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Ms. Duran from Memphis TN is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Creating Better Readers

Help me give my students books on their level to practice reading skills learned in class!

  • $157 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Project

One of my classes is a class of fourth grade students that are struggling readers. In my instructional block with them I am teaching them phonics to help them learn how to read better. We spend the first 60 minutes learning fourth grade content and the last 30 minutes learning phonics, so they can learn to read.

I am in need of books my emerging readers can read during independent reading time to reinforce the phonics they are learning in class.

During restroom breaks, free time, or at home my students can read an independent reading book. I would love if my library had more books on their level that they can enjoy to feel their progress growing in reading.

Ms. Duran
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Pete the Cat's Groovy Imagination • Amazon Business $12.90 1 $12.90
Pete the Kitty and the Groovy Playdate (Pete the Cat) • Amazon Business $11.86 1 $11.86
Barbie in a Mermaid Tale (Step into Reading, Step 2) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Barbie: Horse Show Champ (Step into Reading) • Amazon Business $5.36 1 $5.36
Let's Plant a Garden! (Barbie) (Step into Reading) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Pete the Cat: Snow Daze: A Winter and Holiday Book for Kids (My First I Can Read) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Dragon Egg (Step into Reading) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Pete the Cat: Scuba-Cat (My First I Can Read) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Just Keep Swimming (Step-into-Reading, Step 1) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Pete the Cat: Robo-Pete • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
The Pup Speaks Up (Step into Reading, Step 1) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
The Best Seat in First Grade (I Can Read Level 1) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Pete the Cat: Firefighter Pete: Includes Over 30 Stickers! • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
I Can Be a Teacher (Barbie) (Step into Reading) • Amazon Business $4.94 1 $4.94
Barbie: On Your Toes (Barbie) (Step into Reading) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Cooking With the Cat (The Cat in the Hat: Step Into Reading, Step 1) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Pete the Cat: Rocking Field Day (I Can Read Level 1) • Amazon Business $3.97 1 $3.97
Family Is Everything (Disney Encanto) (Step into Reading) • Amazon Business $3.59 1 $3.59

Materials cost

$101.50

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.52

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$133.02

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$23.47

Total project goal

$156.49

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$156.49

2 Donors

-$133.02

Donations toward project cost

-$133.02

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$23.47

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$0.00

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