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Ms. Magestad from Arlington, VA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Book Worms Need Books!

My students need 40 MORE book titles in our library including "The Toilet Paper Tigers" and "Doing Time Online"! These books are matched to their reading level, which will allow them to practice the skills they are learning in class.

  • $294 goal

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My Students

Do you love to walk into the bookstore and wander around until you find the "just right" book to match your mood? My classroom library needs more books for my students to hunt for the perfect book... they need the chance to browse through a variety of genres, authors, and series.

My students attend a Title I school in an ethnically diverse neighborhood.

My classroom is equally diverse; it is peppered with students whose families recently migrated to the United States and others who have lived in Virginia their whole lives with rich and meaningful life experiences. My fourth graders are curious and fun-loving. They are always willing to take learning risks during our time together.

My Project

The books that I have requested will help my kids become lifelong readers with vivid imaginations and an endless supply of curiosity. That's the goal, right? I teach using a Reading Workshop model, which encourages students to read independently at least twice a day (this means some kids are reading about a chapter book a week!). The kids get to choose their books (instead of me choosing for them) and like to have options, just like we do when we walk into a book store. The kids need to be able to practice their reading skills (visualizing, inferring, critiquing, interpreting, questing, etc.) and be able to share their thinking through conversation and writing.

The books that I have requested are going to help me show my students how to get lost in a good book and encourage them to practice the reading skills they are learning during my individual conferences.

Please help me provide my students with a library full of rich and authentic books.

Ms. Magestad
Grades 3-5
  • Patrick Henry Elementary School
  • Arlington, VA
    • 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 25 students.

    12 donors have given to this project.

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Spiderwick Chronicles • AKJ Books $21.89 1 $21.89
Ghosthunters and the Incredibly Revolting Ghost! Cornelia Fu • AKJ Books $12.40 1 $12.40
Minn and Jake • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
The Magician''s Boy • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
Framed • AKJ Books $6.56 1 $6.56
The Hundred Penny Box • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
Doing Time Online • AKJ Books $5.31 1 $5.31
Cornelia and the Audacious Escapades of the Somerset Sisters • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
The Last of the Sky Pirates (The Edge Chronicles Series #5) • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Monster''s Ring • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Moon Runner • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
The Toilet Paper Tigers • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
J. T. Jane Wagner, Gordon Parks (Illustrator) • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Martin''s Mice • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
The Princess Tales • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Zeely • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Nothing Ever Happens on 90th Street Roni Schotter, Kyrsten B • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Megan''s Island • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Don''t Make Me Smile • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Soup • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Cat Who Went To Heaven • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Brighty • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Satch and Me (Baseball Card Adventure Series) Dan Gutman • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Felita • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Just Juice • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Riding Freedom • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Clarice Bean Spells Trouble Lauren Child, Lauren Child (Illu • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Nasty, Stinky Sneakers • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Celery Stalks at Midnight • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
The Library Card • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Trapped! • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
The Snow Spider (Magician Trilogy Series #1) Jenny Nimmo • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
The Indian in the Cupboard-OPI • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Drita, My Homegirl • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Full Court Fever • AKJ Books $4.34 1 $4.34
Paintball Blast • AKJ Books $4.34 1 $4.34
The Stray • AKJ Books $4.02 1 $4.02
Harry''s Mad • AKJ Books $4.02 1 $4.02
The Dragonling • AKJ Books $3.64 1 $3.64
They Came from Center Field Gutman • AKJ Books $2.91 1 $2.91

Materials cost

$215.86

Vendor shipping charges

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Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.24

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$249.10

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$43.96

Total project goal

$293.06

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $293.06

10 Donors

-$289.53

Donations toward project cost

-$249.10

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$40.43

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$3.53

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