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Mrs. Dittrich from White Bear Lake, MN is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Book It!

My students need 30 high-interest novels to improve their reading fluency and comprehension including I'll Give you the Sun, The Thing about Jellyfish, and Guts.

  • $420 goal

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My Students

"Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another's skin, another's voice, another's soul." -Joyce Carol Oates

My students attend a suburban high school of about 2400 students, and, not unlike many teens, they are often reluctant readers.

Their struggles with reading make them even more inclined to profess, "I don't like reading." When confronted with an entire library full of books, they are quickly overwhelmed and frequently struggle with finding materials of interest to them. As a result, students will often choose books according to size and cover art which doesn't always lead to having chosen a title of interest to them.

My Project

My students need 30 high-interest novels to improve their reading fluency and comprehension including I'll Give you the Sun, The Thing about Jellyfish, and Guts. These books will provide my students with a variety of high-interest, accessible materials through which to meet our independent reading goals. With these books, my students will learn how to select materials for their own reading enjoyment and will learn that books are an entertaining way to explore worlds similar to and different from their own. By increasing the number of high-interest books available for students in my classroom, I will be able to actively encourage a reading lifestyle for my students. Each time that I can grab a book from the shelf and offer a reluctant reader an entertaining choice, my students will benefit immeasurably.

The more we read, the more we grow.

These books will offer my students many opportunities to develop their skills as readers. Reading is a skill that students use across disciplines. Through access to interesting, entertaining reading material, my students will cultivate their skills as critical readers.

Mrs. Dittrich White Bear Lake High School North Grades 9-12

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White Bear Lake, MN 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

120 students impacted 10donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
No Choirboy: Murder, Violence, and Teenagers on Death Row • Amazon Business $10.70 2 $21.40
Flirtin' With the Monster: Your Favorite Authors on Ellen Hopkins' Crank and Glass • Amazon Business $14.10 1 $14.10
Rumble • Amazon Business $13.32 1 $13.32
Fan Art • Amazon Business $12.97 1 $12.97
Iron Heart: The True Story of How I Came Back from the Dead • Amazon Business $12.10 1 $12.10
Perfect • Amazon Business $11.69 1 $11.69
Glass (Crank Trilogy) • Amazon Business $11.52 1 $11.52
Tilt • Amazon Business $11.38 1 $11.38
Identical • Amazon Business $11.37 1 $11.37
All the Bright Places • Amazon Business $11.31 1 $11.31
A Step Toward Falling • Amazon Business $11.31 1 $11.31
Everything, Everything • Amazon Business $11.21 1 $11.21
Zeroes • Amazon Business $11.21 1 $11.21
Carry On • Amazon Business $11.21 1 $11.21
I'll Give You the Sun • Amazon Business $10.97 1 $10.97
Extraordinary Means • Amazon Business $10.93 1 $10.93
Infinite in Between • Amazon Business $10.88 1 $10.88
Impulse • Amazon Business $10.66 1 $10.66
Illuminae (The Illuminae Files) • Amazon Business $10.44 1 $10.44
The Rest of Us Just Live Here • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
First & Then • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
Through the Woods • Amazon Business $9.59 1 $9.59
The Thing About Jellyfish • Amazon Business $9.35 1 $9.35
Say What You Will • Amazon Business $9.18 1 $9.18
Shift • Amazon Business $8.43 1 $8.43
Crank • Amazon Business $8.23 1 $8.23
Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Perks of Being a Wallflower • Amazon Business $7.50 1 $7.50
The Sky Is Everywhere • Amazon Business $6.35 1 $6.35
Guts • Amazon Business $5.71 1 $5.71

Materials cost

$322.09

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.83

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$356.92

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$62.99

Total project goal

$419.91

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $419.91

8 Donors

-$319.91

Donations toward project cost

-$271.92

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$47.99

match offer

-$100.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$85.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.00

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 $0.00

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