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Mrs. DiFabio from Desloge MO is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Begging for Books!!

My students need books for read alouds and independent reading. For example: The Keeping Quilt, The Great Kapok Tree, Pink and Say etc.

  • $277 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are "begging for books"! I am a newer teacher and I am in need of books for our classroom library. Most teachers have books they have accumulated over their years of experience, unfortunately I am not to that point yet. I would love to provide my students with some new and exciting books.

My students are like any other fourth graders, full of life and hungry for knowledge!

They are incredibly eager to learn anything and everything they can! Our school has a great sense of community where every student, parent, teacher, and staff member feels welcomed.

My Project

My students and I will use the new books for a variety of tasks. I would love to have some new books to use for read alouds and comprehension skills. My students will use the books to complete independent reading, partner reading, entries in their reading response journals, and to read for enjoyment! Every child deserves access to books that interest them!

Having these new books in my classroom will open up new doors for both I as a teacher, and my students as learners.

My students will have more of a variety of books to choose from. I will have more books to use as resources for teaching reading skills to my students!

Mrs. DiFabio
Grades 3-5
  • Parkside Elementary School
  • Desloge, MO
  • More than half of students from low‑income households

    This project will reach 21 students.

    10 donors have given to this project.

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother • Amazon Business $14.54 1 $14.54
The Keeping Quilt: 25th Anniversary Edition • Amazon Business $14.51 1 $14.51
The Hard-Times Jar • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
The Stranger • Amazon Business $13.71 1 $13.71
Bully • Amazon Business $13.56 1 $13.56
Twilight Comes Twice • Amazon Business $13.14 1 $13.14
Pink and Say • Amazon Business $12.92 1 $12.92
Oh, The Places You'll Go! • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
The Giving Tree • Amazon Business $10.39 1 $10.39
Voices in the Park • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Baseball Saved Us • Amazon Business $8.55 1 $8.55
Train to Somewhere • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Thank You, Mr. Falker • Amazon Business $7.92 1 $7.92
Thunder Cake • Amazon Business $7.90 1 $7.90
Emma Kate • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
The Bracelet • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
A Day's Work • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
A River Ran Wild: An Environmental History • Amazon Business $6.43 1 $6.43
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon • Amazon Business $5.80 1 $5.80

Materials cost

$201.65

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.02

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$234.67

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$41.41

Total project goal

$276.08

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$276.08

5 Donors

-$166.08

Donations toward project cost

-$141.17

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$24.91

Matching donations from our partners

-$110.00

Match offers toward project cost

-$93.50

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$16.50

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

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