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

Please Help Make My Read Alouds Interactive! 3

My students need 36 quality children's books, including "Stone Soup" and "The Snowy Day".

  • $408 goal

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"Reading aloud with children is known to be the single most important activity for building the knowledge and skills they will eventually require for learning to read." — Marilyn Jager Adams Hello! I teach second grade at an urban charter school in Chicago. My school is located in a high-need, inner city area. My students have chosen to attend my school because we are focused on academic achievement. Our staff is young, energetic and focused 100% on our students. My students are excited and ready to learn, but many are missing critical reading skills and are performing well below grade level. Some are ready to read for comprehension, but others are still learning to sound out basic words and sentences. The most effective way to reach this diverse group of learners is through Interactive Read Alouds. The teacher reads quality literature to students, pausing throughout to ask questions that involve critical thinking, have students act out elements of the story and extend the learning afterward through reader's theater and projects. My school's budget is extremely limited, but they were able to purchase each teacher a manual that outlines how to develop interactive read alouds for each comprehension skill: inferencing, main idea, drawing conclusions, making connections, etc. However, they did not have enough money to purchase the actual literature to be read aloud to the students. Without these books, it is not possible to implement the Interactive Reading program. The quality children's read alouds included in this grant aligns with the Interactive Reading program. With your help, I can begin this program and develop the comprehension and critical thinking skills of all learners, regardless of their word-reading level. It is our classroom's "Big Goal" that all students will make two years of growth this year in reading. Will you help us reach that goal and bring us closer to being learners prepared for college and beyond?

Ms. Kribbs
Grades PreK-2

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Stone Soup Marcia Brown, Marcia Brown (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Song and Dance Man Karen Ackerman, Stephen Gammell (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Some Smug Slug Pamela Duncan Edwards, Henry Cole (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
So Far from the Sea Eve Bunting, Chris K. Soentpiet (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.40 1 $14.40
The Snowy Day Ezra Jack Keats • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
The Snowman Raymond Briggs, Raymond Briggs (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
Snow Uri Shulevitz • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
Sleeping Ugly Jane Yolen, Diane Stanley (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Shrek! William Steig • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Seven Blind Mice Ed Young • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Sector 7 David Wiesner, David Wiesner (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $12.80 1 $12.80
Sam, Bangs and Moonshine Evaline Ness, Evaline Ness (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
Roxaboxen Alice Mclerran, Barbara Cooney (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Rotten Ralph Jack Gantos, Nicole Rubel, Nicole Rubel (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.40 1 $14.40
A River Ran Wild: An Environmental History Lynne Cherry • Barnes and Noble $6.30 1 $6.30
The Relatives Came Cynthia Rylant, Stephen Gammell (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Olivia Ian Falconer, Ian Falconer (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.39 1 $14.39
Have You Seen My Duckling?, Vol. 1 Nancy Tafuri, Nancy Tafuri (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Yo! Yes? Raschka, Chris Raschka (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Z Was Zapped: A Play in Twenty-Six Acts Chris Van Allsburg, Chris Van Allsburg (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $17.05 1 $17.05
Working Cotton Sherley Anne Williams, Carole Byard (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.30 1 $6.30
Snowflake Bentley Jacqueline Briggs Martin, Jacqueline Briggs Martin (Illustrator), Mary Azarian (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.30 1 $15.30
Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World's Fastest Woman Kathleen Krull, David Diaz (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.30 1 $6.30
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears: A West African Tale Retold by Verna Aardema, Leo Dillon (Illustrator), Diane Dillon (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
White Snow, Bright Snow Alvin Tresselt, Roger Duvoisin, Roger Duvoisin (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
When Sophie Gets Angry Really, Really Angry... (Scholastic Bookshelf Series) Molly Bang • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
When I Was Young in the Mountains Cynthia Rylant, Diane Goode (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
What Do You Do With a Tail like This? Robin Page, Steve Jenkins (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
The Velveteen Rabbit Margery Williams, William Nicholson (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.16 1 $11.16
Ugly Duckling Hans Christian Andersen, Jerry Pinkney, Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator), Based On Work by Hans Christian Andersen • Barnes and Noble $13.59 1 $13.59
Tuesday David Wiesner, David Wiesner (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
Tree is Nice Janice May Udry, Marc Simont (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Too Much Noise Ann McGovern, Simms Taback (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
Tomorrow's Alphabet George Shannon, Donald Crews (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Stray Dog Marc Simont, Marc Simont (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Story of Jumping Mouse John Steptoe, John Steptoe (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29

Materials cost

$291.74

Vendor shipping charges

 $29.17

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.38

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$334.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$73.32

Total project goal

$407.32

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $407.32

6 Donors

-$407.32

Donations toward project cost

-$334.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$73.32

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