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Mrs. Simone from Staten Island, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Reading Can Help Us Write Better!!!

My students need 33 various book titles to use as models in their writing process, such as "Boundless Grace" and "The One in the Middle Is the Green Kangaroo".

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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.

I have been teaching third grade for the past five years in New York. My school is Title 1, however the students don't act like they live in low-income families/homes. They come to school with a passion to learn and it has been my job and pleasure to teach them over the past five years.

This proposal goes along with the theme of DonorsChoose. Just like Donors help students, Reading can help Writing. My students often struggle when it comes time for creating their own writing pieces. They struggle to understand what is expected of them or even how to start writing their memoir, or a realistic fiction. Students need to see/read models of how great writing looks. They need to read incredible authors like Tomie DePaola, Judy Blume, Patricia Polacco and many more. These authors have written incredible stories that show students how great writing should look. Students would be able to see how to write a "great beginning" or what is a "realistic" problem for their character to face. Students need books to guide them as a model in their writing.

If my students were able to receive about 30 books written by great authors to use as models, they would be able to succeed in writing. My students would be able to read these books and try to incorporate the authors style of writing into their own. These books would be used throughout the year with each writing piece my students create. Not only would my students have myself to model writing for them, but experienced exceptional writers as well.

Reading and writing are two subjects that go together like peanut butter and jelly. Sure you could eat a jelly sandwich or just a peanut butter sandwich, but that would be simple and plain. Together they make an incredible sandwich everyone loves. Same goes for reading and writing. Alone they can be taught but not to an exceptional level. Together they will empower my students to become great writers and even motivate them to read and write. And possibly one day in the future my students can become well known authors too.

Mrs. Simone PS 22 Graniteville Grades 3-5

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More than three‑quarters 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

25 students impacted 11donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
One in the Middle Is the Green Kangaroo Judy Blume, Amy Aitken (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
Boundless Grace Mary Hoffman, Caroline Binch (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Amazing Grace Mary Hoffman, Caroline Binch (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.59 1 $13.59
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Judith Viorst, Ray Cruz (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich, Last Sunday Judith Viorst, Ray Cruz (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Alexander, Who's Not (Do You Hear Me? I Mean It!) Going to Move Judith Viorst, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
When I Was Young in the Mountains Cynthia Rylant, Diane Goode (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
When I Am Old with You Angela Johnson, David Soman (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
Paperboy Dav Pilkey, Dav Pilkey (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Shortcut Donald Crews, Donald Crews (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Wednesday Surprise Eve Bunting (Illustrator), Donald Carrick (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.35 1 $5.35
Too Many Tamales Gary Soto, Ed Martinez (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother Patricia Polacco, Patricia Polacco (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Ira Sleeps Over Bernard Waber, Bernard Waber (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
Pain and the Great One Judy Blume, Irene Trivas, Irene Trivas (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Hey World, Here I Am! Jean Little, Sue Truesdell (Illustrator), Susan G. Truesdell (Illustrator), Sue Fruesdell (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
Owl Babies Martin Waddell, Patrick Benson (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Goggles! Ezra Jack Keats, Ezra Jack Keats (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers Mordicai Gerstein, Mordicai Gerstein (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
Peter's Chair Ezra Jack Keats, Ezra Jack Keats (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Some Birthday! Patricia Polacco, Patricia Polacco (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Suddenly!: A Preston Pig Story Colin McNaughton • Barnes and Noble $6.30 1 $6.30
Tight Times Barbara Shook Hazen, Trina Schart Hyman (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Earthquake Milly Lee, Yangsook Choi (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale Mo Willems • Barnes and Noble $11.19 1 $11.19
Arthur Writes a Story (Arthur Adventures Series) Marc Brown, Robin Goldstein • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Honey, I Love Eloise Greenfield, Jan Spivey Gilchrist (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.29 1 $15.29
If You Were a Writer Joan Lowery Nixon, Bruce Degen (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Chalk Doll Charlotte Pomerantz, Frane Lessac (Illustrator), Frane Lessac (Photographer) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Fireflies Julie Brinckloe, Julie Brinckloe (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs Tomie dePaola, Tomie dePaola (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Baby Sister Tomie de Paola, Tomie de Paola (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $16.19 1 $16.19
Apt. 3 Ezra Jack Keats, Ezra Jack Keats (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29

Materials cost

$233.98

Vendor shipping charges

 $23.40

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.85

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$280.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$61.46

Total project goal

$341.46

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $341.46

10 Donors

-$312.25

Donations toward project cost

-$280.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$32.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$29.21

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

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