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Ms. Shelton from Noble, OK is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Books are the Quietest and Most Constant of Friends

Help me give my students a variety of exciting books to enjoy in our reading classroom!

  • $374 goal

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My Students

I am the Reading Specialist for our elementary school. This means I get to spend each day teaching 160 fourth and fifth-grade readers in one of the best rural schools in Oklahoma! My students are a diverse group with varied levels of learning. Our classroom is a space where students enjoy coming to learn. We are a Title I school with the majority of our students receiving free lunches. Many of my students are enrolled in virtual distance learning this year, while others are attending full-time in person.

These students have huge hearts and love to learn in non-traditional ways including room transformations, arts-integrated lessons, and project-based learning.

My students have curiosity, creativity, compassion, and positive attitudes. They are truly amazing people. My school is wonderfully supportive of the active hands-on learning that we do in our classroom. I couldn't ask for a better learning environment for these students. We are truly a community!

My Project

“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.” Charles W. Eliot

Reading books allows children to stimulate their imagination and expand their understanding of the world.

Reading also helps them develop language and listening skills and be informed about other people, other countries, other customs and cultures. Books strengthen our self-confidence and help us to understand why we are who we are. They help us discover where we come from and help us figure out where we want to go.

The books we have chosen are high interest books that will engage my students and help them become life long readers. The series books will allow them to keep coming back for more!

Thank you for helping support literacy in our classroom, and helping my students find a love of reading!

Ms. Shelton Pioneer Intermediate School Grades 3-5

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Noble, OK View local requests

More than half 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

176 students impacted 5donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Virginia Mysteries Series Set - Book 1-8 • Amazon Business $45.99 1 $45.99
The Shadow Children, the Complete Series: Among the Hidden; Among the Impostors; Among the Betrayed; Among the Barons; Among the Brave; Among the Enemy; Among the Free • Amazon Business $28.99 1 $28.99
The Giver Boxed Set: The Giver, Gathering Blue, Messenger, Son (The Giver Quartet) • Amazon Business $27.50 1 $27.50
Born Behind Bars • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Linked • Amazon Business $15.49 1 $15.49
DINOBROS Dinosaur Toy Pull Back Cars, 6 Pack Dino Toys for 3 Year Old Boys and Toddlers, Boy Toys Age 3,4,5 and Up, Pull Back Toy Cars, Dinosaur Games with T-Rex • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Willodeen • Amazon Business $13.88 1 $13.88
The Blackbird Girls • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
When Stars Are Scattered • Amazon Business $10.84 1 $10.84
Pictures at the Protest (The Virginia Mysteries) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
I Survived the Nazi Invasion, 1944 (I Survived Graphic Novel #3): A Graphix Book (3) (I Survived Graphic Novels) • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
Speechless • Amazon Business $9.70 1 $9.70
Amal Unbound • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Breakout • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
A Wish in the Dark • Amazon Business $8.60 1 $8.60
The Secret Lake: A children's mystery adventure • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Other Words for Home • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Oh Say Can You Say Di-no-saur?: All About Dinosaurs (Cat in the Hat's Learning Library) • Amazon Business $5.47 1 $5.47

Materials cost

$262.27

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $21.38

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.93

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$317.58

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$56.04

Total project goal

$373.62

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $373.62

4 Donors

-$173.19

Donations toward project cost

-$170.37

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$2.82

match offer

-$173.19

Match offer toward project cost

-$147.21

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$25.98

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$27.25

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