I love the question "what makes your students special" knowing that EVERYTHING is not the best answer but it is most certainly true. My students are eager to learn and want to do their best daily. Their confidence is contagious and they make teaching the best job around.
I teach at a Title I school with diverse students from all walks of life.
Many of the students receive free/reduced lunch and also receive "backpack buddies" which provides them with food and snacks for the weekend. Despite the challenges they may face, my students come to school ready to do their very best.
My Project
Many people are lead to believe that picture books are just for younger students. This is not true. Picture books help students of all ages connect with the characters and the purpose of the story. I chose picture books that are aligned with Virginia Standards of Learning for upper grade students as well as books with diverse characters that will allow all students to connect with the characters in the story. The request for flexible seating in the classroom offers students to choose a seat that allows maximum attention to focus on the lesson and minimize distractions. My students need camping chairs, wobble cushions, bouncy bands, and books like "Boris Ate a Thesaurus" to enhance their knowledge of grade level content, boost their motivation to read independently, and maximize their comfortability in the classroom.
The donations for this project will improve their school lives by offering fun and engaging books that influence students to be readers and offering seating arrangements that allow students to be comfortable while learning.
I want to offer my students books that are engaging and that encourages them to LOVE to read. Some of my students struggle with basic seating arrangements and would be more successful in the classroom if other options were available.
Speaking with my students I found out they always search for the pictures in the story but sometimes picture books are "too easy". The picture books chosen for our classroom are challenging and age appropriate for the students. By providing my students with books with grade level content, diverse characters and pictures they will be excited about reading. Influencing students to love reading is the main goal of this project because there is NOTHING like a GOOD book and COMFY seat!
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
Foot Fidget Bouncy Chair Bands for Flexible Seating Classroom - Perfect for elementary school aged sensory kids with ADHD, Autism
• Amazon Business
$29.97
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$29.97
Low Seat Back Support Ice Fishing chair,Folding Outdoor Camping Chair Portable Heavy Duty Collapsible Compact Lightweight Durable for Travel Aults with Straps by Sheenive
• Amazon Business
$28.90
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$28.90
Folding Camping Chair,Outdoor Heavy Duty Car RV Youth Compfy Lightweight Comfortable Portable Easy Wide Armless for Adults Girls Sports Fishing with Strap and Pocket By Sheenive
• Amazon Business
$27.90
1
$27.90
Low Profile chair,Folding Back Support Lawn Sitting Armless Compact Durable Lightweight Portable Fold up flat Outdoor Camping Beach for Concerts Sports Picnic for Adults Kids with Strap by Sheenive
• Amazon Business
$24.90
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$24.90
Inflated Stability Wobble Cushion with Pump, Extra Thick Core Balance Disc, KIDS Wiggle Seat, Sensory Cushion for Elementary School Chair (Office & Home & Classroom) (34cm Yellow Green)
• Amazon Business
$16.99
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$16.99
Inflated Stability Wobble Cushion with Pump, Extra Thick Core Balance Disc, KIDS Wiggle Seat, Sensory Cushion for Elementary School Chair (Office & Home & Classroom) (33cm Robin Egg Blue)
• Amazon Business
$16.99
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$16.99
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Familys Fight for Desegregation (Jane Addams Award Book (Awards))
• Amazon Business
$15.01
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$15.01
The Nutcracker in Harlem
• Amazon Business
$14.74
1
$14.74
Boris Ate A Thesaurus
• Amazon Business
$14.40
1
$14.40
Hey, Little Ant
• Amazon Business
$13.69
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$13.69
I Wanna New Room
• Amazon Business
$13.59
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$13.59
Goldilocks and Just One Bear
• Amazon Business
$13.36
1
$13.36
The Mermaid's Purse
• Amazon Business
$12.59
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$12.59
She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World
• Amazon Business
$12.36
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$12.36
Pop!: The Invention of Bubble Gum
• Amazon Business
$11.98
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$11.98
The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors
• Amazon Business
$11.90
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$11.90
Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History
• Amazon Business
$11.68
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$11.68
Samson: The Piranha Who Went to Dinner
• Amazon Business
$11.48
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$11.48
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
• Amazon Business
$10.20
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$10.20
The Recess Queen
• Amazon Business
$9.99
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$9.99
Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music
• Amazon Business
$9.90
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$9.90
Miss Mary Reporting: The True Story of Sportswriter Mary Garber
• Amazon Business
$9.44
1
$9.44
Nouns and Verbs Have a Field Day
• Amazon Business
$7.99
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$7.99
Beast Feast: Poems & Paintings
• Amazon Business
$7.97
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$7.97
Fantastic! Wow! and Unreal!: A Book About Interjections and Conjunctions (Explore!)
• Amazon Business
$7.93
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$7.93
Rapunzel (Once Upon a World)
• Amazon Business
$7.72
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$7.72
Happy Endings: A Story about Suffixes
• Amazon Business
$7.67
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$7.67
The Name Jar
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$7.67
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$7.67
Dear Deer: A Book of Homophones
• Amazon Business
$7.29
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$7.29
A Mouthful of Onomatopoeia (Words I Know)
• Amazon Business
$7.23
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$7.23
Library Lil
• Amazon Business
$6.99
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$6.99
Seriously, Snow White Was SO Forgetful!: The Story of Snow White as Told by the Dwarves (The Other Side of the Story)
• Amazon Business
$6.95
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$6.95
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
• Amazon Business
$5.99
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$5.99
What If You Had An Animal Nose?
• Amazon Business
$4.99
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$4.99
The Relatives Came
• Amazon Business
$4.81
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$4.81
Punctuation Takes a Vacation
• Amazon Business
$4.76
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$4.76
The Paper Bag Princess (Munsch for Kids)
• Amazon Business
$4.49
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$4.49
The Bot That Scott Built
• Amazon Business
$3.73
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$3.73
Materials cost
$446.14
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$6.69
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$482.83
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$85.21
Total project goal
$568.04
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$568.04
8 Donors
-$374.75
Donations toward project cost
-$318.54
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$56.21
match offer
-$193.28
Match offer toward project cost
-$164.29
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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