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Mrs. Matthews from Hartford CT is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Student-led project

Books We Want to Read!

We need books that we've picked out ourselves to read for Accountable Independent Reading (AIR) time!

  • $691 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

About My Students

My new students this year,I've learned,are from 15 different countries on 4 continents. How amazing is that?! They come to school speaking many different languages with many different interests, hobbies, and life stories. Some of them are learning English for the very first time while others only speak English.

Most of these students are new to me and new to the school. I've met some of them before, but for the majority of them I met for the first time this week as school started. They are all very sweet and getting adjusted to a new school, new teachers, and new friends. They are a great bunch of students and I'm excited to jump into our work!

This year, we are all reading Accountable Independent Reading (AIR) books that students can pick out on their own based on their own interests. A lot of my students, the new evident leaders, have asked me to get books for them that they are interested in reading. I had each student write down one specific request on a post-it note for a book that they would want.

One of my goals this year is to have every student read an independent reading book, and although I have a lot of books, I want to be sure to target each student's reading level and interests. Since most of them are new to me and I'm still learning about their interests and abilities, they projected the idea of asking for specific books. I then asked each student to write down a book title, genre, or topic they would like to read about this year. I've compiled a list of the books and topics they personally requested. By getting new books that they request, students will be able to build on their independent reading ability, increasing reading skills and vocabulary while they read. They will also be able to empathize with the characters of these books since they are about topics, people, and issues close to each of their hearts.

In Their Own Words

"My goal is to learn how to read better."

"We'll pay attention to our books because we are more interested in them."

"I will focus on the main idea of the book for a project."

"The goal I'd like to accomplish is read a book that is not boring."

"I want to finish a whole book."

"I want to encourage others to read good books."

"We are reading more, obviously!"

"We are interested in our books more than if they were boring, and we may learn something that we can bring to our own life or school, like an important lesson."

"We can recommend books to our classmates based on what we learn about each other in class."

"This project is important because it helps everybody in your class."

"Reading improves our reading levels which then helps us with our grades."

"The challenge it overcomes is that this project gets us reading more and we get to read books that actually interest us."

"These books teach us about history and I am excited to bring one of the books home to share with my mom."

Mrs. Matthews
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Everything, Everything • Amazon Business $8.43 10 $84.30
Wonder • Amazon Business $10.69 4 $42.76
Bajo la misma estrella (The Fault in Our Stars) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $10.97 3 $32.91
The Fault in Our Stars • Amazon Business $8.59 3 $25.77
House of Good Hope: A Promise for a Broken City (River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Prize) • Amazon Business $15.46 1 $15.46
They Both Die at the End • Amazon Business $12.36 1 $12.36
Howl: A Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $12.17 1 $12.17
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1) • Amazon Business $5.99 2 $11.98
The Hate U Give • Amazon Business $11.95 1 $11.95
Restart • Amazon Business $11.89 1 $11.89
The Ghost Files (Volume 1) • Amazon Business $11.79 1 $11.79
Auggie & Me: Three Wonder Stories • Amazon Business $11.71 1 $11.71
World War Two: Under the Shadow of the Swastika (Campfire Graphic Novels) • Amazon Business $11.55 1 $11.55
Pretty in Black (Pretty in Black #1) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Dear Martin • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
The Lightning Thief: The Graphic Novel (Percy Jackson & the Olympians, Book 1) • Amazon Business $9.54 1 $9.54
Beautiful Darkness (Beautiful Creatures) • Amazon Business $9.54 1 $9.54
Asylum • Amazon Business $9.47 1 $9.47
The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson & the Olympians) • Amazon Business $9.33 1 $9.33
This Book Is Gay • Amazon Business $9.05 1 $9.05
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul • Amazon Business $8.59 1 $8.59
Outcasts United: The Story of a Refugee Soccer Team That Changed a Town • Amazon Business $8.51 1 $8.51
The Getaway (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 12) • Amazon Business $8.50 1 $8.50
Openly Straight • Amazon Business $8.36 1 $8.36
Beautiful Creatures • Amazon Business $7.87 1 $7.87
The Great American Whatever • Amazon Business $7.64 1 $7.64
A Child Called It: One Child's Courage to Survive • Amazon Business $7.49 1 $7.49
Define "Normal" • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 2) • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
Monster: A Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $7.15 1 $7.15
The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 4) • Amazon Business $7.12 1 $7.12
The Coldest Girl in Coldtown • Amazon Business $7.09 1 $7.09
Boy21 • Amazon Business $7.07 1 $7.07
Katie Just Desserts (Cupcake Diaries) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Mia in the Mix (Cupcake Diaries) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Nightmare Mountain • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Lies My Girlfriend Told Me • Amazon Business $6.91 1 $6.91
Lies We Tell Ourselves: A New York Times bestseller (Harlequin Teen) • Amazon Business $6.90 1 $6.90
Evermore: The Immortals • Amazon Business $6.70 1 $6.70
The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 5) • Amazon Business $6.28 1 $6.28
Hatchet • Amazon Business $6.00 1 $6.00
Inside Out and Back Again • Amazon Business $6.00 1 $6.00
Soccer Hero (Matt Christopher Sports Fiction) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
The Titan's Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 3) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Volleyball Dreams (Jake Maddox Girl Sports Stories) • Amazon Business $5.95 1 $5.95
The Replacement • Amazon Business $5.61 1 $5.61

Materials cost

$548.58

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.23

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$586.81

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$103.55

Total project goal

$690.36

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$690.36

8 Donors

-$338.56

Donations toward project cost

-$299.03

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$39.53

match offer

-$338.56

Match offer toward project cost

-$287.78

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$50.78

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$13.24

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$0.00

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