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Digging Deeper - Engaging Our Earliest Readers

My students need engaging science books at their reading level to practice early reading skills.

Mrs. Tardif Woodside Elementary School

Topsham, ME Grades PreK-2

My Students

How frustrating to find a book that teaches about snakes or snails, but look at the text and realize the words are too sophisticated! For this reason, I would like to purchase multiple copy science-themed books written at the earliest reading levels.

As a Literacy Teacher, I work with primary students who have not yet mastered the complex set of concepts that make reading – and writing - possible.

The majority of my students are male, with a strong interest in the sciences. Unfortunately, many of the books available at our school, in their areas of interest, are written at a reading level not yet within their grasp.

My Project

Why multiple copies of the same non-fiction book? Text sets would offer the ability to have book clubs, where students who do not require specialized reading instruction read side by side with a less skilled partner. This peer modeling of fluent reading, while “digging deeper” in conversation about a shared interest, carry significant social and educational benefits.

Multiple copies of the same book would also provide an opportunity for one copy to go home with the child in his/her home reading bag.

Parents can then experience the joy of their child learning to read, without being pressured to return the book the very next day! What a gift to give our children... a lifelong love of reading!

18 students impacted 7 donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total

Science Vocabulary Readers: Space: Exciting Nonfiction Books That Build Kids' Vocabularies Includes 36 Books (Six copies of six 16-page titles) Plus a Complete Teaching Guide Book Topics: Solar System, Earth, Sun, Moon, Planets, Stars and Constellati Liza Charlesworth, Contribution by Scholastic, Inc. Staff • Barnes and Noble $44.87 1 $44.87

Science Vocabulary Readers: Wild Weather, Level 1: Weather!, Tornadoes!, Blizzards!, Hurricanes!, Floods!, Lightning! Liza Charlesworth (Editor), Scholastic Inc., Justin McCory Martin, Alyse Sweeney, Jeff Bauer • Barnes and Noble $59.84 1 $59.84

Science Vocabulary Readers Set: Animal Groups: Exciting Nonfiction Books That Build Kids' Vocabularies Includes 36 Books (Six copies of six 16-page titles) Plus a Complete Teaching Guide Book Topics: Mammals, Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians, Fish, Insect Liza Charlesworth • Barnes and Noble $44.87 1 $44.87

Science Vocabulary Readers Set: Life Cycles: Exciting Nonfiction Books That Build Kids' Vocabularies Liza Charlesworth (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $68.39 1 $68.39

Science Vocabulary Readers Set: Human Body/ Level 1: Exciting Nonfiction Books That Build Kids' Vocabularies Includes 36 Books (Six copies of six 16-page titles) Plus a Complete Teaching Guide Book Topics: Human Body, Brain, Heart, Eyes and Ears, Nos Liza Charlesworth • Barnes and Noble $44.87 1 $44.87

Materials cost			$262.84
Vendor shipping charges			FREE
Sales tax			$13.14
3rd party payment processing fee			$3.94
Fulfillment labor & materials			$9.00
Total project cost			$288.92
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			$63.42
Total project goal			$352.34
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal			$352.34
5 Donors			-$124.00
Donations toward project cost			-$101.68
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			-$22.32
match offer			-$228.34
Match offer toward project cost			-$187.24
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			-$41.10
Still needed View calculation Hide calculation			$0.00

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