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Mrs. Douthit from Ukiah, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Help Our Book Groups Grow!

Help me give my students new, engaging book group readers and spelling games.

  • $592 goal

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My Students

I am blessed to teach at a school that serves the students of our community free of charge, bringing Waldorf education to all. A teacher stays with his or her students for 3 years, becoming a close-knit family of learners. At our K-8 school, students receive a personalized education. They are from all different ethnic backgrounds, though most come from working-class families.

Our students learn through exposure and experience with the words, art, and thinking of some of the world's greatest authors, poets, painters, and philosophers.

We believe the arts are what make us human and that learning to paint, sing, play an instrument, act, and dance are as important as math and language arts. Our school motto is that we teach through the head, hands, and heart.

My Project

My students began small book groups in the first grade with much success. Despite meeting over Zoom and often not having a book in hand, they enjoyed the small groups and looked forward to reading together. Now that we have moved into the second grade, I have found that many book sets are dated, missing copies, or do not capture their interest. They are eager to begin, but I need more books.

The books I have selected for my class are funny, diverse, and address the many reading levels my students are at.

I have tried to curate a collection I believe they will look forward to picking up each day and titles which they will be excited to work towards. We will have book group meetings 3x each week and the students will either work with myself, a reading specialist, or parent volunteers. I have also included in this request enough copies of the spelling/ word family game, Spelligator, so that we may have whole class game time to practice our knowledge of word families, blends, digraphs, etc.

Mrs. Douthit River Oak Charter School Grades PreK-2

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Ukiah, CA 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

24 students impacted 12donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Junior Learning Spelligator, Multicolor, Model:JL100, 10.4 H x 3.1 L x 10.4 W • Amazon Business $21.51 6 $129.06
My Friend is Sad (An Elephant and Piggie Book) • Amazon Business $6.99 6 $41.94
Dragons and Marshmallows (Zoey and Sassafras, 1) • Amazon Business $5.99 6 $35.94
Kit and Kat (Penguin Young Readers, Level 2) • Amazon Business $4.99 6 $29.94
Scat, Cat! (My First I Can Read) • Amazon Business $4.99 6 $29.94
Look! I Can Read! (Penguin Young Readers, Level 2) • Amazon Business $4.99 6 $29.94
Pedro's Big Goal • Amazon Business $5.95 5 $29.75
A Pig, a Fox, and a Box • AKJ Education $3.64 6 $21.84
The Fox and the Stork • AKJ Education $3.64 6 $21.84
The Tapping Tale • AKJ Education $3.64 6 $21.84
Six Silly Foxes • AKJ Education $3.64 6 $21.84
25 Fun Phonics Plays for Beginning Readers: Engaging, Reproducible Plays That Target and Teach Key Phonics Skills—and Get Kids Eager to Read! • Amazon Business $7.76 1 $7.76

Materials cost

$421.63

Vendor shipping charges

 $6.00

Sales tax

 $38.58

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.32

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$502.53

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$88.68

Total project goal

$591.21

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $591.21

6 Donors

-$288.99

Donations toward project cost

-$256.89

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$32.10

Matching donations from our partners

-$288.99

Match offers toward project cost

-$245.64

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$43.35

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$13.23

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 $0.00

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