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

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Small, Beautiful, Wonderful, Important Things

My students need 34 books about plants in the classroom, so that they can learn about how to take good care of our school garden.

  • $590 goal

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My Students

When was the last time that you stopped to notice a drop of water fall to the ground? Small, important and wonderful miracles happen around us daily. Young children stop to notice and wonder everyday, but budget cuts are affecting how my students make discoveries about their world.

My students are a lovely, motivated and curious bunch of second and third grade children who live in an urban area.

Coming from mostly Latino backgrounds, they often struggle with comprehension, production and the acquisition of the English language. Having tactile experiences can help to close these gaps. Furthermore, when they are provided with meaningful and purposeful engagement with literature, they naturally expand their vocabulary, and their language growth is phenomenal. One way that young students develop their vocabulary and strengthen their language acquisition is by talking about the experiences that they have with adults and their peers. Our school recently received a donation for a school garden. The new garden has generated a lot of discussion amongst the children already. I want to provide them with learning materials that will make their experiences with the garden even richer. A collection of literature about plants, composting and soil will help with this goal.

My Project

The children will use the books and audio equipment to develop their language and literacy skills in many different ways. I plan to engage my students in a study of plants and seeds because they have shown such a strong interest in the garden. First they will listen to some of the books. This will provide the children with opportunities to have the natural flow and sound of the English language modeled for them. Next, the children will learn how to read the books independently. This will help the children to learn new words about plants and seeds and improve their reading and comprehension skills. This will also help the children to practice speaking the English language as they engage in discussions about the books. The children have been making discoveries about the garden as they observe and use their senses to explore. The new information that they acquire from the books, will help them to strengthen their scientific questions and inquiry about plants and seeds.

Imagine the excitement in my room when I am able to spark the imaginations of my students and their sense of awe about the natural world using these materials.

My students will learn how to think and act just like scientists do. They will realize that even though they are small, they can still develop ideas to help solve the big ecological problems we face. One day soon, I hope to hear one of my students say, "Abuela, I know how I can help the world when I grow up. I will be a botanist."

Ms. Wilder Muscota New School Grades PreK-2

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New York, NY View local requests 25 students impacted 6donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Vegetables We Eat Gail Gibons • AKJ BOOKS $5.93 6 $35.58
What Do Roots Do? Kathleen V. Kudlinski, David Schuppert (Illustrator) • AKJ BOOKS $6.79 1 $6.79
My Parents: Heroes of the Harvest/Mis papitos: Heroes de la Consecha Samuel Caraballo, Obed Gomez (Illustrator) • AKJ BOOKS $12.94 1 $12.94
Living Sunlight: How Plants Bring the Earth to Life Penny Chisholm, Molly Garrett Bang (Illustrator) • AKJ BOOKS $11.61 1 $11.61
Growing Green: A Young Person's Guide to Taking Care of the Planet Christina Goodings • AKJ BOOKS $10.51 1 $10.51
Vegetables Robin Nelson • AKJ BOOKS $3.37 1 $3.37
Hey, Little Ant Philip M. Hoose, Hannah Hoose • AKJ BOOKS $10.93 1 $10.93
Waiting for Wings Lois Ehlert, Lois Ehlert (Illustrator) • AKJ BOOKS $15.38 1 $15.38
Looking Closely around the Pond Frank Serafini (Illustrator), Frank Serafini (Photographer) • AKJ BOOKS $13.76 1 $13.76
Compost Stew: An A to Z Recipe for the Earth Mary McKenna Siddals, Ashley Wolff • AKJ BOOKS $10.93 1 $10.93
The Tree That Time Built: A Celebration of Nature, Science, and Imagination Mary Ann Hoberman, Linda Winston, Barbara Fortin (Illustrator) • AKJ BOOKS $16.23 1 $16.23
Tops and Bottoms Janet Stevens, Stevens, Janet Stevens (Illustrator) • AKJ BOOKS $11.62 1 $11.62
Many Biomes, One Earth Sneed B Collard III, James Needham (Illustrator) • AKJ BOOKS $6.79 1 $6.79
The Riverbank Charles Darwin, Fabian Negrin (Illustrator) • AKJ BOOKS $15.34 1 $15.34
The Dandelion Seed Joseph A. Anthony, Cris Arbo (Illustrator) • AKJ BOOKS $13.76 1 $13.76
From Seed to Dandelion Ellen Weiss • AKJ BOOKS $5.93 1 $5.93
Flower Garden Eve Bunting, Kathryn Hewitt (Illustrator) • AKJ BOOKS $5.98 1 $5.98
Autumn Leaves, Vol. 3 Gail Saunders-Smith • AKJ BOOKS $5.08 1 $5.08
Bananas Jacqueline Farmer, Page E. C'Rourke, Page Eastburn O'Rourke (Illustrator) • AKJ BOOKS $5.93 1 $5.93
Dirt: The Scoop on Soil Natalie M. Rosinsky, Sheree Williams (Illustrator) • AKJ BOOKS $21.10 1 $21.10
Oak Tree Gordon Morrison • AKJ BOOKS $5.93 1 $5.93
From Seed to Apple Tree: Following the Life Cycle Suzanne Slade, Jeff Yesh (Illustrator) • AKJ BOOKS $21.10 1 $21.10
Insect Detective Steve Voake, Charlotte Voake (Illustrator) • AKJ BOOKS $13.79 1 $13.79
Nature in the Neighborhood Gordon Morrison • AKJ BOOKS $5.93 1 $5.93
Jack's Garden Henry Cole, Henry Cole (Illustrator) • AKJ BOOKS $5.97 1 $5.97
Wiggling Worms at Work (Let's-Read-and-Find-out Science Series, Stage 2) Wendy Pfeffer, Steve Jenkins (Illustrator) • AKJ BOOKS $5.12 1 $5.12
Honey in a Hive Anne Rockwell, S. D. Schindler (Illustrator) • AKJ BOOKS $5.12 1 $5.12
Corn Is Maize: The Gift of the Indians Aliki, Aliki (Illustrator) • AKJ BOOKS $5.12 1 $5.12
From Caterpillar to Butterfly Deborah Heiligman, Bari Weissman (Illustrator) • AKJ BOOKS $5.12 1 $5.12
A Log's Life Wendy Pfeffer, Robin Brickman (Illustrator) • AKJ BOOKS $5.97 1 $5.97
From Eye to Potato Ellen Weiss • AKJ BOOKS $5.93 1 $5.93
From Kernel to Corncob Ellen Weiss • AKJ BOOKS $5.93 1 $5.93
FF289 - Best-Buy Storage Center Only • Lakeshore Learning $29.95 1 $29.95
FF280X - Best-Buy Listening Center • Lakeshore Learning $99.00 1 $99.00

Materials cost

$459.54

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.89

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$501.43

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$88.49

Total project goal

$589.92

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $589.92

3 Donors

-$97.00

Donations toward project cost

-$82.45

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$14.55

match offer

-$492.92

Match offer toward project cost

-$418.98

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$73.94

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