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Mrs. Latson from Chicago IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Reading Through The Grapevine

My students need to improve their reading fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary.

  • $699 goal

This project expired on February 3, 2009.

This project expired on February 3, 2009.

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.

I teach 6th, 7th, & 8th grade students who have learning disabilities and live in a high-need community.

My students have few supplies and have recently (last year) acquired the desire to read. There goal each quarter is to read eight novels, some of which have to be non-fiction.

As their homeroom/resource teacher, it is imperative that I have the supplies (books) they need to achieve maximum growth. Students with special needs already have to work harder to reach goals that others oftentimes take for advantage.

You are the answer to our prayers. Your help will ensure us that we are ready and able to achieve the goals set to us by our local officials. More importantly, we will have the resources available to reach the impossible by 'reading through the grapevine.'

Mrs. Latson
Grades 6-8

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Bud, Not Buddy Christopher Paul Curtis • Barnes and Noble $5.85 1 $5.85
Matilda Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series #1) Rick Riordan • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
James and the Giant Peach Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Matilda Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging (Confessions of Georgia Nicolson Series #1) Louise Rennison • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
The Killer's Cousin Nancy Werlin • Barnes and Noble $5.85 1 $5.85
The Great Brain John D. Fitzgerald, Mercer Mayer (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Lizzie's War Tim Farrington • Barnes and Noble $3.98 1 $3.98
Matilda Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.95 1 $8.95
Mango Fever Vivian Thelma Yenika, Ashon Wynn (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.95 1 $8.95
The Boy Who Grew Too Much Hair Ron A. Branch • Barnes and Noble $8.05 1 $8.05
City of Ember (Books of Ember Series #1) Jeanne DuPrau • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Maniac Magee Jerry Spinelli • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Rules Cynthia Lord • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L'Engle • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Island of the Blue Dolphins Scott O'Dell • Barnes and Noble $5.85 1 $5.85
First Day Jitters Julie Danneberg, Judith Dufour Love (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing Judy Blume • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 Christopher Paul Curtis • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Tom Sawyer Mark Twain, Jean Craighead George (Introduction) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
Homework Machine Dan Gutman • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Hatchet (Brian's Saga Series #1) Gary Paulsen • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Heat Mike Lupica • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
The Call of the Wild Jack London, Dwight Swain (Afterword), Foreword by Dwight Swain • Barnes and Noble $2.69 1 $2.69
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler E. L. Konigsburg • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia Series #2) C. S. Lewis, Pauline Baynes (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Holes Louis Sachar • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
The Tale of Despereaux Kate DiCamillo, Timothy Basil Ering (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Dexter the Tough Margaret Peterson Haddix, Mark Elliott (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
Where the Red Fern Grows Wilson Rawls • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Little Prince Antoine de Saint-Exup ry, Richard Howard, Antoine de Saint-Exupery (Illustrator), Richard Howard (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $9.00 1 $9.00
Johnny Tremain Esther Forbes, Lynd Ward (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.85 1 $5.85
Frindle Andrew Clements, Brian Selznick (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Go Long! Ronde Barber, Tiki Barber, With Paul Mantell • Barnes and Noble $12.79 1 $12.79
Freckle Juice Judy Blume, Sonia O. Lisker (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
The Big Field Mike Lupica • Barnes and Noble $14.39 1 $14.39
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Mildred D. Taylor • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Ramona Quimby, Age 8 Beverly Cleary, Alan Tiegreen (Illustrator), Tracy Dockray (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Shiloh Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Barry Moser (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Walk Two Moons Sharon Creech • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Esperanza Rising Pam Mu oz Ryan • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Hoot Carl Hiaasen • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Al Capone Does My Shirts Gennifer Choldenko • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
People of Sparks (Books of Ember Series #2) Jeanne DuPrau • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
The Mouse and the Motorcycle Beverly Cleary, Louis Darling (Illustrator), Tracy Dockray (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
The Indian in the Cupboard Lynne Reid Banks, Brock Cole (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Mr. Popper's Penguins Richard Atwater, Florence Atwater, Robert Lawson (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Loser Jerry Spinelli, Eileen Spinelli (Editor), Joanna Cotler (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Charlotte's Web E. B. White, Garth Williams, Edith Goodkind Rosenwald, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, Garth Williams (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH Robert C. O'Brien, Zena Bernstein (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Punk'd and Skunked (Rotten School Series #11) R. L. Stine, Trip Park (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.98 1 $3.98
Cay Theodore Taylor • Barnes and Noble $5.85 1 $5.85
Crispin: The Cross of Lead Avi • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Lawn Boy Gary Paulsen • Barnes and Noble $10.39 1 $10.39
Touching Spirit Bear Ben Mikaelsen • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Among the Hidden (Shadow Children Series #1) Margaret Peterson Haddix, Cliff Nielsen (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
The Dot Peter H. Reynolds, Peter H. Reynolds (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.20 1 $11.20
Flush Carl Hiaasen • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
Midnight (Warriors: The New Prophecy Series #1) Erin Hunter • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Crash Jerry Spinelli • Barnes and Noble $5.85 1 $5.85
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Magyk (Septimus Heap Series #1) Angie Sage, Mark Zug (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret Judy Blume • Barnes and Noble $5.85 1 $5.85
Dear Mr. Henshaw Beverly Cleary, Paul O. Zelinsky (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Safe at Home: A Comeback Kids Novel Mike Lupica • Barnes and Noble $8.99 1 $8.99
The View From Saturday E.L. Konigsburg • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
BFG Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Icefire Chris D'Lacey • Barnes and Noble $5.98 1 $5.98
A Single Shard Linda Sue Park • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Henry Huggins Beverly Cleary, Tracy Dockray (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Judy Blume's Fudge Box Set Judy Blume • Barnes and Noble $23.96 1 $23.96
Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key Jack Gantos • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Superfudge Judy Blume • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39

Materials cost

$494.08

Vendor shipping charges

 $49.41

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$12.35

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$573.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$125.78

Total project goal

$698.78

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