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Mrs. Thomas from Brunswick, GA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Broaden Our World With Books!

Help me give my students a variety of books in different levels and series, and with different racial and ethnic backgrounds, to improve our classroom library and so that my students can widen their reading world.

  • $305 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

My students live on the Georgia coast. They enjoy learning and love learning in a hands-on way.

My students are active and fun.

They enjoy all subjects but especially reading. My students do a reader’s workshop method for reading and they enjoy using trade books to enhance their reading instruction.

My students attend an elementary school where the motto "growing, learning, changing the world" which is applied to all subjects. Our school is also a Title l school. Although, this may mean that my students could have economic difficulties, they do not let this hinder their love for having fun, and most of all, having fun while learning.

My Project

Second graders are at a fun age where they soak up learning like a sponge. They love learning about new characters in series books, new people of all backgrounds in biographies, and new topics in nonfiction books.

To broaden our world, reading is a must!

Second grade students need to see it all. Biographies about people such as Jackie Robinson, Simone Biles, Martin Luther King Jr will help my students learn about new people that have made the world a better place. Series books such as Owl Diaries, The Bad Guys, and Dog Man will help my students read chapter books on their grade level (and make them laugh, too!). Nonfiction books about land forms and the states of matter will help my students gain knowledge in second grade science topics.

By donating to this project, you are helping my second grade students widen their horizons by learning about people that have changed the world, new science topics, and laughing with series fiction books. I tell my students daily "The more you read, the better you get". I firmly believe this, and know that these books will capture my students' attention and broaden their reading horizons!

Mrs. Thomas
Grades PreK-2
  • Greer Elementary School
  • Brunswick, GA
  • 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

    This project will reach 23 students.

    8 donors have given to this project.

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Abraham Lincoln (My Itty-Bitty Bio) • Amazon Business $12.79 1 $12.79
John Lewis (My Itty-Bitty Bio) • Amazon Business $12.79 1 $12.79
Simone Biles (My Early Library: My Itty-Bitty Bio) • Amazon Business $11.72 1 $11.72
Hank Aaron: Home Run Hammer (Epic Sports Bios (Lerner ™ Sports)) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Happy Narwhalidays (A Narwhal and Jelly Book #5) • Amazon Business $8.39 1 $8.39
Mickey & Me (Baseball Card Adventures) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Willie & Me (Baseball Card Adventures) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Dwayne Johnson (Influential People) • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
Dog Man: Fetch-22: From the Creator of Captain Underpants (Dog Man #8) • Amazon Business $7.76 1 $7.76
What Is the World Made Of?: All About Solids, Liquids, and Gases (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
The Story of Ruby Bridges: A Biography Book for New Readers (The Story Of: A Biography Series for New Readers) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
How Mountains Are Made (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
The Story of Jackie Robinson: A Biography Book for New Readers (The Story Of: A Biography Series for New Readers) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
What Is a Gas? (First Step Nonfiction ― States of Matter) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
What Is a Solid? (First Step Nonfiction ― States of Matter) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
The Story of Simone Biles: A Biography Book for New Readers (The Story Of: A Biography Series for New Readers) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
What Is a Liquid? (First Step Nonfiction ― States of Matter) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
The Story of Martin Luther King Jr.: A Biography Book for New Readers (The Story Of: A Biography Series for New Readers) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Roberto & Me (Baseball Card Adventures) • Amazon Business $6.49 1 $6.49
Eva's New Pet: A Branches Book (Owl Diaries #15) (15) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
The Princess in Black and the Science Fair Scare • Amazon Business $5.65 1 $5.65
The Bad Guys in Intergalactic Gas (The Bad Guys #5) (5) • Amazon Business $5.08 1 $5.08
The Bad Guys in They're Bee-Hind You! (The Bad Guys #14) (14) • Amazon Business $5.08 1 $5.08
The Bad Guys in Attack of the Zittens (The Bad Guys #4) (4) • Amazon Business $5.00 1 $5.00
The Bad Guys in Cut to the Chase (The Bad Guys #13) (13) • Amazon Business $5.00 1 $5.00
Baxter is Missing: A Branches Book (Owl Diaries #6) (6) • Amazon Business $4.74 1 $4.74
Eva and the Lost Pony: A Branches Book (Owl Diaries #8) (8) • Amazon Business $4.74 1 $4.74
Eva and the New Owl: A Branches Book (Owl Diaries #4) • Amazon Business $4.74 1 $4.74
Honus and Me: A Baseball Card Adventure • Amazon Business $4.59 1 $4.59
The Magic School Bus Blows Its Top: A Book About Volcanoes (Magic School Bus) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99

Materials cost

$211.37

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$14.58

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.17

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$259.12

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$45.73

Total project goal

$304.85

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$304.85

7 Donors

-$148.74

Donations toward project cost

-$132.68

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$16.06

match offer

-$148.75

Match offer toward project cost

-$126.44

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.31

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$7.35

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$0.00

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