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Mrs. Bethea from Dillon, SC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Early Ready Readers With Pete the Cat

Help me give my students the skills they will need to become fluent readers with accuracy, speed and understanding.

  • $266 goal

This project expired on March 29, 2022.

This project expired on March 29, 2022.

My Students

My students are curious, energetic preschoolers that come from a socioeconomic disadvantaged background. I have a diverse group of preschoolers who are easily motivated learners, whose minds are like sponges that are ready to be nurtured and molded. I teach at a primary school starting at grade 4k-3 in a rural area in the state of South Carolina. Our school is a Title I school with limited funding. One hundred percent of our students receive free breakfast, lunch, and snack.

My Project

To help my emergent readers become fluent readers, it is imperative that I read aloud to them often and with expression. One of the most exciting times of our day is read aloud time. These books will be read throughout the day during read aloud, center time, and individualization. These books will be placed in the classroom library, giving the students the opportunity to picture read on their own.

Reading aloud to my students is a great strategy that will help my students learn how to read with accuracy, speed, and understanding.

Mrs. Bethea Dillon Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

Equity Focus

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

20 students impacted

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Pete the Cat and the Cool Cat Boogie • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Pete the Cat's Groovy Imagination • Amazon Business $15.19 1 $15.19
Pete the Cat: Crayons Rock! • Amazon Business $13.90 1 $13.90
Pete the Cat: A Pet for Pete (My First I Can Read) • Amazon Business $13.72 1 $13.72
Pete the Cat's Giant Groovy Book: 9 Books in One (My First I Can Read) • Amazon Business $12.47 1 $12.47
Pete the Cat: 5-Minute Pete the Cat Stories: Includes 12 Groovy Stories! • Amazon Business $10.45 1 $10.45
Pete the Cat and the Bedtime Blues • Amazon Business $10.39 1 $10.39
Pete the Cat: Five Little Pumpkins • Amazon Business $8.98 1 $8.98
Pete the Cat's 12 Groovy Days of Christmas • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Pete the Cat: Five Little Bunnies • Amazon Business $7.78 1 $7.78
Pete the Cat: The Great Leprechaun Chase: Includes 12 St. Patrick's Day Cards, Fold-Out Poster, and Stickers! • Amazon Business $7.17 1 $7.17
Pete the Cat and the Itsy Bitsy Spider • Amazon Business $6.92 1 $6.92
Pete the Cat: Trick or Pete • Amazon Business $6.28 1 $6.28
Pete the Cat: Go, Pete, Go! • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Pete the Cat and the Lost Tooth (My First I Can Read) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Pete the Cat: Robo-Pete • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Pete the Cat and the Cool Caterpillar (I Can Read Level 1) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Pete the Cat: Super Pete (I Can Read Level 1) • Amazon Business $4.74 1 $4.74
Pete the Cat: Snow Daze (My First I Can Read) • Amazon Business $4.74 1 $4.74
Pete the Cat Goes Camping (I Can Read Level 1) • Amazon Business $4.74 1 $4.74
Pete the Cat and the Supercool Science Fair • Amazon Business $4.71 1 $4.71
Pete the Cat: Too Cool for School (My First I Can Read) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99

Materials cost

$180.11

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $12.70

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.70

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$225.51

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$39.80

Total project goal

$265.31

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