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Mrs. Borin from SUN LAKES, AZ is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Unplug and Explore a Book

Help me give my students more opportunities to get great books in their hands to enrich their learning experience and open their minds to new adventures.

  • $1,037 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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My Project

Help me to build up my classroom library to allow students to choose from a variety of authors and subjects. Allowing students to unplug from technology and loose themselves in a book is my goal with this project.

With these new books in our classroom, students will have a large variety of books to check out and read on their independent levels.

They will be exposed to different author styles as well as be introduced to fiction and nonfiction print.

My students love learning about the world around them. Giving them the opportunity to expand their minds and help them to grow through these books and stories is so important. Please help us grow.

Mrs. Borin
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Storex Large Book Bin, Interlocking Plastic Organizer for Home, Office and Classroom, Teal, 6-Pack (71120U06C) • Amazon Business $21.17 5 $105.85
Bob Books: Sight Words, 1st Grade • Amazon Business $13.34 2 $26.68
EllRay Jakes: 4-Book Set • Amazon Business $23.96 1 $23.96
SpringFlower Sight Words Flash Cards with Pictures,Motions&Sentences, 220 Dolch Sight Words for Preschool, Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd & 3rd Grade.Homeschool, Learn to Read, Phonics Learning,235 Pieces • Amazon Business $21.99 1 $21.99
Mercy Watson Boxed Set: Adventures of a Porcine Wonder: Books 1-6 • Amazon Business $21.49 1 $21.49
I Love Snow: I Can Read 5-Book Box Set: Celebrate the Season by Snuggling Up with 5 Snowy I Can Read Stories! • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
Splat the Cat: Big Reading Collection (I Can Read Level 1) • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
Funny School Stories: Learning to Read Box Set: 5 Fun-Filled Adventures! (I Can Read Level 1) • Amazon Business $19.69 1 $19.69
Emily Windsnap: Six Swishy Tails of Land and Sea: Books 1-6 • Amazon Business $19.39 1 $19.39
Ants in Your Pants, Worms in Your Plants!: (Gilbert Goes Green) • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
1st Grade Reading Success Boxed Set: Best Friends, Duck & Cat's Rainy Day, Big Shark, Little Shark, Drop It, Rocket! The Amazing Planet Earth (Step into Reading) • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Book Ends, Bookends for Shelves Metal Bookends Book Ends for Office Nonskid Heavy Duty Book Ends for Shelves Black 6.69 x 4.9 x 4.3in, 5 Pair/10 Piece • Amazon Business $17.69 1 $17.69
Dory Fantasmagory: Outside the Box • Amazon Business $17.24 1 $17.24
First Little Readers: Guided Reading Levels G & H (Parent Pack): 16 Irresistible Books That Are Just the Right Level for Growing Readers • Amazon Business $16.89 1 $16.89
The Boxcar Children Books 1-4 ( Cover may Vary ) • Amazon Business $16.03 1 $16.03
Sight Word Readers Parent Pack: Learning the First 50 Sight Words s a Snap! • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Pete the Cat: Big Reading Adventures: 5 Far-Out Books in 1 Box! (My First I Can Read) • Amazon Business $15.39 1 $15.39
My Favorite Berenstain Bears Stories: Learning to Read Box Set (I Can Read Level 1) • Amazon Business $15.19 1 $15.19
A Box of Treats: Five Little Picture Books about Lilly and Her Friends • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Henry and Mudge Collector's Set #2: Henry and Mudge Get the Cold Shivers; Henry and Mudge and the Happy Cat; Henry and Mudge and the Bedtime Thumps; ... and Mudge and the Wild Wind (Henry & Mudge) • Amazon Business $14.89 1 $14.89
Magic Tree House Boxed Set, Books 5-8: Night of the Ninjas, Afternoon on the Amazon, Sunset of the Sabertooth, and Midnight on the Moon • Amazon Business $14.89 1 $14.89
Little Critter 12-Book Phonics Fun!: Includes 12 Mini-Books Featuring Short and Long Vowel Sounds (My First I Can Read) • Amazon Business $14.89 1 $14.89
First Little Readers Parent Pack: Guided Reading Level B: 25 Irresistible Books That Are Just the Right Level for Beginning Readers • Amazon Business $14.69 1 $14.69
Frog and Toad: A Complete Reading Collection: Frog and Toad Are Friends, Frog and Toad Together, Days with Frog and Toad, Frog and Toad All Year (I Can Read Level 2) • Amazon Business $14.40 1 $14.40
I am Rosa Parks (Ordinary People Change the World) • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
Starfall Short-Vowel Pals 16 Decodable Phonics Books • Amazon Business $14.21 1 $14.21
Biscuit's Neighborhood: 5 Fun-Filled Stories in 1 Box! (My First I Can Read) • Amazon Business $14.19 1 $14.19
Henry and Mudge Ready-to-Read Value Pack: Henry and Mudge; Henry and Mudge and Annie's Good Move; Henry and Mudge in the Green Time; Henry and Mudge ... and Mudge and the Happy Cat (Henry & Mudge) • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
24pcs Clear Plastic Self-Adhesive Label Holder 2 Sizes Index Cards Pockets with Open Sides Ideal for Organizing and Protecting Your Business Card, Photos Identifying Binders and File Folders Labels • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
500 Pieces Label Protector Clear Labels Clear Wafer Seals Waterproof Labels for Protecting Barcodes, Numbers and Stickers (Rectangle, 3.5 x 1.18 Inch) • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Ivy and Bean's Treasure Box: (Beginning Chapter Books, Funny Books for Kids, Kids Book Series) (Ivy + Bean) • Amazon Business $13.74 1 $13.74
Learn to Read with Tug the Pup and Friends! Box Set 1: Levels Included: A-C (My Very First I Can Read) • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
Humphrey Box Set (3 Books) • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
(2" x 4") 30 Sheets, Printable White Sticker Labels, Laser/Inkjet Printing - Matte, 10 per Page • Amazon Business $6.49 2 $12.98
World of Reading Star Wars Boxed Set: Level 2 • Amazon Business $11.69 1 $11.69
World of Reading Avengers Boxed Set: Level 1 (World of Reading, 2) • Amazon Business $11.69 1 $11.69
The Flat Stanley Collection Box Set: Flat Stanley, Invisible Stanley, Stanley in Space, and Stanley, Flat Again! • Amazon Business $11.59 1 $11.59
Germs vs. Soap: A Silly Hygiene Book about Washing Hands! (Hilarious Hygiene Battle) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
In the Middle of Fall • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
No More Pencils, No More Books, No More Teacher's Dirty Looks! (Gilbert) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Last One in Is a Rotten Egg! (Gilbert) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
When Spring Comes • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Happy Birthday to You, You Belong in a Zoo (Gilbert and Friends (Hardcover)) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Presidents' Day • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Big Book of Reading Comprehension Activities, Grade 1: 120 Activities for After-School and Summer Reading Fun • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
Narwhal (A Day in the Life: Polar Animals) • Amazon Business $6.65 1 $6.65
Hark! A Shark!: All About Sharks (Cat in the Hat's Learning Library) • Amazon Business $5.98 1 $5.98
Gilbert, the Surfer Dude (I Can Read Level 2) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Gilbert and the Lost Tooth (I Can Read Level 2) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Carson Dellosa Phonics for First Grade Workbook―Writing Practice, Tracing Letters, Writing Words With Incentive Chart and Motivational Stickers (64 pgs) (Home Workbooks) • Amazon Business $3.49 1 $3.49

Materials cost

$783.09

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$55.99

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.75

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$880.83

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$155.44

Total project goal

$1,036.27

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$1,036.27

3 Donors

-$1,036.27

Donations toward project cost

-$880.83

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$155.44

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