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Mrs. Masters from East Peoria, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mentoring Writing with Picture Books

My students need picture books to use as mentor texts. Through picture books, my students will learn about the important traits they need to possess in their own writing.

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My Students

Does a picture book you read/that was read to you as a child remain in your mind? If so, the author's words and the illustrations made a lasting impression. Picture books are ideal tools for teaching children what it means to be an author.

My students come to school eager to learn and with various levels of readiness, ability, and interest.

They are in the beginnings of developing strength as readers and writers. They are exposed to an environment that embraces individual differences, encourages risk taking, and actively supports them as they grow.

My Project

The picture books requested have been specifically selected to use as mentor texts for teaching writing. Texts were selected to teach the following traits of writing: ideas, organization, conventions, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and presentation. It is important for children to begin developing these traits as young writers, and picture books are rich examples of authentic writing. The enjoyment, emotion, and connections developed through a child's exposure to picture books will leave a lasting impression. Rest assured that the picture books requested will be read, reread, and loved as they become models of the possibilities students have for their own writing.

Children do not learn best what it means to be a good writer through the use of worksheets and textbooks.

This is best learned through the examples of authors and repeated opportunities to explore and experiment with an author's techniques in their own writing.

Mrs. Masters Neil A Armstrong Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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East Peoria, 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

21 students impacted 8donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Show; Don't Tell!: Secrets of Writing • Amazon $20.25 1 $20.25
The Z Was Zapped: A Play in Twenty-Six Acts • Amazon $17.05 1 $17.05
What's Up, What's Down? • Amazon $15.38 1 $15.38
Imagine a Day (Byron Preiss Book) • Amazon $15.30 1 $15.30
The Tortilla Factory • Amazon $14.40 1 $14.40
All the Places to Love • Amazon $13.28 1 $13.28
The Rain Came Down • Amazon $13.28 1 $13.28
Island Grows, An • Amazon $13.28 1 $13.28
The Night I Followed the Dog • Amazon $12.82 1 $12.82
The Good Luck Cat • Amazon $12.69 1 $12.69
Max's Words • Amazon $12.68 1 $12.68
Roller Coaster • Amazon $12.68 1 $12.68
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: Why, Commas Really Do Make a Difference! • Amazon $12.08 1 $12.08
My Momma Likes to Say • Amazon $12.06 1 $12.06
Food Fight! • Amazon $12.00 1 $12.00
Do Not Open This Book • Amazon $11.11 1 $11.11
Courage • Amazon $9.69 1 $9.69
Farmer's Garden: Rhymes for Two Voices • Amazon $9.26 1 $9.26
Karate Hour (Booklist Editor's Choice. Books for Youth (Awards)) • Amazon $8.97 1 $8.97
Surprising Sharks with Audio: Read, Listen, & Wonder • Amazon $8.09 1 $8.09
One Tiny Turtle with Audio: Read, Listen, & Wonder • Amazon $7.88 1 $7.88
Bat Loves the Night with Audio: Read, Listen, & Wonder • Amazon $7.88 1 $7.88
Jake's 100th Day of School • Amazon $7.86 1 $7.86
Who Is the Beast? • Amazon $7.20 1 $7.20
Straight to the Pole • Amazon $7.19 1 $7.19
Yesterday I Had the Blues • Amazon $7.19 1 $7.19
Hondo and Fabian • Amazon $7.19 1 $7.19
Giant Pandas • Amazon $7.19 1 $7.19
Bullfrog Pops!: Adventures in Verbs and Direct Objects (Language Adventures Book) • Amazon $7.19 1 $7.19
Hello Ocean • Amazon $7.16 1 $7.16
The Relatives Came • Amazon $6.76 1 $6.76
Steal Back the Mona Lisa! • Amazon $6.40 1 $6.40
Out of the Ocean • Amazon $6.30 1 $6.30
Worksong • Amazon $6.30 1 $6.30
Suddenly!: A Preston Pig Story • Amazon $6.30 1 $6.30
Author: A True Story • Amazon $6.29 1 $6.29
My Big Dog (A Golden Classic) • Amazon $6.29 1 $6.29
Beatrice Doesn't Want To • Amazon $6.29 1 $6.29
The Perfect Pet • Amazon $6.29 1 $6.29
In November • Amazon $6.29 1 $6.29
Aunt Isabel Tells a Good One (Picture Puffins) • Amazon $6.29 1 $6.29
The Secret Shortcut • Amazon $5.71 1 $5.71

Materials cost

$405.79

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.09

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$441.88

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$77.98

Total project goal

$519.86

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $519.86

6 Donors

-$310.00

Donations toward project cost

-$263.50

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$46.50

match offer

-$209.86

Match offer toward project cost

-$178.38

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$31.48

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