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Mrs. Brassart from Brentwood, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Books Are Our Guiding Light!

Help me give my students opportunities to truly evaluate and learn various narrative elements through mentor texts and not simply just me teaching these elements. They can experience them through various authors and various styles.

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My Project

These books will continue to enhance the print-rich classroom that I strive to create. A classroom library is a place where students should be able to really enjoy-grabbing a book to read on the carpet, or at their desks, or as they complete their work. Every student book that is placed in our library is treated with love and care, and they are thankful for the opportunities to read. All of these books have been chosen with my students in mind-I have watched them the past few weeks of school read titles just like these, and I have also asked them what type of books they would enjoy reading. Students will be able to choose books, which will help them continue to enjoy independent reading time.

With these new books, my students will be able to choose from a variety of books that will allow them to read independently at their own interest level.

They will also be able to choose books that challenge them. The best way to increase reading ability is to read more, and these books will continue to help my students grow stronger in reading. My students already have shown an astonishing interest in independent reading, and this project will only help enrich their experiences with the printed word.

Mrs. Brassart J. Douglas Adams Middle School Grades 6-8

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Brentwood, CA View local requests 90 students impacted 4donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Swing (Blink) • Amazon Business $13.49 5 $67.45
When You Trap a Tiger: (Newbery Medal Winner) • Amazon Business $8.99 5 $44.95
Rick Riordan Presents: Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky-A Tristan Strong Novel, Book 1 • Amazon Business $8.92 5 $44.60
The Crossover: A Newbery Award Winner (The Crossover Series) • Amazon Business $6.99 5 $34.95
Brown Girl Dreaming • Amazon Business $6.87 5 $34.35

Materials cost

$226.30

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $20.71

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.39

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$280.40

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$49.48

Total project goal

$329.88

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $329.88

3 Donors

-$219.92

Donations toward project cost

-$186.93

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$32.99

match offer

-$109.96

Match offer toward project cost

-$93.47

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$16.49

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 $0.00

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