Who Was... What Were...Let's Find Out!

School:: Berkley Elementary
Subject:: Language Arts
Teacher:: Debra Young
Students Impacted:
Grade:: 5
Date:: August 26, 2016

Investors

Thank you to the following investors for funding this grant.

Aleah Pratt - $10.00

Julianne Mogle - $20.00

Clay Jackson - $25.00

Wells Fargo - $50.00

Dave & Patti Gold - $47.67

Impact to My Classroom

# of Students Impacted: 85

Thank you so much to the donors that have funded my project! When the books arrived on Friday (September 23) the kids acted like it was Christmas morning! They started asking if they could start reading them! I have never seen so many kids excited about nonfiction literature!. The students will be able to do research, create presentations, read for AR points that are on their lexile reading level, and just find out new facts about people and events from our history! This project could not have been completed without your help. I truly thank you from the bottom of my heart.

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The books have arrived!

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Let's start reading!

Original Grant Overview

Goal

My students are chomping at the bit to find out more about Historical Non-Fiction Topics! I want to have a classroom library with as many resources as possible so the students can explore, discover, and enhance their reading skills by selecting topics that interest them that are on their reading level! My goal is to purchase as many of the New York Times Best-Selling Series "Who Was...." or "What Were...." books to add to my classroom library.

What will be done with my students

Students will have access to check out a variety of historical non-fiction topics right from my own classroom! Not only can they can use these books for personal enjoyment, but they can also be used as a source for projects, presentations, and more! Students reading levels will soar as they have more options for self-select reading.

Benefits to my students

The students will have access to more historical non-fiction books by having some of these books from the series in my classroom. Reading levels should improve, student engagement in their self-selected reading should improve, and the topic for class discussions about what we have learned and discovered will also be beneficial.

Budget Narrative

This budget covers 35 different historical non-fiction texts found on Amazon.com. I am a member of Amazon Prime so shipping is free for me.

Items

#	Item	Cost
1	Who Was Albert Einstein?	$3.99
2	Who Was Walt Disney?	$4.61
3	Who Was Blackbeard?	$4.22
4	Who Was Leonardo Da Vinci?	$3.57
5	Who Was George Washington?	$2.76
6	What Is The Declaration of Independence?	$3.70
7	Who Was Neil Armstrong?	$3.38
8	Who Was Anne Frank?	$4.24
9	Who Was Abraham Lincoln?	$4.48
10	Who Was Amelia Earhart?	$3.38
11	Who Is Malala Yousafzai?	$4.44
12	Who Was Helen Keller?	$4.32
13	Who Was Galileo?	$4.09
14	Who Was Alexander the Great?	$4.27
15	Who Were the Wright Brothers?	$4.54
16	Who Was Mother Teresa?	$4.54
17	Who Was Thomas Alva Edison?	$4.95
18	Who Was Betsy Ross?	$4.45
19	Who Was Ben Franklin?	$4.75
20	Was Who Isaac Newton?	$3.95
21	Who Was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?	$4.20
22	Who Was Queen Elizabeth	$4.31
23	Who Was Jesse Owens?	$4.55
24	What Were the Twin Towers?	$3.63
25	What Was D-Day?	$4.05
26	What Was the Lewis & Clark Expedition?	$4.65
27	What Was Pearl Harbor?	$5.99
28	What Was the Great Depression?	$4.56
29	What Was the Underground Railroad?	$3.70
30	What Was the Battle Of Gettysburg?	$3.68
31	What Was the Hindenburg?	$5.20
32	What Was Ellis Island?	$4.34
33	What Was Pompeii?	$5.20
34	What Was the San Fransisco Earthquake?	$5.99
35	What Was the Alamo?	$5.99
	Total:	$152.67

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