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Ms. Pope from Fort Wayne, IN is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Picture Books With a Purpose

My students need powerful picture books.

  • $316 goal

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My Students

My goal each year is to create a classroom of readers. I believe that by reading aloud daily helps my students foster a love of reading. These read alouds also act as a springboard for higher-level thinking and discussions.

In my urban school, reading is our central focus.

Our 4th and 5th grade team plans our reading lessons around picture books that can help the students learn how to infer, draw conclusions, determine themes, understand character motivation... This higher-level thinking is imperative if our students are going to grow into real readers.

My Project

Each week my class focuses on one comprehension strategy or skill that is essential to becoming a real reader. In order to introduce these skills and "practice" our higher-level thinking, we read a lot of picture books. We attend school for 180 days. I try to read aloud a picture book daily. That means we need at least 180 quality picture books. I've selected picture books that are certain to become favorites and will help students find a love of reading.

By donating to this project, you will help foster a love of reading and help improve students' abilities to think at a new, higher level.

The books I selected are sure to be treasured and will be read for years to come. Thank you in advance for your support.

Ms. Pope Washington Elementary School Grades 3-5

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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Fort Wayne, IN View local requests

More than 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

25 students impacted 7donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Gobble You Up! • Amazon $24.59 1 $24.59
Jane, the Fox, and Me • Amazon $14.96 1 $14.96
More • Amazon $14.49 1 $14.49
The Mighty Lalouche • Amazon $14.40 1 $14.40
The Black Book of Colors • Amazon $13.84 1 $13.84
Africa Is My Home: A Child of the Amistad • Amazon $13.35 1 $13.35
Arnie, the Doughnut (Adventures of Arnie the Doughnut) • Amazon $13.32 1 $13.32
The Invisible Boy • Amazon $13.07 1 $13.07
How to Train a Train • Amazon $13.05 1 $13.05
On a Beam of Light: A Story of Albert Einstein • Amazon $12.95 1 $12.95
Fog Island • Amazon $12.85 1 $12.85
Thomas Jefferson Builds a Library • Amazon $12.73 1 $12.73
This Is the Rope: A Story From the Great Migration • Amazon $12.23 1 $12.23
Locomotive (Caldecott Medal Book) • Amazon $10.14 1 $10.14
Journey • Amazon $9.56 1 $9.56
Advice to Little Girls • Amazon $9.45 1 $9.45
Open Wide: Tooth School Inside • Amazon $7.19 1 $7.19
The Top 10 Ways to Ruin the First Day of School: Ten-Year Anniversary Edition • Amazon $6.30 1 $6.30
Fireboat: The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey (Picture Puffin Books) • Amazon $6.29 1 $6.29

Materials cost

$234.76

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.52

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$268.28

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$47.34

Total project goal

$315.62

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $315.62

5 Donors

-$157.81

Donations toward project cost

-$134.14

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$23.67

match offer

-$157.81

Match offer toward project cost

-$134.14

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$23.67

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 $0.00

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