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Free Time No More! Independent Reading for Early Finishers
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My Project
These books will be made available in my classroom for students who finish assignments early, or who need time to decompress. It's common for students to have short pockets of time "free" and as a teacher, I struggle to find short activities for these students that do not require a lot of prep. After observing some elementary school classrooms, I had my aha moment!
We need picture books! I believe that if my 7th grade ELA students had access to these high-quality, beautiful books, they would grab one and read when they finish early! I have selected texts that will be interesting and relevant to middle grades learners, that are connected to Social Studies and Science standards, and that represent diverse student populations. I will store the books on a forward-facing shelf that will be purchased using an award I received for being our school's Teacher of the Year.
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Materials
Cost
Quantity
Total
The Wolf Girls: An Unsolved Mystery from History
• Amazon Business
$19.79
1
$19.79
An Inconvenient Alphabet: Ben Franklin & Noah Webster's Spelling Revolution
• Amazon Business
$17.99
1
$17.99
Black and White (Caldecott Medal Book)
• Amazon Business
$17.99
1
$17.99
The Salem Witch Trials: An Unsolved Mystery from History
• Amazon Business
$17.99
1
$17.99
The Rabbi and the Reverend: Joachim Prinz, Martin Luther King Jr., and Their Fight against Silence
• Amazon Business
$17.99
1
$17.99
Stepping Stones / حَصى الطُرُقات: A Refugee Family's Journey / رحلة عائلة لاجئة (Arabic and English Edition)
• Amazon Business
$17.71
1
$17.71
The Bug Club
• Amazon Business
$17.29
1
$17.29
Becoming Bach
• Amazon Business
$16.99
1
$16.99
Watercress
• Amazon Business
$16.99
1
$16.99
The Good Germ Hotel: Meet Your Body's Marvelous Microbes
• Amazon Business
$16.79
1
$16.79
The Wondrous Workings of Planet Earth: Understanding Our World and Its Ecosystems
• Amazon Business
$16.79
1
$16.79
The Mushroom Fan Club
• Amazon Business
$16.37
1
$16.37
Wishes
• Amazon Business
$15.99
1
$15.99
Book of Bones: 10 Record-Breaking Animals
• Amazon Business
$15.59
1
$15.59
Song in a Rainstorm: The Story of Musical Prodigy Thomas "Blind Tom" Wiggins
• Amazon Business
$14.89
1
$14.89
Gross as a Snot Otter (The World of Weird Animals)
• Amazon Business
$14.69
1
$14.69
A Walk in the Words
• Amazon Business
$13.99
1
$13.99
Wonder Walkers
• Amazon Business
$13.89
1
$13.89
Except Antarctica
• Amazon Business
$12.69
1
$12.69
A Different Pond (Fiction Picture Books)
• Amazon Business
$12.39
1
$12.39
The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read
• Amazon Business
$12.22
1
$12.22
Kunkush: The True Story of a Refugee Cat (Encounter: Narrative Nonfiction Picture Books) (Encounter: Encounter)
• Amazon Business
$11.02
1
$11.02
Tani's New Home: A Refugee Finds Hope and Kindness in America
• Amazon Business
$10.79
1
$10.79
Caroline's Comets: A True Story
• Amazon Business
$8.99
1
$8.99
Soft Rain A Story of the Cherokee Trail of Tears
• DonorsChoose Featured Favorites
$8.00
1
$8.00
Tuesday
• Amazon Business
$7.99
1
$7.99
Human Anatomy for Kids: A Junior Scientist's Guide to How We Move, Breathe, and Grow
• Amazon Business
$7.20
1
$7.20
Mayflower 1620: A New Look at a Pilgrim Voyage
• Amazon Business
$6.95
1
$6.95
Trickiest!: 19 Sneaky Animals (Extreme Animals)
• Amazon Business
$5.99
1
$5.99
Materials cost
$403.95
Vendor shipping charges
$8.99
Sales tax
$27.32
3rd party payment processing fee
$6.06
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$476.32
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$84.06
Total project goal
$560.38
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$560.38
-$548.61
Donations toward project cost
-$476.32
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$72.29
Excluded support for DonorsChoose
-$11.77
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