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Mrs. Derouche from Lewiston, ME is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Getting to Know You- Meeting Characters in Series Books

My students need 50+ series books to provide them with characters they know and love. This will include stories like Captain Underpants, Nate the Great, and Ivy & Bean.

  • $399 goal

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My Students

We love Baby Mouse. We love Bones. We love, love, love Greg the "Wimpy Kid" but they are the only series we know. We need to know more! We are in third grade and now is the time to expand our literary minds! Please, please, please help us to meet new characters and authors we love. Please!

The students I teach are dying for books that make them want to read more.

They search for characters to connect with and stories to love. They enjoy read alouds, book talks, and even writing about books. They are avid readers who are seeking a wide range of reading in a rich classroom library. Unfortunately, as a fairly new teacher in a school with very little book spending money, we can't always give my students the books they deserve. I work in a city school in Maine with over 700 students. We are a Title I school where over 70% of the school body receives free and reduced lunch services and approximately one third of our students are English Language Learners. Our books right now are old and not in great shape and with donations like these new series books we will find new characters, new families, new friends to read and care about in our day to day classroom learning.

My Project

With these series books students will have a wider range of reading to choose from during our reading workshop time. They will be able to read books independently or with a partner taking turns. Because we have requested multiples in a series, students can form book clubs around a specific series where they discuss characters and share their favorites. We can work on character development as a class and make connections relating to characters or even connecting characters between series. With most of these series also in our school library we can collect multiples and host book groups. We can write authors about our new favorites and we can recommend books to one another. Because of this wide array, our class will become a stronger book reading community with a range of interests and book knowledge. We will leave third grade as experienced readers who know what we like and why because we have had so many experiences with these books, characters, and authors throughout our year

Working in a reading clinic this summer at the local college, we have been Skype interviewing different authors with our students.

Erin Soderberg, author of The Quirks series, told the children how much she loved reading series books when she was younger. She said she loved growing with the characters and learning all about their lives. Finding that my students feel the same way, I hope to expand my series collections to better meet my students' needs.

Mrs. Derouche Montello Elementary School 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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Ivy and Bean Boxed Set 2 Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Ill • AKJ Books $14.59 1 $14.59
Ivy and Bean Secret Treasure Box (Ivy and Bean Series) Annie • AKJ Books $14.59 1 $14.59
Big Nate Triple Play Box Set • AKJ Books $12.40 1 $12.40
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (HC) • AKJ Books $10.18 1 $10.18
Last Straw (Diary of a Wimpy Kid) • AKJ Books $10.18 1 $10.18
Bone: Eyes of the Storm (Bone Series #3), Vol. 3 Jeff Smith, • AKJ Books $9.48 1 $9.48
Bone Vol 2: The Great Cow Race • AKJ Books $9.48 1 $9.48
Bone, Vol.1: Out From Boneville • AKJ Books $9.48 1 $9.48
The Secret of the Sphinx (Geronimo Stilton Graphic Novel Ser • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
The Coliseum Con (Geronimo Stilton Graphic Novel Series #3) • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
Fly High, Fly Guy! Tedd Arnold • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Babymouse: Rock Star • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Beach Babe • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Our Hero • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Queen of the World! • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Heartbreaker • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Hi! Fly Guy Tedd Arnold, Tedd Arnold (Illustrator) • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Super Fly Guy Tedd Arnold, Tedd Arnold (Illustrator) • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Shoo, Fly Guy! Tedd Arnold, Tedd Arnold (Illustrator) • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Fly Guy Tedd Arnold • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Captain Underpants and the Attack of the Talking Toilets Dav • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Captain Underpants and the Big, Bad Battle of the Bionic Boo • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Captain Underpants and the Invasion of the Incredibly Naught • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Captain Underpants and the Perilous Plot of Professor Poopyp • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Mr. Putter & Tabby Pour The Tea • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Mr. Putter & Tabby Walk The Dog • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Mr. Putter And Tabby Bake The Cake • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Mr. Putter & Tabby Pick The Pears • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Mr. Putter & Tabby Fly The Plane • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Nate the Great • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Nate the Great Goes Undercover • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Nate the Great and the Phony Clue • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Stink and the Incredible Super-Galactic Jawbreaker • AKJ Books $3.64 1 $3.64
Judy Moody and Friends: Jessica Finch in Pig Trouble (Book # • AKJ Books $3.64 1 $3.64
Super Burp! (George Brown, Class Clown Series #1) Nancy Krul • AKJ Books $3.64 1 $3.64
Trouble Magnet (George Brown, Class Clown Series #2) Nancy K • AKJ Books $3.64 1 $3.64
World&apos • AKJ Books $3.64 1 $3.64
What''s Black and White and Stinks All Over? • AKJ Books $3.64 1 $3.64
Wet and Wild! • AKJ Books $3.64 1 $3.64
Help! I''m Stuck in a Giant Nostril! #6 • AKJ Books $3.64 1 $3.64
Nate the Great and the Lost List • AKJ Books $3.64 1 $3.64
Attack of the Tighty Whities! • AKJ Books $3.64 1 $3.64
Sophie the Hero • AKJ Books $3.64 1 $3.64
Sophie the Snoop • AKJ Books $3.64 1 $3.64
Sophie the Sweetheart • AKJ Books $3.64 1 $3.64
Sophie the Awesome • AKJ Books $3.64 1 $3.64
Stink and the Ultimate Thumb-Wrestling Smackdown • AKJ Books $3.64 1 $3.64
Stink • AKJ Books $3.64 1 $3.64
Nate the Great and the Sticky Case • AKJ Books $3.64 1 $3.64
The Incredible Shrinking Kid • AKJ Books $3.64 1 $3.64
Judy Moody and Friends: Rocky Zang in The Amazing Mr. Magic • AKJ Books $3.64 1 $3.64
Stink and the Great Guinea Pig Express • AKJ Books $3.64 1 $3.64
Stink and the World''s Worst Super-Stinky Sneakers • AKJ Books $3.64 1 $3.64

Materials cost

$289.94

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $14.50

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.35

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$338.79

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$59.79

Total project goal

$398.58

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $398.58

4 Donors

-$169.87

Donations toward project cost

-$148.14

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$21.73

Matching donations from our partners

-$224.29

Match offers toward project cost

-$190.65

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$33.64

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.41

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