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Ms. Perez from Duluth, GA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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I Can Write Like That!

My students need 21 mentor texts that will provide models to help them grow as writers.

  • $305 goal

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

"Writing is not easy for me. I wish I could write better!" This is a statement I often hear from my students and one I am constantly working on to remove from their vocabulary. This year, I am the writing specialists at my school. One of my responsibilities is to teach writing to elementary school students in a high needs school just north of Atlanta.

For young students, specially second language learners, writing is a difficult task. To help my students start thinking like readers and writers, I heavily rely on the use of mentor texts to introduce new and ongoing concepts to my students. I use mentor texts as a foundation from which students learn the art of writing.

With more advanced students, a mentor text teaches an endless amount of lessons. These lessons include, but are not limited to the writer’s craft, structure, symbolism, theme, imagery, and tone to help the students become better readers and writers. Frequent reading of a mentor text results in an increasingly intimate familiarity with the work. The reader is better able to understand how the text works and, in an effort to imitate it, will learn how to produce similar effects as a writer, consequently learning how to write by actually writing. A mentor text worthy of study tends to contain some characteristic of writing considered to be of excellent quality. For young writers, a worthy mentor text could be one that the writer connects with and sees as an example of quality to imitate. With young students, picture books can be effective early mentor texts because of the number of times they can be reread in a given school year.

Using a mentor text teaches students to read with a writer's eye, noticing how a writer uses elements as sentence structure and word choice to create meaning. In imitating the mentor text, students begin to write in ways that are outside their comfort zone in their normal writing and therefore learn new ways of expressing what they want to express. With your help and generous donations, you can help all my students extend their writing skills far beyond grammar and punctuation. You can help them stretch their minds and sharpen their skills as young writers.

Ms. Perez B.B. Harris Elementary School Grades 3-5

Equity Focus

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 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

700 students impacted 13donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Crow Call Lois Lowry, Bagram Ibatoulline (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.59 1 $13.59
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers Mordicai Gerstein, Mordicai Gerstein (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.36 1 $14.36
Man Who Walked Between the Towers Mordicai Gerstein, Mordicai Gerstein (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Treasure Uri Shulevitz, Uri Shulevitz (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Using Caldecotts Across the Curriculum: Reading and Writing Mini-Lessons, Math and Science Spin-Offs, Unique Art Activities, and More! (Grades K-2) Novelli • Barnes and Noble $11.65 1 $11.65
The Three Questions Jon J. Muth (Illustrator), Leo Tolstoy • Barnes and Noble $14.39 1 $14.39
Time for Bed Mem Fox, Jane Dyer (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
Scaredy Squirrel Melanie Watt, Melanie Watt (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
Good Dog, Carl (Classic Board Books Series) Alexandra Day, Alexandra Day (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Owl Babies Martin Waddell, Patrick Benson (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
The North Star Peter H. Reynolds, Peter H. Reynolds (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.59 1 $13.59
The Story of Ferdinand Munro Leaf, Robert Lawson (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Boxes for Katje Candace Fleming, Stacey Dressen-McQueen (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.59 1 $13.59
Phooey! Marc Rosenthal, Marc Rosenthal (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.98 1 $5.98
Leo the Late Bloomer Robert Kraus, Jose Aruego (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Eloise Takes a Bawth Kay Thompson, Mart Crowley, Mart Crowley (Editor), Hilary Knight (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.36 1 $14.36
Munschworks: The First Munsch Collection Robert N. Munsch, Michael Martchenko (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $19.96 1 $19.96
Biscuit (An I Can Read Picture Book) Alyssa Capucilli • Barnes and Noble $5.38 1 $5.38
Leaves David Ezra Stein, David Ezra Stein (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $12.79 1 $12.79
Lilly's Big Day and Other Stories: 9 Stories Kevin Henkes, Performed by Richard Thomas, Performed by Christine Ebersole, Read by Richard Thomas, Read by Christine Ebersole • Barnes and Noble $11.96 1 $11.96
Free Fall, Vol. 1 David Wiesner, David Wiesner (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29

Materials cost

$208.13

Vendor shipping charges

 $20.81

Sales tax

 $8.33

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.12

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$249.42

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$54.75

Total project goal

$304.17

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $304.17

11 Donors

-$304.17

Donations toward project cost

-$249.42

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$54.75

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