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Mrs. Johnson from San Ramon, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Behind Every Stack of Books is a Flood of Knowledge

My students need high interest novels in their classroom library. These books include: Fish in a Tree, The Crossover, and Steelheart.

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My Students

Cicero states, "A room without books is like body without a soul." A great book will transport the reader to distant lands, carry them through mighty adventures and allow them to escape their lives for a while. A high quality classroom library allows for student voice and choice in reading.

My students are as diverse in their cultures as they are in their book choices.

They come from a variety of backgrounds and socioeconomic classes. Many have a passion for reading and crave more choices in the books that they read. I have spent the last eight years building my classroom library. It is a great start, but it needs more selections to pique the interests of my young readers. A diverse classroom library will allow my students the voice and choice they so crave when it comes to selecting the best book for them.

My Project

New, high interest books, will add to the diversity of my classroom library. While the reading of high quality literature is completed in class, students are also required to read thirty minutes daily as homework as well. I strongly believe that it is up to the classroom teacher to attract young readers to great books. My book shelves have every genre and multiple reading levels: picture books, chapter books, fiction, and nonfiction. Providing more chapter books that are of high interest to my students will teach them how to choose books that are right for them, and guide them down a path of imagination and discovery. My students need high interest novels in their classroom library. These books include: Fish in a Tree, The Crossover, and Steelheart.

It is proven that reading improves a student's vocabulary, writing skills, analytical thinking skills and test scores.

Reading opens the doors to college and beyond. It arms students against oppression and will prepare them for the rigors of work. Creating young, avid readers now will benefit them for the rest of their lives.

Mrs. Johnson Iron Horse Middle School Grades 6-8

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San Ramon, CA View local requests 100 students impacted 5donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Firefight (The Reckoners) • Amazon $13.98 3 $41.94
Steelheart (The Reckoners) • Amazon $9.70 3 $29.10
My Most Excellent Year: A Novel of Love, Mary Poppins, and Fenway Park • Amazon $8.99 3 $26.97
Brown Girl Dreaming (Newbery Honor Book) • Amazon $9.34 2 $18.68
The Crossover • Amazon $15.29 1 $15.29
The Heir (The Selection) • Amazon $14.84 1 $14.84
Fish in a Tree • Amazon $13.39 1 $13.39
Matched • Amazon $6.12 1 $6.12

Materials cost

$166.33

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $15.22

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.49

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$214.04

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$37.77

Total project goal

$251.81

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $251.81

4 Donors

-$251.81

Donations toward project cost

-$214.04

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$37.77

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