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Mrs. Koves from Carson City, MI is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Building a Community With Books

My students need a selection of paired novels for self-selected reading.

  • $281 goal

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My Students

The students in my classes are a diverse group, from a multitude of backgrounds. Some are from families where they will be the first to attend college, while others are from families where paying the monthly bills is a challenge.

All students deserve an opportunity to create skills that they can take with them into the work force or to college.

They are eager for life skills that can help them, as they finish high school and move forward in their lives.

My Project

We are spending this year in my English classes building a community of readers. Since everything in life is easier if you have strong reading skills, I want my students to practice building those skills every week.

We spend one day a week immersing ourselves in books.

To do this, I have been diligently working to build my classroom library to over 1000 books. The novels I am requesting all come from a list of the best novels to read this year.

One of the things that my classroom library is missing is pairs of novels for students to read with a partner. Often I find that students want to share books with their friends, which is difficult if there is only one copy of a text. This set of novel pairs will allow students and friends to share in their literacy adventure.

Mrs. Koves Carson City - Crystal High School Grades 9-12

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Carson City, MI 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

90 students impacted 3donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Catcher in the Rye • Amazon Business $11.30 2 $22.60
The Hate U Give • Amazon Business $11.20 2 $22.40
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption • Amazon Business $10.99 2 $21.98
Angela's Ashes: A Memoir • Amazon Business $10.54 2 $21.08
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks • Amazon Business $10.47 2 $20.94
Gone Girl • Amazon Business $9.99 2 $19.98
In Cold Blood • Amazon Business $9.04 2 $18.08
Slaughterhouse-Five: A Novel (Modern Library 100 Best Novels) • Amazon Business $8.99 2 $17.98
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier • Amazon Business $8.56 2 $17.12
1984 (Signet Classics) • Amazon Business $6.29 2 $12.58
The Book Thief • Amazon Business $5.42 2 $10.84

Materials cost

$205.58

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.08

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$238.66

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$42.12

Total project goal

$280.78

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $280.78

2 Donors

-$137.76

Donations toward project cost

-$121.83

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.93

match offer

-$137.45

Match offer toward project cost

-$116.83

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.62

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$5.57

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 $0.00

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