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Ms. Greta from Portland, OR is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Enjoying Books Together at School and at Home

Help me give my students books that they can read together at school with book buddies and then take home to grow their home libraries.

  • $982 goal

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My Project

My project is to form book clubs with my 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade students again this year, building on the success of last year.

Being in book clubs helps to build excitement around books and reading at our school.

I will be partnering 1st and 3rd grade students, which helps to build community and relationships. And my goal is for students to be able to take home the books that they read in book club, which helps to grow their classroom libraries, and gives them practice with reading fluency.

Last year, I had all 2nd graders in Piggy and Gerald book club, and I want to repeat this club again this year. Kids find these books approachable since they are written in a graphic novel format with all text in speech bubbles. They get lots of practice with reading fluency because the books have many high frequency words and kids like to read them over and over. They are perfect for partner reading, as each partner can read aloud for one of the characters. And they bring so much joy to the room because kids find the illustrations and writing style to be absolutely hilarious.

I also want to partner 1st and 3rd grade students for partner reading. The 3rd graders volunteer to come read to a younger buddy and both the younger and older students love this time reading together. I will have the 3rd graders read books with the first graders that are highly accessible and engaging, that the first graders can practice reading at home afterwards.

Ms. Greta
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Pigeon Series 7 Book Set : Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus / Stay up Late. Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog ....and 4 More Titles • Amazon Business $40.99 5 $204.95
Elephant & Piggie: The Complete Collection (An Elephant & Piggie Book) (Elephant and Piggie Book, An) • Amazon Business $94.98 2 $189.96
National Geographic Kids Readers 6 Book Set (National Geographic Kids Readers, Levels : 1 & 2) by Anne Schreiber (2012-08-01) • Amazon Business $35.98 5 $179.90
Biscuit's Neighborhood: 5 Fun-Filled Stories in 1 Box! (My First I Can Read) • Amazon Business $13.13 7 $91.91
First Little Comics Parent Pack: Levels C & D: 20 Funny Books That Are Just the Right Level for New Readers • Amazon Business $21.99 3 $65.97
Folk & Fairy Tale Easy Readers Parent Pack: 15 Classic Stories That Are "Just Right" for Young Readers • Amazon Business $19.99 3 $59.97

Materials cost

$792.66

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.89

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$834.55

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$147.27

Total project goal

$981.82

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$981.82

5 Donors

-$623.00

Donations toward project cost

-$579.55

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$43.45

match offer

-$300.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$255.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$45.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$58.82

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$0.00

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