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Mrs. Perez from Miami Beach, FL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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First Grade Frowns Turn To Smiles With The Pout-Pout Fish.

My students need 18 Pout-Pout Fish books and 4 Pout-Pout Fish dolls.

  • $278 goal

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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

Please help me buy some cute books for some even cuter kids. The kids are first graders at a K-8 school in South Florida. The books are all about the pout-pout fish. What is a pout-pout fish?

If you deal with first graders every day like I do, you will know exactly what a pout-pout fish is.

If you don't, you had better go to poutpoutfish dot com . There, you'll meet our hero, whose face seems to be stuck in a permanent frown. Of course, by the end of book one, thanks to the friends he meets under the sea, the pout-pout fish realizes that there is no need to be gloomy, and that, after all, a frown is just an upside down smile.

My Project

The other pout-pout fish books follow the same format. Our hero learns to flip his negative emotions and to live his life to the full. In 'The Pout-Pout Fish Goes To School', for example, he is worried about his first day at school until he finds out what a swell place school is. I guess you can see why I want to expose my first graders to this book series. The pout-pout books are fun, colorful, they deal with young children's concerns, and they teach positive life lessons. The values that they teach - empathy, risk-taking, cooperation, commitment - tie in beautifully with the values espoused by our Primary Years / International Baccalaureate Program. The great thing about the pout-pout fish books is the wealth of follow-up activities class available for teachers on the internet. Take one example: check out the ideas for hands-on pout-pout fish projects at pinterest.com .

I have used a library copy of the first pout-pout fish book in my own class, and those of other first grade teachers.

I know that the first graders at our school will love to read all the books in the series. Please help me obtain these books for my children!

Mrs. Perez Fienberg-Fisher K-8 Center Grades PreK-2

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Miami Beach, FL View local requests

More than half 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 Pout-Pout Fish Tank: A Book and Fish Set (A Pout-Pout Fish Adventure) • Amazon $14.04 3 $42.12
The Pout-Pout Fish (A Pout-Pout Fish Adventure) • Amazon $13.23 3 $39.69
The Pout-Pout Fish in the Big-Big Dark (A Pout-Pout Fish Adventure) • Amazon $12.95 3 $38.85
The Pout-Pout Fish Goes to School (A Pout-Pout Fish Adventure) • Amazon $11.07 3 $33.21
Sweet Dreams, Pout-Pout Fish (A Pout-Pout Fish Mini Adventure) • Amazon $5.99 3 $17.97
Smile, Pout-Pout Fish (A Pout-Pout Fish Mini Adventure) • Amazon $5.99 3 $17.97
MerryMakers Pout-Pout Fish Plush Doll • Amazon $13.15 1 $13.15

Materials cost

$202.96

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.04

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$236.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$41.65

Total project goal

$277.65

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $277.65

2 Donors

-$140.00

Donations toward project cost

-$119.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$21.00

Matching donations from our partners

-$137.65

Match offers toward project cost

-$117.00

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.65

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 $0.00

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