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Ms. Albina from Chicago IL is requesting a class trip through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Open Books Chicago Field Trip

My students need experience writing stories! They need a trip to Open Books Chicago.

  • $511 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are a colorful cast of kiddos from all around the world. They love to read and write and would benefit greatly from a field trip built around literacy.

My students are a mix of general education and special needs students snuggled tightly into our Chicago public school classroom.

My students this year are a particularly imaginative and creative bunch who love to listen to, tell and write stories with and for one another.

My Project

The Open Books Chicago field trip give students the chance to create their own work of creative writing, share their pieces with one another and have the stories bound in a book that they then get to keep as they move on to fourth grade. The skills they learn on this trip are invaluable and will stick with them through their elementary (and possibly secondary) school years.

With a new focus on non-fiction reading and writing, my students have less instructional time dedicated to the craft of fiction writing.

I feel that it is extremely important for them as students, and for us as a society, to foster a love and value of fiction writing.

Ms. Albina
Grades 3-5
    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

    This project will reach 31 students.

    16 donors have given to this project.

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Component Company Total
Activity Open Books Chicago $248.00
Transportation Alltown Bus $150.00

Trip cost

$398.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.97

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$433.97

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$76.58

Total project goal

$510.55

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $510.55

11 Donors

-$498.91

Donations toward project cost

-$433.97

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$64.94

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$11.64

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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