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Mrs. Drake from Kill Devil Hills, NC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Novel Study to Spark Book Communities

Help me give my students new books to use for in an independent novel study to spark book communities.

  • $492 goal

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Mrs. Drake has another project! Donate to Novels in Verse to Visualize Poetry vs. Prose to help her classroom.

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Mrs. Drake has another project! Donate to Novels in Verse to Visualize Poetry vs. Prose to help her classroom.

$631 - complete this project and be a hero

My Project

One of my goals as a teacher this year is to get students talking about books without me to guide them. I believe if students are able to lead and direct their own novel study groups by the end of the year, then we have really mastered what we set out to do - create lifelong readers. In order to do this, however, I need to continue to beef up my classroom library, and that means purchasing some duplicate copies to ensure I have enough to go around.

Having enough copies of the fiction and nonfiction novels desired to run these independent groups will be crucial for student interest.

Thank you for your help with this project and for being apart of shaping the literacy of the future!

Mrs. Drake First Flight Middle School Grades 6-8

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Kill Devil Hills, NC View local requests

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

115 students impacted 6donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Cracked • Amazon Business $11.34 6 $68.04
Who Was...? Children’s Biography Series Set of 12 books • Amazon Business $64.58 1 $64.58
Number the Stars: A Newbery Award Winner • Amazon Business $4.17 10 $41.70
Everything Sad Is Untrue: (a true story) • Amazon Business $16.00 1 $16.00
Games Untold (The Inheritance Games, 5) • Amazon Business $14.23 1 $14.23
Winger (Bestselling Teen Fiction) • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
If He Had Been with Me (Collector's Edition) • Amazon Business $13.86 1 $13.86
Reckless (Spanish Edition) (SAGA POWERLESS) • Amazon Business $13.30 1 $13.30
I Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871 (I Survived Graphic Novel #7) (I Survived Graphix) • Amazon Business $10.22 1 $10.22
Wilder Girls • Amazon Business $9.44 1 $9.44
I Survived the Destruction of Pompeii, AD 79 (I Survived Graphic Novel #10) (I Survived Graphix) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Staples Invisible Clear Tape 0.75 x 36 yds. 1 Core Transparent 12 Rolls/Pack (52477-P12) • Staples $8.62 1 $8.62
I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916 (I Survived Graphix) • Amazon Business $8.06 1 $8.06
I Survived the Battle of D-Day, 1944 (I Survived Graphic Novel #9) (I Survived Graphix) • Amazon Business $7.77 1 $7.77
Hot Mess (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 19) (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, 19) (Volume 19) • Amazon Business $6.66 1 $6.66
What Do We Know About the Loch Ness Monster? • Amazon Business $6.50 1 $6.50
What Do We Know About Atlantis? • Amazon Business $6.50 1 $6.50
The Stars Beneath Our Feet • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005: A Graphic Novel (I Survived Graphic Novel #6) (I Survived Graphix) • Amazon Business $5.86 1 $5.86
Tell Me Three Things • Amazon Business $5.66 1 $5.66
Lord of the Flies • AKJ Education $5.24 1 $5.24
I Survived the Attack of the Grizzlies, 1967: A Graphic Novel (I Survived Graphic Novel #5) (I Survived Graphix) • Amazon Business $4.76 1 $4.76
I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 (I Survived Graphic Novel #8) (I Survived Graphix) • Amazon Business $4.40 1 $4.40
Who Were the Wright Brothers? (Who Was?) • Amazon Business $4.09 1 $4.09

Materials cost

$354.46

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $27.65

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.32

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$417.43

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$73.66

Total project goal

$491.09

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $491.09

3 Donors

-$275.28

Donations toward project cost

-$256.53

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$18.75

Matching donations from our partners

-$189.30

Match offers toward project cost

-$160.90

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.40

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$26.52

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