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Mr. McDowell from Wichita KS is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Book Worms!

Help me give my students a variety of books to add to our classroom library.

  • $432 goal

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My Students

My students are unique in their own ways. They all have different learning styles, personalities, and interests. They all love to read books, draw pictures, do hands on projects, be creative, and they all bring enormous amounts of energy to the classroom.

My Project

As a first year teacher, I came in to an bare bones room. No classroom library, hardly and reading materials other than the ones provided from the district.

With the pandemic, our district is not letting us use the school library to check out books.

My students are very eager to read and with the limited supply of them in my classroom its hard for them to enjoy it. So, by kindly donating to my project I will be able to build my classroom library with new and exciting books for my students!

Mr. McDowell
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Classroom Library Must-Haves: Grades 4-6 (DonorsChoose.org Exclusive) • Scholastic Magazines and Book Clubs $75.00 1 $75.00
Newbery Classroom Library Builder: Grades 3+ (DonorsChoose.org Exclusive) • Scholastic Magazines and Book Clubs $70.00 1 $70.00
Classroom Library Must-Haves: Grades 2-3 (DonorsChoose.org Exclusive) • Scholastic Magazines and Book Clubs $70.00 1 $70.00
Wonder • AKJ Education $9.73 2 $19.46
Mistakes That Worked: 40 Familiar Inventions and How They Came to Be • AKJ Education $8.75 1 $8.75
Baseball Saved Us • AKJ Education $7.99 1 $7.99
One Giant Leap • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
On the Launch Pad • AKJ Education $6.53 1 $6.53
Holes • AKJ Education $6.29 1 $6.29
A Week in the Woods • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Stone Fox: 30th Anniversary Edition • AKJ Education $4.89 1 $4.89
Kick, Pass, and Run • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64

Materials cost

$284.94

Vendor shipping charges

 $27.50

Sales tax

 $20.09

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.27

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$366.80

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$64.73

Total project goal

$431.53

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $431.53

4 Donors

-$208.58

Donations toward project cost

-$185.65

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.93

match offer

-$213.12

Match offer toward project cost

-$181.15

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$31.97

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$9.83

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