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Double the Reading Fun and Adventures!

My students need double sets of American Girl books and a slew of books for boys so they can fall in love with reading.

  • $751 goal

This project expired on October 1, 2010.

This project expired on October 1, 2010.

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Mrs. S.
Grades PreK-2

My Students

We will double the fun, double the comprehension, double the desire to want to learn to read by having high interest books available for students to buddy read. Students will partner with a friend and read with a buddy books they choose for themselves making reading come alive for them.

My students are SMART, they're identified gifted kids, but they are poor- economically and culturally.

They're smart,and I want them to know there's more to life than what they're living in. They're beautiful children with horizons blurred by poverty. Most of the come from a house hold where the mother is the head of the family and they're living in poverty. Books are considered a luxury item so having a book to share with a peer would be an incredible opportunity for these children. These children live in one of the worst cities in the United States; we are in the Delta and in Arkansas. They need to have opportunities to fall in love with reading so they can see through a blurry horizon and begin to plan a future for them. These students are smart enough to break out of the pattern of poverty; they're smart enough to make it if they have a little luck along the way.

My Project

I requested doubles of all the books I've ordered so my students can buddy read with a classmate. Research supports children reading with a peer/buddy. They will want to do their best to impress their buddy and they will support a buddy who might stumble over a word or not really understand the comprehension of the text. I will allow the students to buddy read in places where they feel safest and love to read. I have a few double sets of books where the kids get under their desks and read or sit in a corner with a friend. My students will learn to be more efficient readers, they will learn to respect each others' differences, they will learn about different cultures, and they will learn to empathy and the desire to help one another in the classroom and in life. I will also make arrangements for more space for buddy reading if I'm funded.

Please, please fund my project.

I know these books will make a difference in my students' lives; they will be engrossed in reading as they've never been before. I will teach them to fall in love with reading as they've never loved a book before. You, my generous donors will enhance a child's life and help provide skills to SMART kids who don't have much to look forward to at home. School is their escape, we will provide them opportunities to dream and skills to fulfill their dreams.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

40 students impacted
Mrs. S. Grades PreK-2

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

40 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Kit: An American Girl Boxed Set (American Girls Collection Series: Kit #1-6) Valerie Tripp, Susan McAliley (Illustrator), Walter Rane (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $27.32 2 $54.64
Felicity: An American Girl Boxed Set (American Girls Collection Series: Felicity #1-6) Valerie Tripp, Roberta Johnson (Editor), Jeanne Thieme (Editor), Carolyn Hardesty (Editor), Dan Andreasen (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $27.32 2 $54.64
Kaya: An American Girl Boxed Set (American Girls Collection Series: Kaya #1-6) Janet Beeler Shaw • Barnes and Noble $27.32 2 $54.64
Kit Play Scenes & Paper Dolls: Decorate rooms and act out Scenes from Kit's Stories! American Girl Editors • Barnes and Noble $8.85 2 $17.70
The Wind in the Willows (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) Kenneth Grahame, Nancy Barnhart (Illustrator), Gardner McFall (Introduction) • Barnes and Noble $4.22 2 $8.44
Stories from Shakespeare Marchette Chute • Barnes and Noble $12.17 2 $24.34
Boys Book of Survival: How to Survive Anything Anywhere Guy Campbell, Simon Ecob • Barnes and Noble $8.54 2 $17.08
Boys' Book: How to Be the Best at Everything Enright, Guy MacDonald, Samantha Barnes (Editor), Nikalas Catlow (Illustrator), Niki Catlow (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.54 2 $17.08
Girls' Book: How to Be the Best at Everything Foster, Philippa Wingate (Editor), Amanda Enright (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.54 2 $17.08
Oh, the Places You'll Go! Dr. Seuss • Barnes and Noble $12.30 2 $24.60
The Lorax Dr. Seuss, Dr. Seuss (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $10.22 2 $20.44
There's No Place like Space!; All about Our Solar System Tish Rabe, Dr Seuss, Aristides Ruiz (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.68 2 $15.36
My Many Colored Days Dr. Seuss, Steve Johnson (Illustrator), Stephen T. Johnson (Illustrator), Lou Fancher (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.61 2 $23.22
Oh, the Thinks You Can Think! Dr. Seuss, Dr. Seuss (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.68 2 $15.36
Hooray for Diffendoofer Day! Jack Prelutsky, Lane Smith (Illustrator), Dr. Seuss (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.62 2 $23.24
What Was I Scared Of?: A Glow-in-the-Dark Encounter Dr. Seuss • Barnes and Noble $8.19 2 $16.38
Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra Andrea Pinkney, Brian Pinkney (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.12 2 $10.24
The Tales of Uncle Remus: The Adventures of Brer Rabbit Julius Lester, Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.12 2 $10.24
Sumorella Takayama • Barnes and Noble $8.89 2 $17.78
Tikki Tikki Tembo Arlene Mosel, Blair Lent (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.93 2 $11.86
Duke Ellington Classics, Vol. 39 Duke Ellington • Barnes and Noble $12.77 2 $25.54
The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series #5) Jeff Kinney • Barnes and Noble $7.28 2 $14.56
Addy: An American Girl Boxed Set (American Girls Collection Series: Addy #1-6) Connie Rose Porter, Melodye Rosales (Illustrator), Dahl Taylor (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $27.32 2 $54.64

Materials cost

$549.10

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $45.30

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.24

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$637.64

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$112.52

Total project goal

$750.16

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