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Historical Fiction in the Palm of Their Hands!

Help me give my students their own copy of "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell.

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My Students

Maya Angelou once said: "Any book that helps a child form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.

I teach at a 4th -8th grade public school for the arts.

I have the pleasure teaching Language Arts and Social-Studies to ALL the 4th graders on campus. It is a very diverse group of about 100 students!

Our students come from all over the county - from every walk of life. The one thing that brings them together is their love of the arts. In my room, it starts with enriching literature, poetry and opportunities for the students to express themselves in their writing and hands on projects.

My Project

My students will be distance learning for a few months. Since they will be spending hours and hours online, I would like them to have an actual REAL book to read for our novel study units. They will be learning about California History and "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell is a historical fiction book about a girl on an Island off the coast of California during the 1800's.

I teach three classes of 4th graders.

I usually only need one set of books for all of my classes, but because they will all be at home, I need one book per student. That means I need about 65 more books.

Mrs. Kmak La Mesa Arts Academy Grades 3-5

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La Mesa, CA View local requests

More than a third 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
Island of the Blue Dolphins • Amazon Business $6.78 65 $440.70

Materials cost

$440.70

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$40.32

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.61

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$517.63

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$91.35

Total project goal

$608.98

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$608.98

7 Donors

-$596.48

Donations toward project cost

-$507.01

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$89.47

match offer

-$12.50

Match offer toward project cost

-$10.62

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$1.88

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