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Mrs. Hoffman-Wehmeier from Greenwood, IN is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Our Finest Hours

Help me give my students an interesting way to work on their non-fiction reading skills.

  • $321 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

The students in our middle school are hard-working and are eager to learn and apply the instruction to their everyday lives. However, many families in our district simply do not have the financial resources to provide their children with materials that will promote academic success. Students deserve the best from their teachers.

It is my goal to provide my students with interesting and challenging non-fiction to help them grow as readers.

With help from DonorsChoose.org, my dreams can become their reality. My students deserve it.

My Project

I have spent many years teaching novels with my students in a book club format. A mentor in teaching non-fiction introduced me to using non-fiction in a book club setting to help guide my readers to tackle non-fiction in a way that is less threatening.

My students will explore non-fiction as they read The Finest Hours: The True Story of a Historic Sea Rescue by Michael Tougias and Casey Sherman.

In small groups, my students will practice Socratic Seminars, argumentative essay writing, and text structures as they learn about The United States Coast Guard and its famous rescue mission in Cape Cod in February 1952.

Mrs. Hoffman-Wehmeier
Grades 6-8
  • Greenwood Middle School
  • Greenwood, IN
    • 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

    This project will reach 40 students.

    9 donors have given to this project.

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Finest Hours • AKJ Education $5.83 40 $233.20

Materials cost

$233.20

Vendor shipping charges

 $6.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.50

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$272.70

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$48.12

Total project goal

$320.82

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $320.82

6 Donors

-$320.82

Donations toward project cost

-$272.70

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$48.12

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