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Mrs. Radway from Sioux Falls, SD is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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One Poem Inspires Another

Help me give my students new, fresh poetry books to enhance our poetry unit in April!

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My Project

In April, I will be implementing a poetry unit in which third graders explore a variety of poems and are encouraged to write their own. In order to inspire great writing of their own, students must first immerse themselves in great poetry. The books in this project are anywhere on the spectrum of serious to funny, short to long, rhyming to freeverse -- a true taste of poetry in a variety of forms.

Using the book Poetry Prompts, students will learn from a former poet laureate that there is no right or wrong to writing poetry.

He encourages students to read some of his poems then branch out and try their own. With his playful tone and silly subject matter, Mr. Coelho will inspire students to think of themselves as poets while writing short or long poems of their own.

The project will culminate with the third graders creating their own poems to put in their pockets for "Poem in Your Pocket Week." Either choosing a favorite poem that they read throughout April or writing one of their own, students will fill our hallways with poems so other students in our school can experience the power of poetry!

Mrs. Radway Lowell Elementary School Grades 3-5

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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.

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Sioux Falls, SD 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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Robot, Unicorn, Queen • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
At the Poles • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
Out of This World: Star-Studded Haiku • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
My Head Has a Bellyache: And More Nonsense for Mischievous Kids and Immature Grown-Ups (Mischievous Nonsense, 2) • Amazon Business $18.76 1 $18.76
Champion Chompers, Super Stinkers and Other Poems by Extraordinary Animals (-) • Amazon Business $18.19 1 $18.19
Animals in Pants • Amazon Business $17.27 1 $17.27
Zilot & Other Important Rhymes • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Poetry Prompts: All sorts of ways to start a poem from Joseph Coelho • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Trees: Haiku from Roots to Leaves • Amazon Business $14.69 1 $14.69
Chester van Chime Who Forgot How to Rhyme • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99

Materials cost

$169.85

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $9.34

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.55

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$211.74

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$37.37

Total project goal

$249.11

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $249.11

3 Donors

-$234.99

Donations toward project cost

-$211.74

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$23.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$14.12

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 $0.00

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