of Rapunzel as Told by Dame Gothel (The Other Side of the Story) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
No Lie, I Acted Like a Beast!: The Story of Beauty and the Beast as Told by the Beast (The Other Side of the Story) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
Seriously, Cinderella Is SO Annoying!: The Story of Cinderella as Told by the Wicked Stepmother (The Other Side of the Story) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
The Boy Who Cried Wolf, Narrated by the Sheepish But Truthful Wolf (The Other Side of the Fable) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
The Ants and the Grasshopper, Narrated by the Fanciful But Truthful Grasshopper (The Other Side of the Fable) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
The Tortoise and the Hare, Narrated by the Silly But Truthful Tortoise (The Other Side of the Fable) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
Believe Me, Goldilocks Rocks!: The Story of the Three Bears as Told by Baby Bear (The Other Side of the Story) • Amazon Business $6.52 1 $6.52

Materials cost

$133.46

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$165.46

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$29.20

Total project goal

$194.66

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$194.66

3 Donors

-$95.12

Donations toward project cost

-$84.60

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$10.52

Matching donations from our partners

-$95.13

Match offers toward project cost

-$80.86

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$14.27

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.41

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$0.00

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