What can motivate an unmotivated student to read? A little friendly competition! Every year our school district holds a Battle of the Books competition with books that have won awards for being the best of the most current young reader's books.
My students are a highly diverse group of 5th graders from many different backgrounds.
Our school is a title-one school with over 50% of our students receiving free or reduced meals. Despite the low economic status of many of our students, our school has received many awards for being in the top 5% performing schools in the state of Washington! We accomplish that by focusing on one of the most important keys to student's success. That focus is getting students to read daily, both inside and outside of the classroom.
My Project
I am requesting copies of this coming year's Battle of the Books. Each of these books has been chosen as the best of the current young readers selections. My students will devour these books, learn them inside and out, and compete in the spring in a competition aimed at motivating students to read good quality books. Having multiple copies of each of these books will give my students quick access to a wide variety of genres and reading levels. These books will increase their fluency and comprehension levels, while providing good entertainment!
Your donation to this project will increase my students' participation levels in this competition and provide hours of great quality reading.
In this age of video games and social media distraction, these books will encourage my students to read and learn about the world around them. I can't wait to get these books into my students' hands!
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
Deadweather and Sunrise: The Chronicles of Egg, Book 1
• Amazon
$7.19
2
$14.38
The Puzzler's Mansion: The Puzzling World of Winston Breen (Puzzling World Winston Breen)
• Amazon
$7.19
2
$14.38
Ungifted
• Amazon
$7.19
2
$14.38
Fake Mustache: Or, How Jodie O'Rodeo and Her Wonder Horse (and Some Nerdy Kid) Saved the U.S. Presidential Election from a Mad Genius Criminal Mastermind
• Amazon
$7.16
2
$14.32
Shadow on the Mountain
• Amazon
$7.16
2
$14.32
Chomp
• Amazon
$5.77
2
$11.54
Have a Hot Time, Hades! (Myth-O-Mania)
• Amazon
$5.36
2
$10.72
Whatever After #1: Fairest of All
• Amazon
$3.77
2
$7.54
"Who Could That Be at This Hour?" (All the Wrong Questions)
• Amazon
$6.30
1
$6.30
Materials cost
$269.16
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$23.55
3rd party payment processing fee
$4.04
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$326.75
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$57.66
Total project goal
$384.41
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$384.41
2 Donors
-$192.21
Donations toward project cost
-$163.38
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$28.83
match offer
-$192.20
Match offer toward project cost
-$163.37
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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