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Mrs. Drake from Smithfield, VA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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How Many Books Is Too Many?

Help me give my students new books to add to our classroom library!

  • $324 goal

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Mrs. Drake has another project! Donate to Novels in Verse to Visualize Poetry vs. Prose to help her classroom.

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My Students

I am a third-year teacher working with about 75 8th graders. We are from a rural area, and the majority of my students come from low-income families.

As with most teenagers, my students struggle to enjoy reading, and I am always looking for ways to encourage them to be better readers.

To do this, it is imperative for me to have an extensive and current classroom library. I try and fill my library with books that can interest all students, no matter where they come from, that way, even the most hesitant reader is bound to find something to interest him or her.

My Project

As an educator, I think that "back-to-school" time is the equivalent to the start of the New Year. There is nothing more exciting to me than revamping my classroom in hopes of making each year more successful than the last! But one of the most exciting things for me to revamp in my classroom is my classroom library.

It's important that I offer my students books that are current and in good condition, and even though we preach to students that they shouldn't judge a book but it's cover, they do.

A student is more likely to wander over to a book that looks new and exciting over one with yellowing pages and a torn cover. This project will give me the ability to further extend my classroom library and hopefully reach even more students with my eclectic selection.

Mrs. Drake Smithfield Middle School Grades 6-8

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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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Misadventures of Max Crumbly Books 1-3: The Misadventures of Max Crumbly 1; The Misadventures of Max Crumbly 2; The Misadventures of Max Crumbly 3 • Amazon Business $26.38 1 $26.38
The Bucket List: 1000 Adventures Big & Small • Amazon Business $23.64 1 $23.64
The National Parks: America's Best Idea • Amazon Business $22.93 1 $22.93
A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 • Amazon Business $14.32 1 $14.32
Internment • Amazon Business $13.75 1 $13.75
Verity • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
All Eyes on Us • Amazon Business $12.91 1 $12.91
The Red Bandanna: A Life. A Choice. A Legacy. • Amazon Business $12.16 1 $12.16
Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales: One Dead Spy • Amazon Business $11.87 1 $11.87
The Poet X • Amazon Business $10.96 1 $10.96
Thank You, Mr. Falker • Amazon Business $10.81 1 $10.81
On The Come Up • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
The Hidden Kingdom (Wings of Fire Graphic Novel #3): A Graphix Book (3) • Amazon Business $9.62 1 $9.62
The First Part Last • Amazon Business $9.30 1 $9.30
Guts • Amazon Business $9.09 1 $9.09
The Rule of One • Amazon Business $8.49 1 $8.49
The Unicorn Whisperer (Phoebe and Her Unicorn Series Book 10): Another Phoebe and Her Unicorn Adventure (Volume 10) • Amazon Business $7.81 1 $7.81
Boy-Crazy Stacey (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novel #7): A Graphix Book (7) (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novels) • Amazon Business $7.69 1 $7.69
El Deafo • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99

Materials cost

$241.20

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.62

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$274.82

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$48.50

Total project goal

$323.32

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $323.32

1 Donor

-$323.32

Donations toward project cost

-$274.82

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$48.50

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