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Ms. Waterbury from Dorchester, MA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Animal Books for First Grade Research!

Help me give my students new books about animals to learn valuable research skills.

  • $213 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Project

First graders at our school are engaging in research skills and are learning about animals and animal habitats. Unfortunately, we do not have books about all of the animals our students have chosen in our school library. With no budget for purchasing new library materials, we are unable to buy new books for our students to use this year. Your generosity will allow us to purchase books about giraffes, jelly fish, koalas and more animals we do not currently have in our collection.

Your donation will help us to purchase new books about animals that our first graders want to research!

Not only will our first graders use these new materials, but then the books will be added to our school library for students to use for years to come.

Ms. Waterbury Richard Murphy K-8 School Grades PreK-2

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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

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Rabbits (Pet Detectives: Search for the Facts) • Amazon Business $35.70 1 $35.70
Rhinoceros (African Animals) • Amazon Business $32.79 1 $32.79
Blue Jays (North American Animals) • Amazon Business $25.95 1 $25.95
Jellyfish (Ocean Life Up Close) • Amazon Business $21.81 1 $21.81
Giraffes (Blastoff! Readers: Animal Safari) • Amazon Business $18.31 1 $18.31
The Life Cycle of a Koala • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95

Materials cost

$144.51

Vendor shipping charges

 $3.98

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.17

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$180.66

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$31.88

Total project goal

$212.54

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $212.54

2 Donors

-$101.86

Donations toward project cost

-$94.08

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.78

match offer

-$101.86

Match offer toward project cost

-$86.58

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.28

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.82

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 $0.00

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