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Mrs. Willis from Lynchburg VA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Books, Book, Books and More Books

My students need books to read in high-engaging literature circles, but also mentor texts they will enjoy listening to.

  • $367 goal

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Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

How do you turn 30 third graders, who have always considered themselves "bad at reading," into readers? You provide them with high-interest, engaging books!

My sole reason for being a teacher is to ensure every student I come into contact with believes they can achieve any goal they put their mind to despite whatever foundation they have.

My students come from a small, tight-knit community school where we do not have much due to our size. I work with an amazing group of coworkers and even more amazing students who do all we can to ensure each individual student is getting the quality, differentiated education they deserve.

My Project

Our Title I, community school is in its third year of trying to reach accreditation status in reading. Our classroom jumped into a "new way" of teaching reading that involved less reading to answer test-like questions, and more reading for the pure enjoyment of reading. We almost completely eliminated weekly passages and comprehension questions, and replaced this activity with more time to read!

This has helped us improve in a big way, as we are expected to be fully accredited at the end of this school year!

This year my students have truly developed as readers and I credit this to the hundreds I have poured into our classroom library. My students have officially turned into readers, a title many of them would have never dreamed of giving themselves! Students who excel at reading become more successful in life. Contributing to my classroom library will put my students on the path to success.

Mrs. Willis
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Pieces and Players • AKJ Education $5.83 4 $23.32
Crenshaw • AKJ Education $5.83 4 $23.32
The BFG • AKJ Education $5.83 4 $23.32
George's Marvelous Medicine • AKJ Education $5.83 4 $23.32
The Magic Finger • AKJ Education $5.83 4 $23.32
The Secret Zoo • AKJ Education $5.83 4 $23.32
The One and Only Ivan • AKJ Education $5.58 4 $22.32
The Chocolate Touch • AKJ Education $4.79 4 $19.16
Chocolate Fever • AKJ Education $4.37 4 $17.48
I'm Just No Good at Rhyming: And Other Nonsense for Mischievous Kids and Immature Grown-Ups • AKJ Education $14.59 1 $14.59
The Bad Seed • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Don't Bump the Glump! and Other Fantasies • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
The Most Magnificent Thing • AKJ Education $12.37 1 $12.37

Materials cost

$277.63

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.16

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$311.79

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$55.02

Total project goal

$366.81

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $366.81

10 Donors

-$365.93

Donations toward project cost

-$311.79

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$54.14

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.88

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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