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Mrs. Woodburn from Nashville, TN is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Serious Readers Need...Math Literature!

My students need a set of engaging math stories and texts, such as the Sir Cumference Series, Hundred-Dollar Robber, Lost Key, Secret Ghost and other Manga Math Mysteries, to help strengthen their literacy skills as well as provide vivid, real world examples of math concepts.

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My Students

"I'll just use a calculator -- I'll never need to know this!" Let's be honest -- almost everyone has felt that way about a new math concept at some point. What better way to show that these same math skills have a relevancy to real-life application than through engaging stories?

My students love math class, but are hesitant about reading.

As many students are English Language Learners, I try to make my teaching as visual as possible. While they can do pretty well with straight math questions, they get stumped on word problems and math embedded in text.

My Project

My students need a set of engaging math stories and texts, such as the Sir Cumference Series, Hundred-Dollar Robber, Lost Key, Secret Ghost and other Manga Math Mysteries, to help strengthen their literacy skills as well as provide vivid, real world examples of math concepts. These stories would be used as whole class read alouds, but would also be available to students during math stations. The books that I selected should be engaging (I borrowed one of these titles in a previous year from another teacher but can't seem to borrow it again!). I'd love to challenge my students to write their own math stories and can't think of better exemplars than some of these titles!

My students need to see examples of how math is used in real life and without a calculator.

This project will give them engaging and vivid examples that will expand their own ideas of what can be done with math.

Mrs. Woodburn Robert Churchwell Museum Elementary School Grades 3-5

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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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Nashville, TN View local requests

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 7donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Multiplying Menace: The Revenge of Rumpelstiltskin • AKJ Books $5.88 1 $5.88
Secret Ghost, the: Manga Math Mysteries • AKJ Books $5.14 1 $5.14
Kung Fu Puzzle: Manga Math Mysteries • AKJ Books $5.14 1 $5.14
Lost Key, The: Manga Math Mysteries • AKJ Books $5.14 1 $5.14
Sir Cumference and All the King''s Tens • AKJ Books $5.88 1 $5.88
Fly on the Ceiling: A Math Myth: (Step into Reading Books + • AKJ Books $2.95 1 $2.95
Zachery Zormer: Shape Transformer • AKJ Books $5.88 1 $5.88
Hundred-Dollar Robber, The: Manga Math Mysteries • AKJ Books $5.14 1 $5.14
One Minute Mysteries: 65 Short Mysteries You Solve with Math • AKJ Books $7.36 1 $7.36
Sideways Arithmetic from Wayside School • AKJ Books $4.43 1 $4.43
Sir Cumference and the Great Knight of Angleland • AKJ Books $5.88 1 $5.88
Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi • AKJ Books $5.88 1 $5.88
Sir Cumference and the Isle of Immeter • AKJ Books $5.88 1 $5.88
Sir Cumference and the First Round Table • AKJ Books $5.88 1 $5.88
Sir Cumference and the Sword in the Cone • AKJ Books $5.88 1 $5.88
RA301 - Math Literature Collection - Gr. 4-6 • Lakeshore Learning $79.00 1 $79.00

Materials cost

$161.34

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.42

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$198.76

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$35.08

Total project goal

$233.84

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $233.84

5 Donors

-$233.84

Donations toward project cost

-$198.76

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$35.08

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 $0.00

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