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Ms. Wehner from Saint Louis, MO is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Reading is FUN!

My project needs high interest reading books, 1 set of reading comprehension cubes, 1 comprehension spinner 2 comprehension beach balls and 2 Take It To Your Seat Literacy Activities.

  • $371 goal

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$209 - complete this project and be a hero

"I can read but I just don't get it." "Reading is boring." "Do I have to read today?" "I can't read." Kratz Elementary is a K-5 school in St. Louis County Missouri. We are located near the Lambert International Airport. Currently, about 80% of the school population qualifies for the free or reduced lunch program. I teach all subjects in a third grade classroom. Many students in my classroom are reading below grade level. Students can read the words but they don't understand what they are reading. As an adult who loves to read, I want my students to know what it feels like to get lost in a good book. Students need to practice reading comprehension strategies every time they read a book. These strategies help them understand the text. As adults, we automatically reflect on the text. We compare the text to our own lives; we imagine how the characters feel. Students need to be taught these reading skills. Funding this project will help me provide interesting books and fun reading comprehension learning tools. Picture this: A few students sitting in a cozy corner of the classroom. They are reading a chapter from their favorite book. At the end of the chapter they run to grab the comprehension beach balls. One student tosses the ball to another and they begin discussing the characters or they begin a conversation about the most interesting event. Other students are playing reading games at their desks. They are excited to play games! They are becoming better readers. Help me make reading comprehension fun. Funding this project will provide my students with their favorite books, comprehension game cubes, beach balls, spinners, and literacy games. Thank you for helping me put the FUN in reading! I look forward to hearing students say: "Do I have to stop?" "Just one more chapter!" "Johnny and I had a great conversation about..."

Ms. Wehner Kratz Elementary School Grades 3-5

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Nearly all 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

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Good Grief...Third Grade Colleen O'Shaughnessy McKenna, Richard Williams • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Magic School Bus Gets Baked In A Cake: A Book About Kitchen Chemistry (Magic School Bus Series) Created by Joanna Cole, Linda Ward Beech, Bruce Degan (Illustrator), Ted Enik (Illustrator), Created by Bruce Degen • Barnes and Noble $3.15 1 $3.15
The Magic School Bus in the Time of the Dinosaurs (Magic School Bus Series) Joanna Cole, Bruce Degen (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
The Magic School Bus Makes A Rainbow: A Book About Color (Magic School Bus Series) Created by Joanna Cole, Bruce Degan (Illustrator), Carolyn Braken (Illustrator), Created by Bruce Degen • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
The Magic School Bus Inside A Beehive: (Magic School Bus Series) Created by Joanna Cole, Bruce Degen (Illustrator), Bruce Degan (Illustrator), Created by Bruce Degen • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Magic School Bus Kicks up a Storm: A Book about Weather Nancy White, Joanna Cole, Art Ruiz (Illustrator), Bruce Degen (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.15 1 $3.15
The Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor (Magic School Bus Series) Joanna Cole, Bruce Degen, Bruce Degen (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
The Magic School Bus Plants Seeds: A Book About How Living Things Grow (Magic School Bus Series) Created by Joanna Cole, Patricia Relf, Bruce Degan (Illustrator), John Speirs (Illustrator), Created by Bruce Degen • Barnes and Noble $3.15 1 $3.15
Stanley, Flat Again! Jeff Brown, Scott Nash (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.30 1 $14.30
The Magic School Bus Explores the Senses (Magic School Bus Series) Joanna Cole, Bruce Degen (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Captain Underpants and the Big, Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy, Part 2: The Revenge of the Ridiculous Robo-Boogers Dav Pilkey, Dav Pilkey (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
Captain Underpants and the Attack of the Talking Toilets (Captain Underpants Series) Dav Pilkey, Dav Pilkey (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
The Captain Underpants Extra Crunchy Book O' Fun (Captain Underpants Series) Dav Pilkey, Dav Pilkney, Dav Pilkey (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Captain Underpants and the Perilous Plot of Professor Poopypants (Captain Underpants Series) Dav Pilkey, Dav Pilkey (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
Junie B., First Grader: Jingle Bells, Batman Smells! (P.S. So Does May) Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $9.56 1 $9.56
Dumb Bunny (Junie B. Jones, First Grader Series) Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $9.59 1 $9.59
The Magic School Bus Butterfly And The Bog Beast: A Book About Butterfly Camouflage (Magic School Bus Series) Created by Joanna Cole, Nancy E. Krulik, Del Thompson (Illustrator), Dana Thompson (Illustrator), Created by Bruce Degen • Barnes and Noble $3.15 1 $3.15
The Magic School Bus Gets Cold Feet: A Book About Warm and Cold-Blooded Animals (Magic School Bus Series) Created by Joanna Cole, Tracey West, Art Ruiz (Illustrator), Created by Bruce Degen • Barnes and Noble $3.15 1 $3.15
The Magic School Bus Hops Home: A Book About Animal Habitats (Magic School Bus Series) Created by Joanna Cole, Patricia Relf, Nancy Stevenson (Illustrator), Created by Bruce Degen • Barnes and Noble $3.15 1 $3.15
The Magic School Bus at the Waterworks (Magic School Bus Series) Joanna Cole, Bruce Degen (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Magic School Bus In The Arctic: A Book About Heat (Magic School Bus Series) Created by Joanna Cole, Anne Schreiber, Bruce Degan (Illustrator), Art Ruiz (Illustrator), Created by Bruce Degen • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Flat Stanley Jeff Brown, Tomi Ungerer (Illustrator), Steve Bjorkman (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.20 1 $15.20
Bad Dog, Marley! John Grogan, Richard Cowdrey (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $16.10 1 $16.10
How to Be Cool in the Third Grade Betsy Duffey, Janet Wilson (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.49 3 $40.47
Literacy Centers, Grades 2-3 (Take It To Your Seat Centers Series) Jo Ellen Moore • Barnes and Noble $22.49 1 $22.49
Take It to Your Seat Centers: Literacy Centers 3-4 Jo Ellen Moore, Jill Norris • Barnes and Noble $22.49 1 $22.49
Reading Comprehension Spinner • Nasco $5.04 1 $5.04
GUIDED READING BEACH BALLS 2/PK 10 DIAMETER GR. 1-5+ • Teacher's School Supply $7.48 1 $7.48
Reading Comprehension Cubes • Nasco $9.85 1 $9.85

Materials cost

$246.25

Vendor shipping charges

 $24.63

Sales tax

 $10.42

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.16

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$304.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$66.73

Total project goal

$370.73

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $370.73

2 Donors

-$357.65

Donations toward project cost

-$304.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$53.65

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$13.08

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