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Mrs. King from Fredericktown, MO is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Sing a Story, Read a Song

Help me give my students a musical purpose for reading with these book that add diversity to our classroom library.

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My Students

Situated in a rural, high poverty area, my school engages learners in 3rd, 4th and 5th grades. We are a positive behavior support school and strive to give our students the best opportunities available to create safe, kind, respectful, responsible learners.

Most of my students do not have access to instruments at home and get most of their music experience in my classroom.

Cultural centers and concert halls are more than an hour away and are often too expensive for students' families. These factors make what happens in music class even more important.

My Project

Reading is important in all content areas. In music class, we don't always have a chance to read together as a class, but students regularly have a chance to visit the music library as part of their month workstation rotations. This allows students to pursue their own musical interests with the books I have on hand. At other times the books will be used for rhythmic activities and dramatic interpretations with music. Imagine making stories come alive with drums, ukuleles and dancing with scarves. Imagine playing world instruments to add sound effects to stories read aloud. Imagine practicing fluency with a story that is actually lyrics to a song we have already learned in class.

Our classroom library is in need of books about musicians, biographies and books that include musicians and children of diverse backgrounds.

Living in a small, rural town that is not very diverse, these books will provide a glimpse of the larger world that we live in. Learning about musicians and their experiences helps students connect to people that lived or are living lives very different from their own.

Partner with us as we sing stories and read songs together!

Mrs. King Fredericktown Intermediate School Grades 3-5

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Fredericktown, MO View local requests

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

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Selena Gomez: Pop Star (Big Buddy Pop Biographies) • Amazon Business $28.50 1 $28.50
Lady Gaga (Big Buddy Pop Biographies) • Amazon Business $28.50 1 $28.50
Bruno Mars: Famous Musician (Big Buddy Pop Biographies) • Amazon Business $26.53 1 $26.53
Ed Sheeran: Singer & Songwriter (Big Buddy Pop Biographies) • Amazon Business $24.95 1 $24.95
Blake Shelton: Famous Entertainer (Big Buddy Pop Biographies) • Amazon Business $22.67 1 $22.67
Guitar Genius: How Les Paul Engineered the Solid-Body Electric Guitar and Rocked the World • Amazon Business $15.43 1 $15.43
Ella Queen of Jazz • Amazon Business $14.62 1 $14.62
Passing the Music Down • Amazon Business $14.01 1 $14.01
Just a Lucky So and So: The Story of Louis Armstrong • Amazon Business $14.00 1 $14.00
Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music • Amazon Business $13.94 1 $13.94
The Roots of Rap: 16 Bars on the 4 Pillars of Hip-Hop • Amazon Business $13.37 1 $13.37
All You Need Is Love • Amazon Business $13.34 1 $13.34
Forever Young • Amazon Business $13.33 1 $13.33
Little Melba and Her Big Trombone • Amazon Business $12.78 1 $12.78
The Music in George's Head: George Gershwin Creates Rhapsody in Blue • Amazon Business $12.20 1 $12.20
The Music of Life: Bartolomeo Cristofori & the Invention of the Piano • Amazon Business $11.98 1 $11.98
Ada's Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay • Amazon Business $9.98 1 $9.98
Drake (Big Buddy Pop Biographies) • Amazon Business $8.32 1 $8.32
Crankee Doodle • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Every Little Thing: Based on the song 'Three Little Birds' by Bob Marley • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Blowin' in the Wind • Amazon Business $7.59 1 $7.59

Materials cost

$322.02

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.83

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$356.85

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$62.97

Total project goal

$419.82

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $419.82

1 Donor

-$84.00

Donations toward project cost

-$71.40

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.60

match offer

-$335.82

Match offer toward project cost

-$285.45

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$50.37

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