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

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Ms. King's classroom raised $397

Book Lovers Unite!

My students need these 51 titles for the reading we do every day. They are avid readers and I need to provide the best books I can to inspire their great reading habits.

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Ms. King Burley Elementary School
Chicago, IL Grades 3-5

My Students

Contrary to what you may hear about kids these days, my 4th graders read a lot! That's the problem. I cannot keep up with them. With the explosion of great children's literature and students who are wild are wild about reading it has been hard to keep the shelves stocked and updated.

I teach in an urban school.

It is racially and economically diverse and is a neighborhood school. In this school it is cool to read! Reading doesn't make you a nerd. It is really the popular thing to do. It is the norm to have a book in your hand as you walk the halls of our school. However, our classroom library is starting to dwindle and age. I have already spent much of my own money, but students have read most of my books. It used to be I would bring in a new series and introduce the kids to it. And you could often find me sharing a new title I had just read with one particular student who I just knew would love it. But recently in isn't just me recommending books! My kids are coming to me more and more with titles they say I need in our classroom library. We actually have a clipboard filled with all their requests!

My Project

And so we need some books. The kids will read, talk and write about these books. And I don't want to lose the momentum my kids have with their love of reading. I need new literature to continue this reading epidemic and to continue to inspire and nurture what I hope is the beginning of a lifelong habit. I also want to be able to respond to their book recommendations and demonstrate that I value their input and that sharing book ideas is what adult readers do all the time. I need more books that represent the contemporary market and reflect my students' interests. And I need more books to reflect the wide choice of genres my kids are reading. We know the the more time spent reading the better reader you are. My students are living proof of that. But with that comes the responsibility of feeding that habit. I need to keep up with my kids' reading habits by supplying them with the books they need.

With your help I can do just that.

We can put our money where our mouth is and say to these children "keep reading". We've told them to read every night at home. We've told the parents to read to them no matter how old their kids get. We as teachers have provided them with time to read daily in class. And they listened. My students are willing readers. Please help me support their efforts to continue to be lifelong readers.

31 students impacted 1 donor
Ms. King Burley Elementary School Grades 3-5 Chicago, IL View local requests 31 students impacted 1donor

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Favorite Series Sampler - Alex Rider Adventure • AKJ Books $26.61 1 $26.61
Bone #4: The Dragonslayer Jeff Smith, Jeff Smith (Illustrato • AKJ Books $9.48 1 $9.48
Bone: Eyes of the Storm (Bone Series #3), Vol. 3 Jeff Smith, • AKJ Books $9.48 1 $9.48
Big Nate: In a Class by Himself Lincoln Peirce • AKJ Books $9.48 1 $9.48
Middle School, the Worst Years of My Life • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
Big Nate Makes the Grade • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
Big Nate From The Top • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
Killer Lunch Lady (Al''s World Series #2) Elise Leonard • AKJ Books $6.56 1 $6.56
Kingdom Keepers III • AKJ Books $6.56 1 $6.56
Ghost Knight • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
Heaven Looks A Lot Like A Mall • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
Leap Day • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
Invasion from Planet Dork • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
Snivel • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
The Candymakers • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
Savvy • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
The Red Blazer Girls • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Kind Of Friends We Used To Be • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
The Secret Language of Girls Frances O''Roark Dowell • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
One for the Murphys • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Lunch Lady and the Author Visit Vendetta Jarrett J. Krosoczk • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Lunch Lady and the Cyborg Substitute Jarrett J. Krosoczka • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Lunch Lady and the League of Librarians Jarrett J. Krosoczka • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Lunch Lady and the Summer Camp Shakedown Jarrett J. Krosoczk • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Troubletwisters • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Falling in • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Sway • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Fibble • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Rapacia: The Second Circle of Heck Dale E. Basye • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Ten • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Eleven • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Dark Life • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Every Soul A Star • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Babymouse 17 • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Camp Babymouse • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
One-Handed Catch • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
The Black Heart Crypt • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Football Champ Tim Green • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
A Mango shaped Space • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Beauty and the Beast, the Only One Who Didn''t Run Away • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Boys Are Dogs • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Everybody Bugs Out • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Girls Acting Catty Leslie Margolis • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Much Ado About Anne • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
The Surge • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Elephant Run • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Emily Windsnap and the Siren''s Secret • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Emily Windsnap and the Monster from the Deep • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Ignatius MacFarland: Frequenaut! Paul Feig • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Attack of the Mutant Lunch Lady: A Buzz Beaker Brainstorm Sc • AKJ Books $4.34 1 $4.34
Notes from a Liar and Her Dog • AKJ Books $2.50 1 $2.50

Materials cost

$302.34

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.54

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$336.88

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$59.45

Total project goal

$396.33

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $396.33

1 Donor

-$396.33

Donations toward project cost

-$336.88

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$59.45

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