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Ms. Shrader from Richmond, VA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Books for Our Classroom!

My students need books for our classroom! History books! Adventure books! Biography books!

  • $476 goal

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My Students

Top 10 reasons my students need books: 10 - Expands vocabulary 9 - Helps build independence and self confidence 8 - The more you read, the more you know 7 - Helps you relax 6 - Widens out consciousness 5 - Understand ourselves 4 - Answers questions 3 - Entertainment 2 - Comfort us 1 - Inspire dreams

We are a kindergarten through fifth grade urban school.

We are a very diverse community that features hands-on learning and integrated classroom activities. My students sometimes enter 5th grade not liking reading, but by the end of the year most have changed their mind because of my Reader’s Workshop approach.

My Project

My students will use these books in Language Arts during the Reader’s Workshop. This is when they spend at least 20 minutes a day quietly reading. They may choose any book of their choice and request books for me to buy. These are used by two fifth grade classes.

My student’s lives will be changed because of these books.

When children have books in their lives, it becomes a part of them. Books also benefit children from disadvantaged families. My classroom will change because these books are not just for the students this year, but for many years in the future.

Ms. Shrader Patrick Henry School Science & Arts Grades 3-5

Equity Focus

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More about Ms. Shrader

Richmond, VA View local requests

Nearly all 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

26 students impacted 5donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Mo Smells Red: A Scentsational Journey (Mo's Nose) • Amazon Business $17.95 1 $17.95
Who's on Mount Rushmore? Box Set (Who Was...?) • Amazon Business $16.17 1 $16.17
Ten Ways To Make My Sister Disappear • Amazon Business $15.36 1 $15.36
The Three Questions [Based on a story by Leo Tolstoy] • Amazon Business $15.09 1 $15.09
Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot • Amazon Business $14.69 1 $14.69
March On!: The Day My Brother Martin Changed the World • Amazon Business $14.02 1 $14.02
The Mysteries of Harris Burdick • Amazon Business $12.88 1 $12.88
Public School Superhero • Amazon Business $12.57 1 $12.57
So Few of Me • Amazon Business $11.13 1 $11.13
The Isle of the Lost: A Descendants Novel (The Descendants) • Amazon Business $10.79 1 $10.79
Brown Girl Dreaming (Newbery Honor Book) • Amazon Business $10.59 1 $10.59
Serafina and the Black Cloak • Amazon Business $10.36 1 $10.36
Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear • Amazon Business $9.45 1 $9.45
The Rabbit Ate My Homework • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Treasure Hunters • Amazon Business $8.00 1 $8.00
My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother (Aladdin Picture Books) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Hewitt Anderson's Great Big Life • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Roller Girl • Amazon Business $7.80 1 $7.80
The Ride of Doom (STAR SAPPHIRE AND THE LAND OF GEMS) (Volume 1) • Amazon Business $7.53 1 $7.53
When I Was Young in the Mountains (Reading Rainbow Books) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Any Small Goodness: A Novel of the Barrio • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Just Juice (Scholastic Signature) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was Michael Jackson? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was Julia Child? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Were the Brothers Grimm? (Who Was...?) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Is Muhammad Ali? (Who Was...?) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Is George Lucas? (Who Was...?) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was Nelson Mandela? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Is Steven Spielberg? (Who Was...?) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was Jim Henson? • Amazon Business $5.33 1 $5.33
Who Was Beatrix Potter? • Amazon Business $5.27 1 $5.27
Who Was Gandhi? • Amazon Business $5.03 1 $5.03
Who Was Maya Angelou? • Amazon Business $5.01 1 $5.01
Who Was Ronald Reagan? • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Who Was Jackie Robinson? • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
I Survived #9: I Survived the Nazi Invasion, 1944 • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Who Was Sitting Bull? • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Who Was Genghis Khan? • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Who Was George Washington Carver? • Amazon Business $4.92 1 $4.92
Who Was John F. Kennedy?: Who Was...? • Amazon Business $4.89 1 $4.89
Who Was Milton Hershey? • Amazon Business $4.87 1 $4.87
Who Was Dr. Seuss? • Amazon Business $4.73 1 $4.73
Who Was Walt Disney? • Amazon Business $4.53 1 $4.53
I Survived the Attacks of September 11th, 2001 (I Survived, Book 6) • Amazon Business $4.49 1 $4.49
Who Was Blackbeard? • Amazon Business $4.13 1 $4.13

Materials cost

$368.38

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.53

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$403.91

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$71.28

Total project goal

$475.19

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$475.19

4 Donors

-$233.18

Donations toward project cost

-$201.95

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$31.23

match offer

-$237.60

Match offer toward project cost

-$201.96

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$35.64

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.41

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$0.00

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