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Ms. Bongers from Fort Atkinson, WI is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Bookin' It With Bucky!

My students need books at a lower reading level to enable them to read independently while in our room and feel more successful as readers.

  • $421 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

Have you ever felt alone or embarrassed because everyone around you was better at something than you were? What if Bucky Badger himself became your biggest fan and offered to help you out? You'd jump on board with him, right? Come on, you know you would...

My students are 26 fourth-graders in a small school in Southeastern Wisconsin.

Our motto is to be respectful, safe, and responsible learners every single day! Our fourth graders are vibrant learners who read best when they have materials at their reading level.

My Project

What makes me smile about kids is that they are all uniquely different. Heck, if all kids were the same, life (and my job) would be pretty boring. All of my students are in the fourth grade, but not all of them read at a fourth-grade level. Some of them don't even read at a third-grade level. For a handful of my students, reading is the hardest thing ever... Many of the books in our classroom library are at a fourth-grade reading level. For a kiddo who doesn't read at a fourth-grade level, there just aren't as many books for him or her to choose from. What ends up happening to these readers is that they pick up one of these fourth-grade level books anyway just to fit in with their peers, and as a result, they end up 'fake reading' during independent reading time, causing them to feel even more unsuccessful as readers. The books I'm requesting for this project will be available for my readers who struggle the most. I need to get books in their hands at their level!

Students need to be literate in today's world.

They need to feel confident in who they are and what they know how to do. So what does BUCKY have to do with this? I plan to put all the books from this project in a Bookin' It With Bucky bin. I already have the sign for the bin and the life-size Bucky to match. Then when I notice one of my struggling readers without a book, I plan to break into a revised version of my alma mater's fight song: "If you want to be a READER, just come along with me..."

Ms. Bongers
Grades 3-5
  • Barrie Elementary School
  • Fort Atkinson, WI
    • More than a third of 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

    This project will reach 50 students.

    16 donors have given to this project.

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
FB710X - Eyewitness Nonfiction Readers - Complete Series • Lakeshore Learning $149.00 1 $149.00
AA848 - Level O Extra Book Set - Gr. 3-4 - Library 1 • Lakeshore Learning $27.00 1 $27.00
AA847 - Level N Extra Book Set - Gr. 3 - Library 1 • Lakeshore Learning $25.00 1 $25.00
AA846 - Level M Extra Book Set - Gr. 2-3 - Library 1 • Lakeshore Learning $24.00 1 $24.00
AA845 - Level L Extra Book Set - Gr. 2-3 - Library 1 • Lakeshore Learning $20.00 1 $20.00
AA844 - Level K Extra Book Set - Gr. 2 - Library 1 • Lakeshore Learning $27.00 1 $27.00
AA843 - Level J Extra Book Set - Gr. 2 - Library 1 • Lakeshore Learning $19.00 1 $19.00
AA842 - Level I Extra Book Set - Gr. 1-2 - Library 1 • Lakeshore Learning $27.00 1 $27.00

Materials cost

$318.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.77

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$357.77

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$63.14

Total project goal

$420.91

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $420.91

13 Donors

-$366.49

Donations toward project cost

-$315.27

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$51.22

match offer

-$50.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$42.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.42

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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