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Mrs. Smithpeters from Springdale, AR is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Help Inspire The Love Of Reading

My students need Scholastic News, fiction books and non-fiction text to read.

  • $214 goal

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My Students

Many of my students are struggling readers and some are English language learners. Many are below grade level in their reading levels and need more fiction and non-fiction text to increase their reading fluency. My goal is for them to improve their reading and foster a love of reading.

My school is in a progressively growing rural community with total enrollment in Pre-K through 5th grade of a little over 550 students.

The town population is approximately 70,000, with 17 elementary schools in the district. The diversity at our school comes from the economic levels with approximately 45% of our students receiving free and reduced lunches. I teach in a self-contained second grade classroom. I have twenty-five students.

My Project

Many of my students came to second grade below grade level. For this reading level, many students have a hard time finding text that they enjoy, easy enough to read and comprehend, yet give them the satisfaction of reading chapter books and nonfiction magazines like their peers. Scholastic news has proven to really engage student attention and interest to want and love to read.

Your donation will allow many students the opportunity to read non-fiction on their level that encourages them to want to and love to read.

Scholastic News and this book series gives them access to text that are on their level without being to hard or too young. Becoming a good reader is the most important part of becoming a successful student and adult in the future.

Mrs. Smithpeters Willis Shaw Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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Springdale, AR View local requests

More than a third 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

23 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Scholastic News, Grade 2 (min. 10 subscriptions per order) - 32 Issues / Min. 10 Subscriptions / Grade 2 • Scholastic Classroom Magazines $4.75 23 $109.25
Leprechauns Don&apos • AKJ Books $3.24 1 $3.24
Cupid Doesn''t Flip Hamburgers Debbie Dadey, John Steven Gurn • AKJ Books $3.24 1 $3.24
Vampires Don''t Wear Polka Dots • AKJ Books $3.24 1 $3.24
Ghosts Don''t Eat Potato Chips (Adventures of the Bailey Scho • AKJ Books $3.24 1 $3.24
Abominable Snowman Doesn''t Roast Marshmallows (Bailey School • AKJ Books $3.24 1 $3.24
Aliens Don''t Wear Braces (Adventures of the Bailey School Ki • AKJ Books $2.59 1 $2.59

Materials cost

$128.04

Vendor shipping charges

 $10.92

Sales tax

 $10.56

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.92

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$181.44

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$32.02

Total project goal

$213.46

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $213.46

2 Donors

-$181.44

Donations toward project cost

-$181.44

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$32.02

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 $0.00

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