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Help me give my students traditional resources for word study and writing skills.

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My Project

Words are the corner stone of writing. As my students are becoming more experiences writers, they are often encouraged to enhance their use of vocabulary through their writing. Dictionaries and thesaurus are a great way to explore words.

Developing writing using dictionaries will be very effective.

We will also use dictionaries for a better understanding of what specific words mean. It also provides way for students to find the origins of words, the parts of speech of words, and other word choices.

The goal is for students to organically use dictionaries as a standard.

Ms. Cates Hyde - Addison Elementary School Grades 3-5

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Washington, DC View local requests HBCU Alum 24 students impacted 5donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Websters Webster's Dictionary and Thesaurus for Students, 3rd Edition - Grades 3-6 - Kids • School Specialty $17.02 24 $408.48

Materials cost

$408.48

Vendor shipping charges

$40.85

Sales tax

$24.51

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.13

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$509.97

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$89.99

Total project goal

$599.96

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$599.96

3 Donors

-$574.96

Donations toward project cost

-$488.72

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$86.24

match offer

-$25.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$21.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.75

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$0.00

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