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Ms. Kelley from Burr Oak, MI is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Down a Rabbit Hole, and Meeting a Hobbit!

Help me give my students the magic of reading some of the most classic stories. I am requesting 25, hard cover copies each, which is enough for one grade at a time.

  • 5 donors
  • $667 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Project

As I return to school, I am taking a new position as Middle School Language Arts teacher. In developing my curriculum and lesson plans, I found myself wanting to incorporate some of my favorite literature with my students. As any coach or teacher will tell you, it is exciting to share, and teach about, things you love with others.

These students are quite special to me as I had them all in elementary school as well.

I tried teaching a year (2023/2024) in another district, but returned as I missed my students. We will be doing book studies and complementary projects, and/or unit tests, on each book that we study this year. These are 2 of the 6 books each grade will be studying for the school year. Students will learn about literature, writing, and even develop some art work as we work our way through each book. My goal, as a teacher, is always to inspire and share a love of reading in my students. I have carefully chosen these particular books with that in mind.

Ms. Kelley
Grades 6-8
    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

    This project will reach 80 students.

    5 donors have given to this project.

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Hobbit (The Lord of the Rings) • Amazon Business $13.20 25 $330.00
Alice in Wonderland (Great Illustrated Classics) • Amazon Business $7.95 25 $198.75

Materials cost

$528.75

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.93

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$566.68

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$100.00

Total project goal

$666.68

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$666.68

3 Donors

-$501.12

Donations toward project cost

-$425.95

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$75.17

match offer

-$165.56

Match offer toward project cost

-$140.73

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$24.83

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$0.00

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