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Mrs. Bruce from Austin, TX is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Help Give Our Students Read Aloud Books!

Help me give my students read aloud books! We want to go from having to watch these stories on YouTube to reading actual books with our students.

  • $1,258 goal

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Mrs. Bruce has another project! Donate to School Supplies to Successfully End a Great Year! to help her classroom.

$342 - complete this project and be a hero

My Project

I spent the entire summer reworking our reading curriculum. We had teachers following scripts and reading boring assigned readers. I have planned themes for each week of the year and books for each of those themes. I posted a project before for some of the books we needed and when that was funded I decided to take a shot for some more of the books on our list.

So far this year the kids have only watched these stories being read aloud on YouTube.

I created a bulletin board for all the books we will read over the year. I print out pictures of the book covers for each week and add them to the board on Fridays. My kids are so excited to get a sneak peak of the books we will be reading. These books are going to allow our teachers to have these books physically on display and stop for teachable moments while reading.

Mrs. Bruce Sycamore Springs Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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Austin, TX View local requests 110 students impacted 1donor

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Curious Why (The Magical Yet, 2) • Amazon Business $16.56 5 $82.80
A Piñata in a Pine Tree: A Latino Twelve Days of Christmas • Amazon Business $11.17 4 $44.68
Good Night Texas • Amazon Business $7.69 5 $38.45
If Elephants Disappeared (If Animals Disappeared) • Amazon Business $16.25 2 $32.50
The Gingerbread Cowboy • Amazon Business $15.99 2 $31.98
Hibernation Station • Amazon Business $15.82 2 $31.64
Fungus is Among Us! • Amazon Business $15.75 2 $31.50
Ice Cream Summer • Amazon Business $15.04 2 $30.08
Where's My Mom? • Amazon Business $14.79 2 $29.58
How to Code a Sandcastle • Amazon Business $14.73 2 $29.46
A Crankenstein Valentine • Amazon Business $14.42 2 $28.84
Summer Days and Nights • Amazon Business $14.03 2 $28.06
The Gingerbread House • Amazon Business $12.99 2 $25.98
Over and Under the Pond: (Environment and Ecology Books for Kids, Nature Books, Children's Oceanography Books, Animal Books for Kids) • Amazon Business $12.60 2 $25.20
Robins!: How They Grow Up • Amazon Business $12.19 2 $24.38
Her Right Foot • Amazon Business $11.99 2 $23.98
Bad Habit Rabbit: Enjoyable Easter Bunny Tale about a Rabbit Named Fluffy Bum • Amazon Business $11.99 2 $23.98
Cobweb Christmas: The Tradition of Tinsel • Amazon Business $7.87 3 $23.61
Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree • Amazon Business $11.69 2 $23.38
Down By The Cool Of The Pool • Amazon Business $11.39 2 $22.78
Pie Is for Sharing • Amazon Business $10.99 2 $21.98
Pete the Cat Saves Christmas: Includes Sticker Sheet! A Christmas Holiday Book for Kids • Amazon Business $10.25 2 $20.50
A Warm Winter Tail (Arbordale Collection) • Amazon Business $9.93 2 $19.86
The Good Egg Presents: The Great Eggscape!: Over 150 Stickers Inside: An Easter And Springtime Book For Kids (The Food Group) • Amazon Business $9.89 2 $19.78
The Biggest Christmas Tree Ever • Amazon Business $8.94 2 $17.88
And Then Comes Summer • Amazon Business $8.92 2 $17.84
The Very Busy Spider • Amazon Business $8.90 2 $17.80
Day It Rained Hearts • Amazon Business $8.09 2 $16.18
Sweet Summer (Seasons) • Amazon Business $7.99 2 $15.98
Penguin on Vacation • Amazon Business $7.99 2 $15.98
The Grouchy Ladybug • Amazon Business $7.41 2 $14.82
Animals in Winter (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science) • Amazon Business $7.19 2 $14.38
Little Cloud (Picture Puffins) • Amazon Business $7.19 2 $14.38
The Tiny Seed • Amazon Business $7.08 2 $14.16
Bear Stays Up for Christmas (The Bear Books) • Amazon Business $7.00 2 $14.00
The Invisible String (The Invisible String, 1) • Amazon Business $6.99 2 $13.98
The Very Hungry Caterpillar • Amazon Business $6.92 2 $13.84
National Geographic Kids Readers: Animal Homes (Prereader) • Amazon Business $5.99 2 $11.98
Tacky the Penguin • Amazon Business $5.99 2 $11.98
How Do Dinosaurs Say Merry Christmas? • Amazon Business $5.80 2 $11.60
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Rose! • Amazon Business $5.62 2 $11.24
Sneezy the Snowman • Amazon Business $5.49 2 $10.98
Clifford's Christmas • AKJ Education $5.10 2 $10.20
The Littlest Elf • Amazon Business $4.74 2 $9.48
Llama Llama Holiday Drama • Amazon Business $8.23 1 $8.23
Curious About Snow (Smithsonian) • Amazon Business $3.99 2 $7.98
National Geographic Readers: Penguins! • AKJ Education $3.89 2 $7.78
Hanukkah Bear • Amazon Business $6.29 1 $6.29

Materials cost

$1,023.94

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$15.36

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,069.30

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$188.70

Total project goal

$1,258.00

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,258.00

1 Donor

-$1,258.00

Donations toward project cost

-$1,069.30

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$188.70

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