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Mr. Witsell from Bronx, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Musical Retellings

Help me give my students books for an opportunity to retell famous literature through music.

  • $227 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.

My Students

My students love to sing, move, and play instruments. They know that music class is a safe space where they are allowed to explore, create, and collaborate with each other. Every time they leave class, they leave with a smile and a new song.

My Project

The goal of using children's literature in my classroom is to strengthen vocabulary, practice elements of a story, teach musical history, deep-in their understanding of their cultures as well as further expose my students to other cultures.

My students love when we read books in my music class.

In music class, we retell stories through chanting, playing non-pitched, pitched instruments, performing body percussion, and using locomotive and non-locomotive movements.

By helping me add to my music library, you will be helping them grow as musicians and all rounded citizens.

Mr. Witsell PS/MS 29 Melrose School Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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.

More about Mr. Witsell

Bronx, NY View local requests

Nearly all 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

200 students impacted 5donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Leontyne Price: Voice of a Century • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Duke Ellington's Nutcracker Suite (Once Upon a Masterpiece) • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Just a Lucky So and So: The Story of Louis Armstrong • Amazon Business $16.95 1 $16.95
The Nutcracker in Harlem • Amazon Business $16.63 1 $16.63
My Family Plays Music (15th Anniversary Edition) • Amazon Business $15.20 1 $15.20
Sing a Song: How Lift Every Voice and Sing Inspired Generations • Amazon Business $14.84 1 $14.84
I Got the Rhythm • Amazon Business $13.89 1 $13.89
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie • Amazon Business $10.88 1 $10.88
Up, Up, Down • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
The Squiggle • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
We Are Music • Amazon Business $7.49 1 $7.49
The Story of Rap • Amazon Business $6.28 1 $6.28
The Very Hungry Caterpillar • Amazon Business $5.06 1 $5.06

Materials cost

$160.18

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.40

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$192.58

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$33.98

Total project goal

$226.56

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $226.56

3 Donors

-$220.39

Donations toward project cost

-$192.58

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$27.81

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$6.17

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