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Mrs. Woodburn from Nashville, TN is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Using Series to Make Serious Readers

My students need books that span several grade levels of reading to allow for independent reading.

  • $385 goal

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Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

"But Ms. Astrue, I'm an L. There aren't anymore books on the L shelf!" My students can tell you exactly what kinds of books they should be reading to improve their skills -- they are also quick to offer up that some leveled baskets have no books in them and the rest only have a few options.

As a 4th grade teacher at a second year school, I have a class of students who come from diverse backgrounds educationally, economically and culturally.

Many of them have incredibly low self-confidence when it come to their ability to read. A majority of my students are reading below grade level by anywhere from a few months to a few years. Despite their individual challenges, I can see how each of them approaches reading with a voracious appetite.

My Project

I want to use series to introduce my children to worlds of fiction and fantasy. By focusing on series, I want to give them a more natural next step in terms of what they should be reading. Learning how to select a book is one of the most important skills that we are working on this year -- many children are selecting books way too difficult for them because of the pressure to read chapter books. While they can recognize the words on the page, they get to the end of the chapter and have no recollection of what they read. My students will learn how to select ability appropriate books and be able to practice skills necessary to raise their reading level.

My students need guidance in selecting books.

By having sets of series available in the classroom for reading, they can practice selecting books. They will also have a natural next step, as they can look to the rest of the books in the series for their next selection.

Mrs. Woodburn
Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Magic Tree House Boxed Set: Books 1-28 Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $76.40 1 $76.40
The Boxcar Children® Mysteries Boxed Set #1-4 Gertrude Chandler Warner • Barnes and Noble $12.98 1 $12.98
Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher (Magic Shop Series) Bruce Coville, Gary A. Lippincott (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.08 1 $5.08
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Box of Books Jeff Kinney • Barnes and Noble $31.12 1 $31.12
Jennifer Murdley's Toad (Magic Shop Series) Bruce Coville, Gary A. Lippincott (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.08 1 $5.08
Juliet Dove, Queen of Love (Magic Shop Series) Bruce Coville • Barnes and Noble $5.97 1 $5.97
The Monster's Ring (Magic Shop Series) Bruce Coville, Katherine Coville (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.08 1 $5.08
The Skull of Truth (Magic Shop Series) Bruce Coville, Gary A. Lippincott (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.08 1 $5.08
The Judy Moody Star-Studded Collection: Books 1-3 Megan McDonald • Barnes and Noble $12.28 1 $12.28
Judy Moody Declares Independence (Judy Moody Series #6) Megan McDonald, Peter H. Reynolds (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.12 1 $5.12
Judy Moody Goes to College (Judy Moody Series #8) Megan McDonald, Peter H. Reynolds (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.12 1 $5.12
Nate the Great (Nate the Great Series) Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, Marc Simont (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.84 1 $3.84
Nate the Great and the Stolen Base (Nate the Great Series) Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, Marc Simont (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.84 1 $3.84
Nate the Great on the Owl Express (Nate the Great Series) Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, Mitchell Sharmat (Illustrator), Martha Weston (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.84 1 $3.84
Nate the Great Goes Undercover (Nate the Great Series) Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, Marc Simont (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.84 1 $3.84
The Valentine Baby Mystery (Cam Jansen Series #25) David A. Adler, Susanna Natti (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $1.69 1 $1.69
The Mystery of the Stolen Diamonds (Cam Jansen Adventures Series #1) David A. Adler, Susanna Natti (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.41 1 $3.41
The Mystery of the U.F.O. (Cam Jansen Adventures Series #2) David A. Adler, Susanna Natti (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.41 1 $3.41
The Mystery of the Dinosaur Bones (Cam Jansen Adventures Series #3) David A. Adler • Barnes and Noble $3.41 1 $3.41
The Mystery of the Television Dog (Cam Jansen Adventures Series #4) David A. Adler • Barnes and Noble $3.41 1 $3.41
The New Kid at School (Dragon Slayers' Academy Series #1) Kate McMullan, Bill Basso (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.26 1 $4.26
Revenge of the Dragon Lady (Dragon Slayers' Academy Series #2) Kate McMullan, Bill Basso (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.26 1 $4.26
Class Trip to the Cave of Doom (Dragon Slayers' Academy Series #3) Kate McMullan, Bill Basso (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.26 1 $4.26
A Wedding for Wiglaf? (Dragon Slayers' Academy Series #4) Kate McMullan, Bill Basso (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.26 1 $4.26
Electric Storm (Magic School Bus Chapter Books Series) Anne Capeci, Judith Stamper, Hope Gangloff (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.26 1 $4.26
Amazing Magnetism (Magic School Bus Chapter Book Series #12) Rebecca Carmi, Judith Stamper, John Speirs (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.26 1 $4.26
Space Explorers (Magic School Bus Chapter Book Series #4) Eva Moore, Joanna Cole, Ted Enik (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.26 1 $4.26
Amelia Bedelia (I Can Read Books Series: A Level 2 Book) Peggy Parish, Fritz Siebel (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.41 1 $3.41
Teach Us, Amelia Bedelia (I Can Read Books Series: A Level 2 Book) Peggy Parish, Lynn Sweat (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.41 1 $3.41
Calling Doctor Amelia Bedelia (I Can Read Books Series: A Level 2 Book) Herman Parish, Lynn Sweat (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.41 1 $3.41
Amelia Bedelia and the Baby (I Can Read Books Series: A Level 2 Book) Peggy Parish, Lynn Sweat (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.41 1 $3.41
Frog and Toad All Year: (I Can Read Book Series: Level 2) Arnold Lobel, Arnold Lobel (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.41 1 $3.41
Frog and Toad Together: (I Can Read Book Series: Level 2) Arnold Lobel, Arnold Lobel (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.41 1 $3.41
Days with Frog and Toad: (I Can Read Book Series: Level 2) Arnold Lobel, Arnold Lobel (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.41 1 $3.41
Mary Anne Saves the Day (BSC Graphix Series) Raina Telgemeier, Ann M. Martin • Barnes and Noble $7.68 2 $15.36
Claudia and Mean Janine (BSC Graphix Series) Raina Telgemeier, Ann M. Martin • Barnes and Noble $7.68 1 $7.68
Percy Jackson and the Olympians Three Volume Boxed Set Rick Riordan • Barnes and Noble $11.10 1 $11.10

Materials cost

$287.83

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.32

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$327.15

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$57.73

Total project goal

$384.88

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $384.88

13 Donors

-$376.06

Donations toward project cost

-$327.15

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$48.91

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.82

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