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

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Life Long Love of Reading

Help me give my students quality books to increase their reading levels and love of reading. The candy dispensers are for our quarterly snack n chats. Students who finish a book discuss their novels while having their snack.

  • $999 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are hard working, amazing kids. They have had years of their education interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic and are constantly striving to learn all they can.

Reading is an essential skill for success.

My students are working to increase their reading skills and gain a life long love of learning. We read daily and love it!

My Project

My students are working to love reading and increase their reading level. The covid-19 pandemic has impacted their education over the last two years, creating a loss of learning and lower reading levels. We are reading daily and finding good books to read.

Quality books increase interest and learning.

We are excited to receive new books on topics we love. When my students finish a book, they get to attend the quarterly "snack n chat." Students discuss their books while having a snack from the candy machine. They love this activity!

Mrs. Speckman
Grades 6-8

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
6265 Great Northern 15" Old Fashioned Vintage Candy Gumball Machine Bank - Everyone Loves Gumballs! Red • Amazon Business $59.95 3 $179.85
Toy Store - Harry Potter Hardcover Limited Edition Boxed Set: All 7 Books in Chest BRAND NEW - New Arrival • Amazon Business $169.00 1 $169.00
The Giver Quartet Boxed Set • Amazon Business $27.05 2 $54.10
The Maze Runner Series Complete Collection Boxed Set (5-Book) • Amazon Business $52.01 1 $52.01
Percy Jackson and the Olympians Hardcover Boxed Set • Amazon Business $47.49 1 $47.49
The Crossover Series Boxed Set • Amazon Business $24.99 1 $24.99
The City of Ember Complete Boxed Set (The City of Ember; The People of Sparks; The Diamond of Darkhold; The Prophet of Yonwood) • Amazon Business $21.31 1 $21.31
The Watcher • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
I Am David • Amazon Business $18.80 1 $18.80
Number the Stars 25th Anniversary • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Rising Above: How 11 Athletes Overcame Challenges in Their Youth to Become Stars • Amazon Business $16.70 1 $16.70
Mike and Ike Chewy Assorted Fruit Flavored Candies, 54 Ounce Jumbo Party Bag • Amazon Business $16.49 1 $16.49
The Boy on the Wooden Box: How the Impossible Became Possible . . . on Schindler's List • Amazon Business $16.39 1 $16.39
The Bicycle Spy • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Legends: The Best Players, Games, and Teams in Basketball (Legends: Best Players, Games, & Teams) • Amazon Business $14.33 1 $14.33
The War I Finally Won • Amazon Business $13.37 1 $13.37
Paper Wishes • Amazon Business $12.90 1 $12.90
SKITTLES Wild Berry Fruity Candy 50-Ounce Party Size Pouch • Amazon Business $11.19 1 $11.19
Stephen Curry: A Sharpshooter's Journey to the NBA & Beyond • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Irena's Children: The Extraordinary Story of the Woman Who Saved 2,500 Children from the Warsaw Ghetto • Amazon Business $10.04 1 $10.04
Under the Blood-Red Sun (Prisoners of the Empire Series) • Amazon Business $9.64 1 $9.64
Farewell To Manzanar • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
The Endless Steppe: Growing Up in Siberia • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Snow Treasure • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
The Devil's Arithmetic (Puffin Modern Classics) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Twenty and Ten • Amazon Business $6.89 1 $6.89
The War That Saved My Life • Amazon Business $6.89 1 $6.89

Materials cost

$806.29

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$12.09

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$848.38

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$149.71

Total project goal

$998.09

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $998.09

1 Donor

-$998.09

Donations toward project cost

-$848.38

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$149.71

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