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Mr. Steger from Milwaukee, WI is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Bringing Books Home!

Help me give my students more leveled readers to read nightly at home!

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Steger's classroom raised $450

This project is fully funded

My Students

Our first and second graders are energetic, enthusiastic, and super social. They are so enjoyable to be around. They love being involved in the learning process and want to succeed.

Our goal as a classroom is that we enter the classroom each day ready to try new things and be brave to make mistakes.

Mistakes lead to learning. As a teacher in an impoverished urban area in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, we struggle to have access to resources needed to provide a quality twenty-first-century education. My goal is to provide an equitable education for each student in our classroom.

I teach eager and enthusiastic students who need these resources to reach their full potential.

My Project

How can we expect our students to read at home without having books that are at their level and many choices to choose from? This project is intended to do both. The variety of genres at each level provides choice for students to pick books that they can read independently. When a child learns to read, each child goes at his or her own pace. Not one student is the same.

The goal of the project is to increase independent reading at home.

Independent reading is important, because it builds on reading stamina, student ownership of their reading process, and develops the habits needed to be a lifelong readers. Please help my students become lifelong readers.

Mr. Steger Lowell P Goodrich Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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.

Milwaukee, WI View local requests

Nearly all 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

33 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
NEW SET! Scholastic Buddy Readers Parent Pack Boxes Set (5 Boxes) - Guided Reading Level A, B, C, D, E&F • Amazon Business $85.95 1 $85.95
Sight Word Stories: Level D (Parent Pack): Little Books That Teach 25 High-Frequency Words to Help New Readers Soar! • Amazon Business $21.99 2 $43.98
Phonics First Little Readers (Parent Pack): 24 Fun and Easy Books for Beginning Readers • Amazon Business $20.43 2 $40.86
Animal Phonics Readers Parent Pack: 24 Easy Nonfiction Books That Teach Key Phonics Skills • Amazon Business $24.99 1 $24.99
First Little Readers: Guided Reading Levels I & J (Parent Pack): 16 Irresistible Books That Are Just the Right Level for Growing Readers • Amazon Business $21.99 1 $21.99
Sight Word Stories: Level A (Parent Pack): Little Books That Teach 25 High-Frequency Words to Help New Readers Soar! • Amazon Business $19.79 1 $19.79
Sight Word Stories: Level B (Parent Pack): Little Books That Teach 25 High-Frequency Words to Help New Readers Soar! • Amazon Business $19.71 1 $19.71
First Little Readers: More Guided Reading Level A Books (Parent Pack): 25 Irresistible Books That Are Just the Right Level for Beginning Readers (More First Little Readers Level a) • Amazon Business $18.37 1 $18.37
First Little Readers: Guided Reading Levels G & H (Parent Pack): 16 Irresistible Books That Are Just the Right Level for Growing Readers • Amazon Business $17.29 1 $17.29
Folk & Fairy Tale Easy Readers Parent Pack: 15 Classic Stories That Are "Just Right" for Young Readers • Amazon Business $15.07 1 $15.07
Guided Science Readers Parent Pack: Level D: 16 Fun Nonfiction Books That Are Just Right for New Readers • Amazon Business $14.29 1 $14.29
Scholastic First Little Readers Parent Pack: Guided Reading Levels E & F • Amazon Business $13.80 1 $13.80
World of Reading Marvel Meet the Super Heroes! (Pre-Level 1 Boxed Set) • Amazon Business $10.85 1 $10.85

Materials cost

$346.94

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.20

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$382.14

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$67.44

Total project goal

$449.58

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $449.58

1 Donor

-$191.07

Donations toward project cost

-$191.07

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

match offer

-$224.79

Match offer toward project cost

-$191.07

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$33.72

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$33.72

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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