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Mrs. Collet from Port Townsend WA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Animals: Facts and Fiction

Help me give my students class sets of books that are recommended by the Common Core Standards.

  • $553 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

My fifth grade students are like fifth grade students all across the country. They are knowledgeable about the latest internet sensation, avid athletes, computer gurus, and just a bit weak in academic subjects. Our children may have spent the last three years being home-schooled on a boat, attending soccer games, or sleeping in a homeless shelter. More that 52% of our students are from low income families.

What makes my students unique is their exposure to nature through many school and district projects.

We live in a beautiful, forested area near the ocean. Many hours of learning time incorporate what nature can teach us.

My Project

"Black Beauty" and the "Quest for the Tree Kangaroo" represent stellar examples of quality fiction and nonfiction, are recommended by the Common Core Standards, and fifth graders love animal stories. Our school library only had one copy of "Black Beauty" and no copies at all of "Quest for the Tree Kangaroo". Hopefully, my students will actually be able to be in the classroom at least part of the week to receive reading materials. If school is closed, I will drive to their homes to deliver the books.

In this world of digital everything, sometimes curling up with a good book makes life feel more normal, opens the imagination, and soothes the soul.

Mrs. Collet
Grades 3-5

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Quest for the Tree Kangaroo • AKJ Education $7.29 30 $218.70
The Black Stallion • AKJ Education $5.83 30 $174.90

Materials cost

$393.60

Vendor shipping charges

 $6.00

Sales tax

 $34.44

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.90

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$469.94

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$82.93

Total project goal

$552.87

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $552.87

6 Donors

-$552.87

Donations toward project cost

-$469.94

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$82.93

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