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Mrs. Rivas-Vergil from Chicago, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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How You Can Help Us Learn About the Polar Region?

My students need 45 high interest nonfiction books, sets of Continents of the World and Animal Photo Book Series, plus a globe to guide their research on the Polar Region!

  • $646 goal

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My Students

Have you ever wondered about something and didn't know how to go about to find the answer? Well, this is the case for many young learners, but you and I can change this by immersing my students in nonfiction books that will spark their curiosity and help them find answers about the Polar Region!

My students come from ethnically diverse backgrounds and attend a public school in an urban setting.

They love reading books and working together to learn more about a topic. Additionally, they are active thinkers who are constantly wondering about the world around them and they love sharing their curiosity and new learning with one another.

My Project

One of my many goals this year is to help my students become effective researchers, which will, in turn, help our science topics develop in to meaningful and engaging inquiries. My students and I will be studying the Polar Region this year and I want them to be able to utilize a variety of resources throughout our inquiry study, such as nonfiction books and the Internet to answer the questions they generate. I want them to be able to make meaning of what they read and discuss their wondering and thinking with one another in a meaningful and purposeful way. By immersing my students in rich nonfiction books like Hiding in the Polar Regions, Life in a Polar Region and A Polar Bear Can Swim, students will have the opportunity to develop the research skills needed to move through an inquiry study. In addition, we will be learning about the nonfiction text features and comprehension strategies that help good readers understand nonfiction text. These skills will help my students become good readers of nonfiction text, which is key when they move on to the upper grades!

The high interest nonfiction books and globe will allow my students to work in their research groups to learn about the Polar Region and find answers to their questions.

Most importantly, they will have access to informational text that will help them develop the skills needed to tackle this genre and make meaning of what they read.

Mrs. Rivas-Vergil Ravenswood Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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Chicago, IL 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

24 students impacted 14donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Hiding in the Polar Regions • AKJ Books $5.91 1 $5.91
Life in a Polar Region • AKJ Books $5.14 1 $5.14
Polar Region • AKJ Books $4.43 1 $4.43
A Polar Bear Can Swim • AKJ Books $2.95 1 $2.95
Polar Bear Journey • AKJ Books $5.88 1 $5.88
Animal Babies in Polar Lands • AKJ Books $5.88 1 $5.88
Baby Polar Bears • AKJ Books $5.14 1 $5.14
I Wonder Why Penguins Can''t Fly • AKJ Books $5.17 1 $5.17
Polar Animals (Scholastic Reader Level 1 Series) Wade Cooper • AKJ Books $3.69 1 $3.69
Knut the Baby Polar Bear • AKJ Books $5.17 1 $5.17
Polar Animals • AKJ Books $4.40 1 $4.40
Polar Bear Alert Debora Pearson • AKJ Books $2.95 1 $2.95
Polar Bear, Why Is Your World Melting? • AKJ Books $5.31 1 $5.31
Polar Bears (Zoobooks Series) Timothy Levi Biel, Created by • AKJ Books $4.43 1 $4.43
Polar Bears Gail Gibbons, Gail Gibbons (Illustrator), Megan • AKJ Books $5.88 1 $5.88
Polar Bears • AKJ Books $6.03 1 $6.03
Polar Bears and Their Homes • AKJ Books $5.14 1 $5.14
Polar Lands • AKJ Books $9.61 1 $9.61
Polar Lands • AKJ Books $5.17 1 $5.17
The Polar Bears'' Home • AKJ Books $2.95 1 $2.95
What Polar Animals Eat • AKJ Books $16.28 1 $16.28
A Penguin''s Life • AKJ Books $4.43 1 $4.43
Baby Penguins • AKJ Books $5.17 1 $5.17
Emperor Penguin • AKJ Books $16.73 1 $16.73
Endangered Penguins • AKJ Books $5.88 1 $5.88
Little Penguin • AKJ Books $13.31 1 $13.31
My Life in the Wild • AKJ Books $7.39 1 $7.39
Penguin Chick Betty Tatham, Helen K. Davie (Illustrator) • AKJ Books $4.43 1 $4.43
Penguins • AKJ Books $15.78 1 $15.78
Penguins Ann O. Squire • AKJ Books $5.14 1 $5.14
Penguins! • AKJ Books $5.88 1 $5.88
Penguins and Their Chicks • AKJ Books $18.24 1 $18.24
Amazing Whales! Sarah L. Thomson, Wildlife Conservation Soci • AKJ Books $2.95 1 $2.95
Baby Whale • AKJ Books $5.14 1 $5.14
The Life Cycle of a Whale • AKJ Books $13.80 1 $13.80
The Migration of a Whale • AKJ Books $19.98 1 $19.98
Best Book of Whales and Dolphins • AKJ Books $5.17 1 $5.17
Whales Carol K. Lindeen • AKJ Books $5.14 1 $5.14
Whales Gail Gibbons, Gail Gibbons (Illustrator) • AKJ Books $5.88 1 $5.88
Whales • AKJ Books $4.40 1 $4.40
Whales • AKJ Books $16.72 1 $16.72
Whales and Dolphins • AKJ Books $5.88 1 $5.88
A Walrus'' World • AKJ Books $20.22 1 $20.22
Walruses • AKJ Books $17.75 1 $17.75
Walruses • AKJ Books $19.76 1 $19.76
CW167 - Continents of the World Photo Book Series • Lakeshore Learning $48.50 1 $48.50
GC108 - Preschool Picture Globe • Lakeshore Learning $44.95 1 $44.95
DE339 - Animal Habitats Photo Book Series • Lakeshore Learning $54.50 1 $54.50

Materials cost

$510.63

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.66

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$548.29

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$96.76

Total project goal

$645.05

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $645.05

10 Donors

-$517.69

Donations toward project cost

-$450.54

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$67.15

match offer

-$115.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$97.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$17.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$12.36

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