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Mrs. Nelson from Richmond VA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

A Magical Classroom Library

My students need books to improve literacy including Dragons Love Tacos, Bad Kitty, and Judy Moody.

  • $774 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

I run a cooperative, literacy rich, student centered classroom where we build reading and writing skills through book publishing, read alouds, book talks, literacy centers, and technology. My goal is to raise all my student’s reading levels by at least one level, if not two grade levels, in a year.

“I can’t wait to read that book!” “Can I borrow that book when you are done?” “I brought a book to show the class.

Can I share it?” My students LOVE books, but they do not have access to stories on their reading level. Many students do not have a bookshelf at home and their families can not transport them to the public library. They treasure the one book that they are allowed to check out from the school library every week. As a first year teacher, I started my year by building a small, comfortable library with books inherited from the previous teacher or found at local yard sales. Most of the books in my classroom library are dated and the books my students bring from home are often far above or below their reading level. I want to create an engaging, developmentally appropriate classroom library. Working in education, before becoming a classroom teacher, I have seen the power of a classroom library in building readers.

My Project

I need books. I need classic books by Dr. Seuss, funny books like Fly Guy, books that reflect my student’s lives like Nikki and Deja, and series books like Galaxy Zach. I need books for my students reading at the 5th grade level, my emergent readers, and everyone in between. I need books to use as mentor texts in writing workshop, read aloud picture books to build metacognition, and chapter books for all my students to read independently. In short, I imagine a library where students are never bored by the selection or at a loss to find books on their reading level. Books will build literacy, assisting my students in all of the subject areas. A library bursting with books will keep my students fired up about reading. My struggling readers will be motivated to improve their reading so they can access some of the texts. My early chapter book readers will have appropriate texts for their age and reading level.

My students have been writing persuasive letters (and many of them chose to write to ask for a classroom library).

Please listen to what they have to say about having an awesome classroom library: Dear Donor, Please give us new books. We love to read. We need more books so we can grow our brains big and strong. We need more books so we can know more and be ready for college. We love books and we will read every day all the time - at school, at home, at lunch, at recess, even in the bathtub.

Mrs. Nelson
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
My Weird School 21-Book Box Set • Amazon $50.42 1 $50.42
The Judy Moody Uber-Awesome Collection: Books 1-9 • Amazon $32.70 1 $32.70
Bad Kitty's Very Very Bad Boxed Set (#2) • Amazon $15.35 1 $15.35
Bad Kitty's Very Bad Boxed Set (#1) • Amazon $15.00 1 $15.00
Dr. Seuss's Beginner Book Collection (Cat in the Hat, One Fish Two Fish, Green Eggs and Ham, Hop on Pop, Fox in Socks) • Amazon $28.20 1 $28.20
Mercy Watson Boxed Set: Adventures of a Porcine Wonder • Amazon $22.37 1 $22.37
The New Captain Underpants Collection (Books 1-5) • Amazon $18.12 1 $18.12
National Geographic Animal Encyclopedia: 2,500 Animals with Photos, Maps, and More! • Amazon $14.47 1 $14.47
Disney Infinity: Character Encyclopedia • Amazon $14.04 1 $14.04
Alvin Ho: Allergic to Camping, Hiking, and Other Natural Disasters • Amazon $6.99 1 $6.99
Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things • Amazon $6.99 1 $6.99
Amelia Bedelia Chapter Books Boxed Set • Amazon $13.90 1 $13.90
Miss Nelson Is Missing! • Amazon $13.59 1 $13.59
I'm Here • Amazon $13.59 1 $13.59
The Mischievians • Amazon $13.58 1 $13.58
Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude • Amazon $13.41 1 $13.41
When Pigasso Met Mootisse • Amazon $13.35 1 $13.35
Ivy and Bean Boxed Set 2 (Books 4-6) • Amazon $13.31 1 $13.31
Perfect Square • Amazon $13.19 1 $13.19
Mindful Monkey, Happy Panda • Amazon $12.98 1 $12.98
Anh's Anger • Amazon $12.97 1 $12.97
Stink: The Super-Incredible Collection: Books 1-3 • Amazon $12.87 1 $12.87
Stink: The Absolutely Astronomical Collection: Books 4-6 • Amazon $12.77 1 $12.77
Junie B. Jones's Second Boxed Set Ever! (Books 5-8) • Amazon $12.53 1 $12.53
Big Book of Things That Go • Amazon $12.20 1 $12.20
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore • Amazon $11.86 1 $11.86
One • Amazon $11.74 1 $11.74
So Few of Me • Amazon $11.71 1 $11.71
Junie B. Jones's First Boxed Set Ever! (Books 1-4) • Amazon $11.28 1 $11.28
LEGO NINJAGO: Character Encyclopedia • Amazon $10.70 1 $10.70
The Day the Crayons Quit • Amazon $10.03 1 $10.03
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales • Amazon $9.94 1 $9.94
The Flat Stanley Collection Box Set: Flat Stanley, Invisible Stanley, Stanley in Space, and Stanley, Flat Again! • Amazon $9.86 1 $9.86
The Dot • Amazon $9.57 1 $9.57
Dragons Love Tacos • Amazon $9.48 1 $9.48
Halfway to Perfect: A Dyamonde Daniel Book • Amazon $9.27 1 $9.27
Elephants Cannot Dance! (An Elephant and Piggie Book) • Amazon $9.25 1 $9.25
Rich: a Dyamonde Daniel Book • Amazon $9.13 1 $9.13
Press Here • Amazon $9.06 1 $9.06
I Broke My Trunk! (An Elephant and Piggie Book) • Amazon $8.89 1 $8.89
Let's Go for a Drive! (An Elephant and Piggie Book) • Amazon $8.89 1 $8.89
Alvin Ho: Allergic to Birthday Parties, Science Projects, and Other Man-made Catastrophes • Amazon $6.99 1 $6.99
A Collection of Katie: Books 1-4 (Katie Kazoo, Switcheroo) • Amazon $6.96 1 $6.96
A Bad Case of Stripes (Scholastic Bookshelf) • Amazon $6.00 1 $6.00
We Are in a Book! (An Elephant and Piggie Book) • Amazon $6.00 1 $6.00
Can I Play Too? (An Elephant and Piggie Book) • Amazon $6.00 1 $6.00
There Is a Bird On Your Head! (An Elephant and Piggie Book) • Amazon $6.00 1 $6.00
Keena Ford and the Secret Journal Mix-Up • Amazon $5.99 1 $5.99
Waiting Is Not Easy! (An Elephant and Piggie Book) • Amazon $5.00 1 $5.00

Materials cost

$618.49

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.28

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$657.77

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$116.08

Total project goal

$773.85

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$773.85

14 Donors

-$685.37

Donations toward project cost

-$602.53

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$82.84

match offer

-$65.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$55.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$9.75

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$23.49

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

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