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Ms. Christena from Grand Junction, CO is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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We Need a Challenge! (In Reading.)

Help me give my students books that will challenge them. They are deep thinkers but our elementary has no advanced novels. I got these books off a list for advanced 5-6th grade students.

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My Project

I have advanced 5th grade students at two different schools. They need challenging books to read. I have scoured our school libraries and we have no deeper books. I reached out to a Middle School Literature teacher who sent me a list of recommended books for gifted students.

After each student reads a book, they choose a theme from the story to research and present their findings to our class.

We all benefit from the amazing presentations we see and hear. Pupils can choose from a wide variety of ways to demonstrate their new knowledge.

My goal this year was to stock my classrooms with quality more complex books. Please help me meet this goal! My students and I would greatly appreciate it.

Ms. Christena will only receive her materials if this project is fully funded by January 29.

Ms. Christena
Grades 6-8

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race • Amazon Business $9.84 2 $19.68
Between Shades of Gray • Amazon Business $9.07 2 $18.14
Life as We Knew It (Life As We Knew It Series, 1) • Amazon Business $8.99 2 $17.98
One Came Home • Amazon Business $8.99 2 $17.98
His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass (HBO Tie-In Edition) • Amazon Business $8.97 2 $17.94
Return to Sender • Amazon Business $7.99 2 $15.98
Navigating Early • Amazon Business $7.99 2 $15.98
See You in the Cosmos • Amazon Business $7.99 2 $15.98
The Glass Sentence (The Mapmakers Trilogy) • Amazon Business $7.99 2 $15.98
Counting by 7s • Amazon Business $7.62 2 $15.24
7th Grade Math Workbook: Common Core Math Workbook • Amazon Business $12.95 1 $12.95

Materials cost

$183.83

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 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.76

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$216.59

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$38.22

Total project goal

$254.81

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Total project goal

 $254.81

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 $254.81

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