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Mrs. Cabrera from Miami, FL is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Poetry in Your Own (Magnetic) Words

Help me give my students magnetic words to create original poetry and prose.

  • $245 goal

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Mrs. Cabrera has another project! Donate to Unbound Voices: Exploring Young Adult Literature to help her classroom.

$999 - complete this project and be a hero

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

I teach in a small public school within a large urban school district. My students are as diverse as the members of the communities they come from, but they are united in their thirst for learning and goals to advance via education.

My students are ambitious, bright, and hardworking, and I applaud their continuous efforts to cultivate their learning through discovery and inquiry.

My students are encouraged to work on developing their reading and writing skills independently, but exposing them to collaborative activities allows them to see how language evolves. With the right classroom tools, their academic growth will be incredible, this year and in the future. And they will always feel empowered to use their voice.

My Project

The purpose of my project is to allow the students to use their problem solving and creative skills to produce stories and ideas, using magnetic poetry, in order to understand how fluid language can be.

Whether it is writing a haiku or a sonnet, the magnetic poetry will allow them to see the process authors undergo as they too have the opportunity to create stories.

In my classroom, students are always asked to read texts written by published authors and either conduct a rhetorical analysis or a literary analysis; write an argument or annotate a piece. Often they are reluctant or bewildered about how to proceed because they don't have the right words, yet they are always on their phones tweeting or texting which comes quite naturally to them. The magnetic poetry provides with the words, and their creativity will be their guide.

Mrs. Cabrera School for Advanced Studies - Wolfson Grades 9-12

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.

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Miami, FL 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

120 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Two-Sided Magnetic Dry-Erase Boards - Pack of 12 • Nasco $41.95 1 $41.95
Magnetic Poetry - The Poet Kit - More Essential Words For Your Refrigerator - Write Poems and Letters on the Fridge - Made in the USA • Amazon Business $19.95 1 $19.95
Magnetic Poetry - Original Kit - All the Essential Words For Your Refrigerator - Write Poems and Letters on the Fridge - Made in the USA • Amazon Business $19.95 1 $19.95
Magnetic Poetry - Shakespeare Kit - Words for Refrigerator - Write Poems and Letters on the Fridge - Made in the USA • Amazon Business $12.95 1 $12.95
Magnetic Poetry - Genius Kit - Words for Refrigerator - Write Poems and Letters on the Fridge - Made in the USA • Amazon Business $12.95 1 $12.95
Magnetic Poetry - Haiku Kit - Words for Refrigerator - Write Poems and Letters on the Fridge - Made in the USA • Amazon Business $12.95 1 $12.95
Magnetic Poetry - Zombie Kit - Words for Refrigerator - Write Poems and Letters on the Fridge - Made in the USA • Amazon Business $12.95 1 $12.95
Magnetic Poetry - Edgar Allan Poet Kit - Words for Refrigerator - Write Poems and Letters on the Fridge - Made in the USA • Amazon Business $12.95 1 $12.95
Pride & Poetry: Magnetic Poetry Kit (Themed Kits) • Amazon Business $12.95 1 $12.95
Expo Low Odor Fine Tip Dry-Erase Markers, Assorted, 8/pk (86601) • Staples Advantage $5.93 2 $11.86

Materials cost

$171.41

Vendor shipping charges

 $4.20

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.57

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$208.18

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$36.74

Total project goal

$244.92

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $244.92

1 Donor

-$244.92

Donations toward project cost

-$208.18

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$36.74

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