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Mr. Reitz from State College PA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Engaging Non-Fiction and Fiction For Our Library!

My students need highly engaging non-fiction and fiction books to read each day! These inlcude several of the "Who Was..?" biographical books and the Choose Your Own Adventure series.

  • $329 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

What do kids love? Choice! My students literally eat up the Choose Your Own Adventure books, just like I did when I was a kid. Sometimes it's a challenge to build student interest in non-fiction books, but the Who Was series has really captured the attention of my readers!

My class is made up of 3rd and 4th grade students who love reading every day.

My kids devour books when they are engaging and informative. Our school is a place where kids are used to having and making choices. Among other things, students choose their own books to read. Having a wide selection of highly engaging books is a must for these kids!

My Project

When I was a child one of my favorite series of books were the Choose Your Own Adventure books. These books allow the reader to make choices throughout the story which can lead to different scenarios and endings! I have found that kids today love these books as much as I do. Students love to go back and make different choices and reread the story to see how their choices affect the outcome. Few book series are as engaging for my struggling readers as these. The Who Was series of biographies are excellent for getting kids interested in non-fiction. The people chosen for the biographies have led important, interesting, and inspiring lives that students love to read about. It is rare for students this age to become engrossed in a biography the way they can with books in this series!

This project is important because I ask my students to read across the genres as the year progresses.

I often see students get to the science fiction and biography genres and stall out. These two book series are highly engaging, and will have students begging to read them. Having a lot of choice in a classroom library is essential because students learn best when they are able to read books that fit their interests. Thanks so much for your support!

Mr. Reitz
Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lost on the Amazon/Prisoner of the Ant People/Trouble on Planet Earth/War with the Evil Power Master (Choose Your Own Adventure 9-12) (Box Set 3) • Amazon $15.98 1 $15.98
The Abominable Snowman/Journey Under the Sea/Space and Beyond/The Lost Jewels of Nabooti (Choose Your Own Adventure 1-4) • Amazon $15.18 1 $15.18
Mystery of the Maya/House of Danger/Race Forever/Escape (Choose Your Own Adventure 5-8) • Amazon $15.18 1 $15.18
The Case of the Silk King (Choose Your Own Adventure #14) • Amazon $6.29 1 $6.29
Project UFO (Choose Your Own Adventure #27) • Amazon $6.29 1 $6.29
Moon Quest (Choose Your Own Adventure #26) • Amazon $6.29 1 $6.29
Return to Atlantis (Choose Your Own Adventure #18) • Amazon $6.29 1 $6.29
Chinese Dragons (Choose Your Own Adventure #30)(Paperback/Revised) • Amazon $6.29 1 $6.29
House of Danger (Choose Your Own Adventure #6) • Amazon $6.29 1 $6.29
Terror on the Titanic (Choose Your Own Adventure #24) • Amazon $6.29 1 $6.29
Blood on the Handle (Choose Your Own Adventure #33) • Amazon $6.29 1 $6.29
Secret of the Ninja (Choose Your Own Adventure #16) • Amazon $6.18 1 $6.18
Who Was Paul Revere? • Amazon $4.49 1 $4.49
Who Was Harriet Tubman? • Amazon $4.49 1 $4.49
Who Was Sacagawea? • Amazon $4.49 1 $4.49
Who Was Rosa Parks? • Amazon $4.49 1 $4.49
Who Was Franklin Roosevelt? • Amazon $4.49 1 $4.49
Who Was John F. Kennedy?: Who Was...? • Amazon $4.49 1 $4.49
Who Was Thomas Jefferson? • Amazon $4.49 1 $4.49
Who Was Martin Luther King, Jr.? • Amazon $4.49 1 $4.49
Who Was George Washington? • Amazon $4.49 1 $4.49
Who Was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? • Amazon $4.49 1 $4.49
Who Was Amelia Earhart? • Amazon $4.49 1 $4.49
Who Was Abraham Lincoln? • Amazon $4.49 1 $4.49
Who Was Neil Armstrong? • Amazon $4.49 1 $4.49
Who Was Leonardo da Vinci? • Amazon $4.49 1 $4.49
Who Was Thomas Alva Edison? • Amazon $4.49 1 $4.49
Who Was Albert Einstein? • Amazon $4.49 1 $4.49
Who Was Walt Disney? • Amazon $4.49 1 $4.49
Who Was Ben Franklin? • Amazon $4.49 1 $4.49
Who Was William Shakespeare? • Amazon $4.49 1 $4.49
Who Was Sally Ride? • Amazon $4.49 1 $4.49
Who Was Jim Henson? • Amazon $4.49 1 $4.49
Who Was Roald Dahl? • Amazon $4.49 1 $4.49
Who Was Harry Houdini? • Amazon $4.49 1 $4.49
Who Was King Tut? • Amazon $4.49 1 $4.49
Who Was Charles Darwin? • Amazon $4.49 1 $4.49
Who Was Mark Twain?: Who Was? • Amazon $4.49 1 $4.49
Who Was Christopher Columbus? • Amazon $4.49 1 $4.49
Who Was Ferdinand Magellan? • Amazon $4.49 1 $4.49
Who Was Marco Polo? • Amazon $4.49 1 $4.49
Who Was Dr. Seuss? • Amazon $4.08 1 $4.08
Who Was Anne Frank? • Amazon $4.08 1 $4.08
Who Was Steve Jobs? • Amazon $4.08 1 $4.08

Materials cost

$245.29

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.68

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$278.97

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$49.23

Total project goal

$328.20

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$328.20

4 Donors

-$134.09

Donations toward project cost

-$113.98

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.11

Matching donations from our partners

-$194.11

Match offers toward project cost

-$164.99

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$29.12

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$0.00

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