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Ms. O'Brien from Bronx, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Chapter Books Needed to Challenge First Grade Readers!

Help me give my students chapter books to support the next level of their reading!

  • $249 goal

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This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

I teach a first grade class of energetic and enthusiastic students in the Bronx. We are a diverse class who are eager to learn. My students are so excited to come to school each day and enjoy spending time in the classroom. They love to learn new things every day! Our school is an amazing school with amazing students and staff. However, we are a new school and are extremely limited when it comes to resources.

We desperately need more chapter books to build our classroom library!

My students have been waiting all year to be on a reading level where they would be able to read chapter books!! Now that several of them are ready to read these amazing books, our library really lacks chapter books. My students are ready to learn how to synthesize the information in a text and apply their critical thinking skills to analyze character relationships throughout a chapter book. I can only hope to be able to provide my students with this important resource to challenge them and take their reading to the next level.

My Project

We need chapter books in our classroom! These books will be a great addition to our classroom library. My students are ready for the challenge of reading picture books and are so excited at the mere thought of a chapter book. These books will provide my students the opportunity to read series books on their level that will not only interest, but challenge them. By reading numerous books across a book series, the students really get to know the characters and are able to make personal connections between themselves and their books, or even from book to book across the series. These books would really engage my students and help in bringing characters from stories to life. As a component of our reading program, the students take book baggies home daily, to read at home with their parents and families. Building our chapter series classroom library will allow my students to take home more books and will strengthen our home-school connection. This will provide opportunities for my students' families to have meaningful and enriching conversations at home about these wonderful stories. When students are not only reading fiction books in the classroom, but at home with their families as well, their reading can only get better and stronger! Please help me, help my students, continue their reading journey by reading chapter books!

Ms. O'Brien PS 392 Bronx Delta School Grades PreK-2

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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More than three‑quarters 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot (7 Bk Set) • AKJ Education $31.38 1 $31.38
Ivy and Bean's Treasure Box Books 1, 2, and 3 and a Cool Secret Surprise! • AKJ Education $14.59 1 $14.59
Stink: The Super-Incredible Collection Books 1-3 • AKJ Education $10.93 1 $10.93
Horrible Harry and the Ant Invasion • AKJ Education $4.49 1 $4.49
Cam Jansen & the Birthday Mystery • AKJ Education $4.49 1 $4.49
Cam Jansen: The Mystery of the Monster Movie #8 • AKJ Education $4.49 1 $4.49
Horrible Harry Goes to Sea • AKJ Education $4.49 1 $4.49
Mercy Watson: Princess in Disguise • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
Mostly Monty First Grader • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
Ready, Freddy! #1: Tooth Trouble • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
Mercy Watson to the Rescue • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
Mercy Watson Fights Crime • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
Nate the Great and the Sticky Case • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
A to Z Mysteries: The White Wolf • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64
Cam Jansen: The Mystery of the Stolen Corn Popper #11 • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64
Young Cam Jansen and the Library Mystery • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64
Calendar Mysteries #1: January Joker • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64
Horrible Harry and the Green Slime • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64
Horrible Harry in Room 2B • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64
Young Cam Jansen and the Speedy Car Mystery • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64
A to Z Mysteries: The Talking T. Rex • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64
A to Z Mysteries: The Runaway Racehorse • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64
Cam Jansen: The Mystery of the Gold Coins #5 The Mystery of the Gold Coins • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64
Cam Jansen: The Mystery of the Dinosaur (Bones #3) • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64
Minnie and Moo Go to Paris • AKJ Education $3.59 1 $3.59
Minnie and Moo: The Night of the Living Bed • AKJ Education $2.91 1 $2.91
Iris and Walter: Substitute Teacher • AKJ Education $2.91 1 $2.91
Young Cam Jansen and the Dinosaur Game • AKJ Education $2.91 1 $2.91
Young Cam Jansen and the Ice Skate Mystery • AKJ Education $2.91 1 $2.91
Iris and Walter and Baby Rose • AKJ Education $2.91 1 $2.91
Iris and Walter and Cousin Howie • AKJ Education $2.91 1 $2.91
Iris and Walter: Lost and Found • AKJ Education $2.91 1 $2.91
Iris and Walter • AKJ Education $2.91 1 $2.91
Young Cam Jansen and the Lost Tooth • AKJ Education $2.91 1 $2.91
Young Cam Jansen and the Pizza Shop Mystery • AKJ Education $2.91 1 $2.91

Materials cost

$178.18

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.67

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$210.85

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$37.21

Total project goal

$248.06

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $248.06

1 Donor

-$248.06

Donations toward project cost

-$210.85

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$37.21

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