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Ms. Smith from Indianapolis, IN is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ms. Smith's classroom raised $244

A Tournament of Books

Help me give my students chapter books like Dogman and The Bad Guys to help with their reading fluency.

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Ms. Smith Guion Creek Elementary School
Indianapolis, IN Grades PreK-2

My Students

Students are our future! There are not enough words to describe how awesome my students are. They are enthusiastic, curious, kind, and compassionate, just to name a few. I want to provide my students with special projects and unique experiences to enhance their learning experience.

Help me give my students learning tools and resources that will make a huge impact on their learning environment!

I have an age group where learning is so important. My students are so excited about learning. They are in that stage where they are asking a lot of questions and they are eager to find out the whys. My students are working really hard this semester as we have just come back off of fall break and they have given 100%, which makes me, their teacher, want to give 200%. Our Gator Goals are "Do the Right Thing" and "Treat People Right."

My Project

I am requesting chapter books like Dogman and The Bad Guys to help with their reading fluency. Reading can be fun; whole-class reading is something our class tries to do daily. Being exposed to a class set of books may be difficult to find at your school, especially when our students are not reading at grade level. Therefore I am looking forward to enhancing our class library with reading sets of high-interest books for our kiddos struggling with reading skills. Being exposed to reading is the best way to improve our reading skills through whole-class instruction, choral reading, echo reading, popcorn reading, and more! With chapter books like Dogman and The Bad Guys are high interest books in my room. Be part of our classroom library!

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than half of students from low‑income households

25 students impacted 2 donors
Ms. Smith Guion Creek Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Indianapolis, IN 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

25 students impacted 2donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Geronimo Stilton: 10 Book Collection (Series 1) • Amazon Business $44.17 1 $44.17
Dog Man: The Supa Epic Collection: From the Creator of Captain Underpants (Dog Man #1-6 Box Set) • Amazon Business $37.90 1 $37.90
Fairly Fairy Tales • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
One Word for Kids: A Great Way to Have Your Best Year Ever (Jon Gordon) • Amazon Business $16.20 1 $16.20
The Judy Moody Star-Studded Collection: Books 1-3 • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
The Bad Guys in Intergalactic Gas (The Bad Guys #5) (5) • Amazon Business $5.08 1 $5.08
The Bad Guys (The Bad Guys #1) (1) • Amazon Business $5.00 1 $5.00
The Bad Guys in Attack of the Zittens (The Bad Guys #4) (4) • Amazon Business $5.00 1 $5.00
The Bad Guys in Mission Unpluckable (The Bad Guys #2) (2) • Amazon Business $4.79 1 $4.79
The Bad Guys in The Furball Strikes Back (The Bad Guys #3) (3) • Amazon Business $4.49 1 $4.49

Materials cost

$168.10

Vendor shipping charges

 $5.99

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.52

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$206.61

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$36.46

Total project goal

$243.07

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $243.07

1 Donor

-$121.54

Donations toward project cost

-$103.31

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$18.23

match offer

-$121.53

Match offer toward project cost

-$103.30

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$18.23

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 $0.00

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