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Mrs. McDonald from Gresham, OR is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Superb Students Seek Stellar Classroom Library

My students need a classroom that supports literacy including 85 library books for students to read and balls to sit on that support students' focus and on-task behavior

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My Students

Our classroom is full of movement and energy and bursting with literacy-based instruction. We begin each day with literacy-based activities and students love choosing their own reading materials, including graphic novels, magazines and nonfiction books.

My students are an energetic group with boys outnumbering girls in the classroom by a 2:1 ratio.

They love having choice in their learning environment and are happy to be buddies with first grade students and help one another out. They respect our classroom, each other and the school and love coming to school each day.

My Project

My students need these resources so that they have books to read in our classroom. "In a January 2010 article for Education Week, Gaby Chapman states that reading increases in proportion to selection, and practice enhances reading scores. A 2002 article by Ray Reutzel and Parker C. Fawson encourages teachers to “think of the library in your room as the heart of effective literacy instruction.” Environments rife with printed texts has been shown to increase literacy (B. T. Bowman, 2003)." Our classroom does not have enough books to support student literacy long-term. Additionally, students are able to focus more deeply on their reading and literacy-related tasks with the use of a stability balls. Research has shown that students who sit on stability balls during school are able to spend more time on-task and improve in their handwriting abilities as well as on their assessments. These supports help students with ADHD and other learning considerations.

This donation will greatly enhance literacy instruction in my classroom by increasing students' access to quality literature at all reading levels and by providing students with the supports needed to focus on reading, instruction, and increase students' reading stamina.

Mrs. McDonald Kelly Creek Elementary School Grades 3-5

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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

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
BALL EXERBALL 65CM STRENGTH • School Specialty $32.29 31 $1,000.99
Grade 5 Classic Grade Level Library (30 bk set) • AKJ Books $150.00 1 $150.00
Favorite Series Sampler - Diary of a Wimpy Kid (4 bk set) • AKJ Books $41.29 2 $82.58
Grade 3 Classic Grade Level Library (30 bk set) • AKJ Books $108.56 1 $108.56
Judy Blume (11 bk set) • AKJ Books $63.56 1 $63.56
Dragonbreath (7 bk set) • AKJ Books $58.41 1 $58.41
Favorite Author Study - Kevin Henkes (4 bk set) • AKJ Books $28.09 1 $28.09
Favorite Author Study - Jack Prelutsky (4 bk set) • AKJ Books $20.69 1 $20.69
Favorite Author Study - Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (4 bk set) • AKJ Books $20.69 1 $20.69

Materials cost

$1,533.57

Vendor shipping charges

 $100.10

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$23.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,686.67

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$297.65

Total project goal

$1,984.32

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,984.32

1 Donor

-$1,984.32

Donations toward project cost

-$1,686.67

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$297.65

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