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

Helping Us Get A Class Set Of Books!

My students need class sets of Rules, The Mouse and the Motorcycle, El Ratoncito de la Moto, and The Whipping Boy so we can read and explore novels as a class.

  • $300 goal

This project expired on March 27, 2011.

This project expired on March 27, 2011.

My Students

Many of my students come from poor conditions and do not have the resources at home to read the types of books they want, or sometimes even know what books are available for them to explore.

My 25 fourth graders attend an intermediate school which holds grades 4-6.

Our school has seen a sharp increase in the number of families needing free and reduced lunch assistance, so many of my students come from poor conditions. They are great bunch of kids who are ready to absorb as much knowledge as possible. I can't ever seem to get them to stop reading!

My Project

With class sets of Rules, The Mouse and the Motorcycle, El Ratoncito de la Moto, and The Whipping Boy, I will be able to have whole class discussions about the same book. Students will be able to debate, read, and discuss various topics together. I would love to see my students engaged and talking to each other-sharing connections and experiences based on the books I requested. The great thing about the novels I have asked is that they are at my students' reading level, so each student will be able to read the novel easily and take part in various activities.

I currently don't have enough of any novel to provide my students with the types of learning experiences these novels will provide.

I would love nothing more than to see my lowest students connecting and sharing with my highest students in ways they can not do now. I believe my fourth graders will become better thinkers, readers, writers and students with these novels.

Ms. Gruber
Never Before Funded Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Rules Cynthia Lord • Barnes and Noble $5.97 8 $47.76
The Mouse and the Motorcycle Beverly Cleary, Louis Darling (Illustrator), Tracy Dockray (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.12 15 $76.80
El ratoncito de la moto (The Mouse and the Motorcycle) Beverly Cleary, Louis Darling (Illustrator), Lydia Permanyer Netto (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $5.12 3 $15.36
The Whipping Boy Sid Fleischman, Peter Sis (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.12 15 $76.80

Materials cost

$216.72

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Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.25

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$254.97

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$44.99

Total project goal

$299.96

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