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Ms. Choi from New York, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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REAL Books for Our REAListic Fiction Writing

Help me give my students blank hardcover books, school supplies, and privacy partitions to publish their realistic fiction stories.

  • $1,423 goal

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My Students

Our students are creative, inquisitive, and hardworking. Whether they are working independently, in partnerships, small groups, or with the entire class, our students love overcoming challenges together. They not only push themselves when it comes to tasks, but love helping their peers to push themselves as well.

To foster our class communities, we strive to create and maintain only the best learning environments for our students.

Our goal as their teachers is to teach our students skills to thrive in and out of the classrooms.

My Project

Our next unit of writing is Realistic Fiction. Students will be study authors and their realistic fiction stories like Jamaica's Find, Pete's Chair, Fireflies, and Jabari Jumps to mimic craft moves used by authors in their own writing. With these new realistic fiction books, students can study MORE mentor texts and see how different authors bring their stories and characters to life. Inspired by true events and people from their own lives, our second graders will create fictional characters and bring them to life by making them talk, think, move, and feel in their realistic fiction stories. In this unit, students will learn how to build tension in a story and make readers eager to turn to the next page to see what happens to their favorite character. Our teacher team needs materials like sharpies and large post-its to jot down key teaching points and strategies for the anchor charts that are hung up around the room. These anchor charts are perfect tools for our students to use as resources; we want our students to have an array of "next steps" and

What better way to showcase student's writing than in a hardcover book, just like their mentor authors?

In the final stage of the writing process, students will publish their edited stories in a hard cover book using the felt pens. Not only will students work through the writing process to write a realistic fiction story, but our students will also become illustrators! Students will also create illustrations using the colorful markers to compliment their writing.

Ms. Choi PS 33 Chelsea Preparatory Grades PreK-2

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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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

98 students impacted 24donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
White Blank Books with Hardcovers 8.5"W x 11"H (6 Books / Pack) • Amazon Business $20.99 17 $356.83
Paper Mate Flair Felt Tip Pen, 0.7mm, Medium Point, 12-Count (12-Pack, Black) • Amazon Business $14.98 8 $119.84
Neenah Cardstock, 8.5" x 11", Heavy-Weight, White, 94 Brightness, 300 Sheets (91437) • Amazon Business $11.99 8 $95.92
JJ689 - Privacy Partition - Set of 10 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 3 $89.97
Jabari Jumps • Amazon Business $13.74 6 $82.44
Post-it Super Sticky Notes, 2x Sticking Power, 8 in x 6 in, Rio de Janeiro Collection, 4 Pads/Pack, 45 Sheets/Pad (6845-SSP) • Amazon Business $9.39 8 $75.12
Sanford Sharpie SAN30075 Permanent Markers, Fine Point, Assorted, Case of 12 Dozens • Amazon Business $66.39 1 $66.39
Jamaica Tag-Along • Amazon Business $7.99 8 $63.92
Peter's Chair • Amazon Business $13.38 4 $53.52
Fireflies • Amazon Business $6.99 7 $48.93
Avery Economy Clear Sheet Protectors, 8.5" x 11", Acid-Free, Archival Safe, Top Loading, 100ct (75091) • Amazon Business $9.79 4 $39.16
Smead Portable Expanding File Box, 19 Pockets, Alphabetic (A-Z) and Subject Labels, Handle and Latch Closure, Legal Size, 1 Count, Color Varies (70806) • Amazon Business $13.32 2 $26.64
Poly Index Dividers, Double Pocket, 8-Tab, 8-1/2"x11", Multi, Sold as 2 Set • Amazon Business $10.76 2 $21.52
Accordion File Folder, 24 Pocket Expanding Organizer, A4 Letter Size Document Holder, Rainbow Multicolor • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Jamaica's Find (Reading Rainbow) • Amazon Business $6.71 1 $6.71

Materials cost

$1,161.90

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$17.43

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,209.33

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$213.41

Total project goal

$1,422.74

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,422.74

21 Donors

-$1,368.04

Donations toward project cost

-$1,209.33

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$158.71

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$54.70

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