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Ms. Boyd from Little Rock, AR is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Classroom Books

My students need BOOKS! We don't have many books that are on grade level. Books like Junie B. Jones, Nate the Great and non fiction stories will greatly improve literacy.

  • $556 goal

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My Students

By the end of the year, I want to expand my students' literacy and reading skills. I would like to expose them to more read a louds and help increase their vocabulary skills. Because our library is so small, we do not have many grade level books. We need help.

LRPA is an amazing school with dedicated faculty and staff.

We strive to educate our students and seek to provide a rigorous curriculum. However, our resources are very limited. Majority of our students are from low income families, with little education. Some of our parents struggle with reading, so the fact that our students struggle was not surprising. Our students are bright and intelligent, but lack reading skills because of lack of exposure to literature. Many students are not on grade level reading, and are sinking further behind. We need resources. Our tests scores suffer, because we lack much needed materials.

My Project

I have asked for class sets of books, so that we can participate in guided reading and read a louds. I would also like to take advantage of the Daily 5 program. I cannot use this program fully, because students are reading the same books, books are not interesting, and books are below or above grade level.

Book donations will greatly improve my classroom.

We need a classroom library that is beneficial to students. Books expose readers to places, people, and experiences that they wouldn't normally be exposed to. Books spark imagination. Children lack those skills now.

Ms. Boyd
Grades PreK-2
  • Little Rock Preparatory Academy Elementary School
  • Little Rock, AR
  • 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.

    4 donors have given to this project.

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Nate the Great • AKJ Books $3.89 27 $105.03
Junie B. Jones and Some Sneaky Peeky Spying • AKJ Books $3.24 27 $87.48
Barack Obama: Out of Many, One • AKJ Books $2.59 27 $69.93
Stand Straight, Ella Kate: The True Story of a Real Giant Ka • AKJ Books $11.04 1 $11.04
Rosa • AKJ Books $5.19 1 $5.19
Meet George Washington • AKJ Books $5.19 1 $5.19
Salt in His Shoes: Michael Jordan in Pursuit of a Dream Delo • AKJ Books $5.19 1 $5.19
Martins Big Words • AKJ Books $5.19 1 $5.19
Martin Luther King Jr March Washington • AKJ Books $2.59 2 $5.18
I Am Rosa Parks • AKJ Books $2.59 2 $5.18
Harriet Tubman and the Freedom Train (Ready-to-Read) • AKJ Books $2.59 2 $5.18
Johnny Appleseed • AKJ Books $2.59 2 $5.18
A Girl Named Helen Keller • AKJ Books $2.59 2 $5.18
Abe Lincoln Remembers Ann Turner, Wendell Minor (Illustrator • AKJ Books $4.54 1 $4.54
Bigmama''s • AKJ Books $4.54 1 $4.54
Eleanor • AKJ Books $4.54 1 $4.54
George Washington Carver • AKJ Books $3.89 1 $3.89
Frida Kahlo, The Artist Who Painted Herself (Smart About the • AKJ Books $3.89 1 $3.89
Nate the Great Goes Down in the Dumps • AKJ Books $3.64 1 $3.64
Nate the Great and the Monster Mess • AKJ Books $3.64 1 $3.64
Cheater Pants • AKJ Books $3.24 1 $3.24
Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus • AKJ Books $3.24 1 $3.24
Junie B. Jones Is Captain Field Day • AKJ Books $3.24 1 $3.24
Junie B. Jones Has a Monster under Her Bed • AKJ Books $3.24 1 $3.24
Junie B. Jones and the Mushy Gushy Valentine • AKJ Books $3.24 1 $3.24
Junie B. Jones and That Meanie Jim''s Birthday • AKJ Books $3.24 1 $3.24
Junie B..Boss of Lunch • AKJ Books $3.24 1 $3.24
Junie B. Jones and Her Big Fat Mouth • AKJ Books $3.24 1 $3.24
Thomas Edison to the Rescue! • AKJ Books $2.59 1 $2.59
Betsy Ross And The Silver Thimble • AKJ Books $2.59 1 $2.59
Abe Lincoln''s Hat • AKJ Books $2.59 1 $2.59
Ben Franklin and His First Kite • AKJ Books $2.59 1 $2.59
Babe Ruth Saves Baseball! • AKJ Books $2.59 1 $2.59
Christopher Columbus • AKJ Books $2.59 1 $2.59
George Washington and the General''s Dog • AKJ Books $2.59 1 $2.59
Listen Up! Alexander Graham Bell''s Talking Machine • AKJ Books $2.59 1 $2.59
Ruby Bridges Goes to School: My True Story • AKJ Books $2.59 1 $2.59
Paul Revere and the Bell Ringers • AKJ Books $2.59 1 $2.59
Pocahontas • AKJ Books $2.59 1 $2.59

Materials cost

$403.23

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$33.27

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.05

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$472.55

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$83.39

Total project goal

$555.94

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$555.94

3 Donors

-$277.96

Donations toward project cost

-$236.27

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$41.69

match offer

-$277.98

Match offer toward project cost

-$236.28

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$41.70

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