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Mrs. Bourne from Gillette, WY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mrs. Bourne's classroom raised $455

Inquiring Minds Want to Read Non Fiction Part 2

My students need 56 more non fiction book titles to build their background knowledge. These include "Tropical Rainforests," "Desert Food Chains," "Airplanes" and "Classifying Nonflowering Plants."

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Mrs. Bourne Rawhide Elementary School
Gillette, WY Grades 3-5

My Students

Please help our inquiring minds discover more non fiction. Our classroom library needs help in developing a deeper more rich non fiction section.

My students attend a rural Title 1 school in Wyoming.

I have 16 students in my class from varying socioeconomic backgrounds. The majority of the students in my class receive free and reduced lunch. Therefore, many of them have limited resources of their own books at home. They rely on the school and classroom libraries for most of their book reading pleasure. I feel as a classroom teacher that I must do all I can to introduce my students to a variety of topics that will spark their curiosity. My students are excited about reading and are really interested in non-fiction. I know they would be EXTREMELY happy to receive a donation of books!

My Project

Background knowledge, according to research, is a key component in attaining comprehension and one of the best ways to achieve this is through non-fiction books about a variety of topics. I recently went to a reading conference and was told that classroom libraries should be 60% non-fiction and 40% fiction books. I am working to make the shift in my classroom library to more non-fiction books. I will use these books to create learning opportunities for my students that will engage them through real world reading. Most of my students don't have the opportunity to get these types of books on their own, and they absolutely love the opportunity to put non-fiction books into their book boxes at school for reading! I want my students to love reading and I know offering them more non-fiction will help them as it scaffolds their learning!

Donating to this project will enrich the lives of my third grade students.

They need more opportunities to learn about things that they wouldn't otherwise have opportunities for. I know they will be thrilled to have these items in the classroom, and it will help us achieve a more balanced library between fiction and non fiction.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than half of students from low‑income households

16 students impacted 6 donors
Mrs. Bourne Rawhide Elementary School Grades 3-5

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Gillette, WY View local requests

More than half of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

16 students impacted 6donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Drew Brees Jeff Savage • AKJ Books $5.88 1 $5.88
Brett Favre • AKJ Books $5.88 1 $5.88
Baseball''s Greatest hitter • AKJ Books $2.95 1 $2.95
David Beckham: Born to Play • AKJ Books $2.95 2 $5.90
Home Run: The Story of Babe Ruth • AKJ Books $5.18 1 $5.18
Iditarod Dream • AKJ Books $7.36 1 $7.36
Kobe Bryant Jeff Savage • AKJ Books $5.88 1 $5.88
Nascars Greatest Drivers • AKJ Books $2.95 1 $2.95
Race Car Drivers: Start Your Engines! Steele Tyler Filipek, • AKJ Books $2.95 1 $2.95
Peyton Manning Jeff Savage • AKJ Books $5.88 1 $5.88
Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man David A. Adler, Terry Widener ( • AKJ Books $5.18 1 $5.18
Storm Run: The Story of the First Woman to Win the Iditarod Sled Dog Race • AKJ Books $8.10 1 $8.10
Venus & Serena Williams • AKJ Books $5.88 1 $5.88
Tom Brady • AKJ Books $5.88 1 $5.88
Tony Hawk and Andy MacDonald • AKJ Books $2.95 1 $2.95
Abraham Lincoln Lawyer, Leader, Legene • AKJ Books $2.95 1 $2.95
Abraham Lincoln • AKJ Books $4.43 1 $4.43
Benjamin Franklin • AKJ Books $4.43 1 $4.43
George Washington • AKJ Books $4.43 1 $4.43
Now and Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin • AKJ Books $5.91 1 $5.91
Man Who Walked Between the Towers • AKJ Books $5.17 1 $5.17
The Great Houdini • AKJ Books $2.95 1 $2.95
Classifying Birds • AKJ Books $5.91 1 $5.91
Classifying Flowering Plants (2nd Edition) • AKJ Books $5.91 1 $5.91
Classifying Insects (2nd Edition) • AKJ Books $5.91 1 $5.91
Classifying Invertebrates • AKJ Books $5.91 1 $5.91
Classifying Mammals (2nd Edition) • AKJ Books $5.91 1 $5.91
Classifying Nonflowering Plants (2nd Edition) • AKJ Books $5.91 1 $5.91
Classifying Reptiles (2nd Edition) • AKJ Books $5.91 1 $5.91
Fossils • AKJ Books $6.62 1 $6.62
Dinosaur Named Sue: The Find of the Centry, A • AKJ Books $2.95 1 $2.95
Planets! • AKJ Books $2.95 1 $2.95
Earth: Our Planet In Space • AKJ Books $14.79 1 $14.79
So That''s How the Moon Changes Shape • AKJ Books $3.66 1 $3.66
The Sun Elaine Landau • AKJ Books $5.14 1 $5.14
What''s So Special About Planet Earth? • AKJ Books $5.31 1 $5.31
How Your Body Works: A Good Look Inside You Insides David St • AKJ Books $6.62 1 $6.62
Arctic and Antarctic (DK Eye Wonder Series) DK Publishing, L • AKJ Books $8.13 1 $8.13
Polar Lands • AKJ Books $5.17 1 $5.17
The Arctic Habitat • AKJ Books $6.62 1 $6.62
A Forest Habitat • AKJ Books $6.62 1 $6.62
Forest (Eye Wonder Series) DK Publishing, Manufactured by Do • AKJ Books $8.13 1 $8.13
Wildfires • AKJ Books $5.17 1 $5.17
Desert Food Chains ( Food Chain Series) Bobbie Kalman, Kelle • AKJ Books $5.88 1 $5.88
A Desert Habitat • AKJ Books $6.62 1 $6.62
Earth''s Mountains • AKJ Books $6.62 1 $6.62
Mountains • AKJ Books $5.14 1 $5.14
A Grassland Habitat • AKJ Books $6.62 1 $6.62
The Ecosystem of a Grassy Field Elaine Pascoe, Dwight Kuhn • AKJ Books $17.72 1 $17.72
Butternut Hollow Pond • AKJ Books $5.14 1 $5.14
A Rainforest Habitat • AKJ Books $6.62 1 $6.62
Nature''s Green Umbrella: Tropical Rain Forests • AKJ Books $5.17 1 $5.17
Rain Forest (DK) • AKJ Books $8.13 1 $8.13
Rain Forest Animals • AKJ Books $5.91 1 $5.91
Tropical Rainforests • AKJ Books $12.57 1 $12.57
Airplanes • AKJ Books $15.78 1 $15.78

Materials cost

$346.24

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.19

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$386.43

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$68.19

Total project goal

$454.62

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $454.62

5 Donors

-$434.62

Donations toward project cost

-$369.43

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$65.19

match offer

-$20.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$17.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.00

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