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Mrs. Schneider from Elk River MN is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Books for Classroom Library

My students need poetry. They need poetry with language they can understand and people they can relate to. My cart includes 13 Young Adult Poetry books.

  • $215 goal

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My Students

Every year, I get so excited for National Poetry month (April)! I want poetry to be meaningful, fun, and exciting for my middle and high school students. As a teacher this is hard when I work in a school with no library and have to come up with my own books for my classroom library.

I teach 8th, 9th, and 12th grade Literature in a 6-12 charter school.

The students are respectful and well-behaved. Currently they take good care of the books in my classroom library. The students will be incredibly appreciative of and kind to new books.

My Project

I challenge my students to read 20 books in one semester. During National Poetry Month (April), I ask my students to read 4 books of poetry. This is difficult when the school does not have a library from which to choose poetry. We will be reading poetry as a class and individually.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning wrote "How do I love thee?

Let me count the ways". I love poetry. I love teaching poetry. My students are just learning to love poetry. Please join my class in sharing a love of poetry.

Mrs. Schneider
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Impulse • AKJ Books $8.02 1 $8.02
I Am the Book • AKJ Books $13.10 1 $13.10
Joyful Noise : Poems for Two Voices • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Lemonade • AKJ Books $12.40 1 $12.40
Lies, Knives, and Girls in Red Dresses • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
October Mourning • AKJ Books $11.67 1 $11.67
One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
Perfect • AKJ Books $13.86 1 $13.86
The Rose That Grew from Concrete Tupac Shakur, Foreword by N • AKJ Books $16.02 1 $16.02
Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba''s Struggle for Freedom • AKJ Books $12.37 1 $12.37
Tough Boy • AKJ Books $17.96 1 $17.96
Water Sings Blue • AKJ Books $15.29 1 $15.29
What My Mother Doesn''t Know • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83

Materials cost

$149.85

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.25

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$182.10

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$32.14

Total project goal

$214.24

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$214.24

2 Donors

-$164.24

Donations toward project cost

-$139.60

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$24.64

match offer

-$50.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$42.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.50

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$0.00

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