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Ms. Blanchard from Hamden CT is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Readers Require Rejuvenation

Help me give my students high quality nonfiction chapter books and literature with diverse characters and authors so that they can continue to cultivate a passion for reading.

  • $1,366 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

Our students are avid readers who love good books. We can barely keep up with the high demand that their reading volume dictates! In order to maintain a high level of student engagement, our teachers and staff are constantly brainstorming creative ways to get high-quality books into the hands of students.

A love of reading is invaluable to a child's future, and our duty as educators is to foster this love in any way that we can.

We need more books to challenge our readers to continue their habits and develop themselves as lifelong readers.

My Project

During Reading Workshop, students are expected to read a high volume of books related to the content of their lessons. The upcoming units are designed around students reading nonfiction chapter books and books that contain content related to social issues.

These books will drastically increase the options available in classroom libraries, therefore, ensuring all children have access to books that they are excited about!

As all educators and parents know children are most motivated to read when given options that relate to their own personal interests. Our classroom library must be as inviting as possible.

These materials will make a difference in my students' learning because the avid readers in my sixth grade classes are constantly looking for new and exciting books to engage them in their learning.

Ms. Blanchard
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Moneyball The Art of Winning an Unfair Game • AKJ Education $15.95 4 $63.80
Unbroken (The Young Adult Adaptation) An Olympian's Journey from Airman to Castaway to Captive • AKJ Education $14.59 4 $58.36
Amal Unbound • AKJ Education $13.13 4 $52.52
Return to Sender • AKJ Education $12.56 4 $50.24
George • AKJ Education $12.56 4 $50.24
Towers Falling • AKJ Education $12.40 4 $49.60
The Stars Beneath Our Feet • AKJ Education $12.40 4 $49.60
Save Me a Seat • AKJ Education $12.40 4 $49.60
Ghost Boys • AKJ Education $12.40 4 $49.60
Booked • AKJ Education $12.40 4 $49.60
Zlata's Diary A Child's Life in Wartime Sarajevo: Revised Edition • AKJ Education $11.68 4 $46.72
March: Book One • AKJ Education $10.91 4 $43.64
World Without Fish • AKJ Education $10.91 4 $43.64
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice • AKJ Education $9.48 4 $37.92
The Great Fire (Common Core Exemplar) • AKJ Education $9.48 4 $37.92
Brown Girl Dreaming • AKJ Education $8.02 4 $32.08
The Boys in the Boat (Young Readers Adaptation) • AKJ Education $8.02 4 $32.08
Chew On This Everything You Don't Want to Know About Fast Food • AKJ Education $7.29 4 $29.16
Drowned City • AKJ Education $7.29 4 $29.16
Enrique's Journey • AKJ Education $7.29 4 $29.16
Outcasts United The Story of a Refugee Soccer Team That Changed a Town • AKJ Education $7.29 4 $29.16
A Time to Dance • AKJ Education $7.29 4 $29.16
Ryan and Jimmy: And the Well in Africa That Brought Them Together • AKJ Education $7.26 4 $29.04
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind • AKJ Education $6.56 4 $26.24
The First Rule of Punk • AKJ Education $6.56 4 $26.24
We Beat the Street: How a Friendship Pact Led to Success • AKJ Education $5.83 4 $23.32
Amina's Voice • AKJ Education $5.83 4 $23.32
Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition • AKJ Education $5.59 4 $22.36
The Distance Between Us • AKJ Education $5.06 4 $20.24

Materials cost

$1,113.72

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$16.71

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,160.43

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$204.78

Total project goal

$1,365.21

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$1,365.21

17 Donors

-$1,180.00

Donations toward project cost

-$1,048.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$132.00

Matching donations from our partners

-$132.27

Match offers toward project cost

-$112.43

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$19.84

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$52.94

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

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