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Ms. Butler from Louisville, KY is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Learning to Read With Book Boxes

My students need individual book boxes to store their independent reading books.

  • $191 goal

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My Students

My students are excited to come to school and learn! For many of them, this is their first time in a school setting. While they are eager to learn and be at school, sometimes they have difficulty focusing in the classroom because they aren't able to move as much as they would like. Many of them were at home before coming to school and aren't used to having to sit and listen to a lesson. Young students need the opportunity to focus and energize their bodies throughout the day. We like to "get our wiggles out" throughout the day so we can focus on our learning. Since this is the first time many of them have been in school, this can be quite challenging for them.

I feel it is my responsibility to create an environment where all of my students can learn.

Research shows that young students learn through movement. My students would like for me to provide opportunities throughout the day for them to get those wiggles out! I would like to have the resources to provide my students with opportunities for movement throughout the day, so that all my students can be successful!

My Project

In Kindergarten, we start right away with creating good reading habits. We teach our students to love books and to love reading. We provide plenty of opportunities for reading during the day, and we provide a wide selection of books for them to choose from. I think it is so important to foster a love of reading in young children, and these book boxes will help me accomplish this goal.

My students love to have the opportunity to pick out their "own" books to read.

They just need somewhere to put them! By providing these book boxes for my students, you will be giving them their own place to store those books they just can't wait to read. Each child will have their own book box. They will read these books over and over again, practicing those new words they just learned or even just using the picture support to tell a story. Even though many of them come in unable to read, they still love the thrill of reading a book!

By helping us get these book boxes, you are helping to foster a love of reading in my students. These book boxes will help to provide ownership of the texts they choose to read. Nobody likes to be told what to read, and, by giving my students their choice of what to read, I am motivating them to find the books they love. They learn which genres, authors, or characters they like. They explore rhyming books and informational books. They re-read the same book over and over again because they love it. Having their own book boxes to store those books helps them learn how to choose the books they love, provides the opportunity to read them again and again, and provides ownership of their reading.

Ms. Butler Cane Run 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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Louisville, KY View local requests

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

24 students impacted 3donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
TT768BB - Neon Connect & Store Book Bin - Bright Blue • Lakeshore Learning Materials $4.99 18 $89.82
TT768BB - Neon Connect & Store Book Bin - Bright Blue • Lakeshore Learning Materials $3.99 10 $39.90

Materials cost

$129.72

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.95

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$161.67

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$28.53

Total project goal

$190.20

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $190.20

2 Donors

-$102.60

Donations toward project cost

-$87.21

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.39

match offer

-$87.60

Match offer toward project cost

-$74.46

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$13.14

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 $0.00

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