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Mr. Kooienga from Crystal Lake, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Book Clubs

Help me give my students the opportunity to engage in a book study in the classroom, we are loving reading books and could use a few more options for the classroom like Pollyanna and Space Case.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Kooienga's classroom raised $244

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My Students

My students are part of a public school in the state of Illinois. There are around 700 students in the building. The students in this class love to read and enjoy read aloud and getting to read their own novels during school. This class loves to move around and work with buddies during the day, sharing and hearing other students' ideas. We are building a community of learners.

Fifth grade is an exciting time in children's lives.

This is the year when they get to finish up elementary school and look forward to middle school. It is a year of great change academically, socially, and emotionally.

My Project

Our class loves to read books and we have been holding book clubs for most of the year. However, we could use a few more options for the classroom. I have listed two new book study books, Pollyanna and Space Case. Pollyanna is a wonderful book that will teach students how to be positive even in tough situations. This is a book that is very relevant today. The other book Space Case takes students on an adventure and will add a fantasy book to our novel study collection. If you are able, my students would love the opportunity to read even more books this year. Thank you for considering sponsoring our classroom.

Mr. Kooienga North Elementary School Grades 3-5 Crystal Lake, IL View local requests

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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Pollyanna (Sterling Unabridged Classics) • Amazon Business $9.95 10 $99.50
Space Case (Moon Base Alpha) • Amazon Business $7.49 10 $74.90

Materials cost

$174.40

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.62

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$207.02

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$36.53

Total project goal

$243.55

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$243.55

2 Donors

-$243.55

Donations toward project cost

-$207.02

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$36.53

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$0.00

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