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Mrs. Arnold from West Plains, MO is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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STEM Titles for my Steamers!

My students need literature to be used as mentor (teaching) texts that lead into STEM activities; for example The Day it Rained Hearts will be used for a February STEM project making it time sensitive!

  • $412 goal

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Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

I serve a unique mix of children in a third-grade classroom in the Ozarks. I love them, everyone! However, over the past few years, I have noticed a change in the number of students with sensory needs growing at a progressive rate.

Serving a significant number of students with a low socio-economic status proves so rewarding when you are able to provide them with experiences and opportunities that otherwise they may never know.

I love to see the moments of sheer happiness on their faces.

My Project

I hope to set the expectation at the beginning of the year using books such as What if Everybody Did That? for STEM projects. It is essential that we build teamwork skills and understand procedure and expectation before embarking on such a big journey!

Each week I will provide my students with a STEM activity setting the stage with a mentor text such as Ada Tiwst, Scientist or If I Built a House.

Literature concepts will be embedded in the teaching, but the emphasis will be placed on the Science and Engineering aspects of learning and creating! I have spent the last year collecting the materials needed to make this successful in my classroom. The mentor texts are the last piece of the puzzle.

I can't wait to watch my little "steamers" chug right on through these lessons to become the creators and inventors of our next generation.

Mrs. Arnold
Grades 3-5
  • Fairview Elementary School
  • West Plains, MO
  • 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

    This project will reach 60 students.

    6 donors have given to this project.

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Day It Rained Hearts • Amazon Business $15.92 1 $15.92
You Think It's Easy Being the Tooth Fairy? • Amazon Business $15.19 1 $15.19
Animals in Winter (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science. Stage 1) • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
If I Built a House • Amazon Business $14.77 1 $14.77
When a Dragon Moves In • Amazon Business $14.52 1 $14.52
Toasting Marshmallows: Camping Poems • Amazon Business $13.60 1 $13.60
I Wanna New Room • Amazon Business $13.59 1 $13.59
Snowballs • Amazon Business $13.14 1 $13.14
We're All Wonders • Amazon Business $13.05 1 $13.05
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs • Amazon Business $12.59 1 $12.59
The Easter Egg • Amazon Business $12.49 1 $12.49
My Friend Rabbit: A Picture Book (CALDECOTT MEDAL BOOK) • Amazon Business $12.32 1 $12.32
Ada Twist, Scientist • Amazon Business $12.10 1 $12.10
Compost Stew: An A to Z Recipe for the Earth • Amazon Business $11.19 1 $11.19
Press Here • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Balloons over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade (Bank Street College of Education Flora Stieglitz Straus Award (Awards)) • Amazon Business $10.67 1 $10.67
Big Pumpkin • Amazon Business $10.43 1 $10.43
If You Take a Mouse to School • Amazon Business $9.78 1 $9.78
Leaf Man • Amazon Business $9.55 1 $9.55
Gingerbread Christmas • Amazon Business $9.49 1 $9.49
But It's Not My Fault! (Responsible Me!) • Amazon Business $9.30 1 $9.30
What If Everybody Did That? (What If Everybody? Series) • Amazon Business $8.98 1 $8.98
That Rule Doesn't Apply to Me! (Responsible Me!) • Amazon Business $8.88 1 $8.88
Groundhog Day! • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Bee Tree • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Teamwork Isn't My Thing, and I Don't Like to Share! (Best Me I Can Be!) • Amazon Business $7.49 1 $7.49
Jamie O'Rourke and the Big Potato • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Room on the Broom • Amazon Business $6.69 1 $6.69

Materials cost

$314.68

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.72

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$349.40

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$61.66

Total project goal

$411.06

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$411.06

4 Donors

-$258.03

Donations toward project cost

-$219.33

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$38.70

match offer

-$153.02

Match offer toward project cost

-$130.07

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.95

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.01

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$0.00

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