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Mrs. Parisi from Lowell, MA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Let's Have Fun Learning Figurative Language!

Help me give my students great picture books to help them understand figurative language!

  • $271 goal

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My Project

When students enter third grade, they are literal readers and need to learn how many authors use figurative language, which are words presented in a nonliteral way. Students have a lot of trouble understanding figurative language. In fact, this is especially a problem for English language learners (64% of my current class makeup) because they are not at all familiar with our common expressions. These books will help me introduce and revisit figurative language with class read-aloud.

Reading aloud to students with books containing figurative language will provide a safe and fun approach to helping students better comprehend what they've read.

By reading aloud to my students I am introducing them to text and story structure, as well as new vocabulary and figurative language.

I look forward to seeing new engagement from my students as they hear these new and exciting stories.

Mrs. Parisi Washington Elementary School Grades 3-5

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Lowell, MA View local requests

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

25 students impacted 5donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lakeshore Figurative Language Grab & Play Game - Gr. 3-4 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $24.99 1 $24.99
Lakeshore Can Do! Figurative Language Game - Gr. 3-4 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $22.99 1 $22.99
Everybody in the Red Brick Building • AKJ Education $14.59 1 $14.59
Creepy Carrots! • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
The Day the Crayons Quit • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Raining Cats and Dogs and Other Figurative Language Poems • Amazon Business $12.95 1 $12.95
Ten Ways to Hear Snow • Amazon Business $11.39 1 $11.39
Love • Amazon Business $10.40 1 $10.40
My Dog Is As Smelly As Dirty Socks: And Other Funny Family Portraits • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Crazy Like a Fox: A Simile Story • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Little House • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
White Snow, Bright Snow • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
Crescent Moons and Pointed Minarets: A Muslim Book of Shapes • Amazon Business $6.86 1 $6.86
Apples to Oregon • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Tar Beach • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Snowflake Bentley • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Umbrella (Picture Puffin Books) • Amazon Business $6.39 1 $6.39
Gilberto and the Wind • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83

Materials cost

$194.52

Vendor shipping charges

 $2.40

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.92

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$229.84

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$40.56

Total project goal

$270.40

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $270.40

3 Donors

-$166.45

Donations toward project cost

-$141.49

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$24.96

Matching donations from our partners

-$103.95

Match offers toward project cost

-$88.36

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.59

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 $0.00

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