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Mrs. Thakkar from Chicago, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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iPads and Books Go Hand in Hand!

My students need new books and more iPads to give all our diverse learners access to books!

  • $877 goal

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My Students

Many of my students are enthusiastic readers and I want to continue that excitement! Please help us start the new year with reading, both in print and electronic formats!

My students come from a wide variety of backgrounds, and the library is the place that equalizes them.

We have students from around the block and around the world. We have students that are learning English and that are learning other languages. Give to a school that has many cultures, diversity, and adversity!

My Project

We will read, read, read and read some more! Our students are readers and the best way to encourage students to read is to have new and exciting books! I also want to reach our diverse learners using technology! Studies have repeatedly shown that students who are allowed to choose their own reading materials, continue to read and build their literacy skills! Please help me build readers and continue to encourage reading in our school! All of our students will use these books and the iPad to read both in print and digitally. I want to teach our students to read in all formats and having the iPad will help me have small groups learning how to use the eBooks. Other students can checkout the print books to read at home! Then students can read either in print or online if they have a device at home!

Reading improves the mind in so many ways.

Using both print and electronic materials gives students choices and new ways of learning information! Please help our students improve their minds!

Mrs. Thakkar Ogden Elementary School Grades 3-5

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Half 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

850 students impacted 11donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Apple� - iPad Air 2 Wi-Fi 16GB - Space Gray • Best Buy Education $499.99 1 $499.99
Handle With Care: An Unusual Butterfly Journey (Nonfiction - Grades Prek-4) (Junior Library Guild Selection) • Amazon $21.62 1 $21.62
I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World (Young Readers Edition) • Amazon $8.90 2 $17.80
Feathers: Not Just for Flying • Amazon $15.95 1 $15.95
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation • Amazon $15.27 1 $15.27
Mr. Ferris and His Wheel • Amazon $14.66 1 $14.66
Pay It Forward: Young Readers Edition • Amazon $14.21 1 $14.21
A Boy and a Jaguar • Amazon $14.16 1 $14.16
My Teacher Is a Monster! (No, I Am Not.) • Amazon $13.63 1 $13.63
The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus • Amazon $13.55 1 $13.55
Tiny Creatures: The World of Microbes • Amazon $13.30 1 $13.30
Not All Princesses Dress in Pink • Amazon $13.26 1 $13.26
Wild • Amazon $13.15 1 $13.15
Shh! We Have a Plan (Irma S and James H Black Honor for Excellence in Children's Literature (Awards)) • Amazon $12.11 1 $12.11
Geronimo Stilton Special Edition: The Hunt for the Curious Cheese • Amazon $11.44 1 $11.44

Materials cost

$704.10

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.56

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$744.66

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$131.41

Total project goal

$876.07

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $876.07

7 Donors

-$674.00

Donations toward project cost

-$572.90

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$101.10

match offer

-$202.07

Match offer toward project cost

-$171.76

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.31

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