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Mrs. Bucknam from Portland OR is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Watch Me Transform, Insect Books

My students need at least 1 copy of 44 book titles, from "Born to Be a Butterfly" to "Metamorphosis". We need 4 copies of some titles for small group reading purposes.

  • $549 goal

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I teach 1st grade at a low-income school in the Northwest. We are a Title 1 school, with more than 75% of students below the poverty line. My students have no books at home and a lack of access to the public library. Therefore, the literacy exposure at school has become very important. We are constantly trying to expand the students’ experiences through reading. Our first graders are exploring science through learning about insects at a young age. Without good subject-related books containing true facts and important information, it is very challenging for me to help my students articulate what they see in nature. Just recently, as I tried to explain to my students about butterflies, I felt saddened that I only have two books on the subject.

I am asking for a selection of mostly non-fiction books related to the science units we learn in first grade. Ideally I could use one book per week for my students to independently read and respond to for a three month unit. I also plan to read aloud one science book a day.

My students need a classroom set of good primarily non-fiction books on insects. Because the titles are varied, it is more effective in keeping little first graders’ interest.

Start young, start early, give them a chance and let them shine. How exciting to watch our 6-year-olds grow into a beautiful butterfly, the future scientists!

Mrs. Bucknam
Grades PreK-2

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Monarch Butterfly Gail Gibbons, Gail Gibbons (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
Are You A Butterfly? Judy Allen, Tudor Humphries • Barnes and Noble $5.35 1 $5.35
DK Readers: Born to Be a Butterfly (Level 1: Beginning to Read) DK Publishing, Karen Wallace • Barnes and Noble $3.59 4 $14.36
Bug Jokes Jacqueline Horsfall, Steve Harpster (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.65 1 $11.65
Metamorphosis: Nature's Magical Transformations Alvin Silverstein, Virginia Silverstein • Barnes and Noble $5.35 1 $5.35
On Beyond Bugs: All About Insects Dr. Seuss, Tish Rabe, Aristides Ruiz (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
Butterfly Diana Noonan • Barnes and Noble $14.35 1 $14.35
Time for Kids: Butterflies! Time for Kids, With David Bjerklie • Barnes and Noble $3.59 4 $14.36
My, Oh My--a Butterfly!: All about Butterflies Tish Rabe, Joe Mathieu (Illustrator), Aristides Ruiz (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
Butterfly Battle Nancy White, Hope Gangloff (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
Butterfly Anna Milbourne, A. Milbourne • Barnes and Noble $8.99 1 $8.99
Bugs, Beetles, and Butterflies Harriet Ziefert, Lisa Flather (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
The Magic School Bus Butterfly And The Bog Beast: A Book About Butterfly Camouflage (Magic School Bus Series) Created by Joanna Cole, Nancy Krulik, Thompson Brothers (Illustrator), Created by Bruce Degen • Barnes and Noble $3.15 1 $3.15
Butterfly Angela Royston • Barnes and Noble $5.35 1 $5.35
Where Butterflies Grow Joanne Ryder, Lynne Cherry (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Butterflies Amy Bartlett Wright (Illustrator), Karen Stray Nolting • Barnes and Noble $5.35 1 $5.35
Butterfly: See How They Grow Mary Ling, Helen Senior (Illustrator), Kim Taylor (Photographer) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Butterflies and Moths Bobbie D. Kalman, Tammy Everts • Barnes and Noble $5.35 1 $5.35
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle, Leiggi • Barnes and Noble $17.59 1 $17.59
Diego Saves a Butterfly (Go, Diego, Go! Series) (Ready-to-Read Series) Adapted by Lara Bergen, Warner McGee (Illustrator), Created by Madellaine Paxson, Based On Work by Madellaine Paxson • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Butterflies and Caterpillars (Scholastic True or False Series) Melvin Berger, Gilda Berger • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
I Spy A Butterfly (Scholastic Reader Level 1) Jean Marzollo, Walter Wick (Photographer) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Butterfly Alphabet Book Jerry Pallotta, Mark Astrella (Illustrator), With Jerry Pallotta • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
Waiting for Wings Lois Ehlert, Lois Ehlert (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.30 1 $15.30
I'm a Caterpillar (Hello Reader! Science Series) Jean Marzollo, Judith Moffatt (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Butterfly Robert Snedden, Ting Morris, Desiderio Sanzi (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $24.39 1 $24.39
Butterflies (Scholastic Reader Series, Level 2) Karen Shapiro, Jean Cassels (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 4 $14.36
Butterflies (Zoobooks Series) Beth Wagner Brust, Davis Meltzer (Illustrator), Chuck Ripper (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $2.65 1 $2.65
Butterfly Louise A. Spilsbury • Barnes and Noble $5.66 1 $5.66
Caterpillars and Butterflies - Internet Referenced (Level 1) Stephanie Turnbull, Uwe Mayer (Illustrator), Rosanne Guille (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
Gotta Go! Gotta Go! Sam Swope, Sue Riddle (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $12.60 1 $12.60
Butterfly (Watch Me Grow Series) DK Publishing • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Butterflies Emily Neye, Jane O'Conner (Editor), Ron Broda (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Butterfly Book: A Kid's Guide to Attracting, Raising and Keeping Butterflies Kersten R. Hamilton, K. R. Hamilton, Kersten Hamilton • Barnes and Noble $8.95 1 $8.95
Where Does the Butterfly Go when It Rains? May Garelick, Nicholas Wilton (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.40 1 $5.40
The Caterpillar And The Polliwog Jack Kent • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Butterfly Eggs Helen Frost, Gail Saunders-Smith (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $15.53 1 $15.53
Mealworms Donna Schaffer • Barnes and Noble $19.13 1 $19.13
Mealworms: Raise Them, Watch Them, See Them Change Adrienne Mason, Angela Vaculik (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.35 1 $5.35
LadyBugs and Other Insects: Scholastic First Discoveries Scholastic, Sylvaine Peyrols, Sylvaine Peyrols (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 4 $21.56
Insect Life Cycles (World of Insects Series) Molly Aloian, Bobbie Kalman • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
Ant Karen Hartley, Chris Macro • Barnes and Noble $9.67 1 $9.67
A Chorus of Frogs: The Risky Life of an Ancient Amphibian (The London Town Wildlife Series) Joni Phelps Hunt, Vicki Leon (Editor), Vicki Le n (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
Bug Hunters (Bug Zone Series) Barbara Taylor • Barnes and Noble $15.25 1 $15.25

Materials cost

$384.76

Vendor shipping charges

 $38.48

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.62

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$450.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$98.78

Total project goal

$548.78

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $548.78

2 Donors

-$520.59

Donations toward project cost

-$450.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$70.59

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$28.19

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