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Mrs. Toussaint-Hoxie from Brooklyn, NY is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Writing to Activate Our Voice!

Help me give my students a functional writing center to help their written voices be heard.

  • $900 goal

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My Students

My colleague and I are the proud teachers of 7-9 year-old Second Graders with a variety of cognitive abilities. They come to us with open hearts and are full of curiosity. They are whimsical, precocious and have a strong sense of identity. Our students are verbal, opinionated and are ready to make their voices heard.

We are a small school and we view our students as our Shining All Stars whose bulbs we want to keep very bright.

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Inquisitive, animated, and stimulating ; our Second Graders are rarin' to go! Our Second Grade All Stars immerse themselves in the business of School and all that it has to offer.

My Project

The materials and supplies that I am requesting for our students are essential to help them to take their writing to the next level. We need help to make our Writing Centers Flourish. The writing folders, markers, colored bins and dry erase boards are to be shared between the two Second Grades. We work in small groups so learning can be optimal and the small group easels and charts are a visual tool to help struggling readers and writers. We have a Writing Center with no supplies. These materials are essential to help us facilitate and teach concretely the Writing Process.

The donations to this project will help our struggling students grasp what it entails to be a bona fide author and illustrator and to truly understand the Writing Process in its entirety.

By implementing the Writer's Workshop model, my students will begin to see themselves as true to life authors and illustrators. We will use these materials to assist us in the process of teaching our students to becoming lifelong writers. As an educator who has worked with struggling students for many years, I have witnessed where access to concrete materials have allowed students to tap into their creativity in the Writer's Workshop especially in the primary grades. We want our children to have a leveled playing field and truly need your support to make this a reality.

Mrs. Toussaint-Hoxie PS 243 Weeksville Grades PreK-2

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Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Brooklyn, NY 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

40 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
UP499X - Zaner-Bloser Writing Journal - Gr. 2-3 - Set of 10 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $37.99 5 $189.95
FF359 - The Writing Process Student Folder - Set of 10 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 5 $99.95
FF524 - Small-Group Teaching Easel • Lakeshore Learning Materials $79.99 1 $79.99
AA853 - Literacy Centers Management Chart • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 2 $79.98
PH346 - 24" x 36" Magnetic Write & Wipe Board • Lakeshore Learning Materials $69.99 1 $69.99
LL869X - Magnetic Write & Wipe Mini Board - Set of 10 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $28.99 2 $57.98
DD338 - Write & Wipe Thin-Line Markers - Class Pack • Lakeshore Learning Materials $27.99 2 $55.98
LL112GR - Heavy-Duty Paper Tray - Green • Lakeshore Learning Materials $6.99 3 $20.97
LL112YE - Heavy-Duty Paper Tray - Yellow • Lakeshore Learning Materials $6.99 3 $20.97
LL112RD - Heavy-Duty Paper Tray - Red • Lakeshore Learning Materials $6.99 3 $20.97
LL131RD - Lid for Heavy-Duty Paper Tray - Red • Lakeshore Learning Materials $2.99 3 $8.97
LL131GR - Lid for Heavy-Duty Paper Tray - Green • Lakeshore Learning Materials $2.99 3 $8.97
LL131YE - Lid for Heavy-Duty Paper Tray - Yellow • Lakeshore Learning Materials $2.99 3 $8.97

Materials cost

$723.64

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.85

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$764.49

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$134.91

Total project goal

$899.40

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $899.40

1 Donor

-$449.69

Donations toward project cost

-$382.24

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$67.45

match offer

-$449.71

Match offer toward project cost

-$382.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$67.46

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 $0.00

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