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Mrs. McEntire from Holladay, UT is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Books for Boosting Budding Readers

Help me give my students accessible books to boost confidence and ignite a love for reading!

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. McEntire's classroom raised $998

This project is fully funded

My Students

I teach students who face significant challenges in reading. These students are all in the tiered system of support because they have scored well below benchmark in reading assessments. My students may need extra support in reading for a variety of reasons including learning disabilities, lack of instruction, repeated absences, instability at home, or trauma.

Despite the fact that COVID-19 has exasperated the already present challenges for these students, most come in eager to read and learn.

Our reading team puts emphasis on home reading routines and helping students find books that will increase their skills and spark a life long love of reading. My students eagerly rush to our classroom bookshelf before and after reading group browsing for just the right book to checkout and take home. We love celebrating our reading successes and discussing our favorite books.

My Project

My emerging readers need lots of opportunities for success yet they often lack reading material that can meet them where they are at on their reading journey. Our charter school is small and has a very limited amount of accessible material for our most beginning readers. Our older readers sometimes have to skip library time in order to attend their reading group services, further limiting their access to books. Many of my students have financial challenges, exasperated by COVID-19, that limit their at home libraries as well. I believe the overwhelm of the current pandemic has weakened support of daily reading outside of school as many parents are needing to focus on health concerns, child care needs, and familial support.

In our reading room we seek to supply students with a steady stream of high-interest low-readability books that will ignite their love of reading and boost their confidence.

While we use decodable text in our reading lessons, we encourage our students to practice their new skills by checking books out from our reading room library as well. We hope by loaning books out to students we can help alleviate burdens on families who may not know which texts can best support their rising readers. The excitement generated when they have success reading on their own is an unparalleled motivator.

The books I have picked out are highly requested series with visual supports. Graphic novels and illustrated books allow students to feel a sense of accomplishment. For our older readers graphic novels allow students to read the same material as their peers and can be a bridge to more advanced reading. These books will truly be game changers for my wide variety of students!

Mrs. McEntire Wasatch Waldorf Charter School Grades 3-5 Holladay, UT View local requests 45 students impacted 1donor

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Elephant & Piggie: The Complete Collection (An Elephant & Piggie Book) (Elephant and Piggie Book, An) • Amazon Business $94.98 1 $94.98
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Box of Books (Books 1-10) • Amazon Business $79.99 1 $79.99
Amulet #1-8 Box Set • Amazon Business $60.13 1 $60.13
Hilo: The Great Big Box (Books 1-6) • Amazon Business $53.41 1 $53.41
Pete the Cat: Big Reading Adventures: 5 Far-Out Books in 1 Box! (My First I Can Read) • Amazon Business $15.39 1 $15.39
Calamity Jack • Amazon Business $14.59 1 $14.59
Little Robot • Amazon Business $13.77 1 $13.77
Mighty Jack and the Goblin King (Mighty Jack, 2) • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Mellybean and the Giant Monster • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
The Cardboard Kingdom #2: Roar of the Beast • Amazon Business $11.69 1 $11.69
Mellybean and the Wicked Wizard • Amazon Business $11.29 1 $11.29
Zita the Spacegirl (Zita the Spacegirl, 1) • Amazon Business $11.10 1 $11.10
Just a Little Blue: A Graphic Novel (Owly #2) (2) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
The Underground Abductor (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #5): An Abolitionist Tale about Harriet Tubman • Amazon Business $10.94 1 $10.94
Rapunzel's Revenge • Amazon Business $10.41 1 $10.41
Major Impossible (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #9) • Amazon Business $10.40 1 $10.40
Bird & Squirrel On the Edge!: A Graphic Novel (Bird & Squirrel #3) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
The Return of Zita the Spacegirl (Zita the Spacegirl, 3) • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
Flying Lessons: A Graphic Novel (Owly #3) (3) • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
Legends of Zita the Spacegirl (Zita the Spacegirl, 2) • Amazon Business $9.79 1 $9.79
Mighty Jack (Mighty Jack, 1) • Amazon Business $9.59 1 $9.59
Mighty Jack and Zita the Spacegirl (Mighty Jack, 3) • Amazon Business $9.57 1 $9.57
The Way Home: A Graphic Novel (Owly #1) (1) • Amazon Business $9.00 1 $9.00
The Coldfire Curse (1) (Dragon Kingdom of Wrenly) • Amazon Business $8.97 1 $8.97
Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Adventure • Amazon Business $8.96 1 $8.96
Bird & Squirrel On Ice: A Graphic Novel (Bird & Squirrel #2) • Amazon Business $8.69 1 $8.69
Bird & Squirrel All Tangled Up: A Graphic Novel (Bird & Squirrel #5) (5) • Amazon Business $8.59 1 $8.59
Bird & Squirrel On Fire: A Graphic Novel (Bird & Squirrel #4) • Amazon Business $8.49 1 $8.49
The Great Pet Escape (Pets on the Loose!) • Amazon Business $7.29 1 $7.29
Lunch Lady and the Field Trip Fiasco: Lunch Lady #6 • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Lunch Lady and the Summer Camp Shakedown: Lunch Lady #4 • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Lunch Lady and the Cyborg Substitute: Lunch Lady #1 • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Lunch Lady and the Video Game Villain: Lunch Lady #9 • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Lunch Lady and the Bake Sale Bandit (Lunch Lady, Book 5) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Lunch Lady and the League of Librarians: Lunch Lady #2 • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Lunch Lady and the Mutant Mathletes: Lunch Lady #7 • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Lunch Lady and the Picture Day Peril: Lunch Lady #8 • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Lunch Lady and the Schoolwide Scuffle: Lunch Lady and the Schoolwide Scuffle • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Bird & Squirrel On the Run!: A Graphic Novel (Bird & Squirrel #1) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Lunch Lady and the Author Visit Vendetta: Lunch Lady #3 • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Rowley Jefferson’s Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories (Awesome Friendly Kid) • Amazon Business $6.62 1 $6.62
Goldilocks: Wanted Dead or Alive • Amazon Business $6.49 1 $6.49
Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson's Journal • Amazon Business $6.06 1 $6.06
Bok! Bok! Boom!: A Branches Book (Kung Pow Chicken #2) (2) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Jurassic Peck: A Branches Book (Kung Pow Chicken #5) (5) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Scaredy-Pug: A Branches Book (Diary of a Pug #5) (5) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot vs. The Uranium Unicorns From Uranus • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot vs. the Mecha-Monkeys from Mars (Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot #4) (4) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot vs. the Video Vultures from Venus (Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot #3) (3) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot vs. the Jurassic Jackrabbits from Jupiter (Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot #5) (5) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
All Paws on Deck: A Branches Book (Haggis and Tank Unleashed #1) (1) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot vs. the Stupid Stinkbugs from Saturn (Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot #6) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot vs. the Unpleasant Penguins from Pluto (Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot #9) (9) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot vs. The Naughty Nightcrawlers From Neptune (Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot #8) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot vs. the Mutant Mosquitoes from Mercury (Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot #2) (2) • Amazon Business $5.70 1 $5.70
Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot (Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot #1) (1) • Amazon Business $5.49 1 $5.49
Heroes on the Side: A Branches Book (Kung Pow Chicken #4) (4) • Amazon Business $5.28 1 $5.28
The Snoring Princess: A Branches Book (Once Upon a Fairy Tale) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Pete the Cat's Trip to the Supermarket (I Can Read Level 1) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Paws for a Cause: A Branches Book (Diary of a Pug #3) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
The Magic Mirror: A Branches Book (Once Upon a Fairy Tale #1) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Pug’s Snow Day: A Branches Book (Diary of a Pug #2) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Let's Get Cracking!: A Branches Book (Kung Pow Chicken) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Howl at the Moon: A Branches Book (Haggis and Tank Unleashed #3) (3) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
The Stolen Slipper: A Branches Book (Once Upon a Fairy Tale #2) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
The Birdy Snatchers: A Branches Book (Kung Pow Chicken #3) (3) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
The Missing Dwarf: A Branches Book (Once Upon a Fairy Tale #3) • Amazon Business $4.89 1 $4.89
Pug Blasts Off: A Branches Book (Diary of a Pug #1) • Amazon Business $4.74 1 $4.74
Pete the Cat: Super Pete (I Can Read Level 1) • Amazon Business $4.74 1 $4.74
Pete the Cat’s Family Road Trip (I Can Read Level 1) • Amazon Business $4.74 1 $4.74
Digging for Dinos: A Branches Book (Haggis and Tank Unleashed #2) • Amazon Business $4.69 1 $4.69
Pug's Got Talent: A Branches Book (Diary of a Pug #4) (4) • Amazon Business $4.58 1 $4.58

Materials cost

$805.54

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$12.08

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$847.62

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$149.58

Total project goal

$997.20

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $997.20

1 Donor

-$997.20

Donations toward project cost

-$847.62

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$149.58

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