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Mrs. Sims - Growing Readers - Classroom Library

Help me give my students character book series box sets such as Young Cam Jansen, Stink, Elephant and Piggie and Brownie and Pearl so that they can read about and enjoy favorite characters across multiple storylines.

  • $350 goal

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My Students

My class of first graders are very avid readers! It is my desire to create a culture that promotes a love of reading both at school and at home. It is my desire to stock my classroom library with as many current, up-to-date books so that students always have a wealth of choices from high-quality children's literature that they will enjoy!

Our students come from very diverse home lives.

At school, they are choosing books daily and weekly to read based on their interest and reading level. Students are also choosing books to take home in their take-home bags.

Being a Title I school, many of our students come from diverse backgrounds and are unable to provide a literacy-rich environment at home. We want to make sure that they have just that at school, with enough books to choose daily and weekly on their level and within their personal interest.

My Project

I have chosen popular character book series box sets so that students in my classroom are able to read about and enjoy favorite characters across many storylines! I will make sure that students are able to focus on strong characters, whether they be animals, boys or girls, and determine favorable character traits. Students will also engage in each character's feelings and how those feelings change as characters encounter problems and work to solve them. By having students fall in love with characters, they will want to devour more and more books about favorite characters while growing as readers!

I will also use these same character book series to teach a writing unit in which students will create their own character and write their own box set series!

They will focus on such aspects as the main character, the supporting characters that are in every book, the book genre (mystery, strong girl character, pet rescue, etc) and the common pattern or problem and solution in each series. Their love of reading will translate into their ability to become character book series authors as well!

I have also specifically chosen these particular character book series based on the reading level of students they are best designed for. In assessing the reading levels in my own classroom library, I discovered that I had fewest H-I levels. So I have focused this project on books within those levels, with some easier and some more difficult to reach the diverse readers in my classroom.

Ms. Sims
Grades PreK-2
    More than a third 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 25 students.

    3 donors have given to this project.

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Elephant & Piggie: The Complete Collection (An Elephant & Piggie Book) (An Elephant and Piggie Book) • Amazon Business $88.99 1 $88.99
Stink 6 Book Set: Incredible Shrinking Kid / Super-galactic Jawbreaker / World's Worst Super-stinky Sneakers / Great Guinea PIG Express / Solar System Superhero / the Ultimate Thumb-wrestling Smackdown • Amazon Business $32.10 1 $32.10
Cam Jansen 6 Book Set (Mystery of the UFO, Mystery of the Monster Movie, Ghostly Mystery, First Day • Amazon Business $29.93 1 $29.93
Brownie & Pearl On the Go: Brownie & Pearl Hit the Hay; Brownie & Pearl See the Sights; Brownie & Pearl Get Dolled Up; Brownie & Pearl Step Out; ... Grab a Bite; Brownie & Pearl Go for a Spin • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Little Bear Boxed Set: Little Bear, Father Bear Comes Home, and Little Bear's Visit • Amazon Business $12.01 1 $12.01
Ballet Cat Dance! Dance! Underpants! (Ballet Cat (2)) • Amazon Business $9.27 1 $9.27
The Totally Secret Secret (Ballet Cat (1)) • Amazon Business $8.49 1 $8.49
Ballet Cat What's Your Favorite Favorite? (Ballet Cat (3)) • Amazon Business $5.59 1 $5.59
A Friend for Dragon: An Acorn Book (Dragon #1) (1) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Dragon Gets By: An Acorn Book (Dragon #3) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Dolores and the Big Fire : A True Story • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Tara and Tiree, Fearless Friends : A True Story • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Ringo Saves The Day! : A True Story • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Dragon's Fat Cat: An Acorn Book (Dragon #2): An Acorn Book • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
The Bravest Cat! The True Story of Scarlett (All Aboard Reading) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Little Bear and the Marco Polo (I Can Read Level 1) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Brave Norman : A True Story • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99

Materials cost

$246.28

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $17.36

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.69

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$297.33

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$52.47

Total project goal

$349.80

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $349.80

2 Donors

-$174.89

Donations toward project cost

-$148.66

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.23

match offer

-$174.91

Match offer toward project cost

-$148.67

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.24

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