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Mrs. Dittrich from White Bear Lake, MN is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Book Bonding

My students need a wide variety of high-interest reading materials for use during our daily "book bonding" time.

  • $358 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

Though it often takes us a bit to settled in, once their books are opened and students are reading, it's magical.

My students attend a suburban high school of about 2400 students, and not unlike many teens, they are often reluctant readers.

Their struggles with reading make them even more inclined to profess, "I don't like reading." When confronted with an entire library full of books they are quickly overwhelmed and frequently struggle with finding materials of individual interest to them. As a result, students will often choose books according to size and cover art which doesn't always lead to having chosen a title of interest to them.

My Project

My students need a wide variety of high-interest reading materials for use during our daily "book bonding" time. These resources will allow me to continue to build my classroom library of high-interest reading material. They will allow me and my students to have conversations about "what to choose next" in my classroom and will teach them that books can, indeed, be interesting.

So many of my students frequently complain that books are "boring" or that they "don't like reading." These high interest titles will help me to challenge that perception by offering specific recommendations for students based on their individual interests.

Mrs. Dittrich
Grades 9-12
  • White Bear Lake High School North
  • White Bear Lake, MN
  • 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 100 students.

    9 donors have given to this project.

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Pretty Little Liars • AKJ Books $29.57 1 $29.57
Why We Broke Up • AKJ Books $14.59 1 $14.59
Fangirl • AKJ Books $13.86 1 $13.86
Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock • AKJ Books $13.14 1 $13.14
Trapped • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
Skinny • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
My Friend Dahmer • AKJ Books $13.10 1 $13.10
Execution • AKJ Books $12.40 1 $12.40
Cameron and the Girls • AKJ Books $12.40 1 $12.40
Cracked • AKJ Books $12.40 1 $12.40
October Mourning • AKJ Books $11.67 1 $11.67
Coast to Coast Ghosts • AKJ Books $10.94 1 $10.94
Little Book of Pandemics • AKJ Books $10.91 1 $10.91
Ashen Winter • AKJ Books $8.02 1 $8.02
Ashfall • AKJ Books $7.99 1 $7.99
The Dead • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
The Enemy • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
The Enemy • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
The Fear • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
Fugitives • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
Death Sentence • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
Solitary • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
Lockdown: Escape from Furnace 1 Alexander Gordon Smith • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
Monument 14 • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
Contender • AKJ Books $6.56 1 $6.56

Materials cost

$269.42

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.04

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$303.46

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$53.55

Total project goal

$357.01

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$357.01

8 Donors

-$348.19

Donations toward project cost

-$303.46

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$44.73

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.82

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

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