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Ms. Wortzman from NM is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Sizzling Summer Reading

My students need 26 books to improve literacy including Flora and Ulysses, Wonder, and The One and Only Ivan, among others.

  • $314 goal

This project expired on October 6, 2014.

This project expired on October 6, 2014.

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My Students

My students are avid readers. I try to provide everything from the classics to the most current reading material. They are always thrilled when a new box of books comes into the classroom. I'm always looking at yard sales, thrift shops, warehouse book sales, and online for the best deals.

The students in our school are hard workers.

They love reading, performing acts of kindness, and working to the best of their ability to make their learning experience worth their while. Our school is not only a place for learning, but for creating friendships, bringing families closer together, preparing students to be compassionate and hard-working citizens, and having fun. We strive to be better in all things we do and work hard to better our community.

My Project

The requested books are some of the top reading materials from the 2013-2014 school year and summer. As I stated earlier, I try to provide students with current reading materials. These are books that are fun, exciting, adventurous, and bring joy to the reader. I know these books will excite the most reluctant of readers and will bring a smile to each child's face. Reading is the most active way to engage students in the classroom. A variety of genres can really make a classroom come alive. As Dr. Seuss stated, "The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more you learn, the more places you'll go!"

Voracious reading means to read all the time, read in all places, read a variety of genres, and read different types of media (newspapers, magazines, books, advertisements, journals, recipes, directions, poems, closed captioning, blogs, etc).

I could go on forever.... Reading is all around us. We read in all content areas. When students and adults are proficient readers, they share their love of reading, and I want to see my students sharing this passion with one another and with their families.

Ms. Wortzman
Grades 3-5
    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

    This project will reach 26 students.

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Doll Bones • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
Flora and Ulysses • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
The Lost Kingdom • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
Liberty''s Voice • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
Sure Signs of Crazy • AKJ Books $12.41 1 $12.41
The Mark of the Dragonfly • AKJ Books $12.40 1 $12.40
A Tangle of Knots • AKJ Books $12.40 1 $12.40
The Hidden Summer • AKJ Books $12.40 1 $12.40
The Thing About Luck • AKJ Books $12.40 1 $12.40
The Matchbox Diary • AKJ Books $12.40 1 $12.40
The One and Only Ivan • AKJ Books $12.40 1 $12.40
Wonder • AKJ Books $11.67 1 $11.67
The Best Gift Set Ever According to Humphrey • AKJ Books $11.67 1 $11.67
Far Far Away • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
The Graveyard Book • AKJ Books $6.56 1 $6.56
Three Times Lucky • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
The Apothecary • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
Hokey Pokey • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
No Passengers Beyond This Point • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Emma Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
One Crazy Summer • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
One Came Home • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
The Year of the Book • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Call It Courage (simon and schuster) • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Adventure According to Humphrey • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37

Materials cost

$232.62

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.49

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$266.11

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$46.96

Total project goal

$313.07

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