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Ms. Martinez from Los Angeles, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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What Do You Think About Opinion Writing?

Help me give my students amazing examples of Opinion Writing with a new library of Mentor Texts!

  • $212 goal

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This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

Despite living in the city's second densest neighborhood, my students come to school with smiles on their faces ready to get down to the business of creating, reading, writing, and problem solving.

My students are eager to learn and motivated to make the world a better place.

They are truly a special group that work collaboratively and independently to meet their academic and personal goals. They aren't scared of challenges and they know the meaning of "productive struggle." Watch out world!

My Project

Despite being one of the most difficult subjects to teach, I LOVE teaching writing! My first graders are fantastic writers with so much to say. They especially like our Opinion Writing Unit and boy do they have opinions about everything!

I have found that the key to helping my students improve their writing is studying other authors and using those books as "Mentor Texts".

The books that I am requesting are all amazing examples of opinion writing! I will be able to share them with my students so that we can study all the ways these authors express and support their opinions. My students will then feel inspired to use these same techniques and ideas in their own writing.

Imitation is the best form of flattery and I have found this to be true in writing instruction too! Please help provide a new "Mentor Text" library for my little writers.

Ms. Martinez Charles White Elementary School Visual Arts Grades PreK-2

Equity Focus

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Los Angeles, CA View local requests

Nearly all 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

24 students impacted 6donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Big Bed • Amazon Business $16.14 1 $16.14
What Can a Citizen Do? • Amazon Business $14.59 1 $14.59
Let the Children March • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
I Wanna New Room • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
I Wanna Iguana • Amazon Business $13.59 1 $13.59
The Day the Crayons Quit • Amazon Business $13.42 1 $13.42
Don't Feed the Bear • Amazon Business $12.11 1 $12.11
Hey, Little Ant • Amazon Business $11.89 1 $11.89
The Little Book of Little Activists • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
The Perfect Pet • Amazon Business $6.98 1 $6.98
Earrings! (Aladdin Picture Books) • Amazon Business $6.98 1 $6.98

Materials cost

$135.07

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $12.36

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.03

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$179.46

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$31.67

Total project goal

$211.13

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $211.13

4 Donors

-$116.00

Donations toward project cost

-$98.60

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$17.40

Matching donations from our partners

-$95.13

Match offers toward project cost

-$80.86

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$14.27

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 $0.00

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