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Mrs. DeSilva from Coffeyville, KS is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Book by Book

Help me give my students access to complete chapter book sets in our classroom library.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. DeSilva's classroom raised $410

This project is fully funded

My Project

Our students are creative, and passionate growing readers. They absolutely love hands-on, active, and engaging challenges that allow them to think outside the box to find solutions in all subjects.

We strive to give our students the fundamentals for reading while instilling a love for it as well.

In order to do this, we need to put a book in every student’s hand! Book for our classroom library will give students a chance to apply the reading strategies taught in our classroom in engaging stories, while building a long lasting love for reading.

We are a Title I school located in Kansas. Most of our students don’t have access to books at home or the books we do have are very well loved. We are looking to incorporate some newer high interest books to help with our guided reading groups. Each child in our classrooms absolutely loves learning and reading. We incorporate a variety of learning strategies to ensure that each student's needs are met in a fun and exciting classroom full of love and laughter.

We will use these chapter books for students to use during independent reading time. Students will be able to apply the fundamental skills taught to them during core instruction time in an engaging up to date book of their choice. We will use these chapter books for students to put their knowledge to work. This will instill a life long love for reading!

Mrs. DeSilva Community Elementary School Grades 3-5

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Coffeyville, KS View local requests

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

23 students impacted 2donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
My Weird School Daze 12-Book Box Set: Books 1-12 • Amazon Business $45.49 1 $45.49
Trapped in a Video Game: The Complete Series • Amazon Business $40.16 1 $40.16
The Third-Grade Detectives Mind-Boggling Collection (Boxed Set): The Clue of the Left-Handed Envelope; The Puzzle of the Pretty Pink Handkerchief; The ... the Stolen Sand; The Secret of the Green Skin • Amazon Business $35.99 1 $35.99
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls - The Chapter Book Collection • Amazon Business $29.99 1 $29.99
The Bad Guys Box Set: Books 1-5 • Amazon Business $22.28 1 $22.28
Gaither Sisters Trilogy Box Set: One Crazy Summer, P.S. Be Eleven, Gone Crazy in Alabama • Amazon Business $21.49 1 $21.49
Percy Jackson and the Olympians 5 Book Paperback Boxed Set (w/poster) (Percy Jackson & the Olympians) • Amazon Business $18.29 1 $18.29
Unicorn Academy: Rainbow of Adventure Boxed Set (Books 1-4) • Amazon Business $15.42 1 $15.42
The Never Girls Collection #1 (Disney: The Never Girls): Books 1-4 • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
A Videogame Stole My Sister (Metaverse Legends) • Amazon Business $6.99 2 $13.98
Ivy and Bean's Treasure Box: (Beginning Chapter Books, Funny Books for Kids, Kids Book Series) (Ivy + Bean) • Amazon Business $11.91 1 $11.91
My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish Boxed Set: (My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish; The Seaquel; Fins of Fury) • Amazon Business $11.59 1 $11.59
How to Be Cool in the Third Grade (Puffin Chapters) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
How Not to Start Third Grade (Step into Reading 4) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99

Materials cost

$292.96

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $20.65

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.39

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$348.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$61.41

Total project goal

$409.41

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $409.41

2 Donors

-$370.52

Donations toward project cost

-$347.99

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.53

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$38.88

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