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Mrs. Melissa Smith from Spooner, WI is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Books That Build Part 2

Help me give my students books, a book shelf, batteries for Flashlight Friday, paint markers, and Clorox wipes.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Melissa Smith's classroom raised $416

This project is fully funded

My Students

We seriously have some of the best students in our small-town elementary school. I have only just received my class list and started to get to know my students' names and faces.

Third grade students are always ready to try something new and because of that, I want to be a better teacher every day.

I want to grow with them! Our school includes over 60% free or reduced-price lunch recipients, but together our community, parents, and staff work to get us everything we need. I am so grateful to have wonderful people like you also partnering with us to help get our students everything they so deserve.

Although this year may look a little different whether in person, online, or a mix of both, I know we'll build our classroom community and become the family we always are. #SmithTales2020

My Project

Books are such an important part of every classroom. Books inspire. They bring joy. Books teach and continue to excite our learning.

Books take children on adventures and to places they never imagined going.

I've been making a list of diverse books recommended by teachers I am motivated by, my digital professional learning community. This project contains a lot of those amazing books!

These books will add many books about different cultures. It will also add many topics like kindness, growth mindset, and believing in yourself.

I want my students to be exposed to a variety of books. Reading, for fun, is the most important thing a child can learn at school. I want to be sure we have many different types of books available. Thank you for your support of reading in my classroom.

The magnetic bookshelf will be for our featured character trait books and the batteries will fuel our flashlights for Flashlight Fridays! The paint markers will help us create kindness rocks we've been waiting to create.

Mrs. Melissa Smith Spooner Elementary School Grades 3-5

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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More than half 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

16 students impacted 14donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Seventh Generation Disinfecting Multi Surface Wipes, Botanical Disinfectant, 70 Count, Pack of 6 • Amazon Business $41.94 1 $41.94
Paint Pens, Emooqi 20 Pack Paint Markers Oil-Based Painting Marker Pen Set for Rocks Painting, Wood, Fabric, Plastic, Canvas, Glass, Mugs, DIY Craft, Waterproof, Write On Anything • Amazon Business $18.99 2 $37.98
Magnetic Spice Rack Single Tier Refrigerator spice organizer Shelf, Easy to Install The Side of the Refrigerator • Amazon Business $16.97 2 $33.94
What Should Darla Do? Featuring the Power to Choose • Amazon Business $19.79 1 $19.79
I Got the School Spirit • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
Your Name Is a Song • Amazon Business $15.29 1 $15.29
Never Let a Unicorn Scribble! • Amazon Business $15.09 1 $15.09
Creepy Carrots! • Amazon Business $13.95 1 $13.95
You Are Mine (Volume 2) (Max Lucado's Wemmicks (Volume 2)) • Amazon Business $13.89 1 $13.89
I Am Human: A Book of Empathy (I Am Books) • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
Mr. Ferris and His Wheel • Amazon Business $13.00 1 $13.00
I Am One: A Book of Action (I Am Books) • Amazon Business $12.25 1 $12.25
AmazonBasics 36 Pack AAA High-Performance Alkaline Batteries, 10-Year Shelf Life, Easy to Open Value Pack • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13 • Amazon Business $10.93 1 $10.93
What If Everybody Did That? • Amazon Business $9.06 1 $9.06
Officemate Standard Staples, 5 Boxes General Purpose Staple (91925) • Amazon Business $8.97 1 $8.97
The Congress of the United States (A True Book: American History) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
The Presidency (A True Book: American History) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
The Supreme Court (A True Book: American History) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
The Rough-Face Girl • Amazon Business $6.79 1 $6.79

Materials cost

$314.39

Vendor shipping charges

 $3.99

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.72

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$353.10

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$62.31

Total project goal

$415.41

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $415.41

13 Donors

-$180.45

Donations toward project cost

-$177.60

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$2.85

match offer

-$206.47

Match offer toward project cost

-$175.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.97

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$28.49

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