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Mrs. Rinas from Hobart, IN is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Surviving 6th Grade With Books!

My students need high interest books to increase their reading comprehension! The goal is to develop a true love for reading! Please help put a book in every child's hand.

  • $264 goal

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My Students

Every morning we start by sharing the best thing we read the day before. My students want to read, they want to learn, but they are in need of books that will grab them and take them away!

I teach a lively bunch of 6th graders who are just entering middle school.

They come in very nervous, but ready to learn. I have a few precious moments to motivate them to grab a book and go. I am still relatively new to teaching, and have not developed a collection of books that are high interest to my students. My students love to share and discover things about the world as they are trying to figure out who they are as individuals. We have a large class, so it is difficult for each student to have their very own book for individual reading.

My Project

Imagine a classroom filled with books that are eye catching to the students! Imagine books that coordinate with the themes in our reading class and also their science and social studies classrooms! With these books, student motivation for reading will increase! We will have common books that we can share and discuss as a class. Students will be able to recommend books to their friends! We also will be working on a research project and these books will come in handy for getting the students geared up! The books I have chosen here match with the themes we will be using in our language arts classroom. Many of these books were recommended by the creators of our program (Scholastic). We will explore different questions :Stories of Survival- Who will survive? Animal Watch- How do humans and animals change each other? History: Lost and Found- How do we find out what really happened? On a Mission- What is our responsibility to others?

My goal is to inspire students to develop a love for reading and learning.

I want to show them and guide them to discover what books can do if you give them a chance! What will students learn? I believe they will learn to let themselves go and dive into a book. With this start to my class book collection, they can explore subjects they love in a whole new way! They will learn that they can discover a whole new world when they read. With your donation, we can put a book in every child's hand!

Mrs. Rinas Hobart Middle School Grades 6-8

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Hobart, IN View local requests

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
Mummies of the Pharaohs: Exploring the Valley of the Kings • Amazon $15.35 1 $15.35
The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook • Amazon $12.46 1 $12.46
Frozen Man (Redfeather Book) • Amazon $9.39 1 $9.39
Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Extraordinary True Story of Shackleton and the Endurance • Amazon $9.32 1 $9.32
Alex & Me: How a Scientist and a Parrot Discovered a Hidden World of Animal Intelligence--and Formed a Deep Bond in the Process • Amazon $9.29 1 $9.29
Discovering The Inca Ice Maiden • Amazon $7.79 1 $7.79
The Hero Schliemann: The Dreamer Who Dug for Troy • Amazon $7.19 1 $7.19
Brian's Return • Amazon $7.19 1 $7.19
The Call of the Wild, White Fang & To Build a Fire (Modern Library Classics) • Amazon $7.16 1 $7.16
The Wright 3 • Amazon $6.53 1 $6.53
Where the Red Fern Grows • Amazon $6.29 1 $6.29
Nory Ryan's Song • Amazon $6.29 1 $6.29
The House of Dies Drear • Amazon $6.29 1 $6.29
Marley: A Dog Like No Other • Amazon $6.29 1 $6.29
Lord of the Flies • Amazon $5.94 1 $5.94
Paint The Wind • Amazon $5.71 1 $5.71
The Graveyard Book • Amazon $5.67 1 $5.67
The Tiger Rising • Amazon $5.39 1 $5.39
Brian's Winter • Amazon $5.12 1 $5.12
Shiloh • Amazon $5.12 1 $5.12
The River • Amazon $4.51 1 $4.51
Who Was Steve Jobs? • Amazon $4.49 1 $4.49
Who Was Leonardo da Vinci? • Amazon $4.49 1 $4.49
Who Was Milton Hershey? • Amazon $4.49 1 $4.49
Who Was Anne Frank? • Amazon $4.49 1 $4.49
Who Is Steven Spielberg? (Who Was...?) • Amazon $4.49 1 $4.49
Who Was Dr. Seuss? • Amazon $4.08 1 $4.08
Frozen Girl (Redfeather Books) • Amazon $4.00 1 $4.00
Who Was Walt Disney? • Amazon $3.34 1 $3.34
Who Was Albert Einstein? • Amazon $2.97 1 $2.97

Materials cost

$191.13

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.87

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$224.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$39.53

Total project goal

$263.53

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $263.53

3 Donors

-$204.71

Donations toward project cost

-$181.50

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$23.21

match offer

-$50.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$42.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.82

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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