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What is Happening Around Us, and Exploring the USA

Help me give my students Time For Kids, and Connecticut Postcards to mail out to a 4th grade class to each state!

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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

Every year, I start the first day of school with butterflies in my stomach, like most of my students. This year I know I will have those butterflies mixed with a pit in my stomach due to all the uncertainties.

This will be the first time my class will walk into our school/classroom since March 13, 2020.

It is my job to be there, and to welcome them the best way I can in a very different teaching/learning environment. In our class, you will see students working independently, in centers, and in small groups eager to learn. These centers/small groups will look different but our attitudes, relationships and work ethic will be what matters. Students will have goals and I will be their to support them along the way. My goals will look different this year, but I know my class and parents will support me to get them accomplished.

My Project

So much is happening all around us, and it's time that students understand it on their level. Time For Kids is a weekly magazine that will help students dissect the world around them. Time For Kids will give the students the tools they need to help enhance their reading, writing skills and keep them up to date with current topics. Since our classroom library is limited, students will be allowed to bring these home and do their reading/writing activity without worrying they don’t have a book. Time For Kids also comes with a digital subscription, which will be perfect for hybrid or online learning. Students can submit their work digitally without any concerns. This year I have partnered up with a 4th grade class from each of the 50 states. We will send out postcards from Connecticut, with all the important facts of Connecticut and what it's like living here. We will have a map of the USA in our class and attached a postcard as we receive them from others.

This will not only help us learn about what is going around our country, but it will also bring us closer to other fourth grade students from all over the United States.

Mrs. Morikis Bunker Hill Elementary School Grades 3-5

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Waterbury, CT View local requests

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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
TIME For Kids - Grade 3-4 with Teacher's Guide and financial bonus issues • TIME for Kids $4.50 30 $135.00
CONNECTICUT STATE FACTS postcard set of 20 identical postcards. Post cards with CT facts and state symbols. Made in USA. • Amazon Business $8.98 4 $35.92

Materials cost

$170.92

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.56

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$203.48

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$35.91

Total project goal

$239.39

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $239.39

5 Donors

-$119.70

Donations toward project cost

-$101.75

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$17.95

match offer

-$119.68

Match offer toward project cost

-$101.73

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$17.95

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.01

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 $0.00

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