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Mr. Fuller from Chicago, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Classroom Library

The cost of fiction books and nonfiction libraries from Barnes and Noble and Lakeshore Learning is $714, including shipping and <a target="new" href="http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm" onclick="g_openWindow('http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm', 300, 800, 'fulfillwindow');return false;">fulfillment</a>.

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I am a new Chicago Public School teacher, and part of the Chicago Teaching Fellows (an alternative certification program designed to put highly effective teachers into lower-performing schools throughout the city of Chicago). I have started my first year of teaching in a second grade class and find that my students lack access to high quality literature and reading materials. Many of my students are struggling readers and are often discouraged to try harder to improve their literacy skills. If my students had access to a classroom library that contained books of interest at the appropriate levels for the diverse range of readers in the room, I am certain that their motivation to learn and work hard to improve their reading skills would increase. I currently have only the few books that my school was able to provide along with books that I was able to purchase with the limited funds that new teachers receive. I know with the proper motivation and resources I could help my students improve their literacy skills and ensure their overall academic success for years to come. Many of my students are from challenged backgrounds and have not had the opportunities that other students have. Only through education will they have a chance to succeed in life and it is my goal to help provide as nurturing, educationally stimulating and challenging environment as possible. With a more diverse classroom library I know that this will be possible.

Mr. Fuller Gillespie Technology Magnet Cluster School Grades PreK-2

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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
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Bearcub and Mama Sharon Jennings, Melanie Watt (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.35 1 $14.35
Army Ants Sandra Markle • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
Walter the Giant Storyteller's Giant Book of Giant Stories Walter M. Mayes, Kevin O'Malley (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $17.86 1 $17.86
The Liberation of Gabriel King K. L. Going • Barnes and Noble $14.39 1 $14.39
The Gruesome Guide to World Monsters Judy Sierra, Henrik Drescher (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $17.09 2 $34.18
Amelia to Zora: Twenty-six Women Who Changed the World Cynthia Chin-Lee, Megan Halsey (Illustrator), Sean Addy (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.35 1 $14.35
So, What's It like to Be a Cat? Karla Kuskin, Betsy Lewin (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.35 1 $14.35
I'm a Pig Sarah Weeks, Holly Berry (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.20 1 $15.20
Bravest of the Brave Shutta Crum, Tim Bowers (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.35 1 $14.35
Big, Blue Lump Yetti Frenkel, Yetti Frenkel (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.25 1 $15.25
Once upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude Kevin O'Malley, Kevin O'Malley (Illustrator), Carol Heyer (Illustrator), Scott Goto (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $16.06 1 $16.06
Grandmama's Pride Becky Birtha, Colin Bootman (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.25 1 $15.25
Always Remember Me: How One Family Survived World War II Marisabina Russo, Marisabina Russo (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $16.19 1 $16.19
If You Decide to Go to the Moon Faith McNulty, Steven Kellogg (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.29 1 $15.29
Edith Ellen Eddy Julee Ann Granger, Kathryn Mitter (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.25 1 $15.25
Dad, Jackie, and Me Myron Uhlberg, Colin Bootman (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.25 1 $15.25
Beyond the Great Mountains: A Visual Poem about China Ed Young, Ed Young (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $16.15 1 $16.15
Anna's Blizzard Alison Hart, Paul Bachem (Photographer) • Barnes and Noble $11.65 1 $11.65
RE588 - Multicultural Paperback Library - Gr. 2- • Lakeshore Learning $69.50 1 $69.50
BB690X - Chapter Book Genre Collection • Lakeshore Learning $95.00 1 $95.00
RA586 - Nonfiction Paperback Series - Gr. 2-4 • Lakeshore Learning $69.50 1 $69.50

Materials cost

$516.52

Vendor shipping charges

 $51.65

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$12.91

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$598.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$131.27

Total project goal

$729.27

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $729.27

4 Donors

-$692.06

Donations toward project cost

-$598.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$94.06

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$37.21

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