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Ms. Stickney from Goodrich MI is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Book Bowl Bonanza!

Help me give my students the opportunity to read these 10 novels in order to participate in a book discussion group after school, which will culminate in a Book Bowl competition in March.

  • $492 goal

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My Students

Our community is a rural community outside of Flint, MI. It's a very close-knit community with a good level of parental support. I have a highly motivated group of students who are interested in participating in book discussion after school to enrich their learning experience.

Due to their love of reading, this ambitious group has chosen to put extra time and effort into getting to know books at a deeper level.

This time spent together will encourage students to spend more time reading and less time doing isolated activities such as playing video games. We will be expanding our thoughts and practicing our communication skills through plenty of discussion.

My Project

In order to enhance the literacy experience of our students and motivate students to read, I will be starting a Book Bowl reading discussion group after school for 5th grade students. Students will prepare for Book Bowl competition in March against other Book Bowl groups in Genesee County, Michigan. Over the course of several months, the Book Bowl members will read 10 chapter books chosen by the Book Bowl coordinators. Students will meet once per week in the after school book club to discuss each book in detail. They will then create and answer questions about the books they've read. To make it fun, we will play trivia games to practice answering questions to prepare for the competition. In order to be able to run this fun, motivating program for the students, we will need sets of 6 books of each title so students can have the books available for reading at home and discussion at our meetings.

My goal in starting this program is to enrich students' love for reading, as well as to encourage deeper thinking about the books they've read.

This will help them develop a lifelong desire to read throughout their schooling and beyond!

Ms. Stickney
Grades 3-5

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Knucklehead Tall Tales and Almost True Stories of Growing up Scieszka • AKJ Education $9.48 6 $56.88
Coraline Graphic Novel • AKJ Education $8.02 6 $48.12
The Candymakers • AKJ Education $7.29 6 $43.74
Counting by 7s • AKJ Education $6.56 6 $39.36
Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story • AKJ Education $5.83 6 $34.98
Tuck Everlasting • AKJ Education $5.59 6 $33.54
Hoot • AKJ Education $5.59 6 $33.54
Ms. Bixby's Last Day • AKJ Education $5.10 6 $30.60
Shoeless Joe & Me • AKJ Education $5.10 6 $30.60
The Best School Year Ever • AKJ Education $5.10 6 $30.60

Materials cost

$381.96

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 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.73

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$417.69

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$73.71

Total project goal

$491.40

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $491.40

9 Donors

-$461.19

Donations toward project cost

-$417.69

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$43.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$30.21

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