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Mrs. Youngberg from Washington, UT is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Background-Knowledge Building Through Nonfiction Novels

Help me give my students the nonfiction books "Freakonomics" and "Outliers" to help expand their knowledge of worlds outside their own.

  • $951 goal

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My Students

I have a very diverse group of students, where some students come from homes with monetary support, and where some students come from struggling homes with little to no support. As many teachers can attest to, I also have the whole gamut of learning styles in my students, so I like to incorporate as much movement in my learning activities as possible. My goal is to do activities in my classroom that support all socio-economic groups as well as a variety of learning styles.

My students are full of curiosity and excitement for learning.

They love taking on new projects and concepts as they explore writing and reading. They especially love kinesthetic activities where they can move and manipulate items to make connections. They also love reading both fiction and nonfiction books to help expand their learning of the world beyond their little corner.

My Project

Reading is a foundation and a life skill that will contribute to every other activity and experience children have outside of the classroom. By donating to our project, you will help students improve their background knowledge, empathy, and many other life skills, all of which languished during the pandemic school shut-downs.

I will use these high-interest nonfiction books to teach my students about the world outside not only the physical classroom, but outside their world of digital streaming and learning.

By building background knowledge through nonfiction, it helps build word knowledge, fluency, and conversation skills. Nonfiction books also have universal themes and motifs that students can connect to their own lives, fictional literature, and multimedia (world) while learning about other people and time periods.

Mrs. Youngberg
Grades 9-12
    More than a third 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

    This project will reach 200 students.

    1 donor has given to this project.

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Outliers: The Story of Success • Amazon Business $16.99 26 $441.74
Freakonomics Revised and Expanded Edition • Amazon Business $12.49 26 $324.74

Materials cost

$766.48

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.50

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$807.98

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$142.58

Total project goal

$950.56

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$950.56

1 Donor

-$950.56

Donations toward project cost

-$807.98

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$142.58

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