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

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Beehive of Reading

My students need the 2019 Beehive Book Award nominee children's fiction and nonfiction books.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Bird's classroom raised $309

This project is fully funded

My Students

My students attend a Title I school, so a majority of the students come from families with low incomes. Some of them are learning English as their second language, and having hands-on and very visual learning experiences are best to really help them get the vocabulary necessary to be successful in school.

My students are full of excitement about learning and love coming to school!

The students I work with are full of great questions and really care about doing their best. Some of them are dealing with challenges in life, but they are all wonderful kids and a joy to work with!

My Project

I am requesting the 2019 Beehive Book Award nominee books for my students to be able to read. These books are all relatively recently released, and I am always looking for good new books to share with my students. These have gone through a series of committees to be selected. I am hopeful I will be able to make these available right in my classroom for my students.

It is fun to engage students in reading with books that are already wildly popular or have been made into movies, but I think a quality new book that they are unfamiliar with really can allow their imaginations to soar.

Ten of these books are fiction and the other ten are nonfiction. There are so many topics and stories being told, I am really excited to get these books in the hands of my students and help them discover a favorite (or two or three!) among the bunch!

Mrs. Bird Sandy Elementary School Grades 3-5

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

24 students impacted 2donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Step Right Up: How Doc and Jim Key Taught the World about Kindness • Amazon Business $19.95 1 $19.95
Pocket Full of Colors: The Magical World of Mary Blair, Disney Artist Extraordinaire • Amazon Business $14.78 1 $14.78
The Kid from Diamond Street: The Extraordinary Story of Baseball Legend Edith Houghton • Amazon Business $13.95 1 $13.95
Give Bees a Chance • Amazon Business $12.69 1 $12.69
Six Dots: A Story of Young Louis Braille • Amazon Business $12.59 1 $12.59
Beyond the Bright Sea • Amazon Business $11.89 1 $11.89
Refugee • Amazon Business $11.89 1 $11.89
Restart • Amazon Business $11.89 1 $11.89
Beauty and the Beak: How Science, Technology, and a 3D-Printed Beak Rescued a Bald Eagle • Amazon Business $11.86 1 $11.86
The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart • Amazon Business $11.48 1 $11.48
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: The Case of R.B.G. vs. Inequality • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Shark Lady: The True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean's Most Fearless Scientist • Amazon Business $10.78 1 $10.78
Wolfie and Fly • Amazon Business $10.49 1 $10.49
Amina's Voice • Amazon Business $9.91 1 $9.91
Word of Mouse • Amazon Business $9.78 1 $9.78
Pedal Power: How One Community Became the Bicycle Capital of the World • Amazon Business $9.56 1 $9.56
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl: Squirrel Meets World (A Squirrel Girl Novel) • Amazon Business $9.48 1 $9.48
Overboard! (Survivor Diaries) • Amazon Business $9.48 1 $9.48
Moto and Me: My Year as a Wildcat's Foster Mom • Amazon Business $7.59 1 $7.59
Wedgie & Gizmo • Amazon Business $7.53 1 $7.53

Materials cost

$228.56

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.43

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$261.99

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$46.23

Total project goal

$308.22

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $308.22

2 Donors

-$306.18

Donations toward project cost

-$261.99

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$44.19

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$2.04

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

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