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Read (Write) to Succeed With Max Axiom Part 2

Help me give my students novels from the Science Comics series and the book, My Awesome Comic Book: Write and Illustrate Your Own Comic Book, to reinforce knowledge and stimulate creative writing.

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My Students

My fifth-grade students are working diligently to increase their twenty first century skills and self-esteem. They are highly motivated students in need of higher level thinking opportunities. I am interested in supporting my students to achieve their dreams by helping them access their inner potential.

My students are deserving of the best the world can offer because they are our future!

They are a fun-loving, creative and dedicated group of learners coming from primarily Latino families located in suburban California. Our school has about one thousand students in a PreK-5 environment where free or reduced-price lunch is the standard. We are co-located with a Magnet school on our campus.

My Project

Is the art of writing a thing of the past? If I give a writing assignment, my students groan and whine. I want them to enjoy writing and to have lots of mentor texts to use as guides for creating their own writing. Therefore, Max Axiom science comics come to the rescue. These graphic novels can provide the stimulus and confidence for my students to write their own educational comic books. In doing so, they will be reinforcing their own knowledge of what they are studying.

"The only advice anybody can give is, if you wanna be a writer, keep writing and read all you can, read everything," said Stan Lee.

Reading and writing go together. I want my students to know this and experience it. By reading lots of graphic novels, I want my students to take one of the curricular areas they are studying and begin to write a comic book. I want them to choose an area they need to practice on. This way I can see if they have really grasped the concepts of their studies. These exciting adventure stories will be packed with educational facts and details woven into the comic super hero's adventures. We plan on publishing these comic books, sharing them with other students, and displaying them for parents.

Please consider helping my students become the writers of tomorrow.

Ms. Kenaston San Miguel Avenue Elementary School Grades 3-5

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Survive! Inside the Human Body, Vol. 2: The Circulatory System • Amazon Business $17.05 1 $17.05
Survive! Inside the Human Body, Vol. 1: The Digestive System • Amazon Business $14.36 1 $14.36
Science Comics: Solar System: Our Place in Space • Amazon Business $10.78 1 $10.78
Science Comics: The Brain: The Ultimate Thinking Machine • Amazon Business $9.33 1 $9.33
Science Comics: Trees: Kings of the Forest • Amazon Business $9.20 1 $9.20
Engineering a Totally Rad Skateboard with Max Axiom, Super Scientist (Graphic Science and Engineering in Action) • Amazon Business $8.10 1 $8.10
Science Comics: Wild Weather: Storms, Meteorology, and Climate • Amazon Business $7.96 1 $7.96
Science Comics: Flying Machines: How the Wright Brothers Soared • Amazon Business $6.64 1 $6.64
My Awesome Comic Book: Write and Illustrate Your Own Comic Book • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Science Comics: Robots and Drones: Past, Present, and Future • Amazon Business $5.69 1 $5.69
Science Comics: Cars: Engines That Move You • Amazon Business $5.49 1 $5.49

Materials cost

$100.59

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $9.20

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.51

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$141.30

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$24.94

Total project goal

$166.24

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $166.24

3 Donors

-$81.00

Donations toward project cost

-$73.65

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.35

match offer

-$79.59

Match offer toward project cost

-$67.65

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$11.94

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$5.65

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 $0.00

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