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Mrs. Vest from Parowan, UT is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Let's Read Some Books!

Help me give my students decodable reading books that cover specific reading skills my students need to practice to help make them better readers. These books will help all my students in my classroom!

  • $994 goal

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My Students

I am a 2nd-year teacher teaching second grade! I am so fortunate to teach a class of 27 little second graders who love to learn! Every child has incredible talents and strengths. They love to grow and discover new ideas. They are fascinated by the world around them!

They thrive when we make learning meaningful and fun!

The students in my class strive to be the best learners they can be. They care about one another and look out for each other. It is fun to watch them learn and grow while learning about things that are completely new to them.

The pandemic has brought a lot of different outcomes, but the worst by far is the fact that so many students dipped well below grade level in reading. With being a new teacher, I don't have many decodable books in my classroom library for my students to choose from or to use for interventions. With the resources that I am requesting, I will be able to build a library of resources to use with my students to help bring them up to grade level. These books will help my students become great readers!

My Project

These books will continue to enhance the print-rich classroom that I strive to create. My classroom library is a place where my students really enjoy reading. All of these books have been chosen with my students in mind. Students will be able to choose books, that will help them continue to enjoy independent reading time.

With these new books, my students will be able to choose from a variety of books that will allow them to read independently at their own grade level and build confidence in their reading skills.

They will also be able to choose books that interest them. The best way to increase reading ability is to read more, and these books will continue to help my students grow stronger in reading. These decodable books will also help with students in a small group setting and with struggling readers during interventions. This project will help bridge the gap that Covid has created and bring my students up to their grade level.

Mrs. Vest
Grades PreK-2
    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

    This project will reach 27 students.

    1 donor has given to this project.

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Primary Phonics Complete Storybook Package 1-6 (60 Books) • Amazon Business $169.50 1 $169.50
Teacher Created Materials - Common Core Kindergarten Collection - 22 Book Set - Grade K - Guided Reading Level A - K • Amazon Business $126.97 1 $126.97
Elephant & Piggie: The Complete Collection (An Elephant & Piggie Book) (Elephant and Piggie Book, An) • Amazon Business $94.98 1 $94.98
Guided Science Readers Super Set: Animals: A BIG Collection of High-Interest Leveled Books for Guided Reading Groups • Amazon Business $92.99 1 $92.99
Literary Text Grade 2 Readers Set 2 10-Book Set (Fiction Readers) • Amazon Business $75.11 1 $75.11
Decodable Readers Set • Amazon Business $21.99 2 $43.98
A Waffle Lot of Narwhal and Jelly (Hardcover Books 1-5) (A Narwhal and Jelly Book) • Amazon Business $41.00 1 $41.00
Early Phonetic Readers: 6 Book Collection • Amazon Business $15.99 2 $31.98
Little Critter Collector's Quintet: Critters Who Care, Going to the Firehouse, This Is My Town, Going to the Sea Park, To the Rescue (My First I Can Read) • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
My Favorite Berenstain Bears Stories: Learning to Read Box Set (I Can Read Level 1) • Amazon Business $17.86 1 $17.86
Bob Books: Sight Words, 1st Grade • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
Bob Books Set 3- Word Families • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
Bob Books - More Beginning Readers Box Set | Phonics, Ages 4 and up, Kindergarten (Stage 1: Starting to Read) • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
The Boxcar Children Early Reader Set #1 (The Boxcar Children: Time to Read, Level 2) • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
The Boxcar Children Early Reader Set #2 (The Boxcar Children: Time to Read, Level 2) • Amazon Business $14.29 1 $14.29
Bob Books, Set 1: Beginning Readers • Amazon Business $10.19 1 $10.19

Materials cost

$802.40

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$12.04

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$844.44

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$149.02

Total project goal

$993.46

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$993.46

1 Donor

-$993.46

Donations toward project cost

-$844.44

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$149.02

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$0.00

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