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Mrs. L. from NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Books: Out with the Old, In with the New

My students need a variety books to choose from that spark their love for reading!

  • $395 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

My Students are in fourth grade and I would like them to become amazing wild readers. They need to be surrounded by books that capture their attention to build their reading stamina and enthusiasm for reading. Giving students a choice in their books also helps them to develop a voice in writing. The goal is to create lifelong readers always searching for their next book.

"There is no such thing as a child who hates to read; there are only children who have not found the right book" —Frank Serafini.

My students need books to read to escape and to become introduced to more vocabulary, about 25 percent of my students are considered below grade level in vocabulary and phonics.

My Project

A large, varied collection of refreshed books in a classroom library is a vital ingredient in creating lifelong readers.

The resources from this project will help create a reading library that is inviting, interesting and diverse.

My students need choices and with the purchase of these new books, they will be transported into a whole new world.

Students will not have to wait a week to get to a library to find a new book. The books will be in bins surrounding them and calling to them all day long. They can shop for books right in the classroom. New bookshelves have been made by our high school students and are waiting to be filled.

Mrs. L.
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Judy Blume's Fudge Box Set • Amazon Business $25.00 2 $50.00
The Land of Stories Hardcover Gift Set • Amazon Business $46.67 1 $46.67
Whatever After Boxset, Books 1-6 (Whatever After) • Amazon Business $21.91 1 $21.91
The Pain and the Great One Quartet Box Set • Amazon Business $19.39 1 $19.39
The Mysterious Benedict Society Collection • Amazon Business $18.90 1 $18.90
Freckle Juice • Amazon Business $5.39 2 $10.78
The Last Kids on Earth and the Zombie Parade • Amazon Business $8.39 1 $8.39
Dog Diaries #7: Stubby • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Dog Diaries #4: Togo • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Dog Diaries #5: Dash • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
George's Marvelous Medicine • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Dog Diaries #8: Fala • Amazon Business $7.96 1 $7.96
The Twits • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
The Magic Finger • Amazon Business $6.94 1 $6.94
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar • Amazon Business $6.39 1 $6.39
The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me • Amazon Business $6.39 1 $6.39
The Enormous Crocodile • Amazon Business $6.39 1 $6.39
Dog Diaries #3: Barry • Amazon Business $6.00 1 $6.00
Dog Diaries #2: Buddy • Amazon Business $6.00 1 $6.00
Once Upon a Frog (Whatever After #8) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Genie in a Bottle (Whatever After #9) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Fish in a Tree • Amazon Business $5.63 1 $5.63
The Last Kids on Earth • Amazon Business $5.49 1 $5.49
Sparky (Dog Diaries Special Edition) • Amazon Business $5.29 1 $5.29
Beauty Queen (Whatever After #7) • Amazon Business $4.54 1 $4.54
Dog Diaries #6: Sweetie • Amazon Business $3.49 1 $3.49
Dog Diaries #1: Ginger • Amazon Business $3.49 1 $3.49

Materials cost

$301.17

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.52

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$335.69

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$59.24

Total project goal

$394.93

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$394.93

9 Donors

-$394.93

Donations toward project cost

-$335.69

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$59.24

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$0.00

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