Some of us Have Local Malls that Want to Sponsor our DonorsChoose Projects!

Your local mall might want to help you get your DonorsChoose project funded! Is your school near one of these malls listed below? If so, you can get the mall to help you fund your DonorsChoose project! Go to this link to learn more if you see your mall posted below:

http://kickstartyourclass.com/PREIT® Malls 

Participating PREIT^® Malls:

Arnot Mall 
Beaver Valley Mall 
Capital City Mall 
Cherry Hill Mall 
Crossroads Mall 
Cumberland Mall 
Dartmouth Mall 
Exton Square Mall 
Francis Scott Key Mall 
Gadsden Mall 
Hudson Mall 
Jacksonville Mall 
Logan Valley Mall 
Lycoming Mall 
Magnolia Mall 
The Mall at Prince Georges 
Moorestown Mall 
New River Valley Mall 
Palmer Park Mall 
Patrick Henry Mall 
Plymouth Meeting Mall 
Springfield Mall 
Springfield Town Center  
Susquehanna Valley Mall  
Valley Mall  
Valley View Mall
Viewmont Mall  
Voorhees Town Center  
Washington Crown Center  
Willow Grove Park  
Wiregrass Commons Mall  
Woodland Mall  
Wyoming Valley Mall

Global Read Aloud - The Year of Billy Miller for Second and Third Grade

You might want to participate in the Global Read Aloud. My class is participating in October with a new book by Kevin Henkes entitled The Year of Billy Miller. There are books at each grade level. It is a read aloud, so you don't need a class set. I wanted a class set so we can dig in every year. You connect with teachers all over the world and set up arrangements to Skype or have your students write or blog with each other.

This is an annual event, with a different book each year.

Here is a link to learn more about the Global Read Aloud:
http://theglobalreadaloud.com/

LilySarah Grace Fund = Arts Funding for Title I Kinder-Fifth Grade Classrooms

My focus right now is getting ready to be a third grade teacher instead of a fifth grade teacher, and the charity of my choice, DonorsChoose.

This blog will be a site for you to learn the latest funding opportunities for DonorsChoose. Sometimes the opportunities last just a week or so. Since that is the case, learn about them here first and write that proposal so you don't miss the sponsorship match.

Right now you can get ready with a Lily Sarah Grace Fund grant.

The Lily Sarah Grace Fund is amazing! They help teachers get their projects funded through DonorsChoose. The Stepping Stone Grant is just about to be opened up, but the LSGF has requested that more people follow LSGF on Twitter. LSG funds grants that integrate the arts into an academic subject.
https://twitter.com/LSGFund

The Stepping Stone Grant submission period will open on September 1st. Stepping Stone Grants are funded twice a month. There is a rubric at the LSGF website which you should download and follow exactly! This will be your guide to getting your grant approved.You actually get graded with this rubric. Your DC proposal just isn't able to describe everything needed on the rubric, so there is an extra step to this grant.

You write a DonorsChoose proposal, just like usual. But then you go to the LSGF site and provide info about your proposal once it is posted. That is when you add details that show you are hitting the points on the rubric. You can even submit additional information to LSGF on your project by sending them an email.
The Stepping Stone Grant is for first-time applicants to LSGF and should meet the following criteria:
Grades K-5
Title 1 School
$450.00 Maximum Project Cost (They will pay 100% of this, but just not right away!)
http://lilysarahgrace.org/grants