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Ms. Brubaker from Los Angeles, CA is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Help Us Make Our Essays Shine!

Help me give my students an exciting year of reading and writing! Teaching resources will provide the tools I need to help students strengthen their writing and access the content of classic historical fiction novels about California.

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My Students

We are a Title I school in an urban area of Los Angeles. More than 85 percent of the students are eligible for free breakfast and lunch. The students come to school every day ready to learn and appreciate the resources we are able to provide, but those resources that the school can supply are fewer and fewer each year as the budget continues to shrink.

My class of curious fourth graders is packed with motivated learners who want to know more about the world around them.

They like to ask questions and love getting detailed answers as they read, write, and learn about their favorite subjects. Funding the materials needed to engage them in the lessons, however, can be a challenge.

My Project

In the age of texting and instant messaging, formal writing has lost some of its luster in the eyes of young people. But writing remains a vital tool of communication that students need to master.

Fourth graders in California have many exciting topics to write about when we study subjects like explorers, early Californians, the mission period, and the Gold Rush.

As part of our study of state history, we read historical fiction such as "Island of the Blue Dolphins" and "By the Great Horn Spoon," which lend themselves to creative and informational writing opportunities.

The resources I have selected are created by teachers who have successfully used them in their own classrooms. First on the list is a package of writing units to address the four writing genres covered in fourth grade, as well as a package of grammar lessons to help students polish their writing. I've also chosen resources that will provide interesting writing assignments for the students, such as a California Travel Journal, as well as teaching guides and activities for the novels we read in class. Finally, I've included a vocabulary building word game from Mrs. Wordsmith.

Ms. Brubaker Toland Way 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.

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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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Writing Bundle: Personal Narrative, Informational, Opinion & Fiction 4TH GRADE • Teachers Pay Teachers $64.00 1 $64.00
Weekly Grammar and Language Activities: Year-Long BUNDLE • Teachers Pay Teachers $60.00 1 $60.00
Storyteller’s Card Game • Mrs. Wordsmith $35.00 1 $35.00
By the Great Horn Spoon • Teachers Pay Teachers $10.00 1 $10.00
Island of the Blue Dolphins • Teachers Pay Teachers $9.00 1 $9.00
Because of Winn-Dixie • Teachers Pay Teachers $8.00 1 $8.00
Because of Winn Dixie Novel Study Unit • Teachers Pay Teachers $7.25 1 $7.25
Island of the Blue Dolphins Novel Study - Comprehension & Vocabulary Activities • Teachers Pay Teachers $7.25 1 $7.25
4th Grade California Travel Journal | California Report | California Project • Teachers Pay Teachers $4.50 1 $4.50
"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" Reading Guide (Scholastic Retelling) • Teachers Pay Teachers $4.00 1 $4.00
Common Core: By the Great Horn Spoon: A Final Project - DOK Dodecahedron • Teachers Pay Teachers $3.00 1 $3.00
California History Timeline - A Class Project • Teachers Pay Teachers $1.50 1 $1.50

Materials cost

$213.50

Vendor shipping charges

 $4.99

Sales tax

 $19.54

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.20

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$271.23

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$47.86

Total project goal

$319.09

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $319.09

1 Donor

-$319.09

Donations toward project cost

-$271.23

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$47.86

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