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Mrs. Castillo from Pinecrest, FL is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Interactive Writing

Help me give my students paper, post-its, and highlighters to interactively improve their writing skills.

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My Project

I focus on targeted writing throughout the school year to address deficiencies as well as, grade level expectations. Eighth grade writing practice includes a variety of writing modes; expository, argumentative, and persuasive. I love assigning a wide variety of writing assignments to prevent writing from becoming tedious and keeps my students engaged.

Students and I will use these supplies to incorporate many interactive writing activities to improve their writing skills.

Some activities I have planned are journaling, whole class and group writing, and peer editing. Most importantly, their writing process will focus on vocabulary and grammar improvement, sentence development, paragraph building, and essay structure. Since these and many other activities will included teacher modeling, anchor charts, and color coded proofing, the students and I will be able to use the magnetic notebook paper, legal pads, highlighters, and post it notes for this purpose.

I love how students enjoy illustrating and I see how excited they get when they are free to create visual projects from their writing. Some supplies to aid in this are the antique paper and the construction paper. With these and other added supplies they will be able to incorporate activities that will pair illustrating to their writing.

Mrs. Castillo Palmetto Middle School Grades 6-8

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Pinecrest, FL 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

170 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Roylco Inc. - Roylco Design Craft Paper Antique Paper 8.5x11 32/sheets • Teachers' School Supply $12.49 5 $62.45
Magnetic Notebook Paper • Teachers' School Supply $27.99 2 $55.98
Chart Paper Pad of 30 Sheets • Carolina Biological Supply Company $37.80 1 $37.80
TRU RED� Pre-Sharpened Wooden Pencil, 2.2mm, #2 Medium Lead, 72/Pack (TR58564) • Quill.com $14.59 2 $29.18
Notebook Paper Wipe Off Chart 17x22 • Teachers' School Supply $5.49 5 $27.45
Mead Canary Legal Pad • Teachers' School Supply $3.69 5 $18.45
CRAYOLA 96 CT CONSTRUCTION PAPER • Teachers' School Supply $3.49 4 $13.96
BIC Brite Liner Stick Highlighter Chisel Tip Yellow 24/Pack (BL241YEL) • Staples $10.77 1 $10.77
Post It Notes Cube Bold Brights • Teachers' School Supply $10.64 1 $10.64
BIC Brite Liner Stick Highlighter, Chisel Tip, Orange, Dozen (90338/BL11OR) • Quill.com $10.59 1 $10.59
BIC Brite Liner Stick Highlighter, Chisel Tip, Pink, Dozen (65554/BL11PL) • Quill.com $8.79 1 $8.79
BIC Brite Liner Stick Highlighter, Chisel Tip, Blue, Dozen (65552/BL11BE) • Quill.com $7.99 1 $7.99

Materials cost

$294.05

Vendor shipping charges

 $30.73

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.41

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$359.19

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$63.39

Total project goal

$422.58

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $422.58

3 Donors

-$418.16

Donations toward project cost

-$359.19

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$58.97

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.42

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