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Ms. Holt from Nashville, TN is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Help Children Realize It's Fun to Read!

My students need copies of the book "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"; for an enrichment book club. They also need readers' theater and drama scripts to improve reading.

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My Students

I want my 3rd grade reading class to discover the joy of reading that I found as a child through my favorite book,"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory." We need copies of the book to do that. We also work on readers' theater scripts to improve fluency, comprehension, and confidence!

My school is an inner-city, Title I school with a large population living below the poverty line.

My students are really fun kids loaded with personality. They really respond to learning that's fun. That's what I'm trying to do with book club/readers' theater. The kids will be having so much fun, they won't realize how much they've improved in reading/language arts and how much more self-confidence they've developed.

My Project

Three days per week, we will work on readers' theater scripts. Each child will have a part, and we will analyze the script emphasizing vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. We also work on enunciation and expression. When we feel we're ready, we do some costuming and invite other students to our "performances." It's fun for everyone. The other two days, we want to have a book club and read "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. My students will love the humor and fantasy in this book! We will take it apart and discuss it thoroughly. If we have time, I would like to work on the script for the "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" play. Maybe we'll even have a performance!

The books that we have in amounts for book club are very few in number, and the students have read almost all of them already.

This project would give us something new and fun to work on. Our kids need some fantasy and imagination in their lives in order to deal with the more difficult aspects of their lives. This book is perfect for that. My students LOVE readers' theater. They love taking on a different role/personality.

Ms. Holt Fall - Hamilton Enhanced Opt Elementary School Grades 3-5

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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.

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Nashville, TN 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
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory • AKJ Books $4.00 11 $44.00
Evan-moor - Leveled Readers Theater Gr 4 • Teachers' School Supply $22.99 1 $22.99
Evan-moor - Leveled Readers Theater Gr 3 • Teachers' School Supply $22.99 1 $22.99
Scholastic Teaching Resources - Folk & Fairy Tale Plays For Beginning Readers • Teachers' School Supply $11.99 1 $11.99
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - NU1904 • AKJ Books $7.79 1 $7.79
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: A Play Roald Dahl, Adapte • AKJ Books $3.89 1 $3.89

Materials cost

$113.65

Vendor shipping charges

 $6.38

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.70

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$151.73

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$26.78

Total project goal

$178.51

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $178.51

1 Donor

-$178.51

Donations toward project cost

-$151.73

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.78

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