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Mrs. Snell from Owatonna, MN is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Sixth Grade Smarties are Eager to Read Non Fiction!

My students need non-fiction books to help improve their literacy and strengthen their background knowledge.

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My Students

What do you think of when you hear the word BARF? EWWWW.. maybe something slimy and smelly?!? My students think of books. WHY? In my classroom, BARF stands for Become A Reading Fanatic. I have a plethora of fiction texts in my room; I am lacking in non-fiction text. This is where I need your help.

My class is an E-STEM class.

A principle of E-STEM is inquiry- my students LOVE to ask questions. I hope that these non-fiction books will help not only answer some of their questions, but inspire them to think of more questions! We always are learning!

My Project

I hand picked nearly 50 books that I believe entice students to read more non-fiction. I plan on using these non-fiction texts in my classroom lending library. I want to expose my smarties to non-fiction text to help them make connections to real life, as well as to learn more about the world outside of their city. I also will be using several of the books in many of my comprehension strategy lessons; I will use these books to model synthesizing and questioning comprehension strategies as well as note taking skills. I will be having the students come up with their own text features (maps, captions, graphs, timelines, etc) for these books. I will have students use the non-fiction texts to write research papers. I can't wait to have these books in our classroom and share them with my students!

By exposing students to more non-fiction text, it will help build their background knowledge, making them more successful in reading, other content areas, as well as in life.

Studies show that the more background knowledge a student has, the better they will do on standardized tests and the more they will comprehend all other texts.

Mrs. Snell Owatonna Middle School Grades 6-8

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31 students impacted 12donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Picture History of Great Buildings • Amazon $15.90 1 $15.90
We've Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children's March (Jane Addams Award Book (Awards)) • Amazon $13.64 1 $13.64
If the World Were a Village: A Book about the World's People, 2nd Edition (CitizenKid) • Amazon $13.64 1 $13.64
Transformed: How Everyday Things Are Made • Amazon $13.21 1 $13.21
Stories of the Planets (Dot to Dot in the Sky) • Amazon $11.66 1 $11.66
The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child • Amazon $10.76 1 $10.76
Brain Quest Grade 6, revised 4th edition: 1,500 Questions and Answers to Challenge the Mind • Amazon $10.75 1 $10.75
Chasing Lincoln's Killer • Amazon $9.83 1 $9.83
The Snowflake : A Water Cycle Story • Amazon $9.45 1 $9.45
National Geographic Kids Everything Weather: Facts, Photos, and Fun that Will Blow You Away • Amazon $9.32 1 $9.32
Lost Trail: Nine Days Alone in the Wilderness • Amazon $9.12 1 $9.12
The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq • Amazon $9.03 1 $9.03
Never Cry Wolf : Amazing True Story of Life Among Arctic Wolves • Amazon $8.98 1 $8.98
Grossology and You • Amazon $8.80 1 $8.80
Would You Rather...? Wonderfully Weird: Over 400 Crazy Questions! • Amazon $8.71 1 $8.71
When I Was Puerto Rican: A Memoir (A Merloyd Lawrence Book) • Amazon $8.20 1 $8.20
Escape!: The Story of The Great Houdini • Amazon $8.09 1 $8.09
Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans • Amazon $8.09 1 $8.09
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood • Amazon $7.88 1 $7.88
The Year We Disappeared: A Father-Daughter Memoir • Amazon $7.20 1 $7.20
The Dirt on Dirt • Amazon $7.15 1 $7.15
Weird Meat-Eating Plants (Bizarre Science) • Amazon $7.15 1 $7.15
Animals Nobody Loves • Amazon $6.83 1 $6.83
Changing Weather: Storms (Nature's Changes) • Amazon $6.44 1 $6.44
I Wonder Why Kangaroos Have Pouches • Amazon $6.40 1 $6.40
A Life Like Mine: How Children Live Around the World • Amazon $6.33 1 $6.33
Before We Were Free (Laurel-Leaf Books Readers Circle) • Amazon $6.29 1 $6.29
I Wonder Why the Sea is Salty • Amazon $6.29 1 $6.29
World War II Pilots: An Interactive History Adventure (You Choose: World War II) • Amazon $6.25 1 $6.25
Hottest, Coldest, Highest, Deepest • Amazon $6.25 1 $6.25
Biggest, Strongest, Fastest • Amazon $6.25 1 $6.25
The Jumping Tree (Laurel-Leaf Books) • Amazon $5.85 1 $5.85
Baseball in April and Other Stories • Amazon $5.71 1 $5.71
Breaking Through • Amazon $5.62 1 $5.62
Petty Crimes • Amazon $5.47 1 $5.47
Colibri (Readers Circle) • Amazon $5.39 1 $5.39
Tree For All Seasons (Avenues) • Amazon $5.35 1 $5.35
I Found a Dead Bird: The Kids' Guide to the Cycle of Life and Death • Amazon $4.38 1 $4.38
Racing in the Rain: My Life as a Dog • Amazon $4.06 1 $4.06
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice • Amazon $4.00 1 $4.00
Children Of The Earth...Remember • Amazon $4.00 1 $4.00
Extreme Animals: The Toughest Creatures on Earth • Amazon $4.00 1 $4.00
Oh, Yuck! The Encyclopedia of Everything Nasty • Amazon $4.00 1 $4.00
Oh, Yikes!: History's Grossest Wackiest Moments • Amazon $4.00 1 $4.00
My Life with the Chimpanzees • Amazon $3.99 1 $3.99
Can It Rain Cats and Dogs? Questions and Answers About Weather • Amazon $3.97 1 $3.97
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Journey to Change the World... One Child at a Time (Young Reader's Edition) • Amazon $3.43 1 $3.43
Scholastic Question & Answer: Do Tornadoes Really Twist? • Amazon $3.31 1 $3.31

Materials cost

$350.42

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.26

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$385.68

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$68.06

Total project goal

$453.74

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $453.74

9 Donors

-$305.93

Donations toward project cost

-$275.18

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.75

match offer

-$130.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$110.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$19.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$17.81

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