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Mrs. Kohls from Seattle, WA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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How Poetic!

My poetry unit needs 30 poetry journals, an overhead poetry kit, and a Shel Silverstein CD set, among a large assortment of poetry books on CD.

  • $602 goal

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I teach first grade students who attend a Title 1 school in a high-need community of Seattle, WA.

The students in my literacy group are not reading yet. We are learning sight words and phonics. I would love to incorporate poetry since my students have a lot of creativity but can't yet write many words. The students would really benefit from your help.

Why Poetry? Poetry is a wonderful way to teach reading and writing, especially to the emergent, early/beginning readers. Through reading and writing poetry, my students will be able to express their feelings, thoughts and imagination about silly to serious topics. Keep a Poem in Your Pocket Keep a poem in your pocket And a picture in your head And you'll never feel lonely At night when you're in bed. The little poem will sing to you The little picture bring to you A dozen dreams to dance to you At night when you're in bed. So- Keep a poem in your pocket And a picture in your head And you'll never feel lonely At night when you're in bed. -Beatrice Schenk de Rogniers

Your help will stimulate learning through seeing, hearing, and doing. It will also reinforce skill themes, allow us to be a literacy model, and add more fun to our program! My students would greatly benefit from this poetry material.

Mrs. Kohls Thurgood Marshall Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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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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Materials Cost Quantity Total
JJ481 - Writing Poetry Overhead Kit • Lakeshore Learning $29.95 1 $29.95
EE371 - Poetry Journal - Set of 10 • Lakeshore Learning $25.00 3 $75.00
RE557 - Great Kids’ Poetry Paperback Library • Lakeshore Learning $56.50 1 $56.50
BR135X - Shel Silverstein Poetry Series with CDs • Lakeshore Learning $59.00 1 $59.00
Teaching First Graders to Love Writing Poetry Regie Routman • Barnes and Noble $11.69 1 $11.69
Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See? Bill Martin, Jr., Eric Carle (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
A Family of Poems: My Favorite Poetry for Children Caroline Kennedy-Schlossberg, Jon J. Muth (Illustrator), John J. Muth (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.96 1 $15.96
Poetry Speaks to Children (Poetry Speaks Series) Elise Paschen, Billy Collins (Editor), Dominique Raccah (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $17.95 1 $17.95
Poetry for Young People: American Poetry John Hollander (Editor), Sally Wern Comport (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.45 1 $13.45
Here's a Little Poem: A Very First Book of Poetry Jane Yolen (Editor), Andrew Fusek Peters (Editor), Polly Dunbar (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $17.59 1 $17.59
The Random House Book of Poetry for Children : A Treasury of 572 Poems for Today's Child Jack Prelutsky, Arnold Lobel (Illustrator), Selected by Jack Prelutsky • Barnes and Noble $18.39 1 $18.39
Pizza, Pigs, and Poetry Jack Prelutsky • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Today I Feel Silly: And Other Moods That Make My Day Jamie Lee Curtis, Laura Cornell (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.59 1 $13.59
How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? Jane Yolen, Mark Teague (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.59 1 $13.59
I, Too, Sing America: Three Centuries of African American Poetry Catherine Clinton, Performed by Ashley Bryan, Performed by Renee Joshua-Porter • Barnes and Noble $26.05 1 $26.05
It's Raining Pigs & Noodles Jack Prelutsky, Read by Jack Prelutsky • Barnes and Noble $13.45 1 $13.45
Poetry Matters: Writing a Poem from the Inside Out Ralph J. Fletcher • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39

Materials cost

$400.09

Vendor shipping charges

 $40.01

Sales tax

 $26.01

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$493.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$108.22

Total project goal

$601.22

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $601.22

15 Donors

-$580.00

Donations toward project cost

-$493.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$87.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$21.22

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