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Mr. Thompson from Duncanville TX is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Building New Readers

Help me give my students modern novels that offer connections to their world and lives through diverse characters and themes.

  • $555 goal

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My Students

I teach a group of nearly 100 enthusiastic and creative 7th graders. As their reading teacher, I have both voracious readers and reluctant readers. I rely on my classroom library to introduce both to new worlds and experiences you can only find in an amazing book.

Putting the right book at the right time in the hands of a child means you create a reader for life.

To that end, I want to provide my kids with contemporary, diverse books that appeal to them and their world. When they can identify with a character or experience that speaks to their world, they will continue to grow their curiosity as a reader.

My Project

Not only do I challenge my students to read more every school year, I like to offer up class time daily for reading. Time is a precious commodity at school, but there is not much more important than developing reading skills.

In addition, students who select their own reading material, as well as read about themes and characters that reflect their diverse culture, are more likely to become readers when they see themselves in the pages.

I crave the ability to offer a variety of texts to them that will capture their attention and hook them on the experience of reading.

Mr. Thompson
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Harry Potter Paperback Box Set (Books 1-7) • Amazon Business $53.99 1 $53.99
Pretty Little Liars Series 3 Collection Sara Shepard 4 Books Set (Twisted, Ruthless, Stunning, Burned) • Amazon Business $26.76 1 $26.76
The Legend Trilogy • Amazon Business $24.52 1 $24.52
Bone: The Complete Cartoon Epic in One Volume • Amazon Business $24.43 1 $24.43
The Inheritance Cycle Series 4 Book Set Collection Eragon, Eldest, Brisngr • Amazon Business $22.42 1 $22.42
The Complete Persepolis • Amazon Business $20.99 1 $20.99
The Complete Maus • Amazon Business $20.46 1 $20.46
Pretty Little Liars Box Set: Books 1 to 4 • Amazon Business $15.90 1 $15.90
Internment • Amazon Business $15.22 1 $15.22
Amal Unbound • Amazon Business $13.41 1 $13.41
Monday's Not Coming • Amazon Business $12.59 1 $12.59
Pride of Baghdad • Amazon Business $12.48 1 $12.48
The Night Diary • Amazon Business $12.33 1 $12.33
The Umbrella Academy, Vol. 1 • Amazon Business $12.23 1 $12.23
We Hunt the Flame (Sands of Arawiya) • Amazon Business $11.85 1 $11.85
The Umbrella Academy: Dallas • Amazon Business $11.13 1 $11.13
Speak • Amazon Business $11.08 1 $11.08
One of Us Is Lying • Amazon Business $10.40 1 $10.40
Red Rising • Amazon Business $9.94 1 $9.94
Wilder Girls • Amazon Business $9.12 1 $9.12
Allegedly • Amazon Business $8.98 1 $8.98
Flygirl • Amazon Business $8.62 1 $8.62
Obsessed: A Memoir of My Life with OCD • Amazon Business $8.21 1 $8.21
Mare's War • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Five Feet Apart • Amazon Business $7.76 1 $7.76
Hold Still • Amazon Business $7.68 1 $7.68
This Book Is Not Good For You (Secret, Bk 3) (The Secret Series, Book 3) • Amazon Business $7.48 1 $7.48
The Silence of Our Friends • Amazon Business $6.66 1 $6.66
The Perfectionists • Amazon Business $6.48 1 $6.48
The Knife of Never Letting Go (Reissue with bonus short story): Chaos Walking: Book One • Amazon Business $5.27 1 $5.27
Dear Martin • Amazon Business $4.64 1 $4.64
The Rest of Us Just Live Here • Amazon Business $4.19 1 $4.19

Materials cost

$435.21

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.53

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$471.74

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$83.25

Total project goal

$554.99

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$554.99

6 Donors

-$278.00

Donations toward project cost

-$236.30

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$41.70

match offer

-$276.99

Match offer toward project cost

-$235.44

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$41.55

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$0.00

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