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Ms. Craig from Durham, NC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Book Club: A Deeper Dive Into Chapter Books

Help me give my students book sets to read in our daily book club.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Craig's classroom raised $428

This project is fully funded

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This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

I teach 2nd grade and my students are diverse from low economic homes. I currently teach a busy group of 20 second grade students. The majority of my children are far below grade level. These children come to school every day with very diverse needs. As their teacher and caregiver, it is my goal to ensure that my students are the most successful that they can be. In my room, we constantly look towards to future by considering ourselves the Penn State Class of 2034. Every little bit that you fund, a child gets closer to that goal.

My Project

We are trying something new in our reading groups this year! Students who are on or above grade level will be participating in book club. We will meet every day for 30 minutes. During that 30 minutes, students will read the same chapter in a chapter book, then participate in discussion and comprehension.

Book Club is an excellent way to build fluency and a love for chapter books.

These book sets will be a great start to our year. I hope to introduce these classic titles to my students as they learn to love reading chapter books. We also will be using sticky notes to annotate our text as we go. I am so excited to start book club in 2nd grade!

Ms. Craig Merrick - Moore Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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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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Nearly all 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

20 students impacted 7donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Bink and Gollie • Amazon Business $6.97 5 $34.85
Stink and the World's Worst Super-Stinky Sneakers • Amazon Business $4.99 6 $29.94
Dragons and Marshmallows (Zoey and Sassafras) • Amazon Business $4.99 6 $29.94
Young Cam Jansen and the 100th Day of School Mystery • Amazon Business $4.99 6 $29.94
Horrible Harry and the Holidaze • Amazon Business $4.99 6 $29.94
Horrible Harry and the Drop of Doom • Amazon Business $4.99 6 $29.94
Dinosaurs Before Dark (Magic Tree House, No. 1) • Amazon Business $4.19 6 $25.14
Junie B., First Grader: Toothless Wonder (Junie B. Jones, No. 20) • Amazon Business $4.99 5 $24.95
Flat Stanley: His Original Adventure! • Amazon Business $4.99 5 $24.95
Horrible Harry and the Locked Closet • Amazon Business $3.99 6 $23.94
Young Cam Jansen and the Pizza Shop Mystery • Amazon Business $3.52 6 $21.12

Materials cost

$304.65

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $23.76

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.57

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$362.98

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$64.06

Total project goal

$427.04

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $427.04

5 Donors

-$263.10

Donations toward project cost

-$228.59

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$34.51

Matching donations from our partners

-$158.11

Match offers toward project cost

-$134.39

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$23.72

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$5.83

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 $0.00

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