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Mrs. McNeel from Blackfoot, ID is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Beginning of a Series

Help me give my students the first book in an awesome series written by a local author.

  • $278 goal

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Mrs. McNeel has another project! Donate to Phonics Strategies to help her classroom.

$198 - complete this project and be a hero

My Project

I teach third grade and I love to show my students how exciting reading can be! I have the pleasure of knowing a local author. She has started a children's series that now has 6 books published!

Each year I love to give my students the first book in the series and together we immerse ourselves in the magical land and learn about Molly.

Once we finish the story, we invite in the local author to meet the students. The students get so excited to meet her and discover the world of writing.

This has been one of my favorite activities each year and the students love it! I find that when I start my school year with this activity, they are thrilled to read and write their own narratives all year!

Mrs. McNeel Riverbend Elementary School Grades 3-5

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Blackfoot, ID View local requests 24 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Into the Lighthouse (Into the Lighthouse Books) • Amazon Business $7.99 24 $191.76

Materials cost

$191.76

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$11.60

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.88

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$236.24

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$41.69

Total project goal

$277.93

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$277.93

2 Donors

-$277.93

Donations toward project cost

-$236.24

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$41.69

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$0.00

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