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Mrs. Roush from Columbia SC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Engaging Books for Early Readers

My students need more easy reader leveled text sets for small group and guided reading.

  • $208 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

Our students LOVE reading, but teachers are struggling to find texts on their reading and instructional level. We need easy reader texts in order to push our readers to the next level.

As the literacy coach of a Title One school, I see the how much our students want to read.

Our school has the highest poverty rate in our district and often our students come to school without their basic needs met. The majority of our students do not have access to books or have the support at home to help them grow as readers. Due to this fact, we have a significant number of students reading well below grade level.

My Project

Since the majority of our students do not have access to books at home it is crucial that we have access to books at school. It is also important that we have lots of books and resources that we can send books home with students so they can read at home. Throughout the years our reading materials from our literacy lab have become lost or damaged and we are lacking the materials we need to teach our earliest readers. We need books that will not only engage our young readers, but are on a level they can read independently or with teacher support.

By fulfilling my donor's choose project, I will be able to provide books for our students to use during independent reading and guided reading.

Please consider helping us get the appropriate reading materials we need to help our young readers succeed!

Mrs. Roush
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Brand New Readers Classroom Box • Amazon $135.00 1 $135.00

Materials cost

$135.00

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$9.52

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.02

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$176.54

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$31.15

Total project goal

$207.69

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$207.69

5 Donors

-$155.75

Donations toward project cost

-$146.79

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$8.96

match offer

-$35.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$29.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$5.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$16.94

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$0.00

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