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Mrs. Jorissen from Valley City, ND is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mrs. Jorissen's classroom raised $761

Books, Books, and More Books!

Help me give my students read aloud books that directly relate to our reading curriculum!

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Mrs. Jorissen Jefferson Elementary School
Valley City, ND Grades PreK-2

My Project

We are implementing a new reading curriculum this school year that has many amazing resources! One thing it doesn't have is a lot of read aloud stories, however, it provides a list of books I could purchase to read aloud to my class. This is that list. I love the diversity this list of books provides on top of relevant topics relating to what we are working on.

With these books, I hope to make my reading instruction time even more engaging and relatable for my students.

These books will help us tie their real everyday lives to the specific skills we are working on each day in the classroom. I can't wait to make my reading block even greater!

More than a third of students from low‑income households

20 students impacted 3 donors
Mrs. Jorissen Jefferson Elementary School Grades PreK-2 Valley City, ND View local requests

More than a third 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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Henry and Mudge The Complete Collection (Boxed Set): Henry and Mudge; Henry and Mudge in Puddle Trouble; Henry and Mudge and the Bedtime Thumps; Henry ... under the Yellow Moon, etc. (Henry & Mudge) • Amazon Business $63.99 1 $63.99
Magic School Bus 20 books box set, Science Reader Box 1 & 2 • Amazon Business $58.00 1 $58.00
The Girl Who Named Pluto: The Story of Venetia Burney • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
The Very Last Castle • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
A Ride to Remember: A Civil Rights Story • Amazon Business $17.89 1 $17.89
Flight for Freedom: The Wetzel Family’s Daring Escape from East Germany (Berlin Wall History for Kids book; Nonfiction Picture Books) • Amazon Business $16.73 1 $16.73
Hands Around the Library: Protecting Egypt’s Treasured Books • Amazon Business $16.28 1 $16.28
Way Out in the Desert • Amazon Business $15.15 1 $15.15
Mama Built a Little Nest • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
The Oboe Goes Boom Boom Boom • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
A Dance Like Starlight: One Ballerina’s Dream • Amazon Business $14.97 1 $14.97
Kamishibai Man • Amazon Business $13.89 1 $13.89
Test This Book!: A laugh-out-loud picture book about experiments and science! • Amazon Business $13.87 1 $13.87
Ron's Big Mission • Amazon Business $13.59 1 $13.59
Moon! Earth's Best Friend (Our Universe, 3) • Amazon Business $12.19 1 $12.19
I Will Dance • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Ada's Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay • Amazon Business $11.39 1 $11.39
The Fearless Flights of Hazel Ying Lee • Amazon Business $11.19 1 $11.19
Waiting for the Biblioburro • Amazon Business $10.69 1 $10.69
Come On, Rain! • Amazon Business $10.69 1 $10.69
Mr. Ferris and His Wheel • Amazon Business $10.69 1 $10.69
Firebird • Amazon Business $10.69 1 $10.69
Your Fantastic Elastic Brain: A Growth Mindset Book for Kids to Stretch and Shape Their Brains • Amazon Business $10.59 1 $10.59
Ayobami and the Names of the Animals • Amazon Business $10.39 1 $10.39
Give It a Push! Give It a Pull!: A Look at Forces (Lightning Bolt Books ® ― Exploring Physical Science) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
La Frontera (English and Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $9.17 1 $9.17
Izzy Gizmo and the Invention Convention • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Me and My Amazing Body • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
More Parts (Picture Puffin Books) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
If I Built a House (If I Built Series) • Amazon Business $8.79 1 $8.79
Marsha Is Magnetic • Amazon Business $8.79 1 $8.79
The William Hoy Story: How a Deaf Baseball Player Changed the Game • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions • Amazon Business $7.92 1 $7.92
Sir Cumference and the First Round Table • Amazon Business $7.78 1 $7.78
Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré • Amazon Business $7.69 1 $7.69
On the Same Day in March: A Tour of the World's Weather • Amazon Business $7.29 1 $7.29
A Place for Pluto • Amazon Business $7.29 1 $7.29
Cactus Hotel (Rise and Shine) • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
Thunder Cake • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
Flash, Crash, Rumble, and Roll • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Let's Build a Snowman! (Barbie) (Step into Reading) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99

Materials cost

$566.84

Vendor shipping charges

 $8.48

Sales tax

 $32.88

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.50

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$646.70

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$114.12

Total project goal

$760.82

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $760.82

2 Donors

-$380.20

Donations toward project cost

-$323.54

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$56.66

match offer

-$380.19

Match offer toward project cost

-$323.16

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$57.03

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.44

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 $0.00

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