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

Make a Difference In Our Reading Lives!

My students need 2 copies of 29 novels such as "Battle for the Castle" by Elizabeth Winthrop that vary in genre and include sophisticated literary content.

  • $603 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.

6th Graders seeking reading material that will challenge their minds! The 6th graders have the potential to accomplish greatness with the necessary tools. Centered in a low income neighborhood, the students face gang violence and other distractions daily. It is my goal to expose them to other outlets in the world.

The students are rarely given the ability to shine on their own. Until my class, the students did not exhibit self-confidence to explore the subject of reading for what is worth. They lack many of the comprehension skills come normal for others. Recently, they have asked for novels that peek their interests and will enable them to explore the world and challenges that others encounter.

Classroom novels are the best tool to enhance the reading program in the classroom. It will allow me as the teacher to instruct small groups, have discussions, and challenges their minds daily. It will allow the students to enter a different world and enhance their reading skills.

With your help, the students will travel without leaving the inner city. They will believe in themselves and begin to feel empowered through their reading skills. I would love to see their faces light up as we discuss topics other than the struggles of the community and with your help, this will be possible.

Ms. Adams
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Gathering Blue Lois Lowry • Barnes and Noble $6.29 2 $12.58
Tarantula Shoes Tom Birdseye • Barnes and Noble $5.39 2 $10.78
Yellow Bird and Me Joyce Hansen • Barnes and Noble $6.25 2 $12.50
The Messenger Daniel Silva • Barnes and Noble $6.98 2 $13.96
Messenger Lois Lowry • Barnes and Noble $6.29 2 $12.58
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH Robert C. O'Brien, Zena Bernstein (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 2 $10.78
My Side of the Mountain Jean Craighead George • Barnes and Noble $6.29 2 $12.58
Nasty, Stinky Sneakers Eve Bunting, Maurice Lewis (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 2 $8.98
Old Yeller Fred Gipson, Carl Burger (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 2 $10.78
Phantom Tollbooth Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 2 $12.58
The Giver Lois Lowry • Barnes and Noble $6.29 2 $12.58
The Great Brain John D. Fitzgerald, Mercer Mayer (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 2 $10.78
The Incredible Journey Sheila Every Burnford, Carl Burger (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.85 2 $11.70
The Kid Who Ran for President Dan Gutman • Barnes and Noble $5.39 2 $10.78
King of the World Rene Guenon, S. D. Fohr (Editor), Henry D. Fohr (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $17.05 2 $34.10
Maniac Magee Jerry Spinelli • Barnes and Noble $6.29 2 $12.58
Castle in the Attic Elizabeth Winthrop, Trina Schart Hyman (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.85 2 $11.70
The Cow-Tail Switch: And Other West African Stories Harold Courlander, George Herzog, Madye Lee Chastain (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 2 $12.58
Daniel's Story Carol Matas • Barnes and Noble $6.29 2 $12.58
The Door in the Wall Marguerite De Angeli, Marguerite Angeli, Ted de Angeli (Introduction) • Barnes and Noble $4.95 2 $9.90
Egypt Game Zilpha Keatley Snyder, Zilpha Keatly Synder, Zilpha K. Snyder, Margy Burns, Alton Raible (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.85 2 $11.70
Acorn People Ron Jones, Tom Parker (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.95 2 $9.90
Beardance Will Hobbs • Barnes and Noble $5.39 2 $10.78
Battle for the Castle Elizabeth Winthrop, Geerts • Barnes and Noble $5.39 2 $10.78
Poppy Avi, Brian Floca (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 2 $10.78
Sixth Grade Can Really Kill You Barthe DeClements • Barnes and Noble $5.39 2 $10.78
S.O.S. Titanic Eve Bunting • Barnes and Noble $6.29 12 $75.48
Squashed Joan Bauer • Barnes and Noble $7.19 2 $14.38
Summer of the Monkeys Wilson Rawls • Barnes and Noble $5.85 2 $11.70

Materials cost

$423.66

Vendor shipping charges

$42.37

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.59

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$494.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$108.44

Total project goal

$602.44

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$602.44

9 Donors

-$581.18

Donations toward project cost

-$494.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$87.18

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$21.26

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$0.00

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