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

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Coming Soon to a Bookshelf Near You!

My students need new and intersting books to add to our classroom library.

  • $230 goal

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My Students

I've heard it a million times...." I'll just wait for the movie." UGH! How can I convince my students that the book is always better than the movie? Let's fill the shelves with books that were later turned into movies and let them decide!

My students are great group of kids that are always up for a new challenge!

Our school is located in a large urban city and has a mixed population of students. I teach 2 groups of students...one group has the highest reading scores in our grade and are always wanting new and and more intersting books to read. My other class is the lowest scoring kids in our grade and they struggle with reading. They are the hardest to motivate to read. I want all of my students to love reading, and I feel this is best accomplished when the have the opportunity to read a variety of books! I try to do this by having a well-stocked classroom library.

My Project

I am requesting, for our classroom library, a varitety of books that have been made into movies. My hope is that I can persuade my students to read the books before they see the movies, and convince them that reading the book instead of waiting for the movie is the better choice! I hear so many of them say they would rather just wait for the movie instead of read the book. It's hard to persuade them that the book is almost always better than the movie. With so many books being made into films these days, many students are missing out on reading great books because it is easier to see the movie. I feel they miss out not only some great storytelling, they don't get to use their imaginations as much if they just see the film.

By having these books readily available in our classroom, my hope is it will be easier to persuade my students to put off seeing the movie until they have read the book.

Hopefully I can convince them that reading the book first is a much more fufilling experience....and they can even eat popcorn while doing it!

Mrs. Shippy Dawes Elementary School Grades 6-8

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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

120 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games) • Amazon $7.40 2 $14.80
The Hunger Games (Book 1) • Amazon $6.24 2 $12.48
I Love You, Beth Cooper (P.S.) • Amazon $12.26 1 $12.26
Killing Mr. Griffin • Amazon $9.00 1 $9.00
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Book 1) • Amazon $8.99 1 $8.99
Tex • Amazon $8.09 1 $8.09
Mockingjay (The Final Book of The Hunger Games) • Amazon $8.07 1 $8.07
The Perks of Being a Wallflower • Amazon $8.03 1 $8.03
The Book Thief • Amazon $7.94 1 $7.94
A Killing Frost (The Tomorrow Series #3) • Amazon $7.62 1 $7.62
The Dead Of Night (The Tomorrow Series #2) • Amazon $7.62 1 $7.62
The Face on the Milk Carton • Amazon $7.19 1 $7.19
Rumble Fish • Amazon $7.19 1 $7.19
Tomorrow, When the War Began (The Tomorrow Series #1) • Amazon $6.86 1 $6.86
That Was Then, This Is Now • Amazon $6.36 1 $6.36
The Maze Runner (Book 1) • Amazon $6.36 1 $6.36
How I Created My Perfect Prom Date • Amazon $6.29 1 $6.29
The Scorch Trials (Maze Runner, Book 2) • Amazon $5.94 1 $5.94
If I Stay • Amazon $5.92 1 $5.92
The Death Cure (Maze Runner Book Three) • Amazon $5.85 1 $5.85

Materials cost

$162.86

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.44

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$195.30

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$34.46

Total project goal

$229.76

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $229.76

2 Donors

-$229.76

Donations toward project cost

-$195.30

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$34.46

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