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Mrs. Rizzo from Pittsburgh, PA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Building Reading Motivation: Novel Studies

Help me give my students two class sets of chapter books to motivate reading throughout the summer.

  • $208 goal

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My Project

As the end of the school year approaches, I want to build reading motivation by completing novel studies with my title one reading intervention groups. With so much emphasis put on standardized testing throughout the year, students do not get the chance to read authentic literature as often as they should. Once testing season is over, we will have about a month left of school which allows us the perfect amount of time to study an engaging novel and end the year in an encouraging way.

Reading should be a positive experience and my goal is to help students establish a motivation to continue reading throughout the summer and beyond.

This project would allow me to get two sets of chapter books for my 4th and 5th grade students. I am hopeful that this project would help build a solid foundation of reading enjoyment and enhance reading skills for years to come.

Mrs. Rizzo Crafton Elementary School Grades 3-5

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Pittsburgh, PA 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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Wishtree • Amazon Business $8.00 10 $80.00
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Materials cost

$143.80

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.16

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$175.96

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$31.05

Total project goal

$207.01

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $207.01

2 Donors

-$182.01

Donations toward project cost

-$154.71

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$27.30

match offer

-$25.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$21.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.75

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 $0.00

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