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Ms. Smith from Trinity, AL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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STEAMing Through Literature - Mentor Texts for STEM

My students need new mentor text for STEAM, writing, grammar, math, and reading lessons.

  • $394 goal

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My Students

My students are ready and eager to learn. We are a Title I school with 100% of the students receiving free or reduced-price lunch. Our students come from a rural community with parents who want them to succeed and the best for them in life. My students are in first grade.

We enjoy learning in a nontraditional environment and using technology to explore the world around us.

My students are excited and love the opportunity to explore the world around them. They have been learning to work collaboratively and how to find solutions to real-world problems.

My Project

Readers are made by being read to. Our daily read aloud time is on of the favorite parts of the day. We explore an author's craft and look at how they used words to engage us as readers. Mentor Texts allow us to explore a story from different perspectives and incorporate different subjects. One of my favorite mentor texts is The Relatives Came. Using this one book, I can teach students about reading, grammar, math, and complete a STEM challenge. These books will be used throughout the year to engage students in what we are learning.

First graders are very hands on when it comes to learning.

They need multi-sensory opportunities to learn. By using "real" books, students develop an understanding for why we read and that books are fun! I want my students to leave my classroom with memories of reading and learning.

This project is to provide students with real books that we will use in units throughout the year. Each unit will include a weekly STEAM challenge that students will complete with a partner.

Ms. Smith East Lawrence Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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Trinity, AL 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

19 students impacted 32donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel 75th Anniversary • Amazon Business $15.27 1 $15.27
Biggest, Strongest, Fastest • Amazon Business $15.27 1 $15.27
What Do You Do With a Tail Like This? (Caldecott Honor Book) • Amazon Business $14.88 1 $14.88
Tops & Bottoms (Caldecott Honor Book) • Amazon Business $14.88 1 $14.88
The Mitten • Amazon Business $14.65 1 $14.65
I Wanna Iguana • Amazon Business $13.96 1 $13.96
The Night Before The 100th Day Of School (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Reading Railroad) • Amazon Business $13.55 1 $13.55
The Teacher From The Black Lagoon (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) • Amazon Business $13.55 1 $13.55
That's What Leprechauns Do • Amazon Business $13.20 1 $13.20
Skippyjon Jones in the Doghouse • Amazon Business $12.81 1 $12.81
Memoirs of a Goldfish • Amazon Business $12.60 1 $12.60
The Important Book • Amazon Business $12.50 1 $12.50
A Color of His Own • Amazon Business $11.65 1 $11.65
The Relatives Came • Amazon Business $11.59 1 $11.59
The Kissing Hand (The Kissing Hand Series) • Amazon Business $11.49 1 $11.49
Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late! • Amazon Business $11.41 1 $11.41
How to Catch a Leprechaun • Amazon Business $10.73 1 $10.73
Turk and Runt: A Thanksgiving Comedy • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Olive, My Love • Amazon Business $7.81 1 $7.81
Curious George Around Town (6 Volume Set) • Amazon Business $7.78 1 $7.78
George and Martha Back in Town • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
Fireflies • Amazon Business $6.64 1 $6.64
Bear Stays Up for Christmas (The Bear Books) • Amazon Business $6.55 1 $6.55
Last Day Blues (Mrs. Hartwells classroom adventures) • Amazon Business $5.15 1 $5.15
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat! • Amazon Business $4.71 1 $4.71

Materials cost

$277.57

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $22.62

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.16

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$334.35

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$59.00

Total project goal

$393.35

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $393.35

31 Donors

-$372.18

Donations toward project cost

-$334.35

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$37.83

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$21.17

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