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Book Love Adding New Books for Ancient Library
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My Students
I teach a 4th grade class with diverse educational levels and abilities. Over half of our students come from lower economic homes. This class is starting with needed progress and growth especially in reading. I have a mix of students at a variety of levels.
Fifty-five percent of my students have started the year below benchmark levels in reading. This is a lower class than many I have worked with. They need time reading texts that they are motivated to read.
Our class is working very hard at making growth as we redo our curriculum pieces to focus more on non-fiction. My 12 boys and 12 girls are excited for new opportunities to read!
My Project
Our current fourth grade library is based on the books that I grew up with that I have brought to school and books donated by other teachers. The majorities of the copies are in older covers and books that are falling apart.
Our kids need book love to motivate them to read and learn, engaging in different types of reading. Our class focus this year is to create a reading friendly classroom. I spent the summer getting shelves for books, displays for books, and creating a reading friendly room to increase our love for reading.
Please help increase book love!
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Where Your Donation Goes
Materials
Cost
Quantity
Total
Harry Potter Hard Cover Boxed Set: Books #1-7
• Amazon Business
$128.99
1
$128.99
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Box of Books (Books 1-10)
• Amazon Business
$80.96
1
$80.96
Dog Man: The Epic Collection: From the Creator of Captain Underpants (Dog Man #1-3 Boxed Set)
• Amazon Business
$22.47
1
$22.47
Wishtree
• Amazon Business
$10.98
2
$21.96
Owl Diaries, Books 1-5: A Branches Box Set
• Amazon Business
$17.46
1
$17.46
The Winter Train
• Amazon Business
$15.46
1
$15.46
The Circus Ship
• Amazon Business
$15.29
1
$15.29
A Camping Spree With Mr. Magee
• Amazon Business
$14.39
1
$14.39
Eldest (Inheritance, Book 2)
• Amazon Business
$13.93
1
$13.93
This Is Not My Hat
• Amazon Business
$13.85
1
$13.85
Ricky, the Rock that Couldn't Roll
• Amazon Business
$13.78
1
$13.78
A Perfect Pet for Peyton: A 5 Love Languages Discovery Book
• Amazon Business
$13.31
1
$13.31
Katherine's Bike Was Wonderfully Strange
• Amazon Business
$12.68
1
$12.68
Locomotive (Caldecott Medal Book)
• Amazon Business
$12.59
1
$12.59
Last Stop on Market Street
• Amazon Business
$12.19
1
$12.19
Learning to Ski with Mr. Magee
• Amazon Business
$12.09
1
$12.09
A Different Pond
• Amazon Business
$11.16
1
$11.16
Dog Man and Cat Kid: From the Creator of Captain Underpants (Dog Man #4)
• Amazon Business
$9.99
1
$9.99
The Wednesday Surprise
• Amazon Business
$7.99
1
$7.99
Crenshaw
• Amazon Business
$7.99
1
$7.99
Eyes and Ears
• Amazon Business
$7.99
1
$7.99
Bones: Our Skeletal System
• Amazon Business
$7.99
1
$7.99
Our Solar System: Revised Edition
• Amazon Business
$7.99
1
$7.99
Hurricanes!
• Amazon Business
$7.99
1
$7.99
Lightning (Smithsonian-science)
• Amazon Business
$7.99
1
$7.99
Hurricanes
• Amazon Business
$7.68
1
$7.68
Down to the Sea with Mr. Magee
• Amazon Business
$6.99
1
$6.99
Sarah Whitcher's Story
• Amazon Business
$6.99
1
$6.99
Dog Man: Lord of the Fleas: From the Creator of Captain Underpants (Dog Man #5)
• Amazon Business
$6.73
1
$6.73
Volcanoes (Smithsonian-science)
• Amazon Business
$6.67
1
$6.67
Tornadoes
• Amazon Business
$6.56
1
$6.56
Murder in the Middle Pasture (Hank The Cowdog)
• Amazon Business
$5.99
1
$5.99
Faded Love (Hank The Cowdog)
• Amazon Business
$5.99
1
$5.99
The Original Adventures of Hank the Cowdog
• Amazon Business
$5.99
1
$5.99
It's a Dog's Life (Hank The Cowdog)
• Amazon Business
$5.99
1
$5.99
Let Sleeping Dogs Lie (Hank the Cowdog)
• Amazon Business
$5.99
1
$5.99
The Great Quarterback Switch (Matt Christopher Sports Classics)
• Amazon Business
$5.99
1
$5.99
Above
• Amazon Business
$5.90
1
$5.90
Earthquakes (Smithsonian-science)
• Amazon Business
$5.57
1
$5.57
The Further Adventures of Hank the Cowdog
• Amazon Business
$5.03
1
$5.03
The Story of Ferdinand
• Amazon Business
$4.99
1
$4.99
Materials cost
$597.53
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$8.96
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$636.49
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$112.32
Total project goal
$748.81
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$748.81
-$374.40
Donations toward project cost
-$318.24
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$56.16
-$374.41
Match offer toward project cost
-$318.25
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$56.16
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