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Reading Is in the Bag: Growing Families Through Literacy

Help me give my students a variety of fiction and nonfiction books, literacy bags, hooks to hang the bags, and composition notebooks to take home each week to read and write with their families.

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My Students

Creativity, imagination, problem solving and collaboration are key components to authentic learning in our classroom. I have high expectations for every student. It is my responsibility to provide a variety of learning opportunities to help each child meet or exceed their goals. Our school is a K-2 school with approximately 1,100 children enrolled.

We have a diverse population of ethnic backgrounds, a growing ELL population, a high percentage of students who need accelerated learning opportunities, and students who need reading and math interventions to help them establish a firm foundation for successful learning.

My Project

Nightly reading of fiction and nonfiction books at home is crucial to building successful readers. Reading is in the bag: Growing Families through Literacy will bridge the gap between home and school by fostering parental involvement, interactions and engagement. The thematic literacy bags will provide families with a balance of fiction and nonfiction literature which supplement the second grade language arts, math, science, health and social studies curriculum. Students will select a thematic literacy bag each week to take home and explore. Children will enjoy the quality time spent with parents and improve reading skills while learning about interesting science, math, health and social studies topics.

Literacy is the foundation of school achievement in all subject areas.

Growing Families through Literacy will benefit students by engaging them in reading and writing while interacting with family members. Through practice and positive motivation, students will improve in reading and writing and become confident, self-motivated readers. The composition notebooks requested will be used for students to write a letter to me each week about what they learned. The Command hooks will be attached to the wall to display the literacy bags for students to select each week. I will use the iron-on transfers to create thematic titles to iron on each bag.

The goal of this project is to expose children to a variety of literacy experiences, promote language skills and appreciation for literacy and encourage families to be involved in literacy experiences with their children. As a result of this project, I will be able to provide unique literacy experiences for the children that excite their curiosity in learning about their world through reading and boost achievement needed for success in school and life.

Mrs. Webster Farragut Primary School Grades PreK-2

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Knoxville, TN View local requests 42 students impacted 8donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lily Queen Cotton Canvas Tote Bag Durable Canvas Shopping Bags Reusable Grocery Gift Bags Washable with Flat Bottom (Black - 12 Pack) • Amazon Business $32.99 2 $65.98
NuFun Activities Inkjet Printable Iron-On Heat Transfer for Dark Fabrics, 8.5 x 11 inch, (50 Sheets) • Amazon Business $31.50 1 $31.50
Mead Composition Notebooks, Comp Books, Wide Ruled Paper, 100 Sheets, 9-3/4" x 7-1/2", Fashion, Assorted Colors, 12 Pack (73389) • Amazon Business $14.68 2 $29.36
Command White Hooks, White, 14 hooks, 16 strips, Indoor Use (17003-MPES) • Amazon Business $12.96 2 $25.92
The Gingerbread Girl • AKJ Education $16.19 1 $16.19
A Light in the Attic • AKJ Education $14.59 1 $14.59
Freeze Frame • AKJ Education $13.83 1 $13.83
Ish • AKJ Education $13.50 1 $13.50
The Star-Spangled Banner • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Horses (Common Core Exemplar) • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
The Ninjabread Man • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
When Pigasso Met Mootisse • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
Whoosh! • AKJ Education $12.37 1 $12.37
Chicken Sunday • AKJ Education $5.83 2 $11.66
The Dot • AKJ Education $10.95 1 $10.95
National Geographic Kids Beginner's United States Atlas • AKJ Education $10.21 1 $10.21
National Geographic Kids Everything Money • AKJ Education $9.45 1 $9.45
Dog Man: A Tale of Two Kitties: From the Creator of Captain • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Travel Adventures: The Grand Canyon: Data • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Girls Think of Everything • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Great Moments in the Summer Olympics • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Inside Your Outside • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
The New Kid on the Block • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Women Who Changed the World • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Extreme Weather • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Habitats • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
What Pet Should I Get? / One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
F Is For Flag • AKJ Education $3.64 2 $7.28
Fossils • AKJ Education $7.26 1 $7.26
Olympig! • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
George Washington's Teeth • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Lives of the Athletes: Thrills, Spills (and What the Neighbors Thought) • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Looking at Rocks • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
What Is the Rock Cycle? • AKJ Education $6.53 1 $6.53
Your Mind-Bending Brain and Networking Nervous System • AKJ Education $6.53 1 $6.53
Caring for Your Pets • AKJ Education $6.53 1 $6.53
The Arctic Habitat • AKJ Education $6.53 1 $6.53
Your Strong Skeleton and Amazing Muscular System • AKJ Education $6.53 1 $6.53
Horses • AKJ Education $6.53 1 $6.53
Camouflage and Mimicry • AKJ Education $5.91 1 $5.91
So You Want to Be An Inventor? • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Roberto: The Insect Architect • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
A Picture Book of Martin Luther King, Jr. • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Animals Nobody Loves • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
O, Say Can You See? • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
America's Champion Swimmer • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
A Weed Is a Flower • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Beast Feast: Poems • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Me and My Amazing Body • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
The Art Lesson • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Geronimo Stilton #37: The Race Across America • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
The 2012 London Olympics • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
The Gingerbread Boy • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Rocks, Fossils and Arrowheads • AKJ Education $5.80 1 $5.80
Can We Save Them? • AKJ Education $5.80 1 $5.80
The Best Camouflaged Animals • AKJ Education $5.32 1 $5.32
Dogs at Work • AKJ Education $5.11 1 $5.11
The Story Of Ruby Bridges: Special Anniversary Edition (Common Core Exemplar) • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
What Lives in a Shell? • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Life Cycle of a Dog, The • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Horse Heroes • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Magic School Bus Presents: Volcanoes & Earthquakes • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
The Magic School Bus Inside The Human Body • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Ancient Greece and the Olympics • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Seriously, Cinderella Is So Annoying! • AKJ Education $5.07 1 $5.07
Trust Me, Jack's Beanstalk Stinks! • AKJ Education $5.07 1 $5.07
Honestly, Red Riding Hood Was Rotten! • AKJ Education $5.07 1 $5.07
American Symbols • AKJ Education $5.07 1 $5.07
Believe Me, Goldilocks Rocks! • AKJ Education $5.07 1 $5.07
Wettest and the Driest, The • AKJ Education $5.07 1 $5.07
Geology • AKJ Education $5.07 1 $5.07
Extreme Weather • AKJ Education $5.07 1 $5.07
Baby Horses • AKJ Education $5.07 1 $5.07
Veterinarians Help • AKJ Education $4.59 1 $4.59
National Geographic Readers: Bats • AKJ Education $4.49 1 $4.49
National Geographic Readers: Cats vs. Dogs • AKJ Education $4.49 1 $4.49
The Puppy Place #5: Buddy • AKJ Education $4.49 1 $4.49
National Geographic Readers: George Washington • AKJ Education $4.49 1 $4.49
National Geographic Readers: Rosa Parks • AKJ Education $4.49 1 $4.49
National Geographic Readers: Martin Luther King, Jr. • AKJ Education $4.49 1 $4.49
National Geographic Readers: Volcanoes! • AKJ Education $4.49 1 $4.49
National Geographic Readers: Mummies • AKJ Education $4.49 1 $4.49
Where Are the Great Pyramids? • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
Who Was Betsy Ross? • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
What Are the Summer Olympics? • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
Who Was Dr. Seuss? • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
What Happened to the Dinosaurs? • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
Magic Tree House #3: Mummies in the Morning • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
Steve Jobs • AKJ Education $4.34 1 $4.34
Magic Tree House #1: Dinosaurs Before Dark • AKJ Education $4.18 1 $4.18
Abe Lincoln's Hat • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64
Red, White, and Blue • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64
Amelia Bedelia and the Cat • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64
Amazing Armadillos • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64
Flat Stanley's Worldwide Adventures #2: The Great Egyptian Grave Robbery • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64
Flat Stanley's Worldwide Adventures #8: The Australian Boomerang Bonanza • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64
Ben Franklin and the Magic Squares • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64
Flat Stanley's Worldwide Adventures #3: The Japanese Ninja Surprise • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64
National Geographic Readers: Woof! • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64
Abe Lincoln and the Muddy Pig • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64
National Geographic Kids Readers: Ancient Egypt (L3) • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64
Flat Stanley Us Capital Commotion • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64
The Horse in Harry's Room • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64
Dinosaur Days • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64
Andrew Lost #12: In the Ice Age • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64
George Washington Carver • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64
Flat Stanley's Worldwide Adventures #5: The Amazing Mexican Secret • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64
Jackie Robinson: He Led the Way • AKJ Education $3.59 1 $3.59
Buddy: The First Seeing Eye Dog (level 4) • AKJ Education $3.59 1 $3.59
Scholastic Reader Level 2 Ruby Bridges Goes to School • AKJ Education $3.59 1 $3.59
Secrets of the Mummies • AKJ Education $2.91 1 $2.91
I Am Walt Disney • AKJ Education $2.70 1 $2.70
Undercover Creatures • AKJ Education $1.80 1 $1.80
Duckbills and Boneheads (World of Wonder) • AKJ Education $1.75 1 $1.75

Materials cost

$829.04

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$12.44

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$871.48

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$153.79

Total project goal

$1,025.27

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,025.27

5 Donors

-$863.51

Donations toward project cost

-$786.48

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$77.03

match offer

-$100.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$85.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$61.76

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 $0.00

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