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Mrs. Silvestro from La Fayette NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

A Titanic Book Club

My students need Titanic books and snacks for our Brown Bag Book Club.

  • $298 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

"I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book." - J.K. Rowling

I am blessed to work with 21 fabulous students in a close-knit, rural community outside of Syracuse, New York.

We are a looping class (we started together in second grade and are moving up to third grade together). My kids truly enjoy reading nonfiction books and collaborating with their peers.

My Project

For our "Brown Bag Book Club," my kids will read a Titanic book independently. After reading the book, they will pair up with another student who read the same book. The students will be given a paper bag filled with snacks. The bags will have discussion questions glued to the outside. The partners will read the questions on the bag and discuss the answers while enjoying a delicious snack of the requested pretzels and crackers. This activity will help improve my students' reading comprehension, fluency, and communication skills. They will also learn about the historical importance of the Titanic.

This engaging project will provide my wonderful students with quality books that they will truly love reading.

The books requested will be enjoyed year after year by my third graders for our Brown Bag Book Club. Thank you for supporting my classroom!

Mrs. Silvestro
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Magic Tree House Fact Tracker #7: Titanic: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #17: Tonight on the Titanic • Amazon $5.99 22 $131.78
DK Readers L3: Titanic: The Disaster that Shocked the World! • Amazon $3.99 5 $19.95
Scholastic Discover More Reader Level 3: Titanic • Amazon $3.99 5 $19.95
National Geographic Readers: Titanic • Amazon $3.99 5 $19.95
Pepperidge Farm Goldfish, Cheddar, 3 resealable bags, 58 ounces • Amazon $16.26 1 $16.26
Snyders Mini Pretzels Tub, 40 Ounce • Amazon $11.29 1 $11.29

Materials cost

$219.18

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.29

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$252.47

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$44.55

Total project goal

$297.02

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$297.02

36 Donors

-$291.98

Donations toward project cost

-$251.62

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$40.36

match offer

-$1.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$0.85

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.15

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.04

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$0.00

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