Hello! My name is Jordyn and I am a third grade teacher at St. Ignatius Loyola. The 3rd grade students are visiting the Gettysburg battlefield, the turning point of the Civil War in April 2022. This will be their first field trip since Kindergarten. We will be learning all about the Civil War before taking our trip. Part of our unit will include a book study from the I Survived series. Our students love historical fiction and we want to help them grow in their learning through all of our subjects. As a new teacher, purchasing enough books for our...read more my class to read the same book can be costly. $300 would allow us to purchase all of our students this book and send it home with them. The extra funds would allow us to purchase additional resources for this important unit and benefit the students for years to come. Thank you for your support!read less