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Mrs. Dye from Gig Harbor, WA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Quality Science Trade Books For Fifth Graders

My students need 34 quality science books to read to improve both their content knowledge and their reading skills.

  • $614 goal

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My Students

My students LOVE science. What's not to love...it's engaging, interesting and lots of fun.

My students are enthusiastic fourth and fifth graders in a highly capable program.

I teach math and science to both classes and have recently added reading informational text to my curriculum. After studying the new Common Core Reading Standards and taking several classes as part of my professional development, I now have a clear vision of what I need to do to reach the new standards. Students are asked to read more informational text than ever before and at an increasing level of complexity through the year. After assessing my students to find out their informational reading level, I need to provide them with a large selection of science trade books at their complexity level. I thought this would be easy but after doing some research I discovered that the majority of my books in my classroom library are not leveled using the new standards of complexity.

My Project

Yearly the National Science Teachers Association publishes a list of outstanding trade books in science. Starting with their list for the last three years, I selected books that also had a Lexile complexity score. From this list, I carefully selected science trade books that range from early fifth grade through the end of sixth grade. After being placed in small groups of two at an appropriate complexity level, students will read the books together. As groups finish a book, I will challenge them with a more complex text slowly moving them up the ladder of complexity. I expect each child will read at least eight books over six weeks.

This project will not only challenge my students with increasing complex texts, but it will also give them a solid understanding of science.

I will have the tools to teach both the Common Core Reading Standards and the Next Generation Science Standards. Because the majority of the books are available in hardcover, the books will be used for many years.

Mrs. Dye Voyager Elementary School Grades 3-5

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Gig Harbor, WA View local requests 100 students impacted 16donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Cougar • AKJ Books $19.42 2 $38.84
Roseate Spoonbill • AKJ Books $19.42 2 $38.84
Saving Animals from Oil Spills • AKJ Books $18.45 2 $36.90
Frogs! • AKJ Books $15.26 2 $30.52
Giant Squid • AKJ Books $19.61 2 $39.22
The Beetle Book • AKJ Books $12.40 2 $24.80
Sneed B. Collard III''s Most Fun Book Ever About Lizards • AKJ Books $12.37 2 $24.74
Moonbird • AKJ Books $16.05 2 $32.10
The Mighty Mars Rovers • AKJ Books $13.86 2 $27.72
Invincible Microbe • AKJ Books $13.86 2 $27.72
The Polar Bear Scientists • AKJ Books $13.86 2 $27.72
Hidden Worlds • AKJ Books $13.13 2 $26.26
Bug Shots • AKJ Books $12.37 2 $24.74
Beaks! • AKJ Books $5.80 2 $11.60
Fantastic Feats And Failures • AKJ Books $7.26 2 $14.52
Get the Scoop on Animal Poop • AKJ Books $7.26 2 $14.52
Animal Eyes David M. Schwartz, Dwight Kuhn (Photographer) • AKJ Books $2.55 2 $5.10

Materials cost

$445.86

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $39.01

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.69

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$521.56

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$92.04

Total project goal

$613.60

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $613.60

12 Donors

-$475.07

Donations toward project cost

-$419.56

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$55.51

match offer

-$120.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$102.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$18.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$18.53

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 $0.00

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