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Mrs. Miller from Lakeland FL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Becoming Readers with Character

Help me give my students books that teach them social and emotional skills.

  • $247 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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My Students

My students are creative, thoughtful, and full of questions! They love hands-on projects, challenges, and engaging activities. My students are always eager to read exciting books, play math computer programs, and learn new things.

Many of my students come to me lacking the skills in how to problem solve, work as a team, and respond respectfully .

In the classroom, our district has purchased great programs to help my students, but I believe that students need to see examples on how to treat others in books.

The majority of my students come from low-income families, but that is not stopping my students. Every day they are entering my classroom with a smile on their face and excited about a new day!

My Project

Social and emotional skills are a concept that my students need to grasp. They struggle with how to treat and respond to their classmates. Recently my school purchased a social skills curriculum to use in the classroom, but I feel that my classroom needs more.

One way to teach social skills is through books.

Students need the opportunity to learn how characters in stories respond to situations. I want to use the books in this project to create read aloud experiences for my students where we will discuss the examples and nonexamples in a variety of skills. Once I have read the book to the class, students will have access to these books in the classroom library to refer to the social skills all year long.

Mrs. Miller
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Red: A Crayon's Story • Amazon Business $15.44 1 $15.44
Because Amelia Smiled • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse • Amazon Business $13.60 1 $13.60
Lacey Walker, Nonstop Talker (Little Boost) • Amazon Business $13.22 1 $13.22
The Way I Act • Amazon Business $13.16 1 $13.16
You Get What You Get (Little Boost) • Amazon Business $12.37 1 $12.37
Pig the Pug • Amazon Business $11.06 1 $11.06
The Worst Day of My Life Ever!: My Story About Listening and Following Instructions ... or Not! • Amazon Business $10.92 1 $10.92
I Just Want to Do It My Way! My Story about Staying on Task and Asking for Help • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
Personal Space Camp • Amazon Business $9.56 1 $9.56
Don't Squeal Unless It's a Big Deal: A Tale of Tattletales • Amazon Business $9.50 1 $9.50
Even Superheroes Have Bad Days • Amazon Business $8.90 1 $8.90
We're All Wonders • Amazon Business $8.85 1 $8.85
Jabari Jumps • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Don't Push the Button!: A Funny Interactive Book For Kids • Amazon Business $6.74 1 $6.74

Materials cost

$165.25

Vendor shipping charges

 $11.94

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.48

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$209.67

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$37.00

Total project goal

$246.67

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $246.67

2 Donors

-$139.34

Donations toward project cost

-$130.34

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$9.00

match offer

-$93.33

Match offer toward project cost

-$79.33

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$14.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$14.00

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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