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Mrs. Smithpeters from Springdale, AR is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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There Are Mysteries All Around Us!

My students need high interest books to inspire and encourage their love of reading.

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My Students

Many of my students are struggling readers and some are English language learners. Many are below grade level in their reading levels and need more beginning chapter books. My goal is for them to improve their reading and foster a love of reading.

My school is in a progressively growing rural community with total enrollment in Pre-K through 5th grade of a little over 550 students.

The town population is approximately 70,000, with 17 elementary schools in the district. The diversity at our school comes from the economic levels with approximately 45% of our students receiving free or reduced lunches. I teach in a self-contained second grade classroom. I have twenty-five students.

My Project

My students are beginning to get into reading series and find their love for reading. Both my boys and girls are really getting into the reading genre of mystery. Our classroom does not have very many books or series of mystery. They have begged to add the mystery series in this project so they can have a multitude of books and series that they can read as partners and groups in the class. They are interested in doing a series study. To do this they need a variety of books within the same series so they can compare and discuss them.

Mrs. Smithpeters Willis Shaw Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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Springdale, AR View local requests

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

100 students impacted 2donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Boxcar Children Bookshelf (The Boxcar Children Mysteries, Books 1-12) • Amazon Business $33.99 1 $33.99
Secret Agent Jack Stalwart (Books 5-8) • AKJ Education $13.10 1 $13.10
Secret Agent Jack Stalwart • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
The Secret Agent Training Manual • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
The Mozart Mystery (LOL Detective Club) (Volume 4) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Mardi Gras Mystery (LOL Detective Club) (Volume 1) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
The Paris Puzzler (LOL Detective Club) (Volume 2) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Cubnapping in Kenya (LOL Detective Club) (Volume 3) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
The Search for the Sunken Treasure Australia • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
Secret Agent Jack Stalwart: Book 6: The Pursuit of the Ivory Poachers: Kenya • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
Secret Agents Jack and Max Stalwart • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
Secret Agents Jack and Max Stalwart • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
The Secret of the Sacred Temple • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
The Caper of the Crowned Jewels England • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
The Escape of the Deadly Dinosaur • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
The Mystery of the Mona Lisa France • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37

Materials cost

$114.40

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $9.44

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.72

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$155.56

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$27.45

Total project goal

$183.01

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $183.01

2 Donors

-$183.01

Donations toward project cost

-$155.56

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$27.45

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