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Mrs. Wagner from Detroit, MI is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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I Can Read! Engaging, Beginning Readers for 1st Graders!

Help me give my students easy and engaging chapter books so they can learn to love reading while improving their reading skills.

  • $391 goal

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My Project

Do you know the feeling of immersing yourself in a great book? My 1st graders love being read to in class! Our classroom library needs high-interest, engaging and easy chapter books for beginning readers so my students can learn to love reading independently!

I want my students to fall in love with reading by having a classroom library full of engaging and easy to read beginning chapter books!

We have 22 eager to read 1st Graders in our class! Some of my students are learning English as a second language, many receive special education services and a few are having their first school classroom experience post-pandemic. All of my students qualify for free or reduced lunch and eat free breakfast in our classroom each morning.

My students are very excited to learn how to read independently, even though most of them struggle with this skill. Our classroom needs books with diverse characters, so my students can see themselves in these books! We also need books with high interest characters from Marvel, Disney, Thomas the Train and Pete the Cat to excite my students about reading! Students will also be able to check these books out from our classroom to take home and share the joy of reading with family.

Having diverse, engaging books with characters familiar to my students will help engage them in reading. Research shows the best way to become a proficient reader is to read every day! If my students have easy to read books that they want to read, they'll read more and become stronger readers! Your donation to my project will help create lifelong readers and learners.

Huge thank you for taking the time to read and consider my proposal.

Mrs. Wagner Pasteur Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

Equity Focus

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.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

22 students impacted 8donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Pete the Cat's Super Cool Reading Collection: 5 I Can Read Favorites! (My First I Can Read) • Amazon Business $19.89 1 $19.89
Disney Junior Fancy Nancy: A Fancy Reading Collection 5-Book Box Set: Chez Nancy, Nancy Makes Her Mark, The Case of the Disappearing Doll, Shoe-La-La, Toodle-oo Miss Moo (I Can Read Level 1) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Run, Mo, Run! (Mo Jackson) • Amazon Business $5.03 2 $10.06
My Little Pony: Pony Life: Meet the Ponies (My First I Can Read) • Amazon Business $4.99 2 $9.98
Ocean of Color (Disney/Pixar Finding Dory) (Step into Reading) • Amazon Business $4.99 2 $9.98
Axel the Truck: Beach Race (My First I Can Read) • Amazon Business $4.99 2 $9.98
Axel the Truck: Speed Track (My First I Can Read) • Amazon Business $4.99 2 $9.98
Ty’s Travels: Winter Wonderland (My First I Can Read) • Amazon Business $4.99 2 $9.98
Swim, Mo, Swim! (Mo Jackson) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Vivi Loves Science: Sink or Float (I Can Read Level 3) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Pass the Ball, Mo! (Step into Reading) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Axel the Truck: Field Trip (My First I Can Read) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Beach Day! (Step into Reading) • Amazon Business $5.53 1 $5.53
Get a Hit, Mo! (Step into Reading) • Amazon Business $5.29 1 $5.29
Little Critter: Monster Truck (My First I Can Read) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Parker Grows a Garden: Ready-to-Read Level 1 (A Parker Curry Book) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Parker Dresses Up: Ready-to-Read Level 1 (A Parker Curry Book) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
National Geographic Readers: In the Pond (Prereader) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
National Geographic Readers: In the Desert (PreReader) (National Geographic Readers, Pre-Reader) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
National Geographic Readers: All About Bears (Prereader) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
National Geographic Readers: Tadpole to Frog (L1/Coreader) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
National Geographic Kids Readers: Bugs (Prereader) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
National Geographic Readers: Plants (Level 1 Coreader) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
World of Reading: Minnie's BowToons: Daisy's Crazy Hair Day • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Just Keep Swimming (Step-into-Reading, Step 1) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Best Dad in the Sea (Finding Nemo Step into Reading, Step 1) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Juneteenth: Our Day of Freedom (Step into Reading) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Spike It, Mo! (Mo Jackson) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
My Little Pony: Meet the Ponies of Maretime Bay (I Can Read Level 1) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
My Little Pony: Izzy Comes Home (I Can Read Comics Level 1) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
My Little Pony: Sunny's Day (I Can Read Comics Level 1) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
My Little Pony: Ponies Unite (I Can Read Level 2) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
My Little Pony: Pony Life: Royal Bake-Off (I Can Read Level 1) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Pete the Kitty: Ready, Set, Go-Cart! (My First I Can Read) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Libby Loves Science: Mix and Measure (I Can Read Level 3) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
I Love Being Me! (Step into Reading) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Axel the Truck: Rocky Road (My First I Can Read) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Vivi Loves Science: Wind and Water (I Can Read Level 3) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
My Monster Truck Family (Elbow Grease) (Step into Reading) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
My Little Pony: Izzy Does It (I Can Read Level 1) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Garden Day! (Step into Reading) • Amazon Business $4.89 1 $4.89
Your Friend, Parker: Ready-to-Read Level 1 (A Parker Curry Book) • Amazon Business $4.75 1 $4.75
My Little Pony: Welcome to Ponyville (I Can Read Level 1) • Amazon Business $4.74 1 $4.74
Old Racers, New Racers (Disney/Pixar Cars 3) (Step into Reading) • Amazon Business $4.56 1 $4.56
National Geographic Readers: Play, Kitty! • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
National Geographic Readers: Buzz, Bee! • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
National Geographic Readers: Jump Pup! • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
National Geographic Readers: Hang On Monkey! • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Apple Picking Day! (Step into Reading) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Old Friends, New Friends (Disney/Pixar Toy Story 4) (Step into Reading) • Amazon Business $3.13 1 $3.13

Materials cost

$297.38

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.46

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$331.84

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$58.56

Total project goal

$390.40

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $390.40

5 Donors

-$314.97

Donations toward project cost

-$270.22

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$44.75

match offer

-$72.49

Match offer toward project cost

-$61.62

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$10.87

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$2.94

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