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Mrs. Pomeroy from Killeen, TX is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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What is Real - Fiction or Non-Fiction?? Do You Know??

My students need 24 non-fiction and fiction books.

  • $544 goal

This project expired on December 6, 2009.

This project expired on December 6, 2009.

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Mrs. Pomeroy Haynes Elementary School
Killeen, TX Grades PreK-2

I teach second graders on a military base in Texas where at any given time 60 to 80 percent of them will have a parent deployed to a hostile environment. Our school is a Title One school with over 80% on a free and reduced lunch.

Is that true?? Teaching young students the difference between fiction and non-fiction is not easy. It is even more difficult without good resources. Each year I hunt endlessly at my school library and the public library to find books interesting enough for my students to read. I find many on the topics I need to teach, however, even the library books on these topics are always checked out.

I have discovered my students LOVE the DK series of books. They are colorful, interesting and EXPENSIVE. I am asking for a collection of books that will enhance my teaching. By having books in our classroom, it would allow me to have my students take them home to read instead of keeping them in the classroom.

How do you make children interested??? Give them the resources that they really want to use. These books are so interesting that they can make my students lifelong lovers of the book. Please help me keep my students interested in LEARNING!!

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than half of students from low‑income households

20 students impacted
Mrs. Pomeroy Haynes Elementary School Grades PreK-2

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Killeen, TX View local requests

More than half of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

20 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Alive: The Living, Breathing Human Body Book DK Publishing, Jilly MacLeod (Editor), Philip Fitzgerald (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $19.99 1 $19.99
Smithsonian Earth DK Publishing, James F. Luhr (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $37.50 1 $37.50
DK Readers: Dinosaur Detectives (Level 4: Proficient Readers) Peter Chrisp, DK Publishing • Barnes and Noble $7.49 1 $7.49
Amazing Buildings (DK Readers Series) Deborah Lock, DK Publishing • Barnes and Noble $13.49 1 $13.49
Love Your World: How to Take Care of the Plants, the Animals, and the Planet DK Publishing • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
DK Readers: Abraham Lincoln: Lawyer, Leader, Legend (Level 3: Reading Alone) DK Publishing, Justine Korman, Ron Fontes, Justine Fontes, Justine Korman Fontes • Barnes and Noble $13.49 1 $13.49
DK Readers: George Washington: Soldier, Hero, President (Level 3: Reading Alone) DK Publishing, Ron Fontes, Justine Fontes • Barnes and Noble $13.49 1 $13.49
DK Readers: Danger on the Mountain: Scaling the World's Highest Peaks (Level 4: Reading Alone) DK Publishing • Barnes and Noble $13.49 1 $13.49
DK Readers: Disasters at Sea (Level 3: Reading Alone) DK Publishing • Barnes and Noble $13.49 1 $13.49
DK Readers: Horse Show (Level 2: Beginning to Read Alone) Deborah Lock, DK Publishing • Barnes and Noble $11.69 1 $11.69
Cool Stuff and How It Works Chris Woodford, James Flint, Ben Morgan, Clint Witchalls, Luke Collins • Barnes and Noble $22.49 1 $22.49
DK Readers: Survivors: The Night the Titanic Sank (Level 2: Beginning to Read Alone) DK Publishing, Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff • Barnes and Noble $13.49 1 $13.49
DK Readers: Slinky, Scaly Snakes (Level 2: Beginning to Read Alone) DK Publishing, Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff • Barnes and Noble $11.69 1 $11.69
DK Readers: Going for Gold (Level 4: Proficient Readers) DK Publishing • Barnes and Noble $13.49 1 $13.49
DK Readers: Flying Ace, the Story of Amelia Earhart (Level 4: Proficient Readers) DK Publishing, Chris Forsey (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.49 1 $13.49
DK Readers: Diving Dolphin (Level 1: Beginning to Read) DK Publishing • Barnes and Noble $13.49 1 $13.49
DK Readers: Robin Hood (Level 4: Proficient Readers) DK Publishing, Nick Harris (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.49 1 $13.49
Pick Me Up Philip Wilkinson, David Roberts, Roger Bridgman, Jeremy Leslie • Barnes and Noble $26.99 1 $26.99
DK Readers: Creating the X-Men, how It All Began (Level 4: Proficient Readers) DK Publishing • Barnes and Noble $11.69 1 $11.69
DK Readers Level 2: Journey of a Pioneer Patricia J. Murphy • Barnes and Noble $13.49 1 $13.49
Sniffles, Sneezes, Hiccups, and Coughs: DK Readers Level 2 Penny Durant • Barnes and Noble $13.49 1 $13.49
Starry Sky (DK Readers Series) Kate Hayden, Deborah Lock • Barnes and Noble $13.49 1 $13.49
Eyewitness Dinosaur David Norman, Angela Milner • Barnes and Noble $15.29 1 $15.29
DK First Atlas Anita Ganeri, Chris Oxlade • Barnes and Noble $14.39 3 $43.17

Materials cost

$391.45

Vendor shipping charges

 $39.15

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.87

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$445.46

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$97.78

Total project goal

$543.24

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