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Mrs. Eckler from Troy NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Books to Become Better Readers

Help me give my students lots of amazing new books to become all-star readers!

  • $222 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

Our students are part of two 4th grade classrooms that consist of 44 hard workers who love hands-on learning! We spend our day meeting the rigor of Common Core Curriculum with fun, exciting and engaging lessons that are full of interactive learning. Our school is part of an extremely impoverished district, and as teachers, we are doing everything we can to help bring new materials and experiences to our students that will forever change their educational experience.

It is common to walk into our classroom and see students being self-directed learners who collaborate with one another and preserve through difficult work.

They strive to do their best and even when faced with such adversity show up each and every day ready to give their best effort. They couldn't make us more proud!

The students work hard and are dealing with some challenging situations outside of school. Let's work hard to give them the best education and opportunities at school that we can!

My Project

Having new books will make a significant difference in our classroom. Our 4th grade classroom is severely lacking good books that students can use to learn how to read. My students are eager to become amazing readers and unfortunately our classroom lacks the resources to make books available to the students appropriate for their reading levels. Having more texts will allow students to expand their reading and comprehension as well as develop a love for reading. At such a young age it will make all the difference in the world for these kids to be exposed to quality literature and have the books they need to become successful readers. Thank you so much for considering donating to our project!

Mrs. Eckler
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Guided Reading Collection: Grade 2 Fiction/Nonfiction Paired Studies (16 books) • AKJ Education $81.33 1 $81.33
Guided Reading Collection: Grade 3 Best Sellers (16 books) • AKJ Education $74.99 1 $74.99

Materials cost

$156.32

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.34

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$188.66

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$33.29

Total project goal

$221.95

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$221.95

1 Donor

-$221.95

Donations toward project cost

-$188.66

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$33.29

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$0.00

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