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Ms. Katsanos from Jamaica, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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For the Love of Reading.. Two!

My students need books for independent reading, explorations in science, writing inspiration, and pure enjoyment like Slither and Crawl and the Science Detective Series!

  • $739 goal

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My Students

Remember reading a favorite book over and over again until the pages were worn and you could recite the next word before you even got to it? That is my dream for the students in my class - a level of engagement and passion in reading no matter what the text is about.

“We should not teach great books; we should teach a love of reading.

Knowing the contents of a few works of literature is a trivial achievement. Being inclined to go on reading is a great achievement.” A great achievement I would love to see. The students in my 3rd grade class have grown to love independent reading time since our last project was funded! Sometimes you can hear a pin drop because they are all engaged, sometimes there is chatter because they feel compelled to share something they have read with a classmate, and there are those other times when they sneakily try to read the same book over and over instead of branch out into something more challenging. My goal is to intertwine books that fit into our curriculum into the leveled library. I know my kids and their interests but most times they refrain from going towards the science and social studies section of the book bins. Some texts are lackluster and not pertaining to the 3rd grade curriculum but you can help change that.

My Project

I am asking for books that are engaging, lyrical, and have figurative language as well as interesting content. Most content area books read like textbooks and cannot hold the attention of students but the books I chose can change that. They are meant to fit with class lessons, homework, research topics, writing strategies, and interdisciplinary activities. They will enhance Science and Social Studies learning of forces and motion, adaptations in animals, measuring matter, and exploring world cultures. They will provide examples of fictional narratives that we read and write using fun models. Examples of character motivations and actions in text, dialogue usage, sequencing of events of chapter books, and comparing and contrasting different texts. They loved a book so much that I am asking for the others of the same series. Please help this dream come alive and help my students boost their knowledge without even realizing it!

“There is no such thing as a child who hates to read; there are only children who have not found the right book.” Please help in filling my library with the right books for my students who do not have access to these reading materials at home or in class right now.

I am hoping to spark an interest in my students so then they may take something they read and go learn more about it. Science and Social Studies are just as important as the other subjects and it needs to be recognized. Thank you!

Ms. Katsanos PS/IS 268 Grades 3-5

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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.

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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

25 students impacted 12donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Dork Diaries Box Set (Ten Books Inside!): Dork Diaries; Dork Diaries 2; Dork Diaries 3; Dork Diaries 3 1/2; Dork Diaries 4; Dork Diaries 5; Dork ... Diaries 7; Dork Diaries 8; Dork Diaries 9 • Amazon Business $79.92 1 $79.92
Grade 3 Fiction/Nonfiction Paired Studies Set (16 bk set) • AKJ Books $75.80 1 $75.80
Treasure Hunters Boxed Set • Amazon Business $31.47 1 $31.47
Amulet Boxset: Books 1-3 • Amazon Business $24.51 1 $24.51
Goosebumps Retro Scream Collection: Limited Edition Tin • Amazon Business $21.12 1 $21.12
Percy Jackson and the Olympians 5 Book Paperback Boxed Set (new covers w/poster) (Percy Jackson & the Olympians) • Amazon Business $20.92 1 $20.92
The Enchanted Collection Box Set: Ella Enchanted, The Two Princesses of Bamarre, Fairest • Amazon Business $14.88 1 $14.88
Creature Features: Twenty-Five Animals Explain Why They Look the Way They Do • Amazon Business $13.47 1 $13.47
Child's Introduction to the World: Geography, Cultures, and People - From the Grand Canyon to the Great Wall of China • Amazon Business $13.30 1 $13.30
How to Swallow a Pig: Step-by-Step Advice from the Animal Kingdom • Amazon Business $12.44 1 $12.44
Shimmer & Splash: The Sparkling World of Sea Life • Amazon Business $12.29 1 $12.29
Aliens from Earth: When Animals and Plants Invade Other Ecos • AKJ Books $11.64 1 $11.64
Tooth & Claw: The Wild World of Big Predators • Amazon Business $11.44 1 $11.44
Slither and Crawl: Eye to Eye with Reptiles • Amazon Business $10.85 1 $10.85
Mad Margaret Experiments with the Scientific Method (In the Science Lab) • Amazon Business $8.95 1 $8.95
Joe-Joe the Wizard Brews Up Solids, Liquids, and Gases (In the Science Lab) • Amazon Business $8.95 1 $8.95
Atoms and Molecules (Building Blocks of Matter) • Amazon Business $8.29 1 $8.29
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon • Amazon Business $8.10 1 $8.10
What's the Matter in Mr. Whiskers' Room? • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
We're Sailing Down the Nile • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Would You Survive?: Animal and Plant Adaptation (Raintree Fusion: Life Science) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Stinky Skunks and Other Animal Adaptations (Disgusting & Dreadful Science) • Amazon Business $7.61 1 $7.61
Many Biomes, One Earth • Amazon Business $7.59 1 $7.59
What are Camouflage and Mimicry? (The Science of Living Things) • Amazon Business $7.43 1 $7.43
Hidden Worlds • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
Animals at the Edge • AKJ Books $7.26 1 $7.26
Smash!: Wile E. Coyote Experiments with Simple Machines (Wile E. Coyote, Physical Science Genius) • Amazon Business $7.16 1 $7.16
Zap!: Wile E. Coyote Experiments with Energy (Wile E. Coyote, Physical Science Genius) • Amazon Business $7.09 1 $7.09
Splat!: Wile E. Coyote Experiments with States of Matter (Wile E. Coyote, Physical Science Genius) • Amazon Business $7.06 1 $7.06
Sisters and Brothers: Sibling Relationships in the Animal World • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Look What Came from Egypt • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
The Scoop About Measuring Matter (My Science Library) • Amazon Business $6.94 1 $6.94
The Shocking Truth about Energy • Amazon Business $6.92 1 $6.92
Scoop, Seesaw, and Raise: A Book About Levers (Amazing Science: Simple Machines) • Amazon Business $6.86 1 $6.86
Changing Matter: Understanding Physical and Chemical Changes (My Science Library) • Amazon Business $6.78 1 $6.78
How do Animals Adapt? (The Science of Living Things) • Amazon Business $6.19 1 $6.19
The Lemonade War (The Lemonade War Series) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
What Do You Think, Katie?: Writing an Opinion Piece with Katie Woo (Katie Woo: Star Writer) • Amazon Business $5.95 1 $5.95
What Happens Next, Katie?: Writing a Narrative with Katie Woo (Katie Woo: Star Writer) • Amazon Business $5.95 1 $5.95
Stick to the Facts, Katie: Writing a Research Paper with Katie Woo (Katie Woo: Star Writer) • Amazon Business $5.95 1 $5.95
The Case of the Barfy Birthday (Doyle and Fossey, Science Detectives) • Amazon Business $5.85 1 $5.85
The Case of the Crooked Carnival (Doyle and Fossey, Science Detectives) • Amazon Business $5.80 1 $5.80
The Case of the Graveyard Ghost (Doyle and Fossey, Science Detectives) • Amazon Business $5.79 1 $5.79
The Case of the Terrible T. rex (Doyle and Fossey, Science Detectives) • Amazon Business $5.75 1 $5.75
My Weird Writing Tips (My Weird School) • Amazon Business $5.49 1 $5.49
Lunch Lady and the Cyborg Substitute Jarrett J. Krosoczka • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Beauty and the Beast: The Graphic Novel Stone Arch Books Sta • AKJ Books $4.34 1 $4.34
Cinderella: The Graphic Novel Stone Arch Books Staff, Jeffre • AKJ Books $4.34 1 $4.34
Extreme Survivors: (Level 2) (Amer Museum of Nat History Easy Readers) • Amazon Business $3.95 1 $3.95

Materials cost

$588.68

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.83

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$627.51

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$110.74

Total project goal

$738.25

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $738.25

10 Donors

-$538.24

Donations toward project cost

-$457.51

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$80.73

match offer

-$200.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$170.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.01

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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